Prashant Shah Executive · Marine · Author
Enterprise value, built in the operation.
Prashant Shah is a global supply chain executive, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and author. Over 25 years he has scaled high-growth companies, led operations through four acquisitions and exits — including LaserShip’s $1.8B private-equity transaction — and advised the founders, boards and investors building what comes next.
Head of E-Commerce, North America · A.P. Moller – Maersk. Maersk E-Commerce gives brands and retailers one integrated network, from ocean and inland freight through fulfillment, parcel and last-mile delivery. Prashant leads the business across North America, owning strategy, operations, product growth and commercial performance, and is building and launching its newest product.
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Executive
Operations and supply chain leadership across Target, Macy’s, LaserShip, Casper, SwagUp and Maersk — through hypergrowth, turnarounds, private-equity ownership and acquisitions.
Leadership & results →II.
Marine
Volunteered for the United States Marine Corps two days after September 11, rising to Sergeant and running mission-critical logistics where readiness was the only metric that mattered.
Service →III.
Author
Co-author of The 70/20/10 Rule, a leadership framework that puts people first, process second and technology third.
The book →In the media
Featured conversations.
Articles, podcasts and interviews on supply chain, leadership and service. View all media →
The book
The 70/20/10 Rule
Key Strategies in Business Landscape · with Myrna Aponte
Seventy percent of leadership focus on people, twenty on process, ten on technology. Technology, AI included, pays off only when the people and processes underneath it already work.
Speaking
Lessons from the front line of operations.
Keynotes, fireside chats and executive sessions for conferences, leadership teams and investor audiences. Speaking topics →
- 01Scaling through hypergrowthBuilding an operation that keeps pace with a business growing 5× in two years.
- 02What buyers look for in your supply chainOperational readiness for private-equity transactions, integrations and exits.
- 03The 70/20/10 RulePeople first, then process, then technology.
- 04From Marine Corps logistics to the C-suiteLeadership, discipline and decisions under pressure.
Prashant was tasked with turning around an underperforming facility that was full of potential but lacked the leadership principles and quantifiable metrics to measure the work being performed. The changes we saw … in the first 6 months he led the facility could only be described as incredible.
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