Naren Baliga

Global Technology Leader

Naren serves as a pro-bono Technical Advisor for The Supply Chain Project and brings over 20 years of industry experience in supply chain, finance, and collaboration platforms. At SAP, Naren has directed the adoption of enterprise-grade platforms at scale for leading brands such as Microsoft, Intel, PayPal, Adobe, among others leveraging Cloud, Agentic & Generative AI, IOT and blockchain.
Prior to SAP, Naren was with Microsoft Cloud (now M365 cloud) during which time the service grew to its first 1M users.
Previously, Naren held product, solution management, and consulting roles at i2 Technologies in India, Japan, Australia, and North America. Naren also deployed Orion ERP (now Azentio) in the Middle East for Schlumberger, and was also engaged in business development for Manhattan Associates' warehousing in South Asia.
Naren holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering, a MS in Engineering Technology/Product Development, and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management/HEC Paris.
Naren lives in the Seattle metro area with his family, two boys and their rescue Maltese. Naren is a passionate technologist and enjoys hikes, and traveling.

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