• September 30 - October 2, 2024
  • Inland Distribution
  • September 29 - October 1, 2025 | The Westin Chicago River North

Anshu Prasad

Leaf Logistics

Former CEO and Co-Founder

Anshu Prasad is the Former CEO and Co-Founder of Leaf Logistics, a data-driven transportation platform that uses machine learning to coordinate freight between shippers and providers. As a consulting partner and technology executive, Anshu spent years helping shippers and logistics service providers operate their supply chains. He saw an opportunity to use technology to make the industry more efficient, and he founded Leaf to coordinate across transportation networks to reduce manual work and eliminate the third of trucking miles that go wasted in our country.

Prior to Leaf, Anshu built and led Kearney's global Analytics practice, where he worked with clients to efficiently operate across industries. He also helped start and grow the Kearney analytics technology business and led its expansion into Europe. After graduating from Hunter College High School, Anshu studied Biochemistry at Cornell University and earned a master's from Oxford University.

Sessions With Anshu Prasad

Tuesday, 1 October

  • 01:45pm - 02:30pm (CST) / 01/oct/2024 06:45 pm - 01/oct/2024 07:30 pm

    InlandTech I: What Tech Matters (And Doesn't) to Shippers

    When it comes to freight, the buck starts and stops with shippers. They are the end customer and, right or wrong, their decisions impact the service providers and software vendors that cater to them. Which makes it all the more important for companies providing technology to shippers to understand what shippers actually want. Many vendors tend to think of their companies as developing products that will help shippers, directly or indirectly. But shippers tend to think of needs or pain points that need to be addressed, whether it be a process, a piece of data, or a broader function. This session will discuss the technology needs of shippers from the point of view of how shippers view technology. 

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