Harshida Acharya

Fulfillment IQ

Fulfillment IQ is a logistics tech consultancy specializing in warehousing, distribution, and fulfillment optimization for enterprise retailers, 3PLs, and eCommerce brands. With a reputation for solving complex supply chain challenges, Fulfillment IQ drives operational transformation through tailored, tech-enabled solutions.
• Leading Fulfillment IQ’s strategic direction, aligning customer insights with actionable strategies to deliver meaningful business impact.
• Overseeing a team of logistics experts delivering innovative solutions that help clients scale.

Partner & Chief Strategy Officer

Partner & CMO

Partner & VP of Marketing

Ladies Who Logistic

Ladies Who Logistic is a community that empowers women in the supply chain industry through mentorship, networking, and professional development. With 500+ members, it fosters collaboration and advancement in logistics.
• Hosted 17 impactful events (11 online, 6 in-person) to support women in logistics leadership and growth.
• Created a thriving network of professionals dedicated to fostering inclusion and innovation in the supply chain industry.

Co-Founder

eCom Logistics Podcast

The eCom Logistics Podcast is a globally recognized platform that explores logistics, supply chain innovation, and retail technology through engaging conversations with industry leaders.
• Delivering actionable insights that empower professionals to innovate and lead in their fields.
• Building the podcast into a trusted resource for enterprises and logistics professionals navigating an evolving industry landscape.

Creator & Producer

Forbes Technology Council

he Forbes Technology Council is an exclusive community of leading technology executives offering thought leadership and innovation insights.
• Contributing strategies and perspectives on the intersection of technology and supply chain innovation.

Contributing Author

Athena Alliance

Member

Peak Community

Exit Five

Forbes Communications Council

Contributing expert in digital transformation and strategic marketing, sharing insights that drive innovation in retail and logistics.

Official Member

Strategic Triangle

- Content strategy and writing
- Digital Transformation initiatives
- Website copy, design, and development
- Organic growth strategies and execution
- Social media marketing

Digital Marketing Strategist

Scotiabank

Scotiabank is a leading global financial institution known for its commitment to innovation in banking. As a leader driving innovation within the enterprise, Harshida contributed to programs that accelerated Scotiabank’s transformation and operational efficiency.
• Collaborated with the innovation team to build and launch an internal Innovation Lab that developed prototypes to demonstrate the potential of advanced technologies.
• Partnered with accelerators and innovation hubs to introduce scalable, cutting-edge tech solutions aligned with enterprise needs.
• Spearheaded initiatives such as hackathons, internal innovation challenges, and enterprise technology conferences, fostering a culture of innovation.

Senior Innovation Leader, Enterprise Innovation in Digital Banking

Drive Enterprise IT transformation initiatives by introducing and redefining incremental innovative technologies and their roadmaps driven by business needs

Innovation Leader | Program Manager, Business Innovations Group

Champion innovative thinking, help develop prototypes to showcase new and emerging technology to large number of internal stakeholders

Project Management Lead, Business Innovations Group

Project Manager

Every great company has a behind-the-scenes story. And for the last 15 years, I’ve been helping companies write theirs—by turning logistics, fulfillment, and digital transformation from a challenge into a competitive advantage.
 
At Fulfillment IQ, I help enterprise brands, 3PLs, and retailers rethink warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution with strategies that are not just innovative, but actually work at scale.
 
But my work goes beyond just strategy— it involves understanding the voice of the customer and turning those insights into execution that drives impact.
 
Through the eCom Logistics Podcast, I’ve had the privilege of talking to some of the most brilliant minds in the industry—uncovering the trends, technology, and challenges shaping the future of logistics.
 
I’m also proud to have co-founded Ladies Who Logistic, a community of 500+ women in supply chain, creating a space for mentorship, collaboration, and industry leadership.
 
Here’s what I’m most proud of:
🔥 Helping enterprise brands, 3PLs, and retailers scale and optimize logistics through Fulfillment IQ.
🎙️ Creating a globally ranked logistics podcast with millions of annual impressions, delivering real-world insights on supply chain execution.
💡 Building a 500+ member community that empowers women in logistics through mentorship, leadership, and collaboration.
🚀 Championing digital innovation, leading initiatives that accelerated enterprise-wide transformation, including technology conferences, POCs and pilots of cutting edge tech, and startup partnerships.
💡 Driving large-scale tech initiatives that have accelerated enterprise-wide transformation and innovation adoption.
🏆 RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert (2025)
🏆 RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert (2024)
🏆 Business Elite Awards 40 Under 40 (2024)
🏆 Top eCom Influencer by Shopify (2023)
🏆 Women in Supply Chain Award (2023)
🏆 Pros to Know Award (2023)
🏆 Scotiabank Best of the Best Award (2015)
🏆 Sandford Borins Award (2009)
🏆 Gordon Cressy Leadership Award (2009)
🏆 Letter Award (2008)
🏆 Making A Difference Award (2008)
🏆 Millennium Scholarship (2007)

Visit my websites:
fulfillmentiq.com | ecomlogisticspodcast.com

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been heads down with my team preparing for the State of Logistics Innovation Summit.

As we sit here at T-1, I can’t help but pause and appreciate the depth of conversations that have shaped every session.
 
We’re unpacking the questions that matter as we head into 2026.
Where fulfillment is really headed as customer expectations rise, cost pressures intensify, and operational complexity becomes the norm.

Why AI cannot succeed without context, grounded data, and a clear operational problem to solve.

How distribution models are shifting: toward more flexible capacity, smarter orchestration, and networks built for volatility, not stability.

And what “intelligent logistics” actually means when you strip away the buzzwords and focus on measurable outcomes. Bringing these insights forward has been a privilege and a reminder that this industry is changing faster than most organizations are ready for.

Tomorrow’s discussions are just the beginning, but I hope the perspectives shared on stage (and the snippets we publish afterward) spark new thinking for the year ahead.  

I’m grateful to all the speakers joining us and bringing their experience into the room: Ninaad Acharya, Tom Schmitt, Jeff Wolpov, Marv Cunningham, Nima Elyassi-Rad, Patrick Nikoletich, Cullen Sanderson, Rajashekar Arutla, Amanda Dorenberg, Nizar Trigui, Catarina Carvalho, Ben Emmrich, Chris Somerville, Rahul (RD) D., Bill Gibson, Swapnil Khopkar
 
So here’s my question to you: technologists, operators, and supply chain leaders: What are your top 3 priorities for 2026?
 
I’d love to hear what’s rising to the top of your list.

#StateOfLogisticsInnovation #LogisticsTech #FulfillmentIQ

Partner @ Fulfillment IQ | Co-Host, eCom Logistics Podcast | Logistics Innovation That Scales

State of Logistics Innovation Countdown Post _ 1 Day To Go

It’s easy to think digital transformation fails because the tech wasn’t right.
But more often, it’s because the data wasn’t.

I’ve been part of enough transformation projects to see the same story play out.
The enthusiasm is high. The new systems are in place. But the data, the thing holding it all together, isn’t clean, consistent, or shared.

And that’s where the problem starts. Teams make decisions on half-truths. Visibility drops. People stop trusting the numbers.

Strong governance gives structure without slowing people down. It keeps everyone aligned while the work keeps moving.

At Fulfillment IQ, that’s what we focus on first. Because without that alignment, even the best tools can’t deliver what they promise.

If you’re in the middle of a transformation and things feel stuck, it might be time to look at your data foundations.

Let’s talk about what you’re seeing.

#DigitalTransformation #DataGovernance #Leadership

"What if global supply chains could think, adapt, and optimize themselves?"

I've spent my career turning that 'what if' into reality.
As a business leader and strategist, I've built a reputation for anticipating industry needs and driving transformative change in supply chain. From pioneering AI-driven logistics at Orchestro.AI, a Vertical AI and Agentic AI company, to leading operational overhauls at Walmart, Target, Disney, American Eagle, and PepsiCo, my focus has always been on innovation, reinvention, and scalable solutions that disrupt the status quo.

Throughout my journey, I've helped businesses unlock untapped opportunities, turning inefficiencies into competitive advantages. I've led initiatives that scaled e-commerce from $50M to $10B, pioneered first-in-industry automation, and optimized logistics networks to achieve record-breaking profitability—even in times of crisis. With 150 patents to my name, I've consistently pushed the boundaries of what's possible in supply chain innovation.

But beyond business impact, my mission is deeply personal. The day I held my son Vishnu for the first time, I made a promise—to build a future where technology doesn't just serve commerce, but creates a more sustainable world for generations ahead.

At Orchestro.AI, we're not just improving logistics—we're redefining global trade with AI-driven intelligence, autonomous decision-making, and a revolutionary open parcel network.
Let's connect and shape the future of supply chain innovation—together. 🚀

Shekhar Natarajan

The real crisis in tech isn’t AI. It’s what we chose to call progress.

 For years we rewarded speed over safety, scale over humanity, extraction over ethics. Now the receipts are showing and the cost is being paid by creators, consumers and entire communities who never consented to be the raw material for someone else’s “innovation”.

This video is not a warning.
 It is a line in the sand.

Because the next decade will be decided by one choice
Build technology that extracts
Or build intelligence that elevates.

If you believe the world is ready for tech that protects dignity, pays creators fairly and puts humans back at the centre, this conversation is for you.

I am done applauding systems that break what makes us human. It’s time to shape the ones that make us better.

Tomorrow morning at 8 am I am unveiling the blueprint of what I call angelic intelligence.

Not a concept. A commitment.
If you care about where technology is heading, follow along. The next chapter starts now.

 #FutureOfAI #ResponsibleTech #AIReform #TechLeadership #tech #CreatorEconomy #InnovationWithPurpose #DigitalEthics #Future #Angelicintelligence #Entrepreneurship #LinkedInCreators #ShekharNatarajan #Trending #AIwithethics #Aiagents

We don’t need smarter AI
We need wiser AI
Because the future won’t be built by algorithms
It will be built by virtues

Everyone asks me, what is angelic?
Angelic isn’t about the technology, it’s about building virtues that make us deeply human.

The first quality is wisdom, technology that seeks truth over engagement, systems that help us understand reality instead of manipulating our perceptions of it.

The second quality is justice, AI that ensures fairness for all people, not just efficiency for the powerful.

The third quality is temperance, it's the discipline to restrain harmful capabilities. Choosing what not to build is often wiser than building everything we can.

The fourth quality is courage, standing against extraction economics even when it costs us, defending human dignity even when it's not profitable.

The fifth quality is compassion, honoring the full complexity of human experience in every interaction. Treating people as souls and not as data points.

The sixth quality is integrity, the perfect alignment between our stated values and our actual systems. No gap between what we promise and what we deploy.

Finally, the last quality is humility, acknowledging what we don't know, admitting when we are wrong, and building systems that can learn and grow.
These aren't features you bolt on to existing technology.

These are the foundational virtues that make technology serve humanity instead of replacing it.

When we build AI that embodies these qualities, we don't just build better technology

We become better humans.
Because technology shapes character as much as character shapes technology.

Every system we build either elevates human virtues or it degrades them.
Angelic Intelligence is the world's first virtue-based system and it is built in service of humans.

Tomorrow, we'll talk about the design philosophy that makes this inevitable.
 See you at 8 AM.


If this resonates with your vision for the future of AI, share your perspective below.

#ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #EthicalAI #Leadership #Innovation #TechnologyForGood #HumanCenteredDesign #DigitalTransformation #AIRevolution #VirtueBasedAI #TechEthics #ShekharNatarajan #AngelicIntelligence #Storytelling #Entrepreneurship #LinkedInCreators

When I walked onto that TEDx stage, I just wanted my story to help someone.
Today, it became the #1 most-watched TEDx Talk on YouTube (October 2025).
This isn’t my win, it’s ours.
Thank you for standing with me.

Honoured to see this message resonate with leaders, creators, entrepreneurs, and young minds across the world.

Grateful for the conversations, the shares, and the impact this talk is creating.
Let’s keep building stories that matter.

Check out the full TEDx talk and share your thoughts : https://lnkd.in/g7HT2vne

Check out Top 10 in October : https://lnkd.in/gw3q-UsN

#TEDx #Leadership #Inspiration #Motivation #ShekharNatarajan #PersonalGrowth #LifeLessons #Mindset #Entrepreneurship #Impact #Storytelling #YouTubeTrending #TopTEDxTalk #PublicSpeaking

We don’t grow up when we age. We grow up when sacrifice finally makes sense.
This story was my turning point.

Story 8: One Word 
I was thirteen. Reckless. Stupid. I didn't understand sacrifice yet.

So I failed. One entire school year, I just... failed.

She didn't yell. Didn't hit me though plenty would have.

She said one word.

"Humiliated."

It destroyed me.

Because I understood immediately.

Every grade I earned wasn't just a number on a report card. It was proof.

Proof that her sacrifices meant something.

That the ring she sold wasn't wasted.

That the year she stood outside that office wasn't for nothing.

That her bleeding hands built something real and lasting.

My failure wasn't just mine.

It was hers.

It erased her entire existence. Made her meaningless. Made every sacrifice pointless.

That night, I watched her sitting in the dark after everyone else had slept.

Her face exhausted but unbroken.

Her silence heavier than any lecture could ever be.

I never failed again. Not once.

Not because I was afraid of punishment.

Because I finally understood what my grades actually cost.

No mother's worth should depend on her child's academic performance.

But hers did.

And that's not her fault. That's the world's cruelty.

That's what poverty does: it makes your children's success the only proof you mattered at all.

She taught me:

Success means nothing if it disrespects the hands that made it possible.

Achievement without gratitude is just theft with applause.

Can you relate to this feeling? Comment your story below  someone needs to read it.
#Leadership #LifeLessons #Inspiration #GrowthMindset #PersonalGrowth #EmotionalIntelligence #LeadershipDevelopment #WorkEthic #Resilience #Gratitude #ParentingLessons #SuccessMindset #LinkedInCommunity #ProfessionalJourney #RealStories

Some stories don’t just inspire
They shake you
They remind you that behind every successful man… there's a mother who performed miracles the world never noticed.

Story 7: The Impossible Math

$1.75 per month.
Eight people.
Thirty days.
Do the math. Go ahead. I'll wait.
You can't make it work.
The numbers don't add up.

We should have starved. Should have broken. Should have become another statistic about poverty and infant mortality.
But we didn't.
Because she performed miracles.

Not the kind anyone celebrates. Not the kind that get written about. Just the quiet, invisible kind that keeps people breathing.
She collected rainwater in cracked clay pots.
Grew vegetables in soil everyone said was dead.

Knew exactly which restaurants threw away edible food and precisely when.
Sewed our clothes until they were more patch than original fabric.
Reused everything—water, paper, string, cloth—until reuse became a form of alchemy.

Every single day, she turned nothing into enough.
Economists talk about productivity. Resource allocation. Optimization theory.
But there's no equation for what a mother does with nothing.

No formula for turning $1.75 into eight lives.
No model that captures how hope becomes food.
My father earned that $1.75.
She turned it into survival.

That's not budgeting.
That's magic the world refuses to call magic because it's performed by poor women.

No mother should need daily miracles just to feed her children.
But she performed them.
Every single day.
For twenty-five years.

And no one called it genius. No one called it brilliance. No one gave her an award or a title or even basic recognition.
They just called her "housewife."

She taught me:
Love isn't what you have. It's what you create from nothing.
What you conjure from desperation and refusal.

Share your mother’s miracle in the comments.
The world needs to hear her story too.

#Motherhood #LifeLessons #RealStories #Leadership #Resilience #Inspiration #WomenOfStrength #Storytelling #Motivation #Gratitude #LinkedInCommunity #SuccessMindset #Humanity #EmotionalIntelligence #ShekharNatarajan

Some stories stay with you forever. They shape your empathy, your leadership and the way you show up for people. This is one of mine. A reminder that mental health needs humanity before anything else.

Story 5: My Brother

My brother's illness came like weather sudden, unpredictable, devastating.
Some days he wouldn't sleep for seventy two hours straight. He'd pace our tiny floor until exhaustion shattered him into tears. Other days, he wouldn't move at all. Just disappeared into silence so deep we'd check to make sure he was breathing.

The world called him possessed.
Relatives suggested exorcisms. Priests. Rituals I won't describe.
Some people stopped visiting entirely. Put crosses on their doorframes. Prayed for protection from him.

My mother became his fortress.
When superstition pointed fingers, she stood between them and him.
When everyone else walked away and they did, one by one she stayed.
She knew nothing about psychiatry. Had never heard terms like bipolar disorder or treatment protocol or mood stabilizers.

But she understood something more fundamental:
How to sit next to someone in complete darkness without demanding they come into the light.

She became his nurse, his translator, his shield, his constant.
The only person who witnessed his pain without calling it demonic.
Who saw him as sick instead of cursed.

There was no clinical term for what she did.
She just called it mothering.
And that taught me something I've never forgotten:
Love isn't about fixing people.

It's about staying when everyone else has found excellent reasons to leave.
No mother should face mental illness alone in a culture that treats it with superstition and shame.

But she did.
And I think her presence just her refusal to look away healed more than any medication could have.

If this touched you, let it remind you that presence can be more powerful than solutions. Someone in your world might need that kind of presence today. Share this if it resonates.
 #MentalHealthAwareness #Leadership #Compassion #Empathy #Humanity #LifeLessons #Resilience #Caregiving #FamilyStrength #LinkedInCommunity #ShekharNatarajan

Mothers carry entire worlds on their backs. They absorb storms without showing the weather. They hold everyone together while quietly falling apart inside. This story is a reminder of how often we overlook the emotional labor, silent suffering and unspoken strength of the women who raise us.

Story 6: Her Silence

She carried her pain the way she carried everything else quietly, capably, invisibly.

No one asked how she was.

They never do, when you're too good at holding things together. When your competence makes you invisible.

Looking back now now that I understand depression, anxiety, trauma I can see it.

She had her own darkness.

The kind that hides under relentless responsibility. The kind that looks like strength right up until the moment it becomes collapse.

When my brother spiraled, she held him.

When my father came home defeated, she rebuilt him.

When I broke, she fixed me.

When neighbors needed help, she helped.

When relatives demanded time, she gave it.

But no one ever held her.

She was drowning silently while teaching everyone else to swim.

She was never diagnosed. Never treated. Never allowed to rest. Never permitted to be anything less than the foundation everyone else stood on.

She just endured.

Because in her mind, love was the only anesthetic powerful enough to numb the pain of existing.

Here's what destroys me in hindsight:

No mother should heal everyone while no one heals her.

No woman should collapse in slow motion because she's too competent to be allowed weakness.

But she did.

And I learned too late:

Silence isn't strength. It is sacrifice that no one notices until it is gone.

Until it is too late to say thank you.

Check on the mothers in your life. The silent ones. The strong ones. The ones who never ask for anything even when they need everything. If this touched you, share it so more people remember them.

#Mothers #Motherhood #InvisibleStrength #MentalHealthAwareness #EmotionalLabor #Caregivers #FamilyStories #Empathy #Resilience #LinkedInCommunity

Building technology is easy.
Building technology that protects, uplifts, and empowers humans is leadership.

The real innovation ahead of us isn’t faster systems or bigger models , it’s human-centered architecture.
A future where dignity comes before efficiency, consent before data, and transparency before power.

When communities shape technology from Day 0.
When flourishing becomes more important than optimization.
When AI becomes a partner not a replacement…
When virtue becomes the source code.

That’s when technology finally serves humanity, not the other way around.

Because the most advanced system is the one that makes humans more human.

Tomorrow, we explore what happens when this philosophy is ignored and why the current path is not just unethical, but unsustainable.





#ArtificialIntelligence #AIForGood #TechForGood #EthicalAI #FutureOfWork #DigitalTransformation #Innovation #TechnologyTrends #HumanCenteredDesign #Leadership #FutureOfAI #AICommunity #SustainableTech #TechLeadership #AIEthics #MachineLearning #ResponsibleAI #HumanityFirst
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