Shekar Natarajan is a transformative leader with a record of progressive, positive disruption and industry-standard-setting innovation for top Fortune 100 companies.
As American Eagle Outfitters Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Shekar has brought transformation to the specialty retailer to create a robust ecosystem of operations rooted in operational excellence, strategy, data analytics and partnership.
In his nearly 20-year career, Shekar has created an industry-standard last-mile beverage delivery system, re-engineered a grocery home delivery/pickup operating model, built and scaled grocery-shopping operations, created and piloted a distribution center drone program, built an automated direct-store delivery system, developed methodologies followed by the White House and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and enhanced visitor theme park experience through wearable radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.