MEMBER
Atul Vashistha

MEMBER TYPE
Think Tank

FOCUS
Technology, Global Supply Chain, and Risk Management

WORK
Chairman of Supply Wisdom & Neo Group: DoD Board, Reserve Forces Policy Board

SUMMARY
Atul Vashistha is a serial entrepreneur with deep expertise in the intersection of technology, global supply chain, and risk management. Atul is the Founder of Supply Wisdom & Neo Group and is also the visionary behind the GBSBoard and RiskBoard.

He currently serves on the boards of DoD Reserve Forces Policy Board, Shared Assessments, and IAOP. Atul had the distinguished honor of serving on the U.S. DoD Business Board for over 12 years, including as former Vice Chairman from 2018-20. He is a former Chair of YPO Norcal chapter and is currently a YPO Atlas member.

Atul is the Founder of Supply Wisdom & Neo Group and is also the visionary behind the GBSBoard and RiskBoard. Since 2017, Atul has been the Chairman & CEO of Supply Wisdom, the fast-growth patented risk management platform that continuously prevents and mitigates full-stack third-party risk exposure for enterprises. For more than 21 years, Atul and his teams at Neo Group have worked with nations and corporations to leverage global talent, big data, automation, and other technology mega-trends to accelerate new capabilities, increase resiliency, mitigate risks, and enable better corporate and societal outcomes.

Prior to founding Neo Group and Supply Wisdom, Atul was Senior Vice President of International at Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) where he led the international operations of the Fortune 25 Company.

Atul has authored three books: Globalization Wisdom, Outsourcing Wisdom, and The Offshore Nation. Additionally, he is a frequent contributor to many leading business publications that have published numerous of his bylines including the influential American Bankers Association (ABA) Journal, Forbes.com, and Corporate Board Member.

The Secretary of Defense awarded Atul “The Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service” in 2014 and again in 2021. Atul was recognized by Consulting Magazine as both a “Top 25 Most Influential Consultant” and “Top 6 IT Powerbroker”. Globalization Today recognized Atul as an “Industry Most Influential Powerhouse 25”, and Near Shore Americas recognized him as one of the “Power 50.” In 2018, Atul was inducted into the prestigious IAOP Hall of Fame and has received Shared Assessments “Evangelist Award”. NeoGroup was recognized by IAOP in 2019 as a “Best of the World’s Best Outsourcing Advisor”. Also, in 2019, Enterprise Security Magazine recognized Supply Wisdom as a “Top 10 Risk Management Service Provider”. USPTO granted Atul a patent in May 2020 for his system for supply chain risk intelligence, which is the foundation of Supply Wisdom’s data science and automation.

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