Bhanu K Potluri
About Bhanu K Potluri
Bhanu K Potluri is a Staff Data Scientist at Flexport and a Sr Operations Research Scientist at Shopify, with over 8 years of experience in logistics and technical expertise in optimization, heuristics, and machine learning.
Current Roles
Bhanu K Potluri is currently employed at Flexport as a Staff Data Scientist, a role he has held since June 2023. In addition, he works at Shopify as a Senior Operations Research Scientist. Both positions are based in the San Francisco Bay Area. These roles involve leveraging his expertise in logistics, optimization, heuristics, and machine learning.
Previous Experience
Before his current roles, Bhanu K Potluri worked at LLamasoft, A Coupa Company. He held several positions there, including Senior Applied Scientist from 2020 to 2021 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Applied Research Scientist from 2018 to 2020, and Product Engineer from 2016 to 2018. His earlier experience also includes an Operations Research Internship at Walt Disney World in 2015 and a Graduate Research Assistant position at Rochester Institute of Technology from 2014 to 2016.
Education Background
Bhanu K Potluri holds a Master of Science (MS) in Industrial Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology, completed between 2013 and 2015. He also earned a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in Mechanical Engineering from Koneru Lakshmaiah University, where he studied from 2009 to 2013.
Technical Expertise
Bhanu K Potluri has over 8 years of experience in creating solutions for complex logistical challenges. His skill set includes optimization, heuristics, and machine learning. He has developed software systems that integrate these techniques to solve various problems related to logistics, e-commerce fulfillment, vehicle routing, and network design.
Leadership Roles
Bhanu K Potluri has spent over 3 years as a tech lead, focusing on developing decision support and predictive systems. His leadership experience is marked by projects that integrate advanced optimization and machine learning techniques to enhance logistics operations.