Fireside Chat: Artificial Intelligence that Delivers Real Results
Speaker: Mike Neill, CTO, C.H. Robinson
Moderator: Arun Kochar, Partner, Kearney
Learn how C.H. Robinson, a top 10 global logistics provider, has been using proprietary AI models and a fleet of 30+ AI agents to deliver tangible business value for their customers, carriers and employees since 2023. This session will cover best practices and lessons learned, as well as how humans-in-the-loop are crucial for success.
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Arun KocharPartnerKearneyArun is a Partner in Kearney’s Strategic Operations Practice. He has twenty years of C-suite, Board & senior management consulting experience across Americas, Europe, and Asia. His experience covers manufacturers, distributors and retailers in multiple industries including Consumer Packaged Goods, Retail, and Process Industries.
Arun’s advisory work focuses on maximizing enterprise value of global businesses through step changes in organic and M&A-led P&L performance. He is known for expertise in Large-scale Transformations, M&A, Operating Model Design, Route-to-market Strategy, End-to-End Supply Chain Improvement, Zero-based Budgeting, Design for Value & Sustainability, and Digital Business Enablement. He routinely publishes and speaks on bleeding-edge operations-related topics on Ivey Business Journal, SCMR, Food & Beverage Magazine, Supply & Demand Chain Executive, Wine & Spirits Daily, APICS, CSCMP, IndustryWeek, and other media outlets.
Arun holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, an MEM in Operations and MS in Transportation Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University, and a BTech in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).

