Deepak Bapna - Arkieva

About the Author: Deepak Bapna

Deepak Bapna joins Arkieva as Chief Product Officer, bringing more than 20 years of experience leading product and technology innovation across companies including Microsoft, Yahoo!, Visa, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Earlier in his career, Deepak worked at i2 Technologies, a pioneer in supply chain planning software, giving him deep roots in the industry Arkieva serves. He has a strong track record of building scalable platforms and leading complex product transformations, particularly in data, AI, and cloud-based enterprise systems. Deepak holds a Ph.D. in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. As Chief Product Officer, he will lead Arkieva’s product strategy and help accelerate the evolution of our platform as we bring advanced analytics and AI-driven capabilities to supply chain planning.

Shift-Left Risk: A New Operating System for Supply Chain Planning

Learn how Shift-Left Risk embeds risk awareness into supply chain planning from the start with a four-layer architecture for more resilient, explainable plans.

Practitioners Agree on the Problem. The Real Question Is Trust.

Practitioners agree plans are fragile. But will they trust risk-aware supply chain planning to act on it? Arkieva explores what makes the difference.

By
Deepak Bapna
June 3rd, 2026
Artificial Intelligence, Shift-Left Risk, Supply Chain

What Your Best Planner Knows That Your System Doesn’t

Your best planner already knows which supply chain planning assumptions are wrong. Learn why that knowledge belongs in your model, not applied on top of it.

By
Deepak Bapna
July 7th, 2026
Shift-Left Risk, Webinar

The Planning System That Optimizes for the Wrong Thing

Traditional planning treats supply chain planning risk as an afterthought. See how Shift-Left Risk makes resilience foundational, not a recovery effort.

By
Deepak Bapna
June 25th, 2026
Artificial Intelligence, Gartner US, S&OP, Shift-Left Risk, Supply Chain

Shift-Left Risk: A New Operating System for Supply Chain Planning

Learn how Shift-Left Risk embeds risk awareness into supply chain planning from the start with a four-layer architecture for more resilient, explainable plans.