Ashutosh Prasad is Founder and CEO of KoiReader Technologies. A distinguished leader with over 25 years of experience in Logistics and Supply Chain, having held senior executive and global consulting roles at Big 4 firms before founding KoiReader Technologies. Driven by a belief in epoch-defining technological disruption, he built KoiReader into a global force in AI automation, robotics, and industrial intelligence. Under his leadership, the company has pioneered applied AI in the sector, secured 20+ patents, and delivered multimillion-dollar efficiency, accuracy, and scalability gains for manufacturers, distributors, retailers, service providers, and shippers worldwide. His flagship KoiVision® Platform, publicly endorsed by industry giants such as NVIDIA and PepsiCo has set new benchmarks for autonomous operations across logistics, supply chain, and manufacturing. His innovations have been showcased on global stages including the G20 Business 20 Summit, Intel Vision AI Conference, and the World Economic Forum’s TradeTech Forum, establishing him as a globally recognized thought leader. Ash authored the Artificial Intelligence powered Automation chapter in the National Logistics Policy of the world’s fifth-largest economy, launched by the Prime Minister of India. Before founding KoiReader, he built digital supply chain practices at PwC and EY and served as Vice President at XPO Logistics, where he led digital innovation portfolios. He also developed the world’s most advanced intelligent label-scanning technology (KoiScan™) and co-designed a next-generation 2D barcode standard for supply-chain asset visibility with GS1. A sought-after keynote speaker, he frequently shares his vision on AI, automation, and AI-human interaction at premier global forums including MIT CTIL, GS1, Siemens AI Open House, and the Carbonated Beverage Institute. He is also a principal contributor to PwC’s GenAI White Paper. Ash’s humanity, humility, humor always stay intact as he embarks on the mission to steer AI automation revolution across the sphere.