UNIONTOWN, Ohio – August 6, 2024– Surgere, an AI-powered supply chain visibility SaaS company, has named Nykaj Nair as the company’s first Chief Revenue Officer, an important step forward as Surgere seeks to drive significant new growth, enter new industries, and deliver boundary-pushing solutions for customers everywhere.
Nair brings more than two decades of experience in business development, sales, and leadership for global companies. Most recently, Nair served as Managing Director and General Manager for Global IoT sales for Cisco, a worldwide software, networking, security, computing, and technology leader. There, he led strategy on Cisco’s internet of things (IoT) solutions, experience he will draw on to take Surgere into a new era.
"Supply chain uncertainty is a massive challenge for global industry, and Surgere has a tremendous opportunity to remove that uncertainty by providing real-time visibility and intelligence,” Nair said. "I believe that this team truly has the opportunity to change the world, and I couldn’t be more excited to help drive our next phase of growth through strategic initiatives and the accelerated, worldwide adoption of our unique platform.”
The Chief Revenue Officer position has emerged in forward-thinking organizations as a critical leadership role for driving holistic revenue growth strategies. At Surgere, Nair will unify marketing, sales, and service delivery to create a streamlined, customer-centric approach that optimizes every stage of the revenue cycle.
“Nykaj’s business development and strategic acumen speak for themselves, and we couldn’t be happier to welcome him to Surgere,” said William Wappler, CEO, Surgere. “This company started at my kitchen table in 2004. The sky has always been the limit for our growth potential, and we firmly believe Nykaj will be instrumental as we capitalize on the supply chain technology market and accelerate the growth of our platform.”
Prior to his tenure at Cisco, Nair held leadership and management positions at Ingram Micro, Canon, and Tech Pacific (India) Limited. He holds his Bachelor of Engineering degree from Bangalore University, and his Master of Business Administration degree from Queensland University of Technology.
To learn more about Surgere, visit www.Surgere.com.
About Surgere
At Surgere, our singular focus is building AI-powered, frictionless supply chains that will change the world. We deliver on this mission with leading-edge, engineered IoT-based solutions matched seamlessly with our SaaS platform, Interius. The result for our customers is real-time, end-to-end visibility in critical supply chain operations: packaging specification management, asset management, asset localization, production control, inventory control, warehouse management, and transportation visibility. On a global scale, these results are powered 99.9% differentiated data accuracy and amplified by an agentic AI approach that provides predictive insights to keep our customers ahead of supply chain disruptions and their competitors. Visit www.Surgere.com.
