Jayan holds a PhD from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at IIT(Bombay), where he worked on complex supply chain optimization problems. Prior to this, he completed a 5-year Integrated M.Tech course from the same institute. Jayan holds multiple patents related to supply chain planning as the lead inventor.
Jayan leads product development and architecture at Spashta. He brings in‑depth expertise in optimization methodologies for supply chain management, designing software products for supply planning, and building solutions for complex supply chain environments.
Biography
Before Spashta, he served as the Principal Architect at JDA Technologies, where he managed the design, development, and deployment of multiple products, prominent ones being Agile Control Tower and Supply Chain Planner among others. Earlier at i2 Technologies, he worked in the supply planning products (including SCP and ROS Mill Scheduler) and was responsible for improving their performance significantly. He also worked at Headstrong, where he developed libraries of math/optimization algorithms and designed the front-end systems for financial portfolios.