Atul Vashistha is a serial entrepreneur with deep expertise around the intersection of technology, global supply chain and risk management.

Atul Vashistha currently serves on the boards of Shared Assessments and IAOP. Atul had the distinguished honor of serving on the US Department of Defense Business Board for over 1 2 years, including as former Vice Chairman from 2018-20. Atul is a former Chair of YeQ Norcal chapter and is currently a YPO Gold Suncoast member.

Also, since June 2022, he has been a Board Member of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, which serves as an independent advisor to Secretary of Defense on Reserve and National Guard matters.

Atul is the Founder of Supply Wisdom & Neo Group, and is also the visionary behind the GBSBoard and RiskBoard. Since 2017, Atul has been the Chairman & CEO of Supply Wisdom, the fast growth patented risk management platform that continuously prevents and mitigates full stack third party risk exposure for enterprises. For more than 21 years, Atul and his teams at Neo Group have worked with nations and corporations to leverage global talent, big data, automation and other technology mega-trends to accelerate new capabilities, increase resiliency, mitigate risks and enable better corporate and societal outcomes.

Prior to founding Neo Group and Supply Wisdom, Atul was Senior Vice President of International at Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) where he led the international operations of the Fortune 25 Company. Atul and his seasoned team at Cardinal expanded profitable operations to Australia, New Zealand, Spain, UK, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and other global locations. More importantly, his in-depth international experience earned him the admiration and respect of global CEOs and investors.

Media and Wall Street analysts at CNN, ABC, CNBC, Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, Economist, CIO, CFO and other global organizations seek Atul's expert opinion. Atul continues to be a vocal proponent of global supply chain security and has taken on the critics, such as Lou Dobbs on his former "Exporting America" segment on CNN.

Atul has authored three books: Globalization Wisdom, Outsourcing Wisdom and The Offshore Nation. Additionally, he is a frequent contributor to many leading business publications that have published numerous of his bylines including the influential American Bankers Association (ABA) Journal, Forbes.com and Corporate Board Member. Forbes: The Future of Risk Management is Automated Corporate Board Member: The Dangers of Underinvesting in Risk.

The Secretary of Defense awarded Atul "The Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service" in 2014 and again in 2021. Atul was recognized by Consulting Magazine as both a "Top 25 Most Influential Consultant" and "Top 6 IT Powerbroker". Globalization Today recognized Atul as an "Industry Most Influential Powerhouse 25", and Near Shore Americas recognized him as one of the "Power 50." In 2018, Atul was inducted into the prestigious IAOP Hall of Fame and has received Shared Assessments ''Evangelist Award". NeoGroup was recognized by IAOP in 2019 as a "Best of the World's Best Outsourcing Advisor". Also, in 2019, Enterprise Security Magazine recognized Supply Wisdom as a "Top 10 Risk Management Service Provider". USPTO granted Atul a atent in May 2020 for his system for supply chain risk intelligence, which is the foundation of Supply Wisdom's data science and automation.

Further details can be found at www.supplywisdom.com www.neogroup.com or www.google.com (search for Atul Vashistha).

(As of June 2022)