K. Cyrus Hadavi, Ph.D.

Dr. Hadavi is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, of Adexa, Inc. Dr. Hadavi founded Adexa in 1994 with a singular mission: to raise the bar for customer value by bringing to market a new class of supply chain and e-business solutions. Under his leadership, Adexa has emerged as the premier solution partner in driving return-on-assets (ROA) across the value chain. Prior to founding Adexa, Dr. Hadavi directed implementations at i2 Technologies, Inc., delivering business solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Before that, he helped pioneer next-generation distributed problem-solving applications at Siemens. While at Siemens, Dr. Hadavi served as Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, where he taught courses on the application of computer science and artificial intelligence to manufacturing. Besides publishing numerous articles on supply chain management, manufacturing and e-commerce, Dr. Hadavi is a frequent speaker at business venues worldwide. Dr. Hadavi was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Southern California Software Council and was honored for the last two years consecutively as Adexa’s CEO in Deloitte & Touche’s Fast Technology 50. He holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and an M.S. degree in industrial management from the University of Birmingham, UK. He also holds an M.S. degree in computer engineering from the University of Southampton, UK, and a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Michigan.