Nijansh Verma

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States8 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-founded AI software company for CPG supply chains.
Scaled SpeakIn to 18,000 users across Asia.
Expert in supply chain risk management and decision-making.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert specializing in supply chain management and AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Supply Chain ManagementGo-to-market StrategyMarketing StrategyB2b MarketingProject ManagementStakeholder Management

Other Skills

AI softwareLearning platformMerchant GrowthMethods & PlanningArtificial Neural NetworksData PrivacyMachine LearningData SciencePython (Programming Language)Product ManagementLearning ManagementPrompt EngineeringCommunicationCorporate CommunicationsGoogle Analytics

About

Most CPG supply chains are held together by a mix of legacy ERP, manual spreadsheets, and institutional knowledge that walks out the door whenever someone leaves. Demand signals are noisy. Inventory ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Supplier disruptions cascade for days before anyone has a clear picture of impact. And the people responsible for fixing it are usually smart, experienced, and completely buried. At Heizen, we build AI software for CPG supply chain teams. Systems that learn your demand patterns, surface risk before it becomes a crisis, and help you make better inventory decisions faster. Before Heizen, I co-founded SpeakIn and scaled it to 18,000 users across India and SE Asia. IIT Madras. ISB. Now based in San Francisco. I write about AI in CPG supply chain: what's actually working, what's still vaporware, and what ops leaders should be paying attention to. If that's relevant to where you're headed, follow along.

Experience

8 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 4 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 10 mos

Current Experience

Heizen

Co-Founder and CMO

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

Heizen builds AI software for CPG supply chains.
The gap we're solving: most supply chain teams have more data than they know what to do with and less clarity than they need. Forecasting is still largely manual. Inventory decisions run on lag. Supplier risk shows up as a crisis rather than a signal.
We build systems that sit on top of existing ERP and data infrastructure rather than replacing it, giving teams faster signal and better decisions without a rip-and-replace.
My job is go-to-market. I work directly with supply chain and operations leaders at CPG companies to understand where the real friction is and make sure what we build actually solves it.

AI softwareSupply Chain ManagementGo-to-Market StrategyStakeholder Management

Career break

Relocation

Dec 2022 – May 2023 · 5 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

I spend my time listening. Really listening. Being fairly new to the US, I sit with people, ask questions, and hear what their audience needs. I turn those voices into insight, guiding them through the market’s noise to what truly matters. Each project is a reminder that building a product is only part of the work; understanding its audience is the rest. I give them confidence, a fighting chance, and each piece of insight I gather brings the whole story into sharper focus.

Speakin

Co-Founder

Sep 2019 – Nov 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Singapore · Hybrid

SpeakIn started as an idea: connect people to wisdom, live and raw. We launched a learning platform with experts, creators, even visionaries. Over four years, we brought 18,000 minds together, building learning experiences that didn’t just teach but left an impact. Leading SpeakIn here meant building something real, something people came back to because it sparked their curiosity. Each new client, each session felt like a step closer to something lasting, something that mattered.

Learning platformMarketing StrategyB2B MarketingStakeholder Management

Magicpin (samast technologies)

General Manager - Merchant Growth

May 2019 – Aug 2019 · 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

At magicpin, I hit the ground running. My role was about numbers: signing up merchants, launching growth campaigns, making real value. It was messy and fast. Every win felt earned, every strategy tested and adapted. I saw small partner merchants thrive and learned the thrill of real-time decision-making, adapting by the hour in a world that waits for no one.

Merchant GrowthMarketing StrategyB2B MarketingStakeholder Management

Efforts industries

Manager - Projects

Jan 2017 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater Bhopal Area

Efforts Industries was about rolling up my sleeves and managing people and timelines. I led projects across India, took our firm into new markets, and built an in-house team that slashed outsourcing. Our designs grew bolder; our work got faster. We were leaner and stronger, each improvement stacking up, until one day, we weren’t the same company anymore. And I knew I’d played a part in that transformation.

Project ManagementSupply Chain ManagementMarketing StrategyStakeholder Management

Shapoorji pallonji group

Deputy Manager - Methods & Planning

Jul 2015 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos · Corporate Head Office, Mumbai

At Shapoorji Pallonji, I was handpicked for a four-member team at HQ, tasked with rethinking construction from the ground up. Our mission was to streamline how materials flowed—design to disposal—finding new ways to use less and build faster. We digitized processes that had been manual for decades, squeezing every bit of value from each resource.
Before this was the IIM Trichy project in Tiruchchirapalli, a sprawling site with countless moving parts. I was on the ground, working with 1,200 laborers and managing all sides—clients, engineers, contractors. Each day was a puzzle, balancing speed with quality and finding solutions as bottlenecks appeared. Together, we built a new way of working, one that valued efficiency, sustainability, and clarity.

Methods & PlanningStakeholder ManagementSupply Chain Management