{"608051":{"#nid":"608051","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SCL Welcomes GE Power\u2019s Rajesh Thakkar to its Industry Advisory Board","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWe are happy to announce that Rajesh Thakkar has recently joined the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/people\/industry-advisory-board\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk579189\u0022\u003ESCL Industry Advisory Board\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERajesh (Raj) Thakkar is the VP of Digital Industrial Transformation within GE Power\u0026rsquo;s Global Supply Chain organization. Raj joined GE in 1994 and has held a series of leadership roles in engineering, Six Sigma, manufacturing, sourcing and supplier quality for GE Consumer \u0026amp; Industrial, GE Energy Services and GE Energy Management. Prior to his current role, he served as the VP of Global Supply Chain \u0026amp; Sourcing for GE Energy Connections. Raj holds an MBA from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a master\u0026rsquo;s degree in electrical engineering from Cleveland State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESCL appreciates GE Power\u0026#39;s participation in the Supply Chain Innovation Network.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThakkar has had many years of experience working at GE in supply chain and supply chain-related fields, making him a highly-qualified selection for the Advisory Board.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Rajesh Thakkar has joined the SCL Industry Advisory Board"}],"uid":"34757","created_gmt":"2018-07-24 19:54:05","changed_gmt":"2018-07-25 15:29:49","author":"Kori Thompson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"608052":{"id":"608052","type":"image","title":"Rajesh Thakkar","body":null,"created":"1532462205","gmt_created":"2018-07-24 19:56:45","changed":"1532462205","gmt_changed":"2018-07-24 19:56:45","alt":"","file":{"fid":"231917","name":"RajeshThakkar_GE.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/RajeshThakkar_GE.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/RajeshThakkar_GE.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":76022,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/RajeshThakkar_GE.jpg?itok=OvbPS3RF"}}},"media_ids":["608052"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/people\/industry-advisory-board","title":"SCL Industry Advisory Board members"}],"groups":[{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"},{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"178600","name":"Industry Advisory Board"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["info@scl.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}