Graham Whittemore

I've run supply chains at Amazon, CVS, and Clean Harbors. Then I spent a year building the AI myself.

Twenty years of operational transformation. More than $100M in realized efficiencies. This past year, five working AI systems built from scratch. Engineer, operator, builder.

The Record

$0M+

in cumulative realized efficiencies

Amazon

$90M+

$70M annualized savings via inbound cross-dock network redesign, plus $20M in transportation optimization

Clean Harbors

$50M+

Cumulative sourcing and planning savings across 200+ locations through sourcing strategy redesign, vendor rationalization, and full supply chain transformation

CVS Health

$20M+

Logistics, distribution, and inventory savings via a total cost-to-serve model built from scratch

Peakview Labs

5 Systems

Five working AI systems I designed and built solo across manufacturing, grocery, healthcare, retail, and automotive, developed with feedback from real companies. Self-directed proofs of concept.

Career Arc

Process engineer, supply chain operator, AI builder. Most executives have one of these. The combination is rare.

EngineerOperatorAI Builder
2001-2004Engineer

Fairchild Semiconductor

Process Engineer

Manufacturing roots. International technology transfer across global sites.

2004-2007Engineer

Axcelis Technologies

Process Engineer

Advanced semiconductor equipment characterization. Throughput and yield optimization.

2007-2008Transition

MIT

Master of Engineering

Supply Chain Management/Logistics. The bridge from engineering to operations.

2008-2012Operator

Staples

Director, Inventory Optimization

First enterprise-wide S&OP process. First large-scale network optimization work.

2012-2015Operator

Amazon

Senior Manager (L7), Global SC

$70M+ network savings. Led Global Inventory Placement. S&OP automation.

2015-2016Operator

Wayfair

Director, Global SC Planning

Built the global planning organization from scratch during hyper-growth.

2016-2019Operator

CVS Health

Executive Director, SC Strategy

$20M+ cost-to-serve model. Enterprise strategy across retail pharmacy, PBM, and Omnicare.

2019-2025Operator

Clean Harbors

VP then SVP, Supply Chain

200+ locations. Oracle Cloud SCM. $50M+ savings. Full transformation.

2025-PresentAI Builder

Peakview Labs

Founder & Principal

Five working AI systems, built hands-on. MIT Guest Lecturer. Now returning to executive leadership.

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Case Studies

Enterprise transformations I led, and the AI systems I designed and built at Peakview Labs with feedback from real companies.

The AI Angle

Most executives talk about AI strategy from a distance. I build it. Five working systems across five industries, designed and built over the past year with feedback from real companies.

Builds, Not Manages

I have personally architected and built LLM-based agents, real-time data pipelines, IoT sensor integrations, and legacy ERP connectors. This is hands-on engineering, not vendor management.

The Lesson from Peakview Labs

The technology is rarely the hard part. Trust, data, incentive alignment, and human-in-the-loop design are what determine whether AI gets adopted. That lesson came from building, not from a report.

MIT Guest Lecturer

In early 2026, I presented case studies on AI-driven supply chain strategy to MIT graduate students. The ability to teach it means the ability to translate it to any organization.

Technical Stack

Oracle Cloud SCMSAP (OData)LLM Agent DevelopmentMulti-Provider AI (Claude, Gemini)AWS LambdaAWS FargateIoT CoreSageMakerKinesisPythonNode.jsPostgreSQLRedisPower BITableauLlamasoft

How an AI Operational System Works

Human Layer
Trust, Adoption, Governance
Execution Layer
Automated Workflows
Intelligence Layer
LLM Agents, ML Models
Data Layer
ERP, IoT, APIs

The human layer is where most AI projects fail. It is where I start.

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Ask me anything about my background, my leadership style, how I think about supply chain problems, or what I learned building AI into operations. I will answer the way I would in a real conversation.

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What's Next

After a year building AI systems from scratch, I want to bring that operator-plus-builder combination back inside a company, at scale.

The work I do best is transformation. An ERP modernization. An S&OP process that isn't functioning the way it should. AI adoption stuck at the pilot stage. A post-acquisition integration. I've done the operational scaling at Amazon and CVS, the enterprise transformation at Clean Harbors, and the hands-on AI building at Peakview. That combination is unusual, and it is most valuable where supply chain complexity actually matters to the business.

I'm based in Greater Boston and open to Boston-area or remote roles. On industry I'm flexible. What matters more to me is working on something that matters, with people I respect, in a culture that moves.

If you're thinking about a specific opportunity, I'd love to talk.

Graham Whittemore

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Location

Greater Boston, MA