Sai Praneeth Macherla

Sai Praneeth Macherla

Sr Global Supply Chain Manager, Verdagy

Sai Praneeth has 5+ years of experience in EV Charging & Green Hydrogen. Currently, Sai mainly focuses on developing and scaling supply chains & manufacturing. He also closely works with other business functions to help make clean energy technologies best-in-class, highly scalable, and low-cost while establishing well-architected business processes to support this remarkable endeavour. At Volta Charging, he built strategic supply chains from scratch for multiple products, executed several complex, business-critical projects to increase revenue and reduce costs, and helped build and install 2000+ charging stations in the US and EU. At Verdagy, he developed multiple supplier relationships critical to Verdagy’s performance, cost, and product roadmaps. He deeply researches and engages with various electrolyzer commodity supply chains to inform Verdagy’s strategic capacity and capability planning while also executing daily tasks and projects to achieve near-term targets and milestones.

He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Additionally, he expects to complete his MBA in August 2024 and begin a prestigious Clean Energy Program at Yale University. He hopes to help usher in an accessible, energy-abundant future for all.