In a significant development, Deepak Bhatia has been appointed Chief Technology Officer at The Hershey Co., with his new role set to commence on October 23. Furthermore, he has been granted a position on the company’s executive committee.
Mr. Bhatia brings a wealth of experience to his new role, having spent the last 12 years at Amazon, where he held the position of Vice President for Supply Chain Optimization Technologies since August 2021. Prior to his tenure at Amazon, he served in several senior management roles at Applied Materials. His career began as an engineer and team lead at Daewoo Motors India Ltd.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Punjab Engineering College, followed by a master’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics engineering from Purdue University. He further pursued a master’s degree in operations research, management science, and engineering at Stanford University.
“We are investing in our people and digital capabilities to strengthen our infrastructure and scale across our growing supply chain and business units,” said Michele Buck, president and chief executive officer of Hershey. “As we continue to double down in this area, Deepak has the expertise needed to successfully lead our technology strategy leveraging end-to-end data, analytics and automation to elevate our employee experience, create commercial value and advance our leading snacking powerhouse vision.”
