Sherin Sudarsanan Personal portfolio

Making complex operations
work better.

Operations experience. Systems thinking. A growing practice in technology and automation.

Operations · Logistics · Business Analysis · Technology

Career & education path

A career shaped by operations, analysis, and systems.

01Career path
02Education foundations
Career milestoneMar 2024 — May 2025

Scheduling Supervisor

Compass Group Canada / Gourmet Cuisine

Supervised transportation and scheduling operations, connecting driver schedules, vehicle allocation, and day-to-day logistics. Worked through changing operational needs to coordinate service execution.

Driver schedulingFleet coordinationVehicle allocation
Select a milestone to explore each role or area of study. Education dates are omitted where they were not supplied.
The connecting thread

From operations to intelligent systems.

I’ve worked where plans meet reality: business processes, stakeholder requirements, daily coordination, and transportation scheduling. That experience shapes how I think about systems — and the people who rely on them.

Today, I’m exploring how data, technology, and automation can make everyday operations clearer and easier to manage.

Business operations
Business analysis
Logistics & fleet
Technology & automation
Intelligent operations

Grounded in the real world.

Experience across the systems that keep businesses moving.

Mar 2024 — May 2025

Scheduling Supervisor

Compass Group Canada / Gourmet Cuisine · Toronto, Ontario

Supervised transportation and scheduling operations, connecting driver schedules, vehicle allocation, and day-to-day logistics. Worked through changing operational needs to coordinate service execution.

Driver schedulingFleet coordinationVehicle allocationTransportation operationsRoutingOperational problem solving
Aug 2022 — Jan 2023

Claims Associate

Walmart Canada · Toronto, Ontario

Worked across inventory processes, returns, claims, recalls, and vendor processes, with an emphasis on operational accuracy and shrink control.

Inventory processesReturns & claimsRecallsVendor processesShrink control
Mar 2017 — Aug 2020

Administrative Manager / Operations Supervisor

Richken Media Pvt. Ltd. · India

Coordinated business operations and administration, including documentation, executive support, and customer communication.

Business operationsAdministrationDocumentationExecutive supportCustomer communication
Oct 2015 — Jan 2017

Business Systems Analyst / Business Analyst

Emvigo Technologies Pvt. Ltd. · India

Worked with stakeholders to gather requirements and map processes. Supported UAT, documentation, data analysis, gap analysis, and feasibility analysis.

Requirements gatheringStakeholder communicationProcess mappingUATGap analysisFeasibility analysis
May 2010 — Dec 2013

Senior Process Associate

RR Donnelley India Outsource Pvt. Ltd.

Supported process execution and client delivery, working with quality requirements, deadlines, escalation management, and compliance.

Process executionQualityClient deliveryEscalation managementCompliance

Where I contribute.

Operational experience, analytical thinking, and an expanding technical toolkit.

Operations & logistics

Understanding the moving parts, and keeping them connected.

  • Fleet operations
  • Transportation scheduling
  • Route planning
  • Resource allocation
  • Operational coordination
  • Process improvement
  • Problem solving
  • Safety & compliance

Business analysis

Turning operational needs into clear requirements and workflows.

  • Requirements gathering
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Process mapping
  • Gap analysis
  • UAT
  • Business documentation
  • Workflow analysis

Data & technology

Building a toolkit for more informed operational decisions.

  • Excel
  • Data analysis
  • AI tools
  • Automation
  • Cloud infrastructure
  • GCP
  • Linux
  • Git
  • APIs
An evolving practice ↗

AI & automation

Exploring where technology can take repetitive work out of the way.

  • AI agents
  • Workflow automation
  • n8n
  • LLM-powered systems
  • Process automation
  • AI-assisted operations
An evolving practice ↗

Systems Lab.

A space to connect practical problems with technical possibilities.

Ideas in motion. Work in progress.
WORKFLOW / AUTOMATIONLAB — 01 / ILLUSTRATION
CONCEPT

Leadnd

A concept for connecting lead research, agent-based workflows, and integrations.

AI agentsAutomationIntegrations
Explore concept: Leadnd

An exploration of how AI and automation could support connected lead generation workflows. This is a concept, not a released product.

Problem

Lead generation can involve repeated handoffs between research, qualification, and follow-up tools.

Proposed approach

Explore a coordinated workflow using agents and API integrations, with explicit review points for decisions and output.

Technologies to explore

AI agentsn8nAPIsCloud infrastructure
ROUTES / COORDINATIONLAB — 02 / ILLUSTRATION
CONCEPT

Fleet Intelligence

Exploring the connection between fleet information, scheduling, and clearer decisions.

LogisticsSchedulingIntelligence
Explore concept: Fleet Intelligence

A concept informed by transportation and scheduling experience. The focus is on making operational context easier to understand, not on claiming an existing optimization system.

Problem

Fleet decisions depend on connected information about routes, drivers, vehicles, and schedules.

Proposed approach

Model those dependencies and explore how AI-assisted workflows might support scheduling and vehicle management, with human oversight.

Technologies to explore

AI-assisted operationsData analysisWorkflow automation
INFRASTRUCTURE / AGENTSLAB — 03 / ILLUSTRATION
EXPERIMENT

Cloud AI Infrastructure

Experiments in hosting AI agents and automation tools on lightweight cloud infrastructure.

CloudLinuxAI infrastructure
Explore experiment: Cloud AI Infrastructure

Exploring deployment and management of agent and automation infrastructure in cloud and VPS environments. No production reliability or benchmark results are claimed.

Problem

Agent and automation experiments need a manageable environment with clear resource constraints.

Proposed approach

Explore small deployments, configuration, and operational practices for cloud-hosted automation tools.

Technologies to explore

GCPLinuxAI agentsAPIs

A system for solving problems.

Start with understanding. Build toward something useful.

01

Observe

Understand the people, the system, and the constraints before reaching for a solution.

02

Model

Map the dependencies. Find the bottlenecks and the places where change matters.

03

Improve

Simplify the process. Remove unnecessary steps and make the work easier to follow.

04

Automate

Introduce technology where it creates useful capacity, with people still in control.

Foundations for what’s next.

Diploma in Business Management Co-op

Toronto School of Management

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration — Operations

Bachelor of Arts — English Language and Literature

Currently exploring

AI systemsAutomationData analyticsCloud infrastructureIntelligent operationsFrench
Start a conversation

Let’s talk about better systems.

Operations, technology, or the interesting space in between. Connect with me on LinkedIn to continue the conversation.