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{{Short description|Indian-American Businessperson and writer}}

{{Infobox academic
| name = Shantha Mohan
| birth_place = India
| occupation = [[Business person]], [[Engineer]]
| education = Ph.D, B.E.
| alma_mater = [[Carnegie Mellon University]], [[College of Engineering, Guindy]]
| thesis_title = Semilinear programming: applications and implementation
| thesis_url = https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5423805
| doctoral_advisor = [[Gerald L. Thompson]]
|module2 = '''Business background'''
{{Infobox person
| child = yes
| organizations = [[Retail Solutions Inc.]], [[Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley]]
}}
}}

'''Shantha Mohan''' is an [[Indian-American]] [[businessperson]] and a [[writer]]. She is known for cofounding [[Retail Solutions Inc.]] and authoring books on leadership and pioneering Indian Women Engineers. Following retirement, she has been serving as an instructor at [[Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley]],<ref name ="work">{{cite web |last1=University |first1=Carnegie Mellon |title=Shantha Mohan - Integrated Innovation Institute - Carnegie Mellon University |url=https://www.cmu.edu/iii/people/faculty-staff/mohan.html |website=www.cmu.edu |access-date=16 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref> where she teachers career strategies and leadership and mentors students and staff.

== Early life and education ==

Shantha Mohan was born in India. She graduated from [[College of Engineering, Guindy]] in 1971 with B.E (Hons) in [[Electronics and Communication Engineering]]. She received her PhD in [[Operations Management]] in 1985 from [[Tepper Business School]], [[Carnegie Mellon University]].<ref name ="work"/>

== Career ==

After her PhD, she went on to work at Consilium Inc,<ref>{{cite web |last1=V |first1=Nirupama |title=Women Engineering Pioneers: A Look Back With Dr. Shantha Mohan |url=https://indiacurrents.com/women-engineering-pioneers-a-look-back-with-dr-shantha-mohan/ |website=India Currents |access-date=17 May 2024 |date=7 May 2019}}</ref> which was later acquired by [[Applied Materials]]. She worked as VP of Software Engineering with responsibility for the development of [[manufacturing execution systems]] such as FAB300.<ref>{{cite web |title=Consilium Launches Semiconductor Industry's Most Advanced Fab Management Solution with FAB300 |url=https://ir.appliedmaterials.com/news-releases/news-release-details/consilium-launches-semiconductor-industrys-most-advanced-fab |access-date=17 May 2024 |archive-date=17 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517162554/https://ir.appliedmaterials.com/news-releases/news-release-details/consilium-launches-semiconductor-industrys-most-advanced-fab |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2003, she cofounded T3Ci (The Tag Tracking Company) along with Jonathan Golovin, Richard Swan and Peter Rieman.<ref>{{cite web |title=T3Ci signs RFID analytics pact with Procter & Gamble |url=https://news.mongabay.com/2005/05/t3ci-signs-rfid-analytics-pact-with-procter-gamble/ |website=Mongabay Environmental News |access-date=22 May 2024 |date=23 May 2005}}</ref> It specialized in analyzing [[RFID]] data. But soon after Walmart stopped its mandate of using RFID tags,<ref>{{cite web |title=Did Wal-Mart love RFID to death? |url=http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/pure-genius/did-wal-mart-love-rfid-to-death/7459 |website=ZDNET |access-date=17 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref> the company pivoted towards providing software for business intelligence and point-of-sale applications.<ref>{{cite web |title=Retail Solutions raises $15 million Series C |url=https://vator.tv/news/2010-09-30-retail-solutions-raises-15-million-series-c |website=VatorNews |access-date=22 May 2024 |date=30 September 2010}}</ref> They established themselves as [[Retail Solutions Inc.]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Retail Solutions Data Technology and Analytics {{!}} RSi - Rule the Shelf |url=https://www.retailsolutions.com/ |website=RSi |access-date=17 May 2024 |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516235953/https://www.retailsolutions.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Shantha worked as [[chief development officer]] of the company whose customers included over 500 consumer products companies.<ref>{{cite web |title=IRI Acquires Supply Chain Analytics Provider RSi - Cottrill Research |url=https://cottrillresearch.com/iri-acquires-supply-chain-analytics-provider-rsi/ |access-date=17 May 2024 |date=18 October 2020}}</ref> She retired in 2016. RSI was acquired by [[Information Resources, Inc.]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=IRI Acquires Leading Supply Chain Analytics Provider, RSi |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201008005299/en/IRI-Acquires-Leading-Supply-Chain-Analytics-Provider-RSi |website=www.businesswire.com |access-date=16 May 2024 |language=en |date=8 October 2020}}</ref>

Following her retirement, she has been serving as an instructor at [[Integrated Innovation Institute]], CMU Silicon Valley.<ref>{{cite web |last1=University |first1=Carnegie Mellon |title=Shantha Mohan - Integrated Innovation Institute - Carnegie Mellon University |url=https://www.cmu.edu/iii/people/faculty-staff/mohan.html |website=www.cmu.edu |language=en}}</ref> She contributes to curricula and mentors students' projects.

== Writing ==

After her retirement, she has focused on writing books on the role of women in engineering and leadership. ''Roots and Wings''
<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Nandini |title=Women who engineered A PIONEERING PATH |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/women-who-engineered-a-pioneering-path/?source=app&frmapp=yes |website=The Times of India |access-date=16 May 2024}}</ref> tells the inspiring stories of the first female engineers of India including [[Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha]] who graduated from [[College of Engineering, Guindy]], between 1943 and 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title=Women in Engineering Day: 9 pioneering women engineers who made history in India |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/international-women-in-engineering-day-first-women-engineers-in-india-2396989-2023-06-23 |website=India Today |access-date=16 May 2024 |language=en |date=23 June 2023}}</ref> In ''Leadership Lessons with Beatles'', she shared the lessons of leadership <ref>{{cite web |last1=Chakrapani |first1=Anuj |title=Leadership Lessons Learned From The Beatles |url=https://indiacurrents.com/leadership-lessons-learned-from-the-beatles/ |website=India Currents |date=4 June 2022}}</ref> from her own experience, relating each lesson to a [[Beatles]] song.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lessons to learn from The Beatles – DW – 01/01/2022 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/new-years-day-lessons-from-the-beatles/a-60285705 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Publications ==

=== Books ===

* {{cite book |last1=Natarajan |first1=Prashant |last2=Rogers |first2=Bob |last3=Dixon |first3=Edward |last4=Christensen |first4=Jonas |last5=Borne |first5=Kirk |last6=Wilkinson |first6=Leland |last7=Mohan |first7=Shantha |title=Demystifying AI for the enterprise: a playbook for business value and digital transformation |date=2022 |publisher=Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |location=New York, NY Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon |isbn=9781032145204 |access-date=16 May 2024| url = https://www.routledge.com/Demystifying-AI-for-the-Enterprise-A-Playbook-for-Business-Value-and/Natarajan-Rogers-Dixon-Christensen-Borne-Wilkinson-Mohan/p/book/9781032145204}}
* {{cite book |last1=Mohan |first1=Shantha |title=Roots and Wings : Inspiring Stories of Indian Women in Engineering |date=31 August 2018 |publisher=Notion Press |isbn=978-1-64429-132-0 |edition=1st |url=https://www.amazon.com/Roots-Wings-Inspiring-Stories-Engineering-ebook/dp/B07GZW1FCF?pldnSite=1 |access-date=16 May 2024}}
* {{cite book |last1=Mohan |first1=Shantha |title=Leadership Lessons with The Beatles: Actionable Tips and Tools for Becoming Better at Leading |date=3 May 2022 |publisher=Productivity Press |doi=10.4324/9781003267546 |isbn=978-1-003-26754-6 |access-date=16 May 2024| url = https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003267546/leadership-lessons-beatles-shantha-mohan}}

=== Patents ===

*{{cite patent |country= US |number= 7850081 |inventor= Richard James Swan, Shantha Mohan, David Sun, Alexander Varshavsky, Karthik Mohanram |invent1 = Swan, Richard James |invent2= Mohan, Shantha| invent3 = Sun, David| invent4 = Varshavsky, Alexander|status= patent |title=Apparatus and method for authenticating products |gdate= 2010-12-14|assign1= Fleet Connect Solutions LLC |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US7850081}}
*{{cite patent |country= US |number= 8464947B2 |inventor= Richard James Swan, Shantha Mohan, David Sun, Alexander Varshavsky, Karthik Mohanram |invent1 = Swan, Richard James |invent2= Mohan, Shantha| invent3 = Sun, David| invent4 = Varshavsky, Alexander|status= patent |title=System and method for authenticating products |gdate= 2013-06-18|assign1= Fleet Connect Solutions LLC| url = https://patents.google.com/patent/US8464947B2/en}}
*{{cite patent |country= US |number= 7174230 |inventor= John F. Arackaparambil, Tom ChiBilly Chow, Patrick M. D'Souza, Parris Hawkins, Charles Huang, Jett Jensen, Badri N. Krishnamurthy, Pradeep M. Kulkarni, Prakash M. Kulkarni, Wen Fong Lin, Shantha Mohan, Bishnu Nandy, Huey-Shin Yuan | status= patent |title=Computer integrated manufacturing techniques |gdate= 2007-02-06|assign1= Applied Materials Inc| url = https://patents.google.com/patent/US7174230}}

=== Selected papers ===

* {{cite journal |last1=Aytug |first1=Haldun |last2=Lawley |first2=Mark A. |last3=McKay |first3=Kenneth |last4=Mohan |first4=Shantha |last5=Uzsoy |first5=Reha |title=Executing production schedules in the face of uncertainties: A review and some future directions |journal=European Journal of Operational Research |date=16 February 2005 |volume=161 |issue=1 |pages=86–110|doi=10.1016/j.ejor.2003.08.027 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0377221703005307 |issn=0377-2217|url-access=subscription }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Gaimon |first1=Cheryl |last2=Mohan |first2=Shantha |last3=Thompson |first3=Gerald L. |title=A network approach to cohort personnel planning using cross-sectional data |journal=Computers & Operations Research |date=1 January 1987 |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=183–196 |doi=10.1016/0305-0548(87)90021-9 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0305054887900219 |issn=0305-0548|url-access=subscription }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Mohan |first1=Shantha |title=Evolutionary Method of Delivery as Applied to a Large Re-engineering Effort |journal=Journal of Software Maintenance: Research and Practice |date=July 1996 |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=269–280 |doi=10.1002/(SICI)1096-908X(199607)8:4<269::AID-SMR133>3.0.CO;2-V |url=https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-908X(199607)8:4<269::AID-SMR133>3.0.CO;2-V|url-access=subscription }}

== References ==
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