Ganpati Goel is a Sr. Global Supply Chain Manager at Lucid Motors, with prior roles at Tesla and Zero Motorcycles. With over four years of hands-on experience sourcing EV components across eight countries — including PCBAs, battery management units, motor controllers, and high-voltage propulsion hardware — he brings a rare practitioner's perspective to supply chain strategy. Ganpati holds an MS in Engineering Management (Supply Chain) from USC and has published peer-reviewed research on AI-driven procurement, dual sourcing strategies, and EV supply chain ethics, with 61 citations on Google Scholar. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.