Dr. Mark Chockalingam

Founder and President

Dr. Mark Chockalingam is the Founder and President of Valtitude, a strategy and solutions consulting firm headquartered in Boston, MA, specializing in Demand Forecasting, S&OP, and end-to-end supply chain transformation. Founded in 2004, Valtitude serves Fortune 500 companies and mid-market businesses across industries including Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Products, High-Tech, Food & Beverage, Aerospace, and Oil & Gas. Dr. Chockalingam is also the Founder and Chief Architect of PlanVida, Valtitude’s cloud-based supply chain planning platform.

Mark has over twenty years of consulting and corporate experience in Predictive Analytics, Sales Forecasting, Supply Chain Optimization, and Integrated Business Planning. His primary focus is on delivering usable planning solutions — having re-engineered the processes and systems of many Fortune 500 companies.

Mark has consulted for many marquee names including Wyeth-Pfizer, Miller SAB, FMC, Labatt USA, Pepsi Foods, Schlumberger, Honeywell, Facebook (now Meta), Qualcomm, Tropicana Brands, Prestige Healthcare, Cuisinart, Abbott, and Mars Petcare, among others.

Prior to founding Valtitude, Mark held key supply chain leadership positions at FedEx, Schering-Plough/Merck, and Gillette/P&G. He began his career as a Technical Advisor with the International Forecasting Group at Federal Express in Memphis. He then managed the Demand Planning process for the Suncare, Footcare, and OTC businesses at Schering-Plough/Merck, before joining The Gillette Company in Boston as Director of Market Analysis and Demand Planning.  At Gillette now Procter & Gamble, he played a key role in the supply chain transformation of the North American business and the formation of the North American Value Chain Group.

Mark holds a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from Arizona State University and an MBA from the University of Toledo. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Past President of the ASCM Massachusetts Minuteman Chapter.

Dr. Chockalingam is a renowned speaker and has presented at numerous workshops and conferences around the world. He edits the Forecastingblog.com and provides thought leadership through Linked-In forums and his personal substack at https://mchockalingam.substack.com/

Lakshmi Devi

General Manager

Lakshmi Devi Choudary is the General Manager at Valtitude Technologies India Private Limited.  She directs the India Operations of Valtitude based in Pune, India.  

Lakshmi holds a Master of Science in Organic Chemistry from VSM College in Andhra Pradesh, India.

She joined Valtitude in 2014 as the General Manager bringing in her professional expertise on board; she plays a major role in the management of the company in terms of employee management, company performance, and efficiencies.

She is responsible for day-to-day operations and leads the Finance and HR functions.  Lakshmi resides in Pune, India.