Dr. Sriram Subrahmanyam

Dr. Sriram (Srisu) Subrahmanyam is a member of the NewHold Investment Corp. III advisory board. He is the CEO of Repairify and is a high-impact, customer-centric senior executive with global experience, having served public and private companies across multiple industries. From 2022 to 2025, Dr. Subrahmanyam served as EVP of Operations, and President of Services and International Markets, at OPENLANE, Inc. (NYSE: KAR), US marketplace for used vehicles. As a member of the Executive Committee at OPENLANE, Dr. Subrahmanyam led the company's expansion in international markets, in addition to leading the services businesses. He also led the company’s enterprise-wide business transformation, technology, and cybersecurity efforts. Previously, from 2018 to 2022, Dr. Subrahmanyam served as Chief Operating Officer of ADESA, the physical auction business unit of OPENLANE with $1.5B in revenue and led the digital transformation of the business at ADESA during COVID. Prior to joining OPENLANE, Dr. Subrahmanyam served as Global Vice President of Engineering for Ingram Micro, a Fortune 100 company and a global leader in technology distribution and supply-chain operating in 30+ countries. In this role reporting to the CEO, he led global functions in supply chain planning, operations & customer solutions engineering, CSR, real estate, continuous improvement, environmental health & safety. Dr. Subrahmanyam created value by establishing new revenue streams through global client acquisitions, built significant relationships, Ingram Micro’s global expansion, and contributed to growing the Supply Chain Solutions business. He chaired the Corporate Social Responsibility committee (ESG) at Ingram Micro, publishing the company’s first ever sustainability report. Prior to this, Dr. Subrahmanyam served as COO for BrightPoint Americas, leading operations & technology. Dr. Subrahmanyam held leadership roles with Orchard Group (2011-2012), and Career Education Corporation (2008-2011; NASDAQ: CECO). At Career Education, he led the transformation of the $1B indirect spend procurement organization and supply chain functions to deliver sustained value. He joined United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL) in 1999 and held progressive roles, culminating with VP, Continuous Improvement (2006-2008), where he created the Office for Continuous Improvement, establishing rigorous performance management, analytics, structured thinking/decision making, and execution. He drove value creation, and institutionalized structured programs and tools in operational excellence. Dr. Subrahmanyam started his career at Advanced Process Combinatorics, as Practice Leader, Supply Chain Modeling (1996-1999), serving pharma and chemical industries. He has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and a B.E. (Honors), Chemical Engineering, from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, India. Dr. Subrahmanyam also holds the NACD's Directorship Certification accreditation.