Deepak Raghunathan (he/him)

MBA Candidate '27 at The Wharton School | Admissions Fellow | Former supply-chain consultant, heading into operations strategy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 500+ connections

About

Second-year MBA at Wharton, majoring in Operations, Information and Decisions. Before school I spent five years helping manufacturers and distributors untangle their supply chains, mostly in warehouses at odd hours. As an Admissions Fellow I observe Team-Based Discussions and conduct one-on-one interviews with applicants. After graduation I am joining a consumer-goods company's operations strategy team in Chicago. Happy to talk about learning teams, Leadership Ventures and the best cheesesteak that is not on a tourist list.

Experience

The Wharton School - Admissions Fellow, MBA Admissions · Part-time · Aug 2026 - present · Philadelphia, PA Observe Team-Based Discussions and conduct follow-up interviews with Round 1 and Round 2 applicants. - Teaching Assistant, Operations Management (core) · Part-time · Sep 2026 - present - Co-President, Operations Management Club · Apr 2026 - present

Larchmont Brands (consumer goods) - MBA Summer Associate, Operations Strategy · Jun 2026 - Aug 2026 · Chicago, IL Modeled a distribution-center consolidation across the Midwest. Returning full time in 2027.

Corbel Supply Partners (supply-chain consultancy, about 120 people) - Senior Consultant · Jan 2022 - Jul 2025 · Columbus, OH Led inventory and network projects for food and industrial distributors; managed teams of 3-4 analysts. - Consultant · Jul 2020 - Dec 2021 · Columbus, OH Built warehouse labor and slotting models for 9 clients.

Education

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - MBA, Operations, Information and Decisions · 2025 - 2027 Activities: Admissions Fellow, Operations Management Club, Leadership Venture (Patagonia, January 2026), intramural cricket.

The Ohio State University - BS, Industrial and Systems Engineering · 2016 - 2020

Volunteering

Philadelphia Reads Together (fictional) - Weekend reading tutor, grades 3-5 · 2025 - present Columbus Food Rescue Network (fictional) - Route planner, volunteer · 2021 - 2025

Interests

South Indian cooking, cricket, long-distance running, board games with too many rules.