Saurish is a sustainability champion and maritime compliance practitioner with deep expertise in AI-enabled procurement transformation. Over twenty-two years across procurement, supply chain and strategy, he has specialised in strategic sourcing, spend management, supplier ecosystems and value-chain optimisation, helping organisations unlock efficiency, resilience and sustainability at scale.
As Head of AI-Driven Procurement Innovation at Marcura, he leads the design and deployment of AI-powered procurement orchestration platforms, embedding compliance and ESG into sourcing strategy, supplier vetting and Scope 3 emissions management for some of the world’s largest shipping operators.
Beyond corporate leadership, Saurish has founded three innovative ventures in Singapore, including Spoolify, the world’s first AI-powered services management platform for maritime, which was successfully acquired in 2021. He holds granted patents on two breakthrough platforms: BlocBox and SeaMiles, both global firsts in their categories.
He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Business Administration, researching the role of AI in driving sustainability and compliance within maritime procurement.
Designing and deploying procurement orchestration platforms that move beyond linear ERP logic (from RFQ to PO to payment) into intelligent, autonomous workflows.
Twenty-two years inside the maritime ecosystem, from Mumbai shipyards to Singapore boardrooms, building category strategies for ship management, technical and operational procurement.
Bringing Scope 3 emissions out of the shadows and into procurement decision-making, turning decarbonisation from a reporting burden into competitive advantage.
From the IHM (Inventory of Hazardous Material) to supplier vetting, embedding compliance into every node of the procurement lifecycle, not bolted on after the fact.
An AI engine that visualised, categorised and matched the right skills to the right jobs on board, predicting price and skill gaps in real time across the full procure-to-pay cycle for ship service work.
An immutable distributed ledger built to solve the retrieval, transparency, prediction and ownership problems around black-box data in maritime and aviation. The proprietary protocol blends Delegated Proof of Stake, Federated Byzantine Agreement and Proof of Importance.
Strategic alliances signed with Zeaborn Ship Management (Singapore) and Global Ship Spares. Featured in Port Technology, SAFETY4SEA, Coinspeaker and Blockmanity.
A “frequent-flyer for seafarers” built to recognize the men and women who move a third of the world’s commodities, pairing a global crew rewards engine with curated lifestyle, financial and welfare benefits.
Singapore-based consulting firm specialising in maritime procurement, supply chain, blockchain & IoT implementation, brand equity and start-up strategy. Creator of DataccioConnect, the technology forum that brought maritime decision-makers face to face with practitioners of Marinetech 4.0 across Singapore, Mumbai, Dubai and beyond.
