# Purna Mishra

> Purna Mishra is the founder, president and CEO of Logile, a retail-operations software company he started in 2005 after a career that moved from computer science to aircraft-maintenance planning and workforce optimization. He built Logile without institutional capital for most of its first two decades, then took a Series A investment from Sixth Street Growth in 2023 to expand its unified platform and global reach. His recurring idea is deceptively simple: forecasts, labor, inventory and store execution work better when they share one plan.

- **Role:** Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Logile
- **Organizations:** Logile, JDA Software, Timera, SoftThought Systems, American Airlines, AIT Inc., Carnegie Group
- **Education:** Master of Science in Computer Science, University of Oregon, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad
- **Known for:** Founded two workforce-software businesses, including Logile in 2005., Built Logile as a bootstrapped company until its 2023 Series A investment from Sixth Street Growth., Led Logile's development from labor planning and scheduling into a unified platform spanning workforce, inventory, fresh operations, task execution and compliance.

## Career timeline

- **1986-1989** — Worked as a senior engineer at Carnegie Group, an early artificial-intelligence company associated with Carnegie Mellon University.
- **1989-1990** — Worked as a senior engineer at AIT Inc.
- **1990-1994** — Served as a senior architect at American Airlines, developing and implementing real-time aircraft maintenance planning and scheduling solutions.
- **1994-2000** — Founded SoftThought Systems and served as vice president of technology, leading development of the FDS workforce labor-scheduling product.
- **2000-2004** — Served as president of Timera; his first software company was sold in 2004.
- **2004-2005** — Served as a vice president at JDA Software.
- **2005** — Founded Logile to develop retail labor planning, workforce management and store-execution software.
- **2015** — Logile began a continuing run of placements in the RIS Software LeaderBoard rankings, according to the company.
- **2022** — Named to CDO Magazine's Global Data Founders List.
- **2023** — Closed Logile's Series A investment from Sixth Street Growth after historically operating as a bootstrapped company.
- **2025** — Opened Logile's AI innovation center in Bhubaneswar, India, focused on AI systems for retail operations.
- **2026** — Marked Logile's twentieth anniversary and introduced new workforce simulation and long-term staff-planning capabilities.

## Achievements

- Founded two workforce-software businesses, including Logile in 2005.
- Built Logile as a bootstrapped company until its 2023 Series A investment from Sixth Street Growth.
- Led Logile's development from labor planning and scheduling into a unified platform spanning workforce, inventory, fresh operations, task execution and compliance.
- Was included in CDO Magazine's 2022 Global Data Founders List.
- Opened a Logile AI innovation center in Bhubaneswar in 2025.
- Led Logile when its Connected Workforce Platform received the 2026 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award for automated planning and scheduling.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Logile launched AI-powered Long-Term Staff Planning. Mishra said the capability is intended to reveal workforce gaps six, nine and twelve months before they reach store schedules.
- **2026-09** — Mishra was listed as a speaker at Logile Connect 2026 in Scottsdale, held September 22-24.
- **2026-09** — Logile was named a Leader in the inaugural Nucleus Research Workforce Planning and Analytics Value Matrix; Mishra said the recognition validated the company's connected approach to forecasting, standards, staffing, budgeting, simulation and execution.
- **2026-07** — Logile introduced Enterprise Productivity Simulator, designed to test workforce, operational and financial decisions before they become budgets or schedules.
- **2026-06** — Logile launched the LogileONE partner ecosystem for consulting, implementation and technology partners.

## Links

- Website: https://www.logile.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/purnamishra
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Logileinc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LogileInc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LogileInc/

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