Khaleal Patel
Supply chain and operations. Texas A&M, December 2027.
Open to Summer 2027 internships in supply chain, procurement, and operations.
Projects
Inventory Optimizer
Ordering only when the shelf is empty causes stockouts and ties up cash in the wrong items.
- Stockout weeks cut from 605 to 32 across 60 real SKUs
- Fill rate up from 79.8% to 99.1% at a 95% service level
- Carrying cost $15.1k to $30.9k buys back $128.4k of lost margin
Warehouse Slotting Tool
Pickers walk too far when fast-moving items sit at the back of the building.
- Weekly pick distance cut 72.1% on a 200 SKU sample (60,095 to 16,762 steps)
- Heat map of a 10 aisle, 20 bay, 3 level floor, random vs velocity
- Upload your own SKU list as CSV; oversize items route to bulk
Suzy · automated front desk for independent hotels
Small hotels miss calls and texts overnight because nobody is at the desk.
- Built an SMS and voice system that answers guest questions and handles requests around the clock
- Ran pilot deployments at independent properties, replacing overnight desk coverage
- Built on Next.js, n8n, Twilio, and Vapi, with crisis-escalation routing and TCPA opt-out handling
Experience
Supply Chain Intern, Curve Hospitality, Houston
Jun-Aug 2025
- Built EOQ and safety-stock model across 500+ SKUs
- Cut carrying costs 18%
- Raised on-time delivery to 98%
AAHOA Ambassador
- Cold-call outreach recruiting 700+ new members
- AAHOA Chairman Award for member growth
Chairman, SACO (Student Association of Cultural Organizations), Texas A&M
2025 to present
Founder, Suzy AI, Austin TX
Jan 2026 to present
- Built an SMS and voice guest system and ran pilot deployments at independent properties.
See the Suzy project above.
Skills
Inventory control (EOQ/ROP) · Demand planning · Procurement · Lean Six Sigma · Excel · SQL · Tableau · SAP
