SMU alumnus Vergis Vijay Thomas has always been interested in how supply chains work. After studying business management at SMU, he started his career in inventory and operations at home-grown grocery delivery start-up Honestbee. He then became an e-commerce operations specialist at insurance tech start-up CXA Group. “These roles allowed me to experience the downstream side of the supply chain,” he said. Vergis is now a regional manager at Melbourne-based logistics company Toll Group’s operations excellence and continuous improvement business unit.