Meet the Plan Optimus leadership team

Al Kannan is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Plan Optimus, bringing over 35 years of experience in enterprise technology, supply chain management, and business transformation. Throughout his career, he has focused on helping organizations solve complex operational challenges through innovative technology solutions.

With a career spanning enterprise applications, systems integration, business intelligence, and supply chain planning, Al has developed deep expertise in connecting business strategy with technology execution. His experience includes 13 years working within the McDonald’s global supply chain ecosystem, where he gained extensive exposure to the complexities of demand forecasting, supply planning, distribution, and large-scale supply chain operations.

As an entrepreneur and technology leader, Al founded Cozent in 2002, building a technology services business focused on enterprise solutions and digital transformation. His entrepreneurial journey ultimately led to the development of Plan Optimus, an AI-enabled Integrated Business Planning platform designed to help organizations improve planning accuracy, optimize inventory, streamline operations, and make more informed business decisions.

Under his leadership, Plan Optimus is evolving into a unified digital platform that brings together supply chain planning, business spend management, financial planning, advanced analytics, and AI-driven decision intelligence.

Al is passionate about making sophisticated planning technologies more accessible to mid-market organizations, enabling them to benefit from capabilities traditionally associated with large enterprise software platforms. His vision is to help businesses move beyond fragmented spreadsheets and disconnected planning processes toward intelligent, collaborative, and data-driven decision-making.