Senthilvel Named Director of Strategic Planning

We are pleased to announce that Ambika Senthilvel has been promoted to the newly created position of director of strategic planning. In this position, Senthilvel will be responsible for identifying long-term operational initiatives and working with cross-functional teams to implement improvements. She will continue with her current responsibilities overseeing the company’s menu creation and IT functions.

“Ambika is integral to our company’s operational success,” said Nancy Close, CEO and founder of CKC Good Food. “She has a vision for long-term process improvements that will benefit both our clients’ food service programs and our company while further elevating CKC Good Food’s systems and service above other food service providers.”

Senthilvel has worked for CKC Good Food since 2017, most recently as senior manager for menu planning and technology. In this position, she oversees a team of six and works closely with the company’s senior leaders and the procurement and inventory team to help plan and execute more than 40,000 meals served at 180 sites in the Twin Cities area. She is the chief architect behind CKC Good Food’s proprietary menu tagging technology platform and oversees the company’s development of monthly menus for contract food service clients.

Prior to joining CKC Good Food, Senthilvel was a creator and writer, a teacher and a data analyst. She has a master’s degree from Madurai Kamaraj University and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from V.V.V. College for Women.