Top Hat Engineering’s Founder and CEO takes the keynote stage at London Conclave, earning recognition for AI/ML & Supply Chain Automation.
When supply chain leaders talk about the future of warehousing, the conversation increasingly turns to software that thinks. That’s the space Calem Harris occupies — and last month, the Top Hat Engineering Corp. founder and CEO accepted the Global Power Leader 2026 award at the Global Business & Leadership Conclave 2026 in London, where he also delivered a keynote address before an international audience focused on leadership, innovation and business transformation.
White Page International organized the two-day gathering on 22 and 23 September, splitting programming between the House of Lords and the Victory Services Club. With 125 leaders from more than 15 countries in attendance, along with public figures and diplomatic representatives, Harris’s dual role as both speaker and honouree underscored the growing importance of intelligent warehouse operations in global commerce.
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Harris’s central thesis is deceptively simple: businesses already own the equipment, people and processes they need — what they lack is a smarter way to coordinate them. By putting software, data and artificial intelligence at the core of warehouse management, he argues, companies can transform fragmented activities into a unified, responsive operation.
That philosophy grew out of his systems engineering background. Harris founded Top Hat Engineering specifically to challenge the old hardware-first approach to integration, betting instead that software should act as the coordinating brain behind faster, more adaptable distribution, fulfilment and e-commerce operations.
The company’s flagship offering, the Clarity Warehouse Optimization System (WOS), reflects that bet. The proprietary platform bundles warehouse execution, labour optimization, inventory intelligence and operational visibility into a single system. Its individual products — ClearFlow, ClearSlot, ClearTeam, ClearGear and ClearPick — give enterprises the tools to synchronize warehouse activities and make better-informed decisions in real time.
Those tools appear to be delivering results. Top Hat Engineering reports that enterprise customers have cut labour costs by as much as 50 percent while gaining meaningful improvements in productivity and scalability. The numbers point to the practical payoff of Harris’s approach: complex technology translated into measurable gains on the warehouse floor.
Harris’s technical credentials extend well beyond his own company. His engineering work has contributed to automated technologies tied to more than 20 U.S. patents, many of which have been implemented across Fortune 500 organizations. That foundation gives him firsthand insight into the challenges of large-scale automation — experience he now channels into entrepreneurial leadership.
At the London Conclave, Harris shared the platform with leaders from a range of sectors, each offering perspectives on the shifting demands of modern business. His participation highlighted the event’s twin purposes: recognizing professional excellence while giving honourees a stage to contribute to broader industry conversations.
The programme opened at the House of Lords with networking tea, leadership discussions, short interviews and a formal recognition ceremony. Day two moved to the Victory Services Club’s Carisbrooke Hall, where keynote addresses, transformation talks and award presentations filled the schedule.
The Global Power Leader 2026 recognition represents an international milestone for Harris and the company he built. As enterprises push for greater efficiency and adaptability across their supply chains, his work at Top Hat Engineering positions operational intelligence as the driving force — using software to knit disconnected activities into coordinated, responsive systems.
Why it matters: The recognition puts a spotlight on a quieter shift in supply chain technology — from hardware-centric integration to AI-driven coordination. If the reported cost savings hold across wider adoption, the approach could redefine how warehouses measure efficiency and scalability in the years ahead.
Calem Harris
Top Hat Engineering
calemharris@tophatengineering.com
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