Recruited for being an award-winning global, CTO, CDO, CAO, Chief AI Officer, Head of Data Enablement, and ‘CXO’ Advisor who links data, systems, people, process, technology, and data products to business initiatives for improving productivity, growth, revenue generation and cost savings in complex, highly matrixed environments. A high-value transformational influence and member of executive teams recognized for grasping technology trends and providing innovative solutions that drive competitive advantage. Skilled in building global and cross-functional teams and retaining top talent. Blends deep subject matter knowledge with collaborative approach, transparency, and engaging interpersonal styles to deliver results across key performance areas. Balaji has severed in leadership positions for many Fortune100 and Fortune500 companies and now joins Nam Info as the CTO. He will be responsible for transforming NAM Info into a Solution based organization driving sales and service offerings in the areas of Innovation and Thought Leadership, Technical Modernization, Legacy Modernization, Cloud Migration, Data and Analytics, business operations, and Analytics as a Service.Key Focus Areas to include but not limited to ☛ Solution Sales , Delivery, and Talent Management across various industries and verticals☛ ML and AI | Advanced Analytics | Enterprise Architecture | Data Management | Data Engineering |Data Products | Technology Transformation☛ Data Engineering and Product Development☛ Data Products/Data Mesh☛ Innovative Solutions to Complex Data Challenges☛ MDM/Information Governance☛ Revenue Growth☛ Collaborative Problem Solving☛ Cloud Computing and Implementation ☛ Digital Transformation and Program Management

Industry thought leader advising Retail and Healthcare Clients on business plan development, advanced analytics, business process outsourcing, internal processes, system evaluation and selection, and program management. Define, analyze, implement, and manage comprehensive solutions through best practices along with latest tools and technologies. Form Information governance and stewardship programs. Transform data and information as key strategic asset. Define and execute on information management program and roadmap around consumer demographics and buying behavior. Create and provide actionable information to the business. ☛ Develop Data and Analytics Strategy for New Products, Brand and Marketing Plans and Product Assortment. ☛ Increase market share wallet for direct-to-consumer by up to 10%.☛ Decrease data management and advanced analytics costs by as much as 20%, and administrative costs for revenue generation by as much as 10%. Elevate visibility into brand KPIs.☛ Build AI and ML Models to increase Consumer Adoption of new Brands and Products, Digital Footprint, and Assortment Strategy for Inventory Management to increase Supply Chain Efficiencies☛ Realize data as an enterprise asset with both “Run the Business” and “Change the Business” functions

Recruited based on healthcare industry knowledge and expertise in data management, tasked with building data management capability to prepare for healthcare reform. Recruited hundreds of resources and established organizational structure, ultimately managing $50M annual budget and staff of around 200. Developed and inspired team of data professionals, cross-trained existing teams and retained top talent to execute on data strategy. Identified and trained data champions internally to position data as enterprise asset.☛ Increased market share wallet for cross-/upsell opportunities by 5%, and Member Touchpoint Measures (MTM) up to 20%.☛ Decreased medical loss and cost ratio by 20%, and administrative cost for providers by up to 10%.☛ Increased market share wallet for cross/up sell opportunities by 10%, Member Touchpoint Measures (MTM) by 25%, and enrollment in key market segments by 10%.☛ Decreased medical loss and cost by 10%, and administrative cost for providers by 15%.☛ Elevated visibility into market segment KPIs.☛ Develop Heath Care Innovations, Consumer and CRM strategies with predictive modeling, statistics support, and large amounts of data using RPA, ML and AI Models☛ Realize data as an enterprise asset with both “Run the Business” and “Change the Business” functions

Recruited based on industry knowledge and expertise in data management, tasked with building data management and analytics capability. Recruited hundreds of resources and established organizational structure, ultimately managing $15M annual budget and staff of around 250. Developed and inspired team of data professionals, cross-trained existing teams and retained top talent to execute on data strategy. Identified and trained data champions internally to position data as enterprise asset.☛ Provide thought leadership and Data Engineering capabilities for Product Development ☛ Established credibility and perceived value for data analytics and the data analytics organization.☛ Crafted company’s first service-level agreements with each business unit for all data services.☛ Pioneered MDM, Data Governance and Stewardship program and governance committee.☛ Established analytics strategy and program to enable better business decision (Continuous Loop).

Recruited to this global leader in hardware, software and professional services as global thought leader to develop and deliver transformational solutions to global client base. Led eight figure annual budget, global team of 500+, data volume of 3+ petabytes, global adaption of 100,000+ users, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in business value across variety of client sectors. Assessed competitive offerings to refine IBM’s value proposition, target clients and identify new product opportunities. Led product development. Strengthened organizational capability and talent.☛ Penetrated dozens of new IBM accounts and helped increase revenue by tens of millions of dollars. ☛ Enabled transformations of ten-plus Fortune 100 companies, optimizing operational, organizational and financial performance by hundreds of millions of dollars.☛ Established cost model for managed services and executed onshore- offshore service level agreements saving clients hundreds of millions of dollars. ☛ Generated robust pipeline of new data products valued well into nine figures.

Recruited to this premier health insurance for residents and businesses in New Jersey based on healthcare industry knowledge and expertise in data management. Tasked with building data management capability to prepare for healthcare reform. Recruited hundreds of resources and established organizational structure, ultimately managing eight figure annual budget and hundreds of staff. Developed and inspired team of data professionals, cross-trained teams and retained top talent. Built data champions internally.☛ Established internal credibility and value for data analytics and the data analytics organization.☛ Achieved eight and seven figure ROI and cost savings, respectively.☛ Crafted company’s first service level agreements with each business unit for all data services.☛ Built cost model for Managed Services and executed onshore-offshore service level agreements.☛ Pioneered data governance and stewardship program and governance committee.

Recruited to this top five data management consulting firm, subsequently acquired by HP, based on prior success in delivering large-scale transformations for public sector clients. Tasked with driving business value by partnering with client business and IT stakeholders. Designed and developed global data warehouse solutions and executed large-scale information management, data governance, master data management (MDM), business intelligence and analytics transformations.☛ Reduced costs, improved data consistency and quality and increased business value for five large-scale global client organizations.

Implemented large-scale system modernizations for numerous state agencies; end-to-end Aggregate Spend and Closed Loop Marketing (CLM) solutions for large life sciences company on behalf of this boutique consulting firm.☛ Reduced operational costs, increased revenue and drove customer satisfaction.

For this boutique consulting firm designed, developed and implemented large-scale child support modernization for State of Nevada; large scale mutual fund system modernization for global financial organization in 15+ countries; large scale systems in Singapore and USA for financial, banking, manufacturing, retail, insurance, and publishing.