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Experienced Analytics Executive with deep experience in story telling with data, building analytics capability and running analytics and data science teams. Proven track record of value creation by implementing business analytics, data management and data science solutions for product portfolio management, marketing, pricing and supply chain management in diverse industries. Deep technical background in applying data science techniques to understand and predict customer behavior and optimize product delivery processes. Excellent business leadership and team building skills.LEADERSHIP AND ANALYTICS MANAGEMENT• Part of the executive leadership team with P&L responsibility for US operations• Implemented Hub-and-Spoke analytics organizational structure at a midsized company• Set strategy for data analytics platform, reporting and visualization tools as well as MLOps• Responsible for Data Governance strategy to organize a complex distributed data landscape• Developed Data Model to create new “source of truth” data in support of public-readiness efforts• Established Data Science capability for a Top 5 consulting firm• Led a team of 35 data scientists, data engineers and software developers• Drove Analytics and Data Scientist recruiting strategy• Developed career framework for Data Scientists, Data Engineers and Data Analysts• Managed analytics projects ranging from 2 weeks to 16 months• Created and managed relationships with outside analytics vendors• Developed standardized analytics processes and tools; reducing project run times by up to 80%IMPACT THROUGH ANALYTICS PROJECT DELIVERY• Built analytics dashboards to support Governors of two US states in their response to COVID-19 • Identified $800M cost saving opportunity for US Oil & Gas company through NLP enhanced budgeting tool• Built 350 forecasting models in 3 months through automation and MLOps• Reduced lost sales for Canadian retailer by $200M via a cloud-based inventory management engine• Found €18M in savings from bad promotions with a sophisticated analysis tool for a paper products CPG• Lifted response rate of email marketing campaigns by 64% via a customer segmentation analysis for a publisher of online education materials• Invented an 80% more efficient drug development process at a top 5 pharmaceutical maker using an advanced simulation and resource optimization model• Identified a 20% advertising cost reduction opportunity for a large Japanese marketing firm by developing a consumer choice model that accounts for Word-of-Mouth

Listed skills include Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Business Analytics, Statistical Modeling, and 16 others.