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Innovative product and technology leader with over 17 years of success in building and leading global Data Analytics, Customer Experience and Retailing engineering teams. Hybrid skills with business strategy, product management and engineering background that allows effective execution of product strategy to achieve the desired marketplace impact. Regular interaction with C-suite and business partners to define and deliver to the roadmap. Proven track record of building high performance teams and instilling a culture of collaboration, transparency and accountability• Strong Organizational leadership experience with data analytics, architecture, engineering, data science, product and platform design, operations across broad set of industries including Travel, Hospitality, Auto Finance & Telecom• Proven track record of driving thought leadership and Innovation across Data Analytics, CRM and Retailing• Headed multiple innovative AI initiatives leveraging machine learning for segmentation, personalization, offers, recommendations, rate and revenue optimization, infrastructure cost optimizations• Led Technology transformations rebuilding legacy applications into open source systems, move to Cloud with Data and Analytics stack on AWS, multiple cloud native solutions, low latency micro-services for data insights and intelligent retailing• Grew from a developer through the ranks to Senior Director leading product development with architects, engineers, data scientists, product managers across global locations• Demonstrated ability to build and lead cross-functional, global high-performance teams across US, Poland and India. Currently leading a global team of 140+ engineers.• Established strong business partnerships with leaders across strategy, research, product teams to effectively drive product strategy and road map execution• Led agile transformations across the organization

Listed skills include Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Sdlc, Crm, and 21 others.