Virendra Lokhande

• 15+ years of experience and proven track record of leading critical, cross-functional initiatives for Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Engineering and Advance Analytics area and collaborated across the Consumer executive team to evolve company's strategy, instill a data science mentality to product design and development • Champion the use of machine learning algorithms to improve and optimize value delivery to customers through faster A/B testing, personalization as well as driving innovation in new product/feature development. • Proactively support an organizational effort toward better understanding customer needs and pain points and propose programs for analytics and machine learning to further these understandings. • Proficient in Opportunity Identification & Sizing – utilized to set goals and evaluate new opportunities, forecasting & opportunity sizing to help stakeholders evaluate trade-offs in different approaches and create targets for driving business performance. • Demonstrate governance by ensuring : 1) work streams and initiatives are tracked and actively managed, 2) KPI's are agreed, measured and tracked, 3) deliverables are properly prioritized and sequenced, 4) risks are addressed and status measured, and 5) deliveries are successful • Solid knowledge & experience in modern data infrastructure and technologies which will help data science expertise in using data to guide product innovation Competencies: Strategic Data Leadership | Data Science | Data & ML Engineering | Data Platform & Products | Advanced Analytics | Enterprise Architecture | Software Product Development | Project/Program/Portfolio Management | Risk Management | Project Delivery | Quality Assurance & Controls