Nitin Sareen

Nitin is a strong believer and practitioner of using advanced analytics as a strategic differentiator across domains and has a proven track record of creating impact by solving key business problems with astute analytical problem solving. Prior to Aditya Birla Group, Nitin was leading the Data Science group at WalmartLabs to leverage big data, data science & technology to enable faster & smarter business decisions. He was leading key initiatives to deploy algorithmic products that consume Walmart scale data and infuse smarter decisions across retail lifecycle like site selection, assortment optimization, pricing, demand forecasting, supply chain, store ops and enterprise wide decisions. These solutions were able to deliver multi-billion $ impact. Prior to this he has held various key positions in MNCs like Citigroup, HSBC, FICO and GE across multiple roles. He was responsible for setting up and managing analytics groups in the areas of insurance analytics, consumer finance and retail credit risk management and gathered functional expertise across marketing and risk analytics. He has been focused on continuous learning and professional development for self and the teams he has led. An alumnus from Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Calcutta, Nitin has over 17 years of extensive experience in the field of predictive analytics and data science projects. He is also an active speaker and panelist at leading data science conferences.