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BK Vasan

Executive Data & AI Leader specializing in enterprise analytics, cloud platforms, and retail innovation

Seattle, WAChief Data Officer - Vice President Technology & Artificial Intelligence29 years experienceExecutiveRetailE-commerceTelecommunications
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Senior data/AI and platform leader with Walmart- and T-Mobile-scale architecture experience, including building real-time inventory + forecasting platforms (Kafka/Cassandra/Hadoop) and Azure IoT systems. Known for translating board-level business goals into roadmaps that deliver measurable impact (e.g., $50M savings and $250M profit in a year; +2% conversion via Customer 360) and for hands-on problem solving in ML/forecasting (feature reduction and LASSO).

Experience

Chief Data Officer - Vice President Technology & Artificial IntelligenceAmerican Eagle Outfitters
Executive Director, Data Engineering, Cloud Platforms and Advanced AnalyticsT-Mobile
IT Director, Global Data Platform, Big Data Engineering, Supply chain and Retail AnalyticsWalmart Stores, Inc.
Global Director, Business Intelligence, Analytics, Merchandising, Compliance and Marketing SystemsWalmart Stores, Inc.
Senior Manager, Store Systems, eCommerce and Pharmacy ApplicationsWalmart Stores, Inc.
Project Manager, Store Systems, Customer facing applicationsWalmart Stores, Inc.

Education

Manipal Institute of Technologymaster, Computer Science
Madras Christian Collegemaster, Statistics

Key Strengths

  • Led variable reduction/root-cause analysis for Walmart demand forecasting at massive scale (400M store-item combinations); reduced features from ~6000 to <50 and applied LASSO to stabilize results
  • Board-level technology strategy communication tied to measurable business outcomes (e.g., forecasting platform: $50M expense savings and $250M profit in a year; Customer 360: +2% conversion and $50M revenue)
  • Built and executed enterprise data/AI roadmaps (cloud migration, test & learn, Customer 360, GenAI automation) accelerating a 3-year $350M margin goal to 2 years
  • Scaled and structured data/engineering orgs across platform/data engineering, governance, analytics/BI pods, PM intake/sprint execution, and data science; leveraged offshore vendors for 24/7 support
  • Architected high-throughput, real-time systems (Kafka/Cassandra/Hadoop) for Walmart grocery platform; improved inventory accuracy from ~75% to ~90% and enabled rapid rollout (built in 6 months; scaled to 400 stores in 18 months)
  • Built Azure-based IoT platform at T-Mobile for real-time device data ingestion and customer insights

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Languages

English

Skills

Machine LearningArtificial IntelligenceGenerative AIAgentic AIStatistical ModelingData ScienceData & AnalyticsData StrategyData GovernanceData QualityData WarehousingMaster Data Management (MDM)Enterprise Information ManagementData EngineeringBig Data Engineering