Gaurang “Gary” Patel is a machine learning, data science and analytics leader with more than 15 years of experience helping Fortune 500 companies turn data into commercial outcomes. He has built and led high impact analytics functions across technology, ecommerce, gaming, retail and banking for brands such as Sony PlayStation, Dell, Cisco, HP, eBay and Commonwealth Bank of Australia. As Senior Director of BI and Analytics at Albertsons Companies, he focuses on leveraging data and machine learning to drive profitability and growth in grocery ecommerce at massive scale, supporting thousands of stores and tens of millions of weekly customers. His expertise spans recommendation engines, experimentation and A/B testing, customer lifetime value, next best action, multi touch attribution, acquisition and retention modeling, Customer 360 and executive facing BI and reporting, with a strong emphasis on building fit for purpose, scalable data platforms.
Gary combines technical depth with product and commercial thinking. He is seasoned at partnering with senior executives to define analytics roadmaps aligned to business objectives, leading cross functional teams of analysts, data scientists and engineers, and translating complex insights into clear narratives for decision makers. An ex startup founder with multinational experience across the US, Australia, the UK and India, he is comfortable operating in both high growth and mature environments and is known for creating order out of chaos in data rich, ambiguous problem spaces. His leadership track record includes growing and mentoring teams, standing up analytics centers of excellence and evangelizing data literacy and self service analytics across large organizations, always with a focus on measurable business impact rather than vanity metrics.