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UNNI NAMBUDRIPAD

UNNI NAMBUDRIPAD

Summary

Seasoned Data & Analytics leader with a strong track record of building data teams in start-up environments and scaling or restructuring functions within large enterprises. Experienced across technology, consulting, and multiple data disciplines, with a proven ability to maximize the value of data to improve business decision-making. Advise CEOs and executive teams on the design and execution of data-driven strategic initiatives. Operate as a “player-coach,” combining hands-on depth with strategic, executive-level leadership.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Delivery Lead

Mammoth Growth
07.2025 - Current

Mammoth Growth is a modern data consultancy that leverages AI agents to deliver value at 5x market pace


  • Lead Data and AI consulting engagements for both SMB and Enterprise clients, from strategy through implementation
  • Manage senior-level client relationships to uncover growth and value-creation opportunities and ensure successful delivery of outcomes
  • Own the end-to-end engagement lifecycle including business use case definition, requirements gathering, prioritization, and roadmap development
  • Partner with architects, data engineers, and analysts to deliver reliable data solutions and actionable insights that support business goals

VP, Head of Data & Analytics

Happier Living
04.2023 - 07.2025

Happier Living is a national behavioral (tele)health practice, focused on driving positive patient outcomes through long-term therapeutic relationships


  • Served on the leadership team, reporting to the CEO; scaled Data & Analytics capabilities to accelerate organizational decision-making.
  • Built and expanded the Data & Analytics function, aligning team structure and operating model to business needs for efficient data product delivery.
  • Drove a 20% improvement in gross margin by designing and implementing a supply–demand model that guided key operational decisions, including clinician hiring, onboarding, and licensing
  • Led migration and automation of the entire revenue cycle reporting from the EHR system into the BI platform; developed tools to decrease AR by 50% and improve collection rates by 10%
  • Defined performance KPIs and built data tools used by clinical leadership to monitor clinician performance on a weekly basis, leading to retention rate improvements by 10%

VP, Head of Data & Analytics

Candid
02.2021 - 03.2023

Candid is a telehealth platform that pivoted (in Dec 2021) from a DTC offering to providing orthodontics-as-a-service to dentists


  • Reorganized and expanded the Data & Analytics team within the first 90 days, adding analytics engineering, marketing analytics, and data science capabilities to support scalable data product delivery.
  • Set the data vision and led major infrastructure upgrades, including implementing Snowflake, rebuilding the dbt model for the shift from DTC to B2B, and migrating all reporting and analytics to a modern BI system (Sigma).
  • Guided development of attribution and incrementality models as marketing spend tripled, improving CPA from ~$400 to ~$250 within six months.
  • Led analytics workstreams supporting the B2B GTM pivot, including defining the ideal customer profile, identifying drivers of same-store sales and churn, and building an account prioritization model for field outreach.
  • Implemented process improvements—quarterly roadmaps, weekly office hours, and structured insight communication—to strengthen alignment with business teams and improve prioritization.

Sr. Director, Data Analytics

Prudential Financial
09.2015 - 01.2021
  • Built a marketing analytics function from the ground-up. Starting as analytics employee #1, built and scaled the team to ~30 individuals across multiple locations that functioned as an enterprise-wide marketing analytics center of excellence.
  • Played a leadership role in a major restructuring of the marketing analytics function to support an organizational pivot. Led the outsourcing of key functions such as web tagging and reporting, leading to significant operational efficiencies.
  • Co-led the development of Prudential’s first ever AI-based personalization engine that predicted user needs and recommended relevant content and actions, leading to a 20% increase in qualified leads.
  • Led key analytical work streams including customer segmentation and asset retention models that informed a portfolio of strategic initiatives .
  • Drove the mastering of 25M+ customer records across disparate systems to build a cross-business unit view of the customer base for the first time in the company’s history.
  • Acted as the Analytics point-person during the roll-out of Prudential’s first direct-to-consumer financial planning and investment solution (LINK) by analyzing early-stage prototypes and recommending improvements based on experiments

Director, Business Analytics

E*TRADE Financial
06.2011 - 08.2015
  • Transformed a reporting function into a COE Insights team partnering closely with business leads to identify opportunities and conduct targeted analyses, thereby driving a culture of data-driven decision-making.
  • Collaborated with the Office of the President on cross-functional initiatives that quantified business impact across initiatives and informed transformation prioritization.
  • Co-designed and implemented a household-level customer segmentation using activity and engagement metrics, enabling multiple sales and marketing programs.
  • Reorganized the Corporate Services analytics team and delivered dashboards and reports providing new visibility into the sales pipeline, stock plan participants, and retail engagement and retention opportunities.
  • Streamlined and automated recurring reporting, established consistent internal KPIs, and introduced SLA-driven processes that reduced inconsistencies and accelerated speed to market.

Consultant

Mars & Co. Consulting
04.2008 - 05.2011
  • Managed engagements for a leading warehouse club retailer aimed at turning around declining market share. Conducted competitive analysis to identify performance drivers and developed an integrated membership strategy plan.
  • Led effort that turned around declining profitability of the multisource business of a pharmaceutical manufacturer. Identified opportunities in bio-generics and contract manufacturing to improve revenue potential by more than 20%.
  • Conducted due diligence for a global food & beverage company on potential acquisition targets that would enable entry into new product categories. Work streams included revenue growth & risk assessment, market analysis.
  • Conducted detailed ROI assessment of marketing, sales and trade spend across the entire portfolio of a beverage manufacturer. Developed framework to track and assess investment allocation for all key brands on an ongoing basis.
  • Assessed market potential, conducted competitive benchmarking and devised channel strategies to assist the national CEO of a consumer electronics company in growing the flat-screen TV business in an emerging economy (India).

Associate Consultant

A.T. Kearney, Inc.
07.2006 - 03.2008
  • Provided strategic counsel on a post-merger integration initiative for a $53B global CPG and pharmaceuticals manufacturer. Identified synergies and process improvements that resulted in $15M in overall integration benefits.
  • For a leading investment bank, conducted market research to identify pricing trends, outsourcing strategies and operating models. Analyzed data to recommend alternate offshore operating models that drove savings of $3M.
  • For a leading HR consulting and outsourcing company, optimized end-to-end operational processes by segmenting low value and high-value work and re-engineering customer service processes, resulting in 20% lift in profitability.

Summer MBA Intern

Booz & Company
05.2005 - 07.2005
  • Identified $15M cost savings for a leading specialist firm by devising trading strategies in response to the new hybrid market model of the NYSE. Also developed a goal-based Specialist performance model that led to additional efficiencies.

Software Engineer, Project Lead

Infosys Technologies Limited
10.1999 - 07.2004
  • Designed and implemented various technology solutions during a multi-year, cross-functional CRM implementation at a global office equipment manufacturer, first as a software engineer and later as a project lead. This organization-wide implementation resulted in over $35M of annualized savings.

Education

Master of Business Administration - Strategy, Operations, Technology

Carnegie Mellon University
05.2006

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering - undefined

National Institute of Technology
Calicut, India
06.1999

Skills

  • Data Strategy and Transformation Execution
  • Building & Scaling Data Teams & Capabilities
  • Data Science & Analytics, Machine Learning & AI
  • Stakeholder & Leadership Management
  • Customer & Revenue Analytics
  • Business Intelligence & Operational Reporting

Timeline

Sr. Delivery Lead

Mammoth Growth
07.2025 - Current

VP, Head of Data & Analytics

Happier Living
04.2023 - 07.2025

VP, Head of Data & Analytics

Candid
02.2021 - 03.2023

Sr. Director, Data Analytics

Prudential Financial
09.2015 - 01.2021

Director, Business Analytics

E*TRADE Financial
06.2011 - 08.2015

Consultant

Mars & Co. Consulting
04.2008 - 05.2011

Associate Consultant

A.T. Kearney, Inc.
07.2006 - 03.2008

Summer MBA Intern

Booz & Company
05.2005 - 07.2005

Software Engineer, Project Lead

Infosys Technologies Limited
10.1999 - 07.2004

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering - undefined

National Institute of Technology

Master of Business Administration - Strategy, Operations, Technology

Carnegie Mellon University
UNNI NAMBUDRIPAD