Lalit Thakur is a data executive that leads complete data lifecycle, spanning from data management & analytics to data science and monetization. During his career, spanning over a decade in data space, Lalit has driven data strategy, led data standards and championed migration of data platforms from conventional to modern frameworks. He enjoys being at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and data.

Currently at American Tire Distributors (ATD), he is focused on delivery of enhanced data and analytics capabilities. In this role, he is driving the build of a modern data and analytics organization in order to deliver data-driven decisioning capability. Prior to ATD, Lalit served at Novant Health as VP of analytics and before that in a global role as VP & Chief of Data at Solera. In those roles, he has built a digital backbone for the organization and has driven the mission to lead & execute the strategy to monetize globally disparate data.

He has mentored & volunteered in several hackathons, not-for-profit organizations as well as individual mentees. Lalit has been on several panels and presented on a variety of data-related topics.

Lalit holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering.