Asad Ali

AI & Analytics Program Director, Fractal

United States

About

AI & Analytics Leader with 17+ years of experience shaping strategic decisions for Fortune 100 organizations like Google, American Express, Apple, Citibank and the NFL. Proven track record in delivering measurable outcomes by building cutting-edge AI, ML and advanced analytics solutions across marketing, product development and customer service workflows. Passionate about building dynamic, high-performing teams to deliver global internet scale solutions that touch millions of customers and influence $1Bn+ revenue lines ✅ Lead a global team of data scientists, product managers, digital analysts and behavioral scientists, employing a hands-on, player-coach style ✅ Partnered with a Fortune 50 global technology organization to decode customer behaviors and optimize engagement on OEM site by developing a portfolio of AI, ML and advanced analytics solutions touching 1B+ annual visits and driving $500M+ incremental sales ✅ Developed email personalization system for leading retail bank using advanced machine learning modules embedded within an LTV optimization system, delivering 10% higher email engagement and 5% reduction in opt-out rates for 30M customers ✅ Collaborated with major sports league to improve fan experience at stadiums using advanced ML based voice of customer solution impacting 15M annual attendees across 30+ stadiums ✅ Demonstrated exceptional math and science aptitude, securing the 54th position out of 300K aspirants to study at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Experience

  • Principal Consultant / Director at Fractal Analytics
    Jan 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

    Leading data science and analytics initiatives with Fortune 100 organizations in Technology and Financial Services Managing global team of data scientists, analysts, behavioral researchers and project managers Product owner: AIDE (patented digital friction detection solution), CALLEX (voice of customer analytics solution) Key Outcomes: • Helped a global tech organization decode customer behaviors on their retail website. Developed machine learning and advanced analytics solutions to segment 500M visitors and pinpoint friction points, generating 50+ A/B test hypotheses • Spearheaded the design and construction of a robust Natural Language Processing (NLP) Pipeline, incorporating complex techniques such as BERT Q&A, Affinity Clustering, and Sentence Transformers, to deliver automated unsupervised granular theme discovery from complaint transcripts, dramatically enhancing the customer experience • Designed multi-arm, personalized experiments to drive a 20% increase in user engagement for a professional development app by contacting users at the right time with individually personalized notifications identified using machine learning

  • Senior Engagement Manager at EXL Analytics
    2008 - 2020 · 12 yrs

    Led analytics and ML driven transformation projects for Fortune 100 companies across Sports, Entertainment, Telecom, Financial Services, Insurance and Logistics Key Outcomes: • Led the development of marketing email personalization program, crafting a suite of ML based solutions to determine the right frequency, content and timing for 500M annual emails, increase email engagement by 10% and reducing unsubscribes by 5% • Created a Fan360 segmentation strategy for a 30M+ customer base utilizing clustering and forecasting to decode current behaviors and evolution over time, helping influence long term marketing strategy • Achieved $6M+ in net impact value savings by constructing a fraud/abuse detection and migration strategy to mitigate live entertainment ticket leakage to black marketers • Enhanced the retention menu design by aligning incentives with customer value, and implement experiments within contact center, resulting in a significant cost-saving of $15M+ in lifetime value • Established an experimentation lab to conduct eCommerce experiments at scale with a mix of people (experimentation data scientists), tools (sample size, opportunity estimation, results analysis calculators) and processes (pre-launch validation, post-launch inference and results library). Conducted roadshows and training workshops to drive adoption across the organization