Primary Job Title EVP, CTO & CDO Primary Organization 
Neustar
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Venkat Achanta is senior vice president and chief data and analytics officer at Neustar, Inc. Venkat is responsible for expanding Neustar’s authoritative identity and attribution platform to find innovative ways to create connected customer experiences across people, places and things.
Prior to Neustar, Venkat was chief data officer and head of
the data and analytics group at Walmart, where he was responsible for all data and analytics delivery platforms across the company.
Venkat has more than 20 years of experience in data science, analytics and enterprise information management. While at Walmart, Venkat globally spearheaded the data fabric, advanced analytics platforms and decision services groups. Prior to Walmart, Venkat was global head of analytics and big data at AIG. Venkat has held senior leadership positions with various companies that are noted in the industry for their data and analytics capabilities, including Capital One, where he was vice president of enterprise data services, and Experian, where he was vice president of global product development and delivery.
Venkat holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from Andhra University in India and a master’s of business administration from UCLA.
