Nitish Kumar

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led analytics function at Connect and Heal.
Developed risk assessment models for insurance underwriting.
Built data functions from scratch at multiple organizations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Analytics Leader in Healthcare and Fintech sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

AnalyticsData Science

Other Skills

A/B TestingApache HudiBusiness AnalyticsCXO FrameworkCustomer Lifecycle ManagementData AnalysisData EngineeringData TransformationData VisualizationFundraisingGoogle GeminiPredictive AnalyticsProduct AnalyticsProduct ManagementSQL

About

As Director of Data at Connect and Heal, a leader in integrated healthcare solutions for corporates, the focus is on building advanced analytics capabilities that empower data-driven decisions across the organization. By developing risk assessment models for insurance underwriting and modernizing data infrastructure with Apache Hudi, the team has enhanced operational efficiency, reduced latency, and improved data reliability. Collaborative efforts have also driven the delivery of over 500 dashboards, strengthening client retention through actionable insights and improved visibility. With over a decade of experience in analytics and product strategy, contributions have spanned diverse sectors including healthcare, fintech, mobility and education. Prior roles included helping CRED move from 0-1 journey, designing engagement metrics at BitClass and building product analytics functions at Halodoc, Indonesia’s largest healthcare platform. Motivated by a mission to leverage data to solve complex challenges, current work integrates structured medical data and validates compliance to support scalable healthcare solutions.

Experience

Connect and heal - cnh care

Director of Data

Feb 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Led the analytics function and served as a strategic partner across all key functions within the organization.
Designed and deployed data-driven risk assessment models to support insurance underwriting decisions.
Leveraged Google Gemini to enhance client deliverables by integrating and validating structured medical data (ICD-10, LOINC, ATC), improving compliance and overall content quality.
Delivered and optimized 500+ client dashboards and reports, driving stronger client retention through enhanced visibility and actionable insights.
Architected a modern Lakehouse platform using Apache Hudi—reducing data latency, increasing reliability, and cutting infrastructure costs. Also, implemented fact-dimension data modeling to streamline querying and significantly improve analytics performance.

AnalyticsData ScienceSQLApache HudiGoogle Gemini

Bitclass

Head of Data

Jul 2021 – Jan 2022 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Developed and implemented a student engagement score, leading to increase in sales by analyzing engagement levels and segmenting leads.
Managed fundraising efforts and DD process for a fundraising round, directly collaborating with the third party DD team and investors.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams—including product managers, engineers, and educators—to A/B test and drive product enhancements based on data insights.

Data AnalysisFundraisingA/B TestingAnalytics

Halodoc id

Product Analytics Lead

Aug 2019 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Designed and implemented a CXO-focused framework, enhancing strategic alignment among all organisational leaders, improving cross-functional performance.
Managed COVID-related healthcare volumes with Halodoc, Indonesia’s largest healthcare company, ensuring better operational efficiency during peak demand.
Led end-to-end product analytics, building the function from scratch, which resulted in a improvement in user engagement across key product offerings.

Product AnalyticsCXO FrameworkAnalytics

Cred

Data and Product

Sep 2018 – Aug 2019 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

First data team member at CRED, building the data function from the ground up (0 to 1) while contributing across the product lifecycle.
Joined pre-launch and witnessed CRED’s journey from day zero.
Led product analytics efforts—designed key event instrumentation and set up core funnels for user behavior tracking.
Conceptualized and launched Fugly Charts, a holistic root-cause analysis framework that significantly reduced issue resolution time.
Played a cross-functional role across Marketing, Research, and QA to drive deep insights into Credit Card user behavior and product experience.

Product AnalyticsUser Behavior TrackingAnalytics

Ola (ani technologies pvt. ltd)

2 roles

Lead Product Analyst

Promoted

Apr 2017 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Lead the efforts for Demand Shaping Team including
Expanding international and going live in Australia region.
Provide analytical thought process and build better solutions.
Strategize to enhance the customer engagement and customer acquisitions.
Led comprehensive analytics initiatives, driving improvements in user engagement using product/clickstream analytics, user acquisition through CLMs, and experience strategies.
Setting up and product managing the complete product analytics charter from scratch, including requirement gathering, implementation, analysis and translating them into insights

Product AnalyticsUser EngagementAnalytics

Senior Product Analyst

Jul 2016 – Mar 2017 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Manage the customer life cycle through the multiple levers available.
Segment the customers and strategise to maximize ROI and improve the CLTV.
Lead centrail analytics charter and built analytical solutions to meet the common objectives of various functions.
Build dashboards and present them to the leadership.

Customer Lifecycle ManagementAnalytics

Cognizant technology solutions

Data Scientist

Feb 2014 – Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Predictive Defect Identification
Prediction of defects in the devices for a telecom client
Using R to perform classification and then regression
Provide with actionable insights to the client to reduce on downtime of a service
Understand and perform transformations on the data
Advanced Sales Analytics
Strategic target planning for a US pharmaceutical client.
Apply compliance and adhere to multiple rules and regulations for different teams.
Quality check the alignment process to ensure proper workload for the reps
Use MS SQL Server 2005 to retrieve, organize data and generate summaries

Predictive AnalyticsData TransformationData Science

Publicis sapient

Analyst

Aug 2011 – Feb 2014 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Financial Reporting
Perform IT business analytics and provide the senior leadership (MD and VPs) along with stakeholders at all levels with periodic dashboard reports on the current business performance, recognized issues and future opportunities along with the suggestive measures.
Analyzed and summarized the Financial/Business information and tracked performance through metrics relevant to service based industry
Developed frameworks that related current delivery activities to further sales activities and other financial metrics
Web Analyst
Create and analyze reports on Omniture Sitecatalyst and Discover for web analytics and optimization process
Understanding of e-commerce concepts, marketing strategies and develop, analyze and interpret business related KPIs
Collating data from various sources and bring actionable insights to table to help client achieve their objectives

Business AnalyticsWeb AnalyticsAnalytics