ASHISH BAJPAI, GLOBAL DATA MANAGER, JOHN DEERE
Ashish is senior Data & Analytics Leader with more than 20 years of experience in Data Management, Analytics & Digital applications areas. He has orchestrated data strategy to envision and deliver data-as product for Deere, a Fortune 100 manufacturer and its Financial Services business; driven Data Governance and Management, fueled insight-driven decision-making cultures; and built high-flying data and data engineering platform teams from the ground up. He has worked and lived in 4 Continents (Asia, Europe, South America & North America) with experiences of developing and building Data and Digital Organizations across the globe.
Notable accomplishments during Ashish’s prolific tenure at John Deere Enterprise (Deere) / John Deere Financial (JDF) include:
• Most recently as JD’s global Data Leader at Enterprise level, Ashish drove Enterprise Data Strategy, and launched and led data platform teams to deliver key data platforms in months (previously done in years) and led multiple major enterprise initiatives successfully (Unified data Platform, Enterprise Data Marketplace, Data Quality, and Enterprise Data Protection/Security) with a focus on active data/Metadata Management, data products and Data Governance
• Previously as Data leader for data and analytics products at divisional level, Ashish led multiple Data initiatives to transform John Deere Financial’s data into strategic products and established data teams (based on data mesh principles and aligned to business capabilities) across U.S., Europe, Asia, and South America, embedding agile scrum methodologies as key priorities.
Ashish has been awarded with 2 of the most esteemed company accolades at John Deere Enterprise—the 2020 Deere & Company’s Chairman Award and JDF President’s Award of Excellence.
• Transforming data into strategic assets during his 5 years as Data & Technology Head for John Deere Financial (JDF) in both South America and Asia, Ashish won Deere & Company’s Chairman Award and 2 JDF “President’s Awards” in 2016 and 2018 for driving strategic projects, including launching JDF India’s first global, mobile-based digital application that slashed credit approval time from 20+ days to less than 7.
• Assembling and steering a 100+ person data and technology team in India, Ashish launched the company’s first data and
analytics center of excellence (CoE).
