Balachandran V.

Balachandran (Bala) V. has a diverse work experience spanning over several industries. Balachandran (Bala) currently serves as the Global Head of Data and Business Intelligence at Godiva Chocolatier since April 2022. Prior to this, they worked at MediSpend as the Director of Data Engineering/Operations from January 2019 to April 2022. In between these roles, Bala took a sabbatical from 2016 to 2019 to travel with their family and focus on their daughter's college admission process.

Before their sabbatical, they held the position of Senior Director Global Business Intelligence at Integra LifeSciences from March 2014 to July 2016. Prior to that, they worked at Sirius Satellite Radio as the Director of Business Intelligence from October 2010 to March 2014 and at Vonage as the Director of Business Intelligence from November 2007 to September 2010.

Bala also has experience working as a Senior IT Consultant at Markel (Investors Underwriting Managers) from April 2003 to November 2007, as a Technical Arch at Marsh Inc from April 1998 to April 2003, and as a Consultant at Dow Jones and Senior Consultant at Prentice Hall in 1997.

Overall, Bala has a strong background in data engineering, business intelligence, and operations management, with a proven track record of providing insights and support to global teams in various organizations.

Balachandran (Bala) V. completed their Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Electronics from St. Francis De' Sales from 1987 to 1990. Balachandran (Bala) then pursued a Master of Science (MS) degree in Electronics from Nagpur University, which they completed from 1990 to 1992.