Anirudh Deshpande currently serves as the Head of Data Hub for APMEA at Sodexo since August 2024, following a tenure as VP - Head of Data Engineering at Pharmarack from March 2023 to August 2024. Prior experience includes roles as Senior Manager - Solution Architect at Jio Platforms Limited from April 2020 to March 2023, and Manager - Lead Data Architect at Reliance Retail from April 2016 to April 2020, where Anirudh also held the position of Deputy Manager - Data Architect. Anirudh's career began at Tata Consultancy Services as an IT Analyst from October 2014 to March 2016 and at Atos as a Senior Software Engineer from November 2009 to October 2014. Anirudh holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management specializing in Information Technology Project Management from Prin. L.N. Wellingkar Institute of Management Development and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from the University of Mumbai.