Karthik Sukumar

Karthik Sukumar is the Manager of Advanced Analytics at the Chicago Bears. Karthik has previous experience working as a Data Scientist and Business Analyst for the Bears, as well as a Graduate Assistant and Instructor at Purdue University. Karthik also spent time as a Management & IT Trainee for GOODRICH MARITIME PVT LTD.

Sukumar has a wealth of experience in data analysis and developing dashboards across various retail, stadium operations, and ticketing platforms. Karthik is skilled in developing predictive models for season ticket holder churn/retention, classification models for Suites/Partnerships team prospecting, and lead scoring models to target fans based on buying behavior/demographics. Karthik also has experience analyzing fan surveys administered to season ticket holders, Chicago-area sports fans, and Club seat holders.

Karthik Sukumar has a PhD in Expert Performance in Aviation and Sport from Purdue University, a Master of Science in Computer Graphics Technology from Purdue University, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Ramnarain Ruia College AFF. University of Mumbai.

Karthik Sukumar reports to Corey Ruff, VP, Business Strategy & Analytics. They are on a team with Joey Bloom - Data & CRM Engineer, Matt Leitzke - Business Insights Analyst.