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10 Ford data and analytics leaders
These ten current and former Ford data and analytics leaders have held director, senior director and head roles in data and analytics at Ford Motor Company, including data science, data strategy, manufacturing analytics and CRM data. A reader can learn how data and analytics leaders work at Ford from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anil Kumar Maddulapalli
LinkedInExperience: Director, Industrial System Analytics and AI Advancement Center, GDI&A, India · Ford Motor Company
Director, Industrial System Analytics and AI Advancement Center, GDI&A, India at Ford Motor Company since 2023, and Director, Marketing & Sales and Credit Analytics, GDI&A, India (2018–2023). Anil Kumar Maddulapalli was Senior Principal Data Scientist at Honeywell Technologies (2014–2015).
Brandon Johnson, Ph.D.
LinkedInExperience: Global Director - Connected Vehicle Cost & Quality Analytics · Ford Motor Company
Global Director - Connected Vehicle Cost & Quality Analytics at Ford Motor Company since 2025, alongside a Director - Global Data Analytics role at Ford since 2023. Brandon Johnson, Ph.D.'s other Ford roles listed include Connected Vehicle Software & Connectivity Quality Manager (2021–2023).
Chaitra Hegde
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Factory Data · Ford Motor Company
Senior Director - Factory Data at Ford Motor Company since 2026, and Director Data Science - Digital Manufacturing at Ford Motor Company (2025–2026). Chaitra Hegde's profile says the role builds platforms that turn operational data into reusable data products, predictive models and governed AI workflows. Manager, Product Team at Apple (2022–2024).
Kevin Cooper
LinkedInExperience: Former Director - Smart Mobility Analytics · Ford Motor Company
Former Director - Smart Mobility Analytics at Ford Motor Company (2015–2022); a highlight marks the role as retired. Kevin Cooper describes an analytics leadership focus spanning the analytics tech stack from data management through integration technologies, and was Mgr Quantitative Risk at Ford Credit (2007–2015).
Khalid Ahmed
LinkedInExperience: Director - IVI Analytics and Diagnostics · Ford Motor Company
Director - IVI Analytics and Diagnostics at Ford Motor Company since 2026, and Data Science Director - Connected Vehicle Quality Predictions at Ford Motor Company (2022–2026). Khalid Ahmed describes leading a global team of more than 50 data scientists and software engineers on connected vehicles, developing predictive models to detect quality concerns.
Leena Deshpande
LinkedInExperience: Director of CRM Data and Analytics · Ford Motor Company
Director of CRM Data and Analytics at Ford Motor Company since 2024. Leena Deshpande describes guiding a global team that builds and supports end-to-end CRM activation and analytics data capabilities. Other Ford roles listed include Product Engineering Manager - Digital Marketing and Predictive Analytics (2018–2022).
Leonard D'Angelo
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Data Strategy, Product & Governance · Ford Motor Company
Senior Director, Data Strategy, Product & Governance at Ford Motor Company since 2024. Leonard D'Angelo's other Ford roles listed include Senior Director, Data Platform Engineering (2023–2024) and Director, Data Operations & Quality (2017–2023), and the profile describes work at the intersection of data engineering, governance and business strategy.
Rajeev Kalamdani
LinkedInExperience: Director, Manufacturing Analytics · Ford Motor Company
Director, Manufacturing Analytics at Ford Motor Company since 2024, and Manager, IIoT Analytics at Ford Motor Company (2019–2024). Rajeev Kalamdani describes leading the move of manufacturing analytics to the Google Cloud Platform with IT and OT leaders, including strategies for ingesting sensor, PLC and SQL data.
Saurav Subedi, PhD
LinkedInExperience: Head of Data & Advanced Analytics, Yield Management · Ford Motor Company
Head of Data & Advanced Analytics, Yield Management at Ford Motor Company since 2024, and Head of Global Pricing & GTM Data Science, Model e at Ford Motor Company (2022–2023). Saurav Subedi, PhD's profile says the current role leads a team of more than 40 product managers, data scientists and engineers. Director of Data Science at Codoxo (2021–2022).
Yan Fu
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Strategy and Enterprise Analytics · Ford Motor Company
Senior Director, Strategy and Enterprise Analytics at Ford Motor Company since 2020. Yan Fu's other Ford roles listed include Senior Manager, Sustainability and Safety Analytics (2018–2019) and Manager, Product Development & Strategy Analytics (2015–2016), and the profile notes Yan Fu is an SAE Fellow and an ASME Fellow.
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Match the person's domain to your question, since connected vehicle analytics, factory data, customer data and pricing analytics are different jobs. For questions about data governance and platforms rather than models, start with the data strategy and governance roles.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you use connected vehicle data to find quality problems earlier?
- 02What does it take to move manufacturing analytics onto a cloud data platform?
- 03How should an automaker set data strategy, product ownership and governance for enterprise data?
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