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10 VPs of analytics
These ten VPs of analytics hold or have held the VP of Analytics or Vice President of Analytics title, or a variant such as Vice President, Analytics and Customer Data Science. Readers can learn how an analytics leader sets priorities for an analytics team, partners with business leaders and turns data into decisions.
Professionals to explore
01—10Allan Pusch
LinkedInExperience: VP of Analytics · REEF
VP of Analytics at REEF since 2021 and Director of Business Intelligence at REEF from 2020 to 2021. His listed roles also include Sr. Manager, Digital Analytics and Insights at Royal Caribbean Group (2017–2020) and Director of Business Intelligence at Watsco, Inc. (2015–2017). He describes himself as a business intelligence professional helping companies improve business performance through the use of data.
Brent Bolstrom
LinkedInExperience: VP of Analytics · UnitedHealth Group
VP of Analytics at UnitedHealth Group since 2020 and Sr. Director of Analytics at UnitedHealth Group since 2017, with both roles listed as current. His other listed roles include Director of Analytics at UnitedHealth Group (2016–2017 and 2006–2015) and Managing Consultant at Philips (2015–2016).
Dave Valdez
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Analytics · Ursa Space Systems
Vice President of Analytics at Ursa Space Systems since 2025 and Director of Strategic Analysis there in 2025; his listed roles also include Director of Product at ICEYE (2022–2025). He says his focus as Vice President of Analytics is advancing the organization's geospatial intelligence capabilities, drawing on experience in geospatial intelligence, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technologies and data analytics.
Elliot Smith
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Analytics · Equifax
Vice President of Analytics at Equifax since 2019; his listed roles also include Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics Data Science at Deloitte (2013–2019) and Senior Consultant, Healthcare Supply Chain at TAG, Inc. (2010–2012). His profile headline describes him as an applied AI, data science and analytics leader focused on product, pricing and operational decisioning, and he describes using data to craft stories that drive results.
Felicia Levy
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Analytics · Tailored Brands, Inc.
Former Vice President of Analytics at Tailored Brands, Inc. (2020–2023), where she also held the title Vice President, Omnichannel Analytics (2020–2023). Her listed roles also include Senior Director, Analytics at Unison (2019–2020) and Director, Business Analytics (Consumer) at Realtor.com (2016–2018). Her profile says that in the omnichannel analytics role she delivered insights to drive critical business decisions.
Gail Muldoon, PhD
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Analytics · Stellantis
Vice President of Analytics at Stellantis since 2024; her other Stellantis roles include Director of Customer Data & Analytics (2023–2024), Data Science and Data Engineering Lead, Customer Data Platform Program (2022–2023) and Data Science Lead, Customer Data Platform Program (2021–2022). She also held the Data Science Lead, Customer Data Platform Program title at FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (2020–2021).
Merrin Bartley
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Analytics and Customer Data Science · Gap Inc.
Vice President, Analytics and Customer Data Science at Gap Inc. since 2026, working across brands including Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic according to her profile. Her listed roles also include Senior Director of Business Analytics & Insights, North America (2025–2026) and Senior Director of Insights & Analytics (Europe, Middle East & Africa) (2022–2024) at Nike. She describes translating customer and market understanding into commercial impact.
Patrick Handley
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Analytics · Subway
Vice President of Analytics at Subway since 2023 and Senior Director at Subway from 2021 to 2024. His listed roles also include Director - Category Analytics at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (2019–2021) and Sr. Director - Advanced Analytics at Conagra Brands (2009–2011).
Steven Tilston
LinkedInExperience: VP of Analytics · Meta
VP of Analytics at Meta since 2025. His listed roles also include Chief Marketplace & Data Officer at AVIV Group (2021–2025) and, at Expedia, SVP, Analytics & Data Science (2019–2021), SVP, Analytics & Revenue Management (2017–2019) and VP, Analytics & Revenue Management (2013–2017).
Warren Wertheim
LinkedInExperience: VP of Analytics · CLEAR
VP of Analytics at CLEAR since 2025. His listed roles also include Sr. Director, Data - Head of Analytics at SeatGeek (2019–2025), Head Of Market Analytics at Spotify (2016–2019) and Manager, International Markets - Finance, Strategy and Planning at Spotify (2014–2015).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's industry and the business questions their analytics team served, such as pricing, customers or operations, to the decision in front of you. Ask how large a team they led and which data platforms they relied on so you can judge how well their approach transfers to your company.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide which analytics requests your team takes on and which ones you turn down?
- 02What does a good operating model between a central analytics team and business units look like?
- 03How do you measure whether a piece of analytics work actually changed a business decision?
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