Parag Vairagade

About Parag Vairagade

A seasoned analytics professional with over 15 years of experience leading complex multi year initiative. Spanning experience across various industries including SAAS, Retail, Software, Product, Insurance & Reinsurance. A proven track record of executing and leading complex multi-year initiatives, building and leading teams. Passionate about solving business problems with data and technology to acheive business outcomes and ROI. Motivated in forming trusting long term business partnerships. Proven track record of setting up analytics framework and eco sytem from ground up- building and leading high performance teams of Engineers, analysts, product managers and product owners. Hands-on experience with building data warehouse from scratch with industry best practices, extending to reporting framework and transforming it for business insights to enable data driven decisions. Adhere to embracing innovation and a continuous improvement mindset to drive operational excellence and win together as a unified team.Problem solver who brings clarity and simplifies complexity by methodically breaking significant challenges, creating structure, and driving execution with focused team leadership and energizing interpersonal style. Seasoned communicator & influencer, who manages complexity while maintaining alignment with long term strategy.Core Competencies:Business Acumen| Data Warehousing | Data Modeling | Data Architecture | Data Management & Governance | Product Management | Data Platforms | Data Engineering | Big Data | Cloud Data Platforms | Data Warehouse | Enterprise Analytics | Program Management | AI/ML Use Cases | Business Intelligence | Enterprise Analytics | Strategic Partnerships | Navigating Ambiguity | Operations Excellence | Agile | Developing Talent | Onshore/Offshore Team Leadership | BI COE | Building Business Partnerships | Data Product Launch Support | Enterprise Visualization Tools | Database Design & Management | Data Quality Assessment | Pattern & Trends Identification | Quarterly Business Reviews | Planning and OKR | PMP | CSPO | CSM | People Management | Team Building & Individual Mentorship | Data Analysis | Tableau | Qlik | Business Objects| SQL | Python | ETL/ELT | CRM | Salesforce

Experience

1. Leader, Data & Analytics

   Zscaler

   Feb 2024 — Present · San Jose, CA, US

   At Zscaler, I spearheaded the analytics vision, aligning data insights with strategic objectives to enhance business performance. I established robust data governance frameworks and led initiatives in predictive modeling and AI, resulting in improved customer personalization and marketing efficiency. My efforts fostered a culture of data-driven decision-making across the organization.• Analytics Vision and Strategy: Defined and executed the company-wide analytics strategy, aligning data insights with OKRs and strategic objectives to drive measurable business impact.• Data Infrastructure and Governance: Established scalable frameworks for data governance, quality, and infrastructure, improving accuracy and accessibility of insights and enabling informed decision-making across the organization.• Predictive and AI-Driven Initiatives: Led efforts in predictive modeling, segmentation, generative AI, and next-best-action engines to personalize customer experiences and optimize marketing outcomes.• Scalable Metrics and Insights: Developed dashboards, KPIs, benchmarks, and competitive intelligence tools for internal teams and customer-facing solutions, driving performance visibility and actionable recommendations.• Team Leadership and Culture: Built and mentored a high-performing analytics team while cultivating a company-wide culture of data curiosity, fluency, and collaboration to scale analytical impact.• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered with Support, Customer Success, Professional Services, Product, Finance, Marketing, and Sales teams to deliver actionable insights, optimize operations, and influence strategy across business units.

Education

• California State University, Chico

  Masters, Computer Science

  2006 — 2007

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology

• Bombay Institute of Technology, Worli

  Diploma in Computer Scirence

Skills

• Etl
• Business Objects
• Sap Businessobjects
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Database Design
• Sql Server Reporting Services (Ssrs)
• Ssis
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Data Warehousing
• Sap
• Informatica
• Sql
• Business Intelligence
• Ssrs
• Sdlc
• Oracle
• Agile Methodologies
• Testing
• Data Modeling