Ganesh Bala

Ganesh Bala has extensive experience in the field of data and analytics. Ganesh is currently the EVP, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Wind Creek Hospitality since July 2021. Before joining Wind Creek Hospitality, Ganesh worked at Marriott International as the Vice President, Data Science Partner, Customer Experience from September 2018 to August 2020. Prior to that, they were the Vice President, Customer Insights & Analytics at Symphony RetailAI from September 2015 to August 2018. Ganesh also held the position of Senior Director, Global Customer Insights & Analytics at Walmart from March 2014 to August 2015. Before joining Walmart, they worked at L Brands as the AVP, Customer Marketing & Analysis from September 2013 to March 2014. Ganesh's earlier experience includes working at Marriott International as the Senior Director, Analytics, Consumer Insights & Revenue Strategy from November 2005 to September 2013.

Ganesh Bala holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Finance from Wright State University. Additionally, they have pursued a Master of Science (MS) degree in Social & Applied Economics from the same university. Ganesh has also obtained certifications including Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals from Microsoft in February 2023 and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS).