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Wal-Mart's Venkat Achanta Joins Neustar As Chief Data And Analytics Officer
- Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, July 19, 2016 7:22 AM
Wal-Mart Store Inc.’s data chief is leaving the retailer to join Neuster, a consumer data and analytics company, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Venkat Achanta will join the Sterling, Virginia-based Neustar in the newly created role of chief data and analytics officer, the company announced this week. Neustar collects and analyzes massive amounts of consumer data to sell security and marketing services. Achanta, who has more than 20 years of experience in data science and analytics, previously held positions at AIG, Capital One, and Experian.
