Anuj Shah, Ph.D.

Digital Transformation Architect and Project Leader 

Anuj is an execution-focused digital transformation leader who brings together extensive experience with modern digital technology, an acute understanding of business and processes, and outstanding project and people management skills to design and deliver high-value solutions. He has a track record of timely and under-budget delivery while ensuring fit, adoption, maintainability, operability, and extensibility. Over his 17-year career with retail, he has served retailers, brands, and wholesalers in apparel and accessories, sporting goods and footwear, jewelry, home Improvement, food and wine, fireworks, and even farm services. His clientele has ranged from mid-sized retailers to tier-1 brands with multi-billion-dollar global operations. He has been a developer, researcher, product manager of Oracle Retail, program manager of J.Crew’s MP&A, and is also the founder of an offshore team of 12 engineers.

Experience

• Shane Co. – Project Lead, Functional Designer, and Solution Architect
  • Led the design and delivery of a tailor-made, collaborative, offline-first, real-time, SAP-integrated sourcing & buying tool using Google Cloud & modern web technologies
• Nike – Vendor Selection and Solution Architecture Lead
  • Led vendor selection for Nike’s global assortment and demand planning platform. Advised leadership on end-to-end system architecture, data integration, CI/CD, automated testing, and performance and scalability review of the platform.
• Soft Surroundings – Vendor Selection, Project Lead, and Solution Architect
  • Designed their data warehouse in AWS, automated data movement & validation, and dashboards in Tableau for detailed analysis of sales, margin, inventory, & promotions
• The Home Depot – Project Lead and Solution Architect
  • Led the design and delivery of their assortment planning tool, using Infor demand planning platform, which was used to plan 70+ billion dollars in annual sales
• Under Armour – Assortment and demand planning playbook for international expansion