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Anita Lynch

Executive Fellow at Digital Data DesignInstitute

Oakland, California

Overview 

Anita Lynch is a highly accomplished Chief Data Officer with a strong background in data governance, analytics, and technical product management, having held executive roles at top companies like New Relic, The Walt Disney Company, Amazon, Yahoo, and Apple. As a Board Member at Nasdaq and an HBS Executive Fellow at the Digital Data Design Institute, Anita has demonstrated exceptional leadership, strategic vision, and expertise in areas such as artificial intelligence, mergers, and stakeholder engagement. Anita Lynch is a seasoned professional who has made significant contributions to the field of data management and analytics, with highlights including serving as Vice President at The Walt Disney Company and leading analytics at Amazon Prime Now, showcasing her expertise in executive visibility, product road mapping, and team leadership.

Work Experience 

  • Board Member - Nasdaq U.S. Exchanges

    2022 - Current

    Nasdaq U.S. exchanges include The Nasdaq Stock Market, Nasdaq PHLX, Nasdaq BX, Nasdaq ISE, Nasdaq MRX, and Nasdaq GEMX. Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is a global technology company serving the capital markets and other industries with a diverse offering of data, analytics, software, and services enables clients to optimize and execute their business vision with confidence.

Nasdaq is a global provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information, and public company services.

Raised $9,516,754,717.00 from Matzliach Capital.

  • Chief Data Officer

    2021 - 2022

    Strategically oversaw and drove the future of data operations, encompassing data management, architecture, engineering, governance, privacy compliance, business forecasting, and marketing integrations. Led initiatives in data analytics, insights, and actionable strategies while collaborating with legal, information security, sales, product, marketing and growth teams to ensure robust compliance and revenue growth.

New Relic is a digital intelligence company that delivers full-stack visibility and analytics to enterprises.

Raised $214,500,000.00 from TPG, Wellington Management, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity, BlackRock, Passport Ventures, Tenaya Capital, T. Rowe Price and Trinity Ventures.

  • Vice President, Data Governance, Instrumentation & Data Architecture - Disney+

    2019 - 2021

    Championed the development of a comprehensive global data governance strategy for Disney Plus, enhancing data quality, privacy, compliance, and secure sharing. Successfully scaled data operations to support a 100M+ subscriber base within 12 months.

  • Vice President, Data Architecture & Analytics - Disney ABC Television

    2017 - 2019

    Led data architecture and analytics for Disney ABC Television Group, driving strategic initiatives for a $20B+ business segment with a 40+ member team. Directed efforts across data engineering, DevOps, BI, analytics, and data science to support Ad Sales, Digital Products, Research, and Marketing. Aligned data strategy with core priorities including identity, engagement, content, governance, and research.

The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows.

Raised $11,000,000,000.00 from Citibank.

  • Head of Analytics, Amazon Prime Now

    2015 - 2017

    Founded BI Engineering and Analytics for an ultra-fast grocery and retail delivery service, rapidly expanding across the US, UK, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, and Japan. Built and scaled data infrastructure to drive retail sales through enhanced customer acquisition, loyalty, engagement, and inventory management. Designed and launched a self-serve data platform that empowered city managers and logistics teams to optimize operations and standardize performance metrics. Developed and executed a comprehensive 3-year BI and Analytics strategy, including team building, data infrastructure architecture, and global expansion, while ensuring 100% retention of top talent and overseeing leadership development.

Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.

  • Director, Analytics

    2013 - 2015

    Led analytics for Chief of Staff to Homepage and Verticals, focusing on acquisition, engagement, and retention goals. Drove business operations to achieve OKR targets for monetization, P&L, and talent management.

Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.

Raised $6,800,000.00 from Visa, SoftBank Capital, Sequoia Capital and Reuters Venture Capital.

  • Apple Music Business Operations - Partnerships

    2011 - 2013

    Executed strategic and technology initiatives for the international expansion from 18 to 100+ countries estimating content values for music, tv and film catalogs and designing content partner tools to pay royalties.

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.

Raised $1,170,230,000.00 from KB Securities, Berkshire Hathaway and Microsoft.

  • Manager

    2008 - 2011

    Worked with executive teams of industry-leading companies to address critical issues in strategy, operations, mergers and acquisitions, and organization. Managed workstreams and supervised associates.

  • Summer Associate

    2007 - 2007

  • Software Engineer

    2002 - 2006

    Patented trading system algorithms. Promoted to lead user acceptance testing of new trading systems with direct accountability to COO and SVP Operations. Redesigned open outcry and electronic trading algorithms.

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