Brian Pivar - Transforming the data capabilities at Kraft Heinz
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Key takeaways:
- Bringing modern tech thinking to a legacy company
- Moving away from a FAANG to a non-tech company
- Ability to move the needle
- Building agile pods aligned to company objectives
- Adjusting compensation and hiring strategies
Meet: Brian Pivar is the Senior Director of Data and Analytics at Kraft Heinz. He has been at Kraft Heinz for over 2.5 years and is responsible for building out the data science, and business intelligence engineering teams from the ground up. Previous to Kraft Heinz, he led the data and analytics org at Amazon Restaurants (think food delivery for Amazon...like a Door Dash or Uber Eats). Previous to that he spent about 3 years at Uber in various strategy, analytics, and leadership roles. Brian Graduated from Purdue with a degree in finance and a minor in computer science.
If you have any questions for Brian, please feel free to reach out via:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pivar/
I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand). Please send me a message if you would like me to cover certain topics with future guests.
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