Anita Lynch

Board Member - Nasdaq U.S. Exchanges

2022

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.