Open to opportunities

Varun Krishnani

@varunkrishnani

I lead data, analytics, and AI platforms that turn petabyte-scale capability into commercial outcomes.

At Marktplaats, I lead a 20-person Analytics function across three teams, modernizing the data warehouse, analytics engineering, and data product foundations. I delivered €550K in Databricks cost savings in H1 2026 and lead data platform, ML migration, and warehouse migration workstreams for a large-scale transformation.

Previously at Adevinta, I led 16 engineers and data scientists across seven data and ML products for marketplace advertising, search, relevancy, ranking, and seller efficiency. My teams delivered click prediction capability that contributed to a 12% increase in ad revenue and streaming ads-performance analytics for more than 6M monthly active users.

I've also led data products at Nike, Lloyds Bank, Sapient, Mu-Sigma, and Manhattan Associates. I combine hands-on data and AI architecture with executive stakeholder leadership to translate platforms, GenAI, and analytics into measurable revenue, savings, and adoption.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Group Engineering Manager, Data & Analytics

Current

Marktplaats BV

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Leading the Analytics function within the Data & AI crew, managing 20 people across three teams. Delivered infrastructure cost savings of 550K EUR in H1 2026 and led data platform modernization initiatives.

Databricks Analytics Engineering data modernization Data Products Stakeholder Management Cost Optimization Data Governance GA4 Data Visualization

Senior Engineering Manager, Data & ML Products

Adevinta Group

Jan 2022 - Dec 2024 (2 years 11 months)

Led data, ML, and SaaS product teams supporting marketplace search, advertising, and seller efficiency. Delivered a click prediction model that contributed to a 12% increase in ad revenue and managed a portfolio of 7 Data/ML products.

Machine Learning Data Products SaaS Product Management OKRs Agile Delivery Stakeholder Management Streaming Data Ads Analytics Ranking

Data Engineering Lead, Data Products

Nike

Feb 2019 - Jan 2022 (2 years 11 months)

Led data product and analytics engineering for Nike EMEA, supporting Direct-to-Consumer analytics and franchise partner integration. Built a central analytics portal with 300+ reports and 40+ dashboards, and delivered pricing optimization achieving 5M EUR cost savings.

Data Engineering Analytics Engineering Data Mesh Data Products Direct to Consumer Inventory Optimization Pricing Optimization Test Coverage

Data Manager

Lloyds Bank

Jan 2017 - Jan 2019 (2 years)

Led two scrum teams to design and deliver a real-time ML-based notification platform serving 10M bank customers. Delivered an MVP that tripled product scope and reduced deployment cycle time from 2 months to 3 weeks.

Machine Learning Real Time Systems Scrum Team Leadership

Senior Data Engineer

Sapient Consulting

Jan 2011 - Dec 2016 (5 years 11 months)

Delivered data engineering, migration, and digital transformation initiatives, including SQL/NoSQL migration across 200+ entities and 10TB from SQL Server to MongoDB, plus dimensional modeling for the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse.

Data Engineering SQL NoSQL MongoDB SQL Server Dimensional Models Data Migration Digital Transformation

Senior Data Analyst

Mu-Sigma Analytics Solutions

Nov 2009 - Jan 2011 (1 year 2 months)

Supported clients including Walgreens and KeyBank through requirements, KPI definition, Teradata/SAS data transformation, dashboards, and executive insight presentations.

Data Analysis KPIs Teradata SAS Dashboarding Executive Presentation

Software Engineer

Manhattan Associates India R&D Center

Jul 2007 - Nov 2009 (2 years 4 months)

Built ETL metadata, reports, OLAP cubes, dimensional models, database scripts, and automation utilities for enterprise customer implementations using the IBM Cognos data stack.

ETL OLAP Dimensional Models Cognos Automation