Nishita Hegde

Strategy and analytics leader with experience driving portfolio management, customer planning, and data-informed decision-making across telecom, consulting, and enterprise product environments. Currently Corporate Strategy and Portfolio Lead at Optimum, translating consumer and operational data into retention and revenue strategies, building forecasting and automation tools, and enabling executive storytelling through dashboards and strategic narratives (Power BI). Previously managed business analysis at Optimum and supported behavioral economics research at Cornell on AI judgment and decision-making, along with teaching assistance in advanced strategic analysis. Earlier roles include product leadership at Mondelēz, defining a 5-year roadmap and governance model, scaling low-code platforms to 50K+ users, delivering $50M value, and leading teams to ship 100+ automation solutions. Background also includes consulting at EY, building multi-year product roadmaps and improving pre-sales conversion and delivery efficiency.