About
Sameer Bhalerao
Analytics leader turned AI systems builder. I've spent most of my career helping organizations turn complex data into decisions, and the last few years doing that with AI as a first-class tool.
Career arc
I started at Mu Sigma in 2014, spending two years building segmentation, demand forecasting, and marketing mix models for Fortune 500 retail and airline clients. It was a strong foundation in applied analytics - learning how to frame problems, what good questions look like, and how to translate analysis into business action.
I joined Amazon in 2017 and spent nine years there through April 2026. That tenure took me across payments and high-frequency commerce in India — first as a BA, then leading the analytics function — before moving to private brands in Luxembourg, and eventually the selection expansion team, where I was the sole BIE supporting a $11.5B program across 17+ global stores.
What changed for me at Amazon was the scope. I went from building models to building systems - things that needed to run reliably, communicate clearly to many stakeholders, and hold up under business pressure. That experience fundamentally shaped how I think about analytics as infrastructure.
What I'm building now
The flagship is Disha Analytics — a live B2B SaaS that turns restaurant data (reviews, menus, competitor maps, owner financials) into structured intelligence reports. Built on a six-agent AI pipeline with a three-tier ingestion architecture. Pilot running in Luxembourg with a real client.
I've also built Soul Spark (multi-agent life intelligence across finance, health, and career), JD Analyzer (resume-to-role fit scoring), Journey Planner (multi-modal travel decisions), and Dota Analyzer (match intelligence). Each one solves a real problem, not a proof-of-concept.
Building these has deepened my understanding of LLM integration, multi-agent architectures, local-first privacy patterns, and the hard work of making AI output genuinely useful — not just technically impressive.
How I work
Decisions over dashboards
A dashboard that doesn't drive action is just expensive decoration. I build for the question: what should someone do next?
Structure before tools
I spend time understanding the problem before choosing technology. The right metric design matters more than the right tech stack.
Fragmented signals, unified picture
The most interesting insights live at the intersection of domains that aren't usually connected. I like building systems that bridge that gap.
Clarity over cleverness
I'd rather build a system that ten people use every day than something impressive that no one understands.
Opportunities I find interesting
- Head of Analytics / Chief Data Officer
- Senior Analytics Manager
- Lead Business Intelligence Engineer (L7)
- Director of Data & Analytics
- Companies building serious data infrastructure in EU or remote
Background
- Experience
- 11+ years
- Most recent role
- Amazon Sr. BIE (L6)
- Amazon tenure
- 2017 – 2026
- Mu Sigma tenure
- 2014 – 2016
- Regions
- India, EU (Luxembourg)
- AI tools shipped
- 4 public
- Current Location
- Luxembourg
What people say
Sameer excels at transforming complex, ambiguous problems into clear, actionable insights. His superpower lies in creating simplified models that maintain essential details while making challenging concepts accessible to business stakeholders. This combination of analytical simplification and strategic communication makes him particularly effective in bridging technical and business perspectives.
Senior Peer
Amazon Selection Expansion · Forte Review 2025
Carried the load as the single BI resource for a 50-member team for 10 months. Sameer's superpowers are Ownership and Dive Deep — he is the first person I would go to when I need to understand the right source or definition of any of our metrics.
Category Leader (L7)
Amazon Private Brands · Promotion Assessment
His collaborative efforts with Finance resulted in a smooth-running WBR process saving nearly 5 to 6 hours of work weekly which was earlier spent on troubleshooting and reconciliations. This WBR process became the gold standard for other PB teams to replicate.
Senior Finance Manager (L7)
Amazon Private Brands · Promotion Assessment
Sameer is the go-to person for any BI and data analytics needs — not just for EU HPB but for WW APB. He has total ownership of his activities, knows exactly where to dedicate time, and delivers results with full trust from his colleagues.
Senior Peer
Amazon Private Brands · Forte Review 2023