National Hockey League (NHL)’s Post

Meet Preethi Nair (She/Her), Senior Director, Data Solutions    In the evolving landscape of professional sports, data is a critical asset, helping to reshape organizational strategies and finetune decision-making processes. At the forefront of this transformation within the National Hockey League (NHL) is Preethi Nair, Senior Director, Data Solutions. The journey and expertise that Preethi and her team bring have played a pivotal role in driving innovation and success through our data.    Joining the NHL in 2017 with a background in data warehouse consulting spanning over a decade, Preethi brought experience and a fresh perspective to her role. Preethi was nervous about her first day at the NHL and wondered how she would work with all these passionate fans when she knew nothing about the sport. All her fears went away immediately after starting. She felt wholly accepted and immediately knew she belonged there. That belonging has continued to grow over the last seven years.    Preethi led efforts to consolidate the NHL’s fan data from numerous sources onto a unified platform called BLADE while working to ensure compliance with U.S., Canadian, and other global privacy regulations, which is critical as BLADE currently hosts billions of data points on NHL fan interactions. Preethi and the BLADE team have also led the migration of BLADE to a leading cloud data platform. This transition enhanced scalability and efficiency while facilitating advanced analytics and greater machine-learning capabilities. By enabling seamless collaboration through bi-directional data sharing with NHL clubs this year, Preethi hopes to empower our Clubs to derive actionable insights from BLADE data.    This groundwork has laid the foundation for deeper analysis and predictive models, enabling data-driven decision-making across marketing and fan engagement initiatives. Preethi's leadership has been critical to the progress and exemplifies the transformative impact of expertise and innovation in Data Engineering. Despite the work already done, Preethi and her team continue to evolve the NHL's data-driven future.    Join the League -> https://lnkd.in/eJYYc-gd      #EmployeeSpotlight #WomenInSTEM #NHLCareers #HumansOverHighlights #WomenInSports  

  • Preethi Nair standing with the Stanley Cup.

Lower right: Employee Spotlight logo
  • Preethi Nair poses for a photo with 5 of her department colleagues. They are standing in front of a Stanley Cup Playoffs backdrop.

Lower right: Employee Spotlight logo
  • Preethi Nair poses for a photo with a work colleague. They are at the Prudential Center for a New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers game.

Lower right: Employee Spotlight logo
  • Preethi Nair poses for a photo with 5 of her work colleagues and a polar bear mascot.

Lower left: Employee Spotlight logo
Patrice Distler

SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer at National Hockey League

1w

So lucky to have you on our team!

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Morgan Baker

Marketing "Swiss Army knife" & Project Manager @ SOCCER.COM | MS in Global Sport student at NYU

3w

Thankful for the opportunity I had to briefly meet with Preethi. The work she and her team do is amazing and I could immediately tell she is an outstanding leader and coworker. Well-deserved recognition!

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Wonderful storyline! Data can be so valuable and also so daunting to wrangle. I wonder how the NHL had gotten to the quick delivery of stats during a game - without calculators! :).

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Badrinarayana Vengavasi

Data Engineering || Data Analytics || Data Platforms & Infrastructure || Messaging(Kafka/PubSub) || Cloud || DevOps / SRE || Engineering Management || Technical Program Management

3w

Awesome. So Proud of what you have achieved so far ! I'm sure you'll achieve many such milestones in your career ahead !!

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Keith Belanger

SqlDBM Product Evangelist 🔹Datafluencer ™️ 🔹Data Modeling Aficionado ❄️ Snowflake Data Superhero❄️🔹Certified Data Vault 2.0 Practitioner 🔹Sr Data Leader

3w

Congratulation Preethi! Two of my favorite subject areas, Hockey and Data! Love to hear these stories.

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Martin Műller

"Jediný způsob, jak dělat dobře svoji práci, je milovat to, co děláš."

1w

Hezký pocit dotknout se této trofeje :) měl jsem možnost mít 3x v ruce :) stejně jako pohár z ligy mistrů ve fotbale UEFA :)

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Anuja K.

Lead Product Manager @ PayPal | Consumer Credit

3w

Wow super proud! Grateful to have an amazing power girl like you in my network ❤️ keep shining Preethi!

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Abhijeet Karki

All things DATA | Cloud Solutions Architect | User Experience

3w

Amazing and well-deserved. Congrats Preethi 💫 👏🏼

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Marty Williams

Gov't Affairs Manager at American Public Works Association (APWA) Federal Lobbyist-Homeland Security, EM & Cybersecurity; Hockey Coach-Fort Dupont Cannons since 2018 (Washington, DC)

3w

#Hockeyisforeveryone😁👍🏿

Minumol Varghese

Test Manager/Scrum Master/PMO-MS Dynamics CRM at IBM India Private Limited

3w

Congratulations🎉👏 Preethi Nair

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