Arti Annaswamy

Arti Annaswamy is Director of Commercial Analytics & Business Insights at Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, where she leads data strategy and analytics for a global licensing business. With more than a decade supporting one of the world's largest media and entertainment licensors, she specializes in turning fragmented data, complex processes, and evolving stakeholder needs into scalable analytics capabilities that drive better business decisions.

Throughout her career, Arti has served as an internal consultant, drawing on experience across organizational transformation, change management, finance, and technology strategy to solve complex business challenges. Known for a bias toward experimentation and rapid prototyping, she enjoys exploring new technologies and practical ways to make analytics more accessible.

In addition to her enterprise leadership experience, she has advised small and mid-sized businesses on analytics, partnering with organizations to design, implement, and scale their analytics capabilities. She is a longtime supporter of the Southern California data community and former Data Con LA volunteer.

Outside of work, she is working toward a goal of visiting 100 countries (30% complete), enjoys discovering global cuisines, is building the confidence to urban sketch, and can rarely resist a good puzzle.