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# Raunak Kukreja

**Headline:** Professional profile
**Location:** New York, NY, USA

## About

Raunak Kukreja is a strategy and data-analysis professional with experience at American Express, where Raunak interned as a Business Strategy Manager and led a portal-consolidation initiative. Raunak’s strengths include analyzing data, developing KPI frameworks, building data-driven strategic roadmaps, and translating technical findings into clear business impact for cross-functional and senior stakeholders. At American Express, Raunak mapped 12 portals into one data strategy, helped influence a $250 million investment, and contributed to a 25% productivity improvement. Raunak also used data to challenge legacy business approaches, developed bull and bear cases to build stakeholder buy-in, and collaborated effectively with executives, including leveraging VP insight to accelerate a transformation timeline. Known for moving quickly through complex projects under tight timelines, Raunak also creates structured handoff plans and follows up to support continuity after departure.

## Highlights

- Influenced a $250 million investment at American Express by turning technical findings into a strategic business case.
- Contributed to a 25% productivity improvement at American Express.
- Interned at American Express as a Business Strategy Manager.
- Led a portal-consolidation project that mapped 12 portals into one data strategy.
- Used data to challenge legacy business approaches and support transformation.
- Developed bull and bear cases to build stakeholder buy-in for strategic initiatives.
- Worked with executive and senior stakeholders, including using VP insight to accelerate a transformation timeline.
- Creates KPI frameworks and data-driven strategic roadmaps.
- Translates technical findings into business impact for cross-functional stakeholders.
- Creates structured handoff plans and follows up to support continuity after departure.
- Executes complex projects quickly under tight timelines.

## FAQ

### What does Raunak do?

Raunak Kukreja is a strategy and data-analysis professional with experience as a Business Strategy Manager intern at American Express. Raunak works on strategic initiatives that connect technical analysis, KPIs, roadmaps, and business outcomes.

### What are Raunak’s core strengths?

Raunak is strongest in data analysis, KPI framework development, data-driven strategic roadmaps, cross-functional stakeholder management, and translating technical findings into business impact. Raunak also executes quickly on complex initiatives with tight timelines.

### What did Raunak do at American Express?

Raunak interned at American Express as a Business Strategy Manager. During the internship, Raunak led a portal-consolidation project and contributed to strategic, data-driven transformation work.

### What was Raunak’s portal-consolidation project?

Raunak mapped 12 portals into one data strategy as part of a portal-consolidation initiative at American Express.

### How did Raunak influence a $250 million investment?

Raunak helped turn technical findings into a case that influenced a $250 million investment at American Express.

### What productivity impact did Raunak achieve at American Express?

Raunak contributed to a 25% productivity improvement at American Express.

### How does Raunak build support for strategic initiatives?

Raunak uses data to challenge legacy business approaches and develops both bull and bear cases to help stakeholders evaluate strategic decisions and build buy-in.

### How does Raunak work with senior stakeholders?

Raunak collaborates effectively with executives and senior stakeholders on strategic initiatives. In one transformation effort, VP insight helped accelerate the timeline.

### How does Raunak support project continuity?

Raunak creates structured handoff plans and follows up after departure to help ensure project continuity.

### What types of opportunities interest Raunak?

Raunak is interested in early-stage growth opportunities and long-term ownership.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raunakkukreja

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