Shekhar Kale is an experienced market research consultant, with a background in business intelligence, data analytics, primary research, and report writing. With expertise in SWOT and PESTEL analysis, Shekhar is adept at conducting in-depth primary and secondary research for data collation, analysis, market size estimation, and trend identification. Shekhar is also experienced in customer analysis, competition analysis, supplier benchmarking, and demand forecasting. She has worked as a market research and consulting team lead, senior analyst, and research analyst at MarketsandMarkets™. She has also worked as a marketing strategy consultant at Shiva Engineering Services (SES).

Shekhar Kale studied Mechanical Engineering at Sinhgad Academy of Engineering, and has an MBA degree from the Department of Management Science PUMBA, with a specialization in Marketing and Retail. Shekhar is an expert in using Tableau, gretl, and python and has experience in digital marketing and social media research, including developing and executing digital marketing strategies, using Google Adword and Analytics for topic identification and SEO, and thought leadership articles and content writing over LinkedIn.