With over 18 years of experience in delivering data-driven solutions for various industries and domains, I am a Director/Principal Architect Data Engineering & Analytics at AppZen, the first AI solution for back office automation. My mission is to help customers gain continuous and augmented insights for intelligent business decision-making, using data monetisation, literacy, democratisation, and storytelling. I have a proven track record of shaping data strategy, designing robust, scalable, and resilient data platforms, and steering data governance, ensuring alignment with business and IT strategies, while prioritising data privacy and mathematical optimisation for prescriptive analytics. I am also skilled in building and managing high-performance teams, collaborating with various stakeholders, and executing the vision of founders with agility and efficiency. I hold a MS in Engineering and multiple certifications in Apache Spark, Python, and cloud dbs including redshift ,databricks and snowflake.