I’m Chandana, a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft. With a passion to build solutions and help people and organizations, I chose my profession to be in Technology and Data. I specialize in designing and optimizing cloud data architectures for our diverse customer base. I started my professional career as an SAP BASIS Consultant @ IBM, switched gears to be a Data Scientist, BI Engineer and Currently a Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect. In this journey, I’ve collaborated with diverse customers, startups, and seasoned professionals Helping others in anyway makes me feel alive and very happy. I believe that one way to help the young talent or anyone who is looking for any advice or guidance is by taking time and sharing my experiences, lessons learnt, looking back at what I did right and what I would have done differently. I talk to many folks every week who reach out on LinkedIn, sharing my advice and tips through informational interviews and informal coffee chats in-person and virtually. Now through Topmate, I’m excited to connect with a broader audience—whether you seek guidance, want to share your story, or prepare for your next opportunity, let's connect. Informal yet impactful conversations await!