I am a Big Picture Thinker, who enjoys developing & executing a long-term strategy while appreciating the team work and leadership it takes to overcome the day-to-day challenges. The strategic approach has helped me understand my customer’s vision and the ability to connect with my team to make the vision materialize. I love talking about modern technology trends and have been a lifelong learner. The process of looking at things in the big picture, seeking feedback, & course correcting accordingly has helped me to grow from a developer, solution architect to an implementation & delivery lead. Core competencies: - I am a #datapractitioner with expertise in Data Engineering & Data Science. Extensive experience in effectively implementing modern cloud/on-prem data analytics platforms for strategic & digital transformation initiatives - Successfully developed & lead Modern Data Architecture, Data Integration & Management Strategies, and road maps that turn your data into "Actionable Insights" -Strong domain knowledge in Manufacturing, Retail, Sports & Entertainment Career Highlights: - Implementation specialist for real-time data platform for a global retail company. Successfully integrated event data into Azure Data Lakehouse & merged with Azure DWH for store level analytics & executive dashboards (mins) - Subject matter expert & delivery lead for the corporate consolidation applications for multiple global manufacturing companies. Successfully lead teams of highly-skilled on/offshore engineers & vendors to deliver 99.98% application SLA during the business critical month end financial reporting - Designed & developed a revolutionary custom “Inter company elimination” solution for multidimensional cubes that outperformed out of the box functionality by 900% Technical Skills: BI: - Extensive experience in Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Snowflake DWH on Azure & AWS - Conversion of Data lake swamps to Delta lake - Experience in designing & building systems to ingest, transform data from real-time event-based systems like Apache Kafka, Azure Event hub, Amazon Kinesis - Expertise in R, Python, Spark - Implementation using ETL Tools-DataStage, Informatica, ODI, SSIS, Talend - Data Visualization using QuickSight, Tableau, PowerBI, QlikView EPM: - Certified Implementation & Upgrade specialist for Hyperion Products : Essbase, Planning, HFM, HFR, DRM, FDMEE - GDPR, SOX compliance reporting - Hands-on EPM Cloud tools: Data management, EPBCS, FCCS Research Areas: Lambda & Kappa Architecture| Data in motion Analytics| AI in FinTech| Open Source| RPA|ESG