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My Resume

I turn ambiguous AI and platform initiatives into operating reality - defining target architecture, maturing data foundations, and shaping execution frameworks.

I build secure, governed and observable data & AI ecosystems that accelerate product delivery, regulatory confidence, and operational leverage.

My Expertise

Skills
Area Focus Areas
Technology Strategy & Leadership Vision execution; business alignment; innovation roadmaps
AI Platform & Product Strategy Scalable AI & data platforms; product lifecycle; platform adoption
Engineering Excellence & Culture High-performance teams; hiring, mentoring & enablement; quality practices
Enterprise Transformation Legacy modernization; business-aligned architecture evolution
Cloud Native & DevOps Leadership Multi-cloud strategy; IaC; CI/CD; FinOps
Cybersecurity & Data Governance Risk management; privacy & GDPR; policy & control frameworks
Area Focus Areas
Programming Languages Python, Java, C; web APIs & integration
Cloud & DevOps GCP, Azure, AWS; Kubernetes, Docker; CI/CD; Git; IaC
Data & AI Engineering Databricks (Delta Lake); Spark; Kafka; Airflow; dbt; MLOps tooling
Data Governance & Catalog Unity Catalog, Atlan, Collibra; lineage & metadata; RBAC/ABAC; glossary automation
Automation & Orchestration Event & workflow automation; GitOps; policy-as-code
Applied AI Agentic systems; context-aware retrieval; operational AI lifecycle
Area Focus Areas
Lakehouse Architecture Databricks (Delta Lake); medallion model (bronze / silver / gold)
Pipeline Orchestration Batch & streaming ETL/ELT (Spark Structured Streaming, Autoloader, Airflow)
Access & Security Fine-grained access (Unity Catalog); masking; token governance; GDPR alignment
Metadata & Catalog Atlan & Collibra lineage, glossary & stewardship workflows
Data Quality & Reliability Great Expectations; Soda; Monte Carlo; dbt tests; expectations & SLA monitors
Governance Automation Tag-based ACLs; policy-as-code; automated lineage harvesting; glossary curation
Certifications

GCP Professional Certificate

Azure Certification

AWS Certification

Oracle Certification

McKinsey Capability Building

SAFe Certification

ITIL Certification

My Experience

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Chief Technology Officer (CTO) (May 2025 - August 2025)

  • Defined platform & AI architecture for next‑generation energy tariff optimization product and execution roadmap
  • Built and mentored a cross‑functional engineering team; instituted lightweight governance & delivery cadences
  • Partnered with executive leadership translating business objectives into sequenced platform capabilities
Vodafone Germany

Manager – AI/ML Platform Development (2018 – May 2025)

  • Deployed enterprise AI assistants (knowledge-grounded chatbots) improving internal support responsiveness
  • Engineered scalable data pipelines (Spark / Airflow / Databricks) accelerating model experimentation & delivery
  • Provisioned secure multi-cloud (GCP, Azure, AWS) environments with standardized landing zones & guardrails
  • Built an automated data transformation platform (Python, Kubernetes, GitHub pipelines) reducing manual ops toil
  • Modernized legacy BI stack and introduced data governance (catalog, lineage, access standards)
  • Scaled global engineering capability: hiring, vendor management, and operational process optimization
Vodafone India & UK

Technology Lead / Service Transition (2014 – 2018)

  • Insourced application maintenance (e.g., TIBCO EMS) improving defect turnaround and reducing external spend
  • Built and transitioned a new internal support team; managed vendor offboarding & knowledge transfer
  • Advanced incident & change practices reducing recurring incidents and stabilizing core platforms
  • Recruited and trained cross-functional talent enabling sustainable internal ownership
  • Embedded ITIL-aligned change management processes
IBM India

Multiple Roles – QA & Engineering Support (2010 – 2014)

  • Built an internal ticket management tool (Joomla, PHP, JS) improving workflow efficiency
  • Supported AWS-hosted application stacks (EC2, S3, RDS) ensuring availability & performance
  • Led QA planning & requirement analysis for telecom modernization (COBOL, DB2, Java, Oracle)
Synygy India

Quality Assurance Engineer (2007 – 2010)

  • Performed functional & workflow testing for sales compensation applications (JSF, Spring)
  • Developed automation assets (HP QTP) including harnesses, stubs & drivers to expand regression coverage