Resume
A strategic Data Executive with 20 years of experience architecting enterprise-scale data ecosystems and pioneering AI/GenAI initiatives.
Professional Summary
A strategic Data Executive with 20 years of experience architecting enterprise-scale data ecosystems and pioneering AI/GenAI initiatives for global organizations. Proven expertise in scaling high-performance engineering departments and translating complex data capabilities into sustainable revenue growth and operational excellence. Expert in leading large-scale digital transformations, including M&A integrations and the transition to modern Data Mesh architectures, while partnering with C-suite stakeholders to define multi-year technology roadmaps.
Work Experience
Head of Data Engineering & BI Applications
Fanatics (San Mateo, CA)
- Architected and led the transition from legacy SQL Server to a modern, event-based Data Mesh architecture for the Global Order Management (GOM) system. This strategic shift enabled seamless M&A scalability and established a foundation for enterprise-wide real-time analytics.
- Spearheaded operational efficiency by delivering a massive increase in quality of data assets by reducing data incidents by 76% and improving data processing speeds by 92% across global operations.
- Defined the strategic roadmap for real-time order analytics, spearheading the migration from Druid to StarRocks. This initiative achieved a consistent 3-minute latency for global reporting, empowering executive leadership with instantaneous decision-making capabilities.
- Served as the strategic lead for data initiatives across Digital Experience, Pricing & Promo Management, and Experimentation pillars. Partnered with business unit leaders to drive data-centric product improvements and high-impact business initiatives.
- Directed the implementation of GCP Dialogflow with GenAI features to replace legacy chatbot infrastructure. This project directly improved Net Promoter Scores (NPS) and Customer Effort Scores (CES), significantly enhancing the digital customer journey.
- Built and scaled a top-tier Data and BI engineering organization from the ground up to support the rapidly expanding global analytics requirements of the business.
Sr Manager for Data Platforms and Tooling
Salesforce.com (San Francisco, CA)
- Led Marketing Data Lake migration to GCP, implementing MLOps via Dataiku and Snowflake data warehouse integration.
- Architected modern data stack using Fivetran, DBT, Docker, and Airflow with automated CI/CD via Jenkins.
- Developed Marketing ROI analytics framework including causal inference models for campaign performance measurement.
Lead Data Scientist – Pricing Intelligence and Monetization
Salesforce.com (San Francisco, CA)
- Built comprehensive pricing data lake integrating multi-dimensional customer and product data across Salesforce ecosystem.
- Developed ML models for customer upgrade prediction and product recommendations, deployed via Einstein Analytics.
- Created churn prediction model analyzing customer usage patterns, login frequency, and APEX code metrics.
Senior Member of Technical Staff – Enterprise Big Data Apps
Salesforce.com (San Francisco, CA)
- Implemented Salesforce Wave for Finance, enabling real-time ACV analysis and KPI tracking across platforms.
- Engineered early warning system processing 3TB daily logs, driving $1.5B revenue impact.
- Architected petabyte-scale Hadoop cluster (100+ nodes) for Salesforce's application log processing.
Senior BI Engineer
Hotwire.com (Expedia Inc.) (San Francisco, CA)
- Implemented an end-to-end BI data strategy for a new business initiative called Destination Services, which generated ~3M dollars of annualized incremental revenue and ~62K new bookings on the platform.
- Awarded the top automated email marketing campaigns to upsell travelers with timely targeting and "hard to miss" deep travel discounts on air, car and hotel deals.
Data Analyst
Verizon (Irving, TX)
- Resolved Verizon's customer issues received on an average of ~250 issues per month, with the ordering & provisioning system by data scrubbing and performing custom analysis for issue resolution to achieve optimal customer satisfaction.
ETL Developer
HSBC Global Technology (Pune, India)
- Developed the Basel Reporting DWH framework for Finance audits and reporting via Cognos for a user base of 19,000 employees.
- Cut projected time for data analysis by one week by developing reusable ETL datasets in DB2 using DataStage jobs.
Technical Skills
Languages & Big Data
Cloud & Infrastructure
Data Science & ML
Database & Analytics
BI & Visualization
Data Integration
DataOps
Education
Master of Science in Computer Science
Aug 2007 - Jul 2009University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
Specialization in Data Mining and AI NLP applications
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications
Sep 2001 - May 2005University of Mumbai - VESIT, Mumbai, India
Certifications
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Gen AI Practitioner
- Google Cloud Certified Cloud Leader
- Dataiku – MLOps Practitioner