About
Highly accomplished Enterprise Data & AI Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience, specializing in Generative AI (GenAI), RAG frameworks, Agentic AI, and MLOps to drive substantial business value. Proven expert in leading multi-million-dollar Pre-Sales initiatives and architecting modern data patterns, including Data Mesh, Data Fabric, and Databricks Lakehouse, across global financial institutions like CitiBank and ABN AMRO. Adept at transforming complex data landscapes, ensuring high ROI, and establishing robust AI governance and data management strategies.
Work
ACCENTURE
|Enterprise Data & AI Solutions Architect / Pre-Sales Lead
Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands
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Summary
Led strategic data and AI solutioning, orchestrating multi-million-euro digital transformations and pioneering next-gen AI architectures for global financial clients.
Highlights
Led end-to-end Pre-Sales lifecycle, authoring multi-million-euro Statements of Work (SOWs) and managing RFP/Bid processes for digital transformations.
Architected and implemented cutting-edge Generative AI (GenAI) and RAG frameworks using LangChain, LlamaIndex, Haystack, and Azure OpenAI.
Pioneered AI Factory setups, deploying Agentic AI, Co-pilots, and Semantic Knowledge Graphs to enhance enterprise automation and MLOps lifecycles.
Served as Subject Matter Expert in Data Mesh, Data Fabric, and Databricks Lakehouse architectures, enabling high-scale data democratization and cloud modernization.
Specialized in Master Data Management (MDM), Data Governance, Data Cataloging (Collibra/Purview), and Data Lineage for highly regulated financial sectors.
Architected high-throughput real-time data pipelines using Apache Spark, Databricks, and Kafka, implementing DataOps for enhanced observability and quality.
MINDTREE / UNILEVER
|Technical Architect / Delivery Project Manager
N/A, N/A, India
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Summary
Directed the "Livewire" program, migrating global data into a unified Azure Data Lake/Synapse ecosystem and designing real-time ingestion solutions.
Highlights
Led the "Livewire" program, successfully migrating fragmented global data into a unified Azure Data Lake/Synapse ecosystem.
Authored comprehensive high-level and low-level technical designs for real-time data ingestion and transformation using Azure Databricks and Polybase.
WIPRO / CITIBANK RETAIL
|Solution Architect / Technical Lead
N/A, Texas, US
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Summary
Spearheaded the architectural design for an Enterprise Data Warehouse, consolidating retail deposit data across 16 countries for CitiBank.
Highlights
Spearheaded architecture for an Enterprise Data Warehouse, consolidating retail deposit data across 16 countries for CitiBank.
Successfully executed a proof-of-concept for migrating legacy on-premise Oracle workloads to AWS RDS.
Managed complex logical and physical data modeling (Star/Snowflake schemas) using ER Studio.
RS SOFTWARE / VISA
|Technical Analyst / BI Project Lead
N/A, California, US
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Summary
Directed global teams on database migrations and product launches within the payment processing domain for Visa.
Highlights
Directed global teams in successfully executing database migrations and product launches within the payment processing domain.
COGNIZANT / LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
|BI Technical Lead / Data Modeler
N/A, N/A, India
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Summary
Architected data integration strategies to support the HBOS-Lloyds banking merger.
Highlights
Architected critical data integration strategies to facilitate the HBOS-Lloyds banking merger.
TCS / MAHINDRA SATYAM
|Designer / Lead ETL Developer
N/A, N/A, India
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Summary
Developed and optimized ETL processes, performance tuning, and data design for major clients like Barclays and Walgreens.
Highlights
Developed and optimized ETL processes, enhancing performance tuning and data design for key clients including Barclays and Walgreens.
Education
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Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Data Science
Grade: In Progress
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Bachelor of Technology
Computer Science & Engineering
Certificates
Certified Data Architect
Issued By
MIT Professional Education
Azure Data Engineer Associate
Issued By
Microsoft Certified
Generative AI Fundamentals & Lakehouse Fundamentals
Issued By
Databricks Certified
Data and AI Solution Architect
Issued By
Cloud Architect Professional
Generative AI Leader
Issued By
Google Cloud Certified
Skills
Generative AI & Machine Learning
Generative AI (GenAI), RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), Agentic AI, LLM Orchestration (LangChain, LlamaIndex), MLOps, Responsible AI, Azure OpenAI, GPT-4, Llama, Hugging Face, MLflow, TensorFlow, Python, PySpark.
Data Architecture & Engineering
Data Mesh, Data Fabric, Databricks Lakehouse, Cloud Data Warehousing (Azure Synapse, Snowflake, AWS Redshift), Apache Spark, Kafka, ADF, Talend, Ab Initio, Informatica, DataOps, CI/CD Pipelines.
Cloud Platforms
Microsoft Azure (Synapse, Purview, Fabric), Databricks, AWS (S3, Redshift), Snowflake, GCP.
Data Management & Governance
Master Data Management (MDM), Data Governance (Collibra, Purview), Data Quality, Metadata Management, Informatica IDMC, Profisee, Reltio, Data Lineage.
Business Intelligence & Data Modeling
Power BI, Tableau, QlikView, Alteryx, ER Studio, Erwin, SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, MongoDB, Cosmos DB, Vector Databases (Pinecone, Milvus).
Strategic & Project Management
Pre-Sales Leadership, RFP/Bid Management, Statement of Work (SOW) Creation, Cloud Advisory, Global Delivery Governance, Project Governance, Vendor Management.