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Roswell, Ga, Us

Orlando, Florida, Us

Head of Data Engineering, Analytics and application of AI/ML offerings with a focus on helping client maximize their data analytics platform and technology investments. Help clients conceptualize the application of AI/ML, emerging technologies and architectures in an operational environment to their business which includes helping them succeed in their complex data centered transformation through delivering data and analytics road maps, data governance and the ROI

Providing advisory services to startups in the evolving AI space. Helping navigate the startups along the emerging use cases, productization and positioning in computer vision applications, time series data analytics and practical applications of GenAI/LLM in the industrial space.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Managed sales, Go-to-market (GTM) and revenue for business unit within a Microsoft Azure centered SaaS platform for IoT analytical applications. Roles included handling product positioning, consultation, business value presentation and running engagements of data engineering and analytics/AI/ML solutions. Revamped pre-sales and sales team by driving focus toward targeted industries and accounts to optimize opportunity identification, and deal closure. Collaborated with product management and marketing team to realign product positioning according to market trajectory. Guided professional teams in delivery of complex machine learning projects including definition and realization of risk, failure probability, anomaly detection products using AI/ML.• Provided front-end product and technology consulting to client Directors, VP’s and CxO to help them navigate a path to implementing asset performance management and analytics for replacement strategy on Microsoft Azure• Sponsored and led development of a SaaS based complex machine learning/AI models on Microsoft Azure to predict potential failures to reduce unplanned outages to major Oil and Gas clients.• Devised advanced statistical and ML models to monitor remaining life of assets for major Japanese OEM to reduce risk of BOP assets• Sponsored and worked with Microsoft team to create detailed use case, developed scope and project plan for Microsoft's AI Innovation Council to Copilot ChatGPT/GPT4 for manufacturing industry.• Simplified sales, sales operations, reporting and pricing to reduce the time from first demonstration to proposal delivery to clients. • Revamped marketing materials and worked with marketing team to use digital media effectively and simplify marketing campaigns.• Increased the scope of partnership with Microsoft and formulated strategic partnership with Snowflake and Databricks, stimulating 35% increase in opportunities for joint solution within the first quarter.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Helping energy/utilities navigate and apply AI/ML, cloud/edge technologies and advanced architecture in an IoT environment transforming their energy portfolio with a true real-time focus.

Worldwide, Oo

Help clients apply AI/ML, emerging technologies and architectures in an IoT environment to their business to generate high returnso Conceptualized a Computer Vision/AI for a large logistics company for data from image/video data captured through Drones on AWS/Sagemaker.o Conceptualized and led the development of a Neural Net based application of anomaly detection for industrial assets using HD imagery on GCP/Kubernetes.o Proof-of-concept with Google (Big Query and Big Table) for efficient time-series and spatial data analytics.o Led Cloud Data Analytics development on MS Azure/Databricks for structured, unstructured, time-series, spatial and streaming data using advanced ML models.o Accelerator based Computer Vision Deep Learning/AI for Object Detection solution on AWS/Sagemaker.o Led a strategic roadmap development to execute high velocity streaming IoT time series data analytics on AWS Cloud centered on operational analytics and data sciences.o Operated as a subject matter advisor and as an architecture lead for a Big Data platform with a Hadoop Data Lake to efficiently store structured, unstructured, time-series, spatial and streaming data. o Led the integration of multiple Esri ArcGIS instances spatial systems at a northeast multi-operating company utility to help them migrate a Utility Network (UN)o Plenary Speaker and presenter on application of Machine Learning/AI concepts in state oriented and highly dimensional data at Georgia Tech, Clemson, National Science Foundation, California Public Utility Commission, and otherso Presented cutting edge analytics, Machine Learning/AI concepts at National Science Foundation, Public Utility Commission and Plenary sessions by invitation

Dublin 2, Ie

Technology Consulting/Digital Lead for Resources - Mining, Pulp & Paper, Chemicals, O&G and Utilities. Developed and positioned offerings on Accenture’s platform(s) and services to clients in the Southeast USA to build a Digital pipeline for Technology Consultingo Software solution for optimal daily and long-term gas procurement, scheduling and delivery. The solution involved statistical models and network optimization techniques.o Digital Utility play book: Digital and analytics offerings targeted application of IIoT, Telematics, CX, UAV/Drones to deliver use cases related to Asset performance, Vegetation, and Wind farms operations and Customer engagement.o Digital journey for process industries addressing operational infrastructure like controllers, communications with IoT, Edge computing and Analytics to facilitate running plants 24x7, improve OEE and use predictive maintenance to avoid unplanned outages.o Accenture Innovation: Large chemical, pulp and paper client to develop a blueprint for incorporating Edge devices and applying IIoT to address cost pressures and accommodating their changing workforce.o Optimal Digital Twin concept architecture for a large mining company planning Digital Transformation

Product concepts, architecture and advisory consultation around the application of Machine Learning is State based systems and data with high dimensionality for two well-funded start ups in Austin, Texas and Palo Alto, California in the application of advanced analytics and Machine Learning for near real time analysis

San Mateo, Ca, Us

A silicon valley startup in the energy analytic space - started the first market vertical and built a new team of product managers, business analysts, developers, and data scientists to develop advanced analytics and ML for Wholesale markets, Assets, Work Management, Smart Meter, Demand and T&D. Worked with sales and business development teams to develop OEM and Sales channels to successfully close multi-year license deals. Revenues of $18M at peak.o As the industry and analytics subject matter expert, led technical discussion outlining cutting-edge concepts to Silicon Valley VC’s to help close Series C ($18M), D ($20M) and Strategic round ($6M) of investmentso Closed a multi-year OEM license agreement with a large Japanese OEM for analytics applications for Demand/Response, DER, EV Charger markets for Japan and Asia-Pacific.o Defined and closed a multi-year OEM license agreement with a large industrial and energy OEM for asset analytics.o Market release and client project delivery of Asset analytics, Outage analytics, Distribution analytics, Smart Water analytics, Vegetation analytics, Communications network analytics and Work management analytics to over 15 clients in the US, Canada, Singapore, Australia and Europeo Panel sessions, Industry leadership presentation at high profile conferences. Presented global webinars with clients and industry leaders from Siemens, SAP, Accenture among others

Founder/Principal of Cognitive. Cognitive's intellectual property for applicable for use in Smart Grid, Process and Telco applications with a core focus on enabling true real time analytics across the enterprise bridging the IT and OT chasm using advanced shared memory techniques for Cognitive learninga) Advisor and Consultant to AutoGrid and GRIDiant defining a market path for their product offeringsb) Software prototypes (unique IP) to deliver the next generation of appelets for Utility, Process and Telco industries

Schenectady, Ny, Us

Report to General Manager the Software Solutions Group (SSG) - Built a new, 50+ person team of direct reports with additional matrixed developers and analysts in China and India to develop Advanced Applications in the Energy space. Implementing cutting edge product development using Scrum Agile framework with CI and TDD. Built partnerships with best-in-class companies like C3, Oblong among othersa) Grid IQ analytical platform integrated network modeling, demand segmentation models, voltage profile/pattern analysis and outage prediction models with platform designed for deployment on-premise, SaaS or in a hybrid mode (appliance model). Platform architecture included C3 PaaS, Oblong Mezzanineb) Delivered over 50 invention disclosures

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Report to the AVP - Multi-account P&L, Sales, New accounts; Design, Delivery of SAP, Oracle and Embedded technologies; Integration Web Self Service, CIS, ERP, HR, BI, ECM, SRM, WMS, AM and OMS. Software technologies include .NET, ABAP, VB, C#, C++. Assess business trends, wallet and mind share in competitive environment at managed accounts.a) Managed application delivery and maintenance at SCE, PSEG, Northeast Utilities, Ingersoll Rand, Tomra, Invensys, Isola among othersb) Over 63 analysts, developers and QA at peakc) Delivery of next generation designer and configurator for Invensys process automation systemd) Developed a packaged solution for consulting and delivery of AMI with Itron and Comvergee) Ingersoll Rand/Trane custom application development and new design for embedded devicese) Integrated four disparate CIS systems into one Master Data integration at Northeast Utilitiesf) Realization of PSEG’s SAP-IS/U (iPower) realization (Meter Read/Service, Billing Reconciliation to FI/CO, Gas GIS integration, OMS integration, Generation Capacity, Bidding and SAP XI, IDM and Web/Customer Portal)g) Delivery of eMeter MDM to CCSS (CIS), Clicksoftware’s ClickSchedule, AutoDesk’s AUD, Distribution Service Pricing (DSRP) and GIS platform selection

Zurich, Zh, Ch

Multiple roles leading up to running a multi-product (energy, telecommunications, controls) reporting to SVP of business unit. Portfolio included development and P&L of software and services unit with over ten million dollars in revenues Ran the R&D group as the Program Manager managing multiple product development programs delivering software, firmware and hardware. Subsequently ran the systems P&L involving product and service organizations building and delivering real time mission critical SCADA and automation systems to customersa) Managed the product development and services in the roll out of ABB’s largest Substation Automation project in North America at Southern California Edison for direct load control to manage peak loadb) Conceptualized with data science and delivered a Neural Net based productl to identify a downed conductors for utilitiesc) Presented a paper at DistribuTECH 2007 modeling a waveform based predictive assessment of underground cable failured) Delivered EMS/SCADA for south Baghdad towards rebuilding effort in Iraq during war included a highly resilient network of remote terminals distributed across south Baghdad with MDS 400Mhz Radios and repeaters for communications and supervisory control terminals at Al Maarie) Design and deployment of SONET/SDH over Microwave and Fiber Optic for PDVSA (Venezuela)f) Acquisitions for ABB including analytics, enterprise softwareg) Multivehicle Bus based distributed computing integrationh) Low cost flexible platform on PowerPC, Analog DSP, FPGA/CPLD for next generation embedded control intelligent electronic devices

Delivered distributed controls (DCS) software and SCADA software systems for plants, railroads, utilities and other industries as a part of network and signalling business units. Embedded hardware, firmware/Assembly (Intel, Motorola) and PDP 11, UNIX C/Assembly software.a) Development and delivery of Rourkela Steel DCS for plant controls based on BECOS technologyb) Development and delivery of Turkish rail road SCADA systems based on BECOS (PDP 11)c) Development and delivery of Remote Terminal Units for Ahmedabad Electricity Companyd) Design, delivery of Automated Signaling for South Eastern railwayse) Design of Railroad Automation (Signaling, Approach Warning systems) for New Delhi Metro Railf) Design and delivery of Sequential Event Recorder for Southern Electricity Board

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