Maharshi Thakker Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Managed E2E oversight of AI/ML product using Anaplan and Power BI for strategic planning at a captive centre of a top 5 global consumer goods company- Orchestrated collaboration with global technical & business units, creating a feedback mechanism for continuous improvement- Participated in defining technical requirement, allocating necessary resources, budget planning, risk mitigation, and reporting- Assessed business needs and technology at-hand to select and manage vendor partners such as Deloitte, EY and Fervid Pro- Maintained product & sprint backlogs, drove sprint discussions and prepared bimonthly progress reports for the senior management- Optimized data flows in Azure Data Factory, automated data ingestion and movement, and maintain integrations with other systems- Established QA and program assessments, reporting achievements to top management through comprehensive documentation- Oversaw timely project delivery and ensured higher process compliance through effective communication and demo sessions- Improved service KPIs by 30% through rigorous process improvements, leading to greater SLA compliance & customer satisfaction

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

- Managed large programs in the enterprise data management space for two major clients in Canada and North America in the consumer finance and travel space- Attended solution workshops with client-side business and tech stakeholders and understood the critical and non-critical pain areas- Converted business needs to technical requirements along with architects, and delivered the appropriate price & timeline estimates- Refined the proposed architectures & estimates on the basis of due diligence and participated in SLA & RACI discussions- Gained hand-on experience in working with Azure and AWS eco-systems, along with their respective suit of products - Automated a number of popular data querying routines using SQL & Python to introduce cost and time efficiencies- Collaborated with data engineers and architects and maintained comprehensive documentation throughout the course of the project- Managed relationships with key vendor partners such as Collibra and participated in regular cadence meetings with account personnel- Supported pre-sales activities by designing proposed solution architectures for similar BI & Data related projects for other clients- Managed $70 million worth of pipeline in presales and solutioning, created Tableau reports and automated them using Alteryx - Recognized with a quarterly excellence award for delivering a large, critical project and maintaining the SLA level to above 99%

Mumbai Area, India

- Created a chat-based virtual assistant for the telecom company, beginning with benchmarking similar products in the global market- Developed a framework for prioritizing use cases using SQL queries & excel macros, and aligned future roadmap with business goals- Refined user journeys leveraging design thinking and group interviews, and collaborated with developers for feasibility analysis- Envisioned a comprehensive bot persona using research findings, principles of conversational AI & material design concepts- Earned a Pre-Placement Interview due to my efforts during the internship and the project was successfully deployed within a year

Pune Area, India

- Operated in agile framework for cloud migration of several systems of Capital Group (USA), such as Equity & Fixed Income - Performed end-to-end testing in the new Oracle Cloud-based environment amid a critical data warehouse migration project- Helped bridge the business-developer-tester gap and resolved anomalies on a regular basis, while working in an agile environment - Was recognised as a high performer in foundational training program of the company, earning a special incentive as a result- Adept in Python, Oracle (PL/SQL), MS SQL, R, Hadoop, Jira, Unix, Informatica, Power BI & Tableau

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Sanskriti (Cultural Committee), Mukhautey (Drama Society)

International Masters Exchange Program, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Engineering (Be), Electronics And Communications Engineering

Activities and Societies: Bachhpan (NGO), Prarambh (Robotics Society), Drama Club

Hsc, Science

Activities and Societies: Drama Club, Model UN

Igcse

Activities and Societies: Model United Nations, Drama Club