I lead the Data and Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE) at Nihilent. With over 25 years of experience across the US, UK, and India, I’ve held leadership roles such as Head of Data CoE, IT Director (Development), Practice Manager, and Principal Architect. My expertise lies in crafting enterprise-wide data strategies, developing accelerators, and guiding teams in developing advanced analytics solutions and modern lake-houses using Azure, MS Fabric, AWS, Snowflake, and Databricks. I have built and scaled CoEs and Practices that oversee enterprise-level data platforms, encompassing data processing, BI reporting, DataOps, MLOps, and FinOps. Earlier in my career, I led globally distributed teams in application migrations, analytics, and business intelligence consulting. Additionally, I have represented my organization as a speaker at Data and Analytics webinars.My recent webinar on Azure Big Data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klrKE-2FvH4&feature=youtu.be Technology Domains: Data & AI Strategy, Modern Data Platforms, Lake Houses, Data Mesh Architectures, Machine Learning, AutoML, Prebuilt AI, CoPilots, Data Governance, DataOps, MLOps, FinOps, Reporting (PowerBI, Tableau), Open Source.Education: Executive Masters of Technology Management (USA), Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (India)Specialization: Executive Data Science Specialization, TOGAF 8 Certification, IASA CITA-P certified for Business Technology Strategy and Architecture.