- Own the development and delivery of the unified data model that will support all Gridbeyond global market and forecasting data sets.- Design and implement AI/ML ops platform on Microsoft Azure, which will sit on top of the unified data model. This platform will manage the performance of the AI/ML models (Forecasting and Optimization).- Lead technology architecture for all GridBeyond products

I founded Viztronics to deliver 3D imaging solutions for automation, industrial inspection and online retail. Viztronics will provide 3D imaging/processing software and hardware sensors which aim to make 3D imaging as simple as 2D cameras.

Engaged with HP Enterprise Architecture team to define roadmap of 80+ P&G IT applications. Defined service catalog using ITIL guidelines and reviewed with Deloitte consultantsWorked with Solution/Data Architects to define a 3 year Data Strategy to consolidate data assets.Defined a frame work based on use cases, data subjects and business units to prioritize areas of focus.Presented 3 papers in HP’s DSKD (Data Science and Knowledge Discovery) conference covering - Predictive Press Care, Graphics Operational Data Hub, Graphics Printer Telemetry System Received HP CIO award for most innovative IT contribution for Q2 FY17Lead a proof of concept to evaluate Augmented Reality for Smart Manufacturing using Hololens and OCR to show contextual data to process engineers. Defined Cloud migration strategy for Print and Graphics applications based on thorough architecture evaluation.

Graphics & 3D Domain Architecture- Documented As-is and To-be IT landscape for Graphics & 3D based on business strategy - Used TOGAF and Zachman principles to convert to a road-map- Presented and shared with business VP’sGSO Data Hub- Created a vision for a single integrated data mart for Graphics Ink Manufacturing.- Designed system architecture based on SSIS and SQL Server and Hadoop for unstructured data - Presentation layer used PowerBI for daily reports. - R, JMP and Jupyter adhoc analysis - Enabled GMP compliance for food packaging- Foundation for Smart Manufacturing by enabling real time decision makingSEALS (Service Analytics Lean System) for LF & 3D Printing - Designed a scalable system to collect log data from HP printers to improve service delivery- Designed infrastructure using Vertica, MapR Hadoop and scalable services for data collection- Exapnded the same system to enabled launch of 3D Printing. - Data driven product stabilization for 3D printers by using logs, images and sensor data.Predictive Press Care- Designed an IT service to provide early-warning alerts of Printing press failures- Solution design using Vertica to collect and integrate data and R for Predictive algorithms- Coordinated Machine Learning algorithm design (Survival analysis, SVM, and Anomaly Detection)- Designed a Web front end for customers on PrintOS using Angular, Spring, REST services- The service was launched for HP customers at DRUPA 2016 (Biggest trade-show for printing industry)- Migrated the solution to to AWS using ELB, EC2, Redshift and Lambda. Lead Technical Architect for HP split project for Graphics business- Documented as-is architecture of 50+ IT & business owned applications- Impact analysis of HP split including Data center , AD/LDAP/SSO , upstream/downstream- Systematic impact analysis and design of migration/mitigation strategies- Technical leadership to ensure implementation, testing and backup plans

Lead Architect for ERP Transformation for HP Indigo - ERP transformation from MFG Pro to QAD Enterprise edition- Design of interfaces to 20+ enterprise systems (Finance, HR, EDW, Manufacturing, Invoicing etc.)- Used Service Oriented Architecture (Web services, Enterprise Service Bus)- Design of manufacturing processes and integration with MES, SPC and operational systems of 7 manufacturing plants- Redesign of Click Charge subscription based billing systems. Integration with Printer telemetry and invoicing - Design of security integration, Single sign on using SAML, JWT, LDAP- Reviewed the architecture of 60+ customizations, provided technical oversight- Worked with multiple implementation partners: QAD, TCS, Bravepoint, HP Enterprise. - Presented As-Is, To-Be architecture landscape to HP IT CIO. - Provided Risk analysis, mitigation plans and recommendations.

Designed a new Web based Shop Floor Control:- Used MVC.Net, Entity Framework, JQuery and SQL Server and IIS.- Worked as Scrum Master for development team based in Ireland, Israel, Italy and India- Designed data model in ERWin. Interfaced with ERP, ECO etc. using web services.- Designed integration with SSO- Site to site failover for high availability and disaster recovery- Implemented across 7 manufacturing facilities in Israel and Singapore- BI system design to provide operational intelligence for processing monitoring and improvement. Qlikview for reportingImplemented/Upgraded multiple operational systems:- Real time SPC system from Camline – implementation on site to site hardware- Migrated quality management system from Q-Pulse to CEBOS- Implemented a new HMI system for two Ink plants

Automated Inkjet Cartridge Print Quality inspection system (APQT):- 100% inspection of fullay automated inkjet manufacturing process. - Integration of print electronics, motion systems, multiple mono and color cameras- Real time image analysis using FPGA accelerated hardware and C/C++- Integration with PLC and data collection systems.Designed and implemented multiple quality inspection systems:- Contamination detection system using color image analysis- 3D Adhesive inspection (laser triangulation, linear scanning and point cloud processing)- Nozzle health tester using line scan camera and line lights- Worked with multiple vendors (Cognex, Stemmer, Matrox, MVT)Predictive multipass testing to increase yield by reducing false fails. - CIO award for having a high impact on quarterly business results.Led Test & Vision center of excellence (CoE) including teams from EMEA and APJ:- Defined best practices, reference architecture and roadmap for test and vision apps for Inkjet - Archtiecture review of new systems and migration/retirement plans for existing applications

Designed Next Generation Automated optical inspection system PCB assembly:- Combined 3D and 2D imaging in one integrated sensor for PCB and Solder paste markets- Led optical and mechanical design of the sensor- Worked on prototype design , data collection, algorithm design in C++, - Presented to senior leadership, explaining strengths, weaknesses and trade-offs.Implemented multiple image analysis algorithm for Optical inspection:- Lifted lead detection based on PCA and K Means.- Plane detection in 3D data from laster scans

Designed algorithms to automate 3D modeling to enable Augmented Reality solutions:- Point cloud segmentation using smoothness constraint- Detections of cylinders and planes in point clouds using Hough Transform- Various methods to fit Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) models to point clouds- Automatic registration of multiple point clouds using constrained search- Simultaneous Bundle adjustment of 3D and 2D data to improve model accuracyCourses during Phd:- Pattern Recognition using Matlab with PRTools: http://prtools.org/prtools/- Linear and Non-linear Mathematical optimizationImplemented a Matlab toolbox for Point Cloud Processing: - Provides functions for fitting, segmentation etc.- http://viztronics.com/tahir/data/PROTO/doc/menu.html

- 3D imaging using Moire interferometry for solder paste inspection- Prototype of 2D Automated Optical Inspection system for electronics manufacturing.