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A chart of my education and career in timeline format.

🧬 Experience Details

Head of Data Engineering (Dec 2023 – Present)

Spearheaded strategic enhancements to the bank’s data platform, driving adoption and improving data culture across the organization.
Mentored and upskilled data engineers on ETL/ELT pipeline development, data modeling best practices, and governance frameworks.
Introduced dbt (Data Build Tool) to streamline data modeling, trained the team on best practices, and implemented a custom data validation and alerting system for improved data quality monitoring.
Played a key role in developing and launching organization-wide AI & Generative AI awareness courses for employees and leadership, covering AI adoption, security risks, and industry transformation.
Optimized cloud-based data architectures, improving performance and reducing costs while scaling enterprise analytics capabilities.

Lead Data Engineer (Feb 2023 – Nov 2023)

Developed a proof-of-concept on-premise data platform integrating banking, fintech, and e-commerce data to enable customer 360 analytics.
Evaluated and piloted cloud data solutions to enhance the bank’s data management and analytics capabilities.
Led the migration of a legacy outsourced data warehouse to an AWS-based centralized data platform, doubling data coverage while cutting infrastructure costs by nearly 50%.
Standardized best practices for data pipeline orchestration using AWS Glue, Redshift, and SQL-based transformations.
Designed data marts for business intelligence teams, enabling self-service analytics and improving reporting efficiency.

Manager, Data Engineering (Nov 2020 – Feb 2023)

Re-architected and replaced the legacy analytics system with a Microsoft SQL Server-based enterprise reporting platform.
Developed and expanded ETL/ELT pipelines using SSIS, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Synapse Analytics.
Implemented data orchestration and alerting systems, improving pipeline reliability and operational efficiency.
Designed and optimized data models to support near real-time and batch analytics for critical business reporting.

System Engineer (Jan 2017 – Jun 2020)

Designed and implemented RFID-powered inventory tracking, reducing yearly cycle counts from 3 to 1 day.
Automated material transportation using AGVs, improving productivity by ~50% and streamlining logistics.
Developed and deployed manufacturing data pipelines, integrating IIoT, ERP, and database systems for reporting.
Created analytics data models to enhance material movement and storage visibility and decision-making.
Led automation and digital transformation projects, improving operational efficiency across the factory.

Engineering Assistant (Jun 2011 – Dec 2016)

Maintained and optimized SQL Server Data Transformation Services (DTS) packages for manufacturing data flows.
Developed internal applications to support process automation and operational reporting.
Managed database administration and infrastructure, ensuring system stability and performance.

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