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Director of Engineering - Data & AI | First American India (FAI) | ex-Morgan Stanley | principal data architect

About

With over 18 years of experience, my work as Senior Vice President and Principal Data Architect at Morgan Stanley focuses on defining and implementing scalable data architectures for enterprise analytics and AI/ML workloads. By leveraging expertise in data architecture, Azure-based platforms, and leading tools like Snowflake, Databricks, and Dataiku, I contribute to driving modernization efforts, including cloud migrations and legacy systems transformation. My mission is to enable seamless data integration and support data-driven decision-making through collaboration with cross-functional teams. As a PMP-certified professional, I am dedicated to implementing innovative solutions and aligning technical strategies with organizational objectives, ensuring efficient and impactful outcomes.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

cursor

github copilot

Work experience

Director of Engineering at First American (India), Aug 2026 - Present · 1 mo, Bengaluru

Sr. Vice President | Principal Data Architect at Morgan Stanley, Feb 2020 - Jul 2026 · 6 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Defined and implemented end-to-end data architectures covering ingestion, storage, processing, and consumption layers for enterprise analytics and AI/ML workloads. • Architected Azure-based and hybrid data platforms, integrating on-prem systems with cloud-native analytics to support large-scale regulatory and business reporting. • Platform Lead and Architect (India) for Snowflake, Databricks, and Dataiku, defining architecture standards, onboarding models, and best practices. • Led legacy modernization and cloud migration initiatives, including Greenplum-to-Snowflake, Hadoop to snowflake migration, ML model migration to Databricks, and large-scale RISK data migration to cloud. • Designed high-performance data ingestion pipelines for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data using Spark-based processing and orchestration frameworks. • Optimized performance for high-volume analytics, risk calculations, and AI/ML workloads, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and cost efficiency. • Established data modeling and partitioning standards, schema evolution strategies, and enterprise metadata management practices. • Core member of the enterprise Data Governance (Data-Captain) team, implementing security controls, observability, access management, and compliance frameworks aligned with GDPR and financial regulations. • Defined and executed data strategy for a $50B revenue Risk business unit, enabling platform consolidation, cost optimization, and improved decision-making. • Established/Published architecture guidelines, Data patterns, reference implementations, and POCs for a 300+ developer community, accelerating standardization and adoption. • Key contributor to enterprise-wide data modernization programs and E*TRADE merger data integration, consolidating platforms onto cloud-native lakehouse solutions. • Evaluated and guided adoption of emerging technologies, including Delta Lake, Iceberg, and modern OLTP platforms (Yugabyte, SingleStore).

Lead Data Engineer at Capgemini, Feb 2017 - Jan 2020 · 3 yrs, United States, Led Data Engineering activities in Firm Risk Management application: Market/Credit/Operational Risk Entities. Actively formed Data architecture guild team and led the cloud migration of application. Implemented company policies and technical procedures for data integrity and security. Recognized for cost-effective system improvements, operational streamlining, and positive leadership style across distributed, mainframe systems. Mentored and coached team members to foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement, and encouraged professional development & growth opportunities.

Sr.Consultant at Capgemini, Jul 2013 - Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Charlotte, North Carolina Area, ● Supporting Databases of Risk management team of largest Capital Market ●Supporting the DEV/QA teams in the daily Database activities/Issues ● Supporting and troubleshooting PROD Database issues including production support ● Migrating the Database changes for all applications over weekend ● Performance tuning of queries in DB2/GreenPlum ● Re-org/Stats/Backup/Purge process support over weekend for DB2 ● Analyze/Vaccum/Backup support over weekend for Greenplum(Postgres) ● Involved actively in applications migrations from Db2 to greenplum database ● Co-ordination with DB Eng team for upgrades/reboot activities ● SANs management and Space management of Databases in DB hosts. ●Leading team of non-prod DBA support ● Involved in on-call 24X7 production support from DBA team.

Environmental Manager at Morgan Stanley (Capgemini), Charlotte, Jun 2013 - Dec 2014 · 1 yr 7 mos, Addressed ~300 ad hoc analytics requests monthly; facilitated data acquisitions. Monitored and distributed incoming data requests efficiently. Wrote and maintained technical and functional specifications for databases. Automated tasks resulting in 40% reduction in support tickets; trained new team members.

IT Sepcialist/Architect at IBM Global Business Services, Feb 2011 - Jul 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos, NewJersey, USA, • Performed the leadership role with clear and strong methodologies. • Responsible for Estimation & Planning, Project Plan, Weekly Status Reports. • Assigned tickets to the peers per priority and criticality to the team based on the individual’s strength. • Created a clear pre-sketch for re-writing the system to clean-up redundant processes and fine tune the same. • Redesigned the Cursors and COBOL programs for performance enhancements. • Created a parallel testing approach to implement the changes before the release to avoid major defects. • Interacted with Users and other system leads to have the new functions implemented efficiently. • Stream-lined the MQ unload programs to DB2 tables. • Performed extensive System Testing and Migration into production. • Conducted walk through on all proposed changes, interviews with users concerning all modifications and impact analysis. • Created LOAD/UNLOAD utilities to refresh test database data from production region. • Fine tuning of application programs with the help of DBA. • Monitored the population and extraction of MQ messages using MQ tools like GEMS. • Provided production support for rewritten applications. • Attended the functional meetings and prepared the high level Detail Design Document. • Designed high and low level Design documents for the new functions to be implemented. • Supported the re-structuring of DB2 tables by re-writing the existing programs • Debugging and troubleshooting any technical issues while implementing the applications • As a coordinator with the business users, responsible for creating estimates for the maintenance requests. • Prepared Implementation Strategy and providing the support for implementation of the programs • Performed the leadership role and coordinated with the offshore team. • Redesigned the system to have the data stored in DB2 tables instead of flat files.

Education

Master of Technology - MTech, Data science and engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad