Headline

Digital & Data Transformation Executive | 35+ Years | Databricks · Snowflake · MDM & Data Governance | Ex-Accenture, Infosys | Building Advisory Practices Across BFSI, EMEA & APAC

About

I am a technology and digital transformation executive with 34+ years building data, digital, and AI-enabled change across Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance — spanning the US, Southeast Asia, EMEA, and India. My approach: build practices from the ground up — strategy, go-to-market, commercial infrastructure — then stay hands-on through delivery. As EVP for EMEA, APAC & India Operations at Frisco Analytics, I built the firm's rate cards, effort-estimation models, and follow-the-sun delivery framework from scratch, while personally leading delivery across concurrent MDM/Databricks programs for clients spanning SAP, Sage, and Azure environments. Across roles at Accenture, Infosys, Celebal Technologies, and as a Chief Data Officer, I pair executive-level strategy with direct ownership of outcomes — as comfortable in the boardroom as in the delivery trenches. My work centers on a simple framework: People → Process → Platform — getting the operating model and talent right before the technology, not after. Currently exploring senior data & AI transformation leadership roles (CDO, SVP, CTO, Managing Partner) across the Netherlands/EMEA and India, alongside independent advisory work for boards and CXOs navigating digital and data modernization.

Location

Bangalore Urban

AI stack

anthropic apis

claude

gemini

Work experience

Executive Vice President at Frisco Analytics, Jan 2026 - Aug 2026 · 8 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, • Owned end-to-end delivery governance and P&L for Databricks Consulting and LakeFusion MDM practices spanning EMEA, APAC, and India — building the commercial infrastructure (rate cards, effort-estimation models, delivery operating model) from scratch. • Personally led delivery across concurrent MDM/Databricks/Unity Catalog programs for enterprise clients across SAP, Sage, and Azure environments, including supplier, customer, and product-domain mastering. • Built India's global delivery operating model and HR policy foundation to support multi-state operations.

Chief Data Officer at Diggibyte Technologies Private Limited, Sep 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bangalore Urban, • Led Marketing, Sales, Presales, and Delivery for Data & Analytics engagements as CDO, spanning both Azure Databricks and AWS Databricks implementations. • Built and ran the presales-to-delivery pipeline for cloud data platform engagements, translating client data challenges into Databricks-based lakehouse solutions. • Owned cross-functional accountability across marketing strategy, sales enablement, and delivery execution — a rare CDO mandate spanning both revenue and delivery functions. • Number of engagements closed/delivered: 70+/70+ Revenue influenced - 3 crores Indian Rupees, Team size led: 27, Specific client outcomes: Satisfied and removed their pain points in dealing with data explosion successfully, while reducing the TCO significantly by upwards of 65%

Vice President | BFSI | Practice Head at Celebal Technologies, Sep 2021 - Aug 2024 · 3 yrs, Jaipur, • Built and led Celebal's BFSI practice, architecting cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure and Databricks for banking, financial services, and insurance clients. • Owned practice-level strategy and delivery oversight for BFSI accounts, translating client business requirements into modern data architectures across the Azure ecosystem. • Drove practice growth in a fully remote delivery model, establishing repeatable delivery patterns for Databricks/Azure engagements across the BFSI vertical. • Practice revenue/headcount growth: by 300%/5x, Number of clients: 33, Specific named engagements: RBL Bank, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, etc. Certifications your team achieved: 100%

Director & Consultant - BFSI | Chief Data Officer | Chief Digital Officer at Statify Digital Consulting, Jan 2014 - Aug 2021 · 7 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, I help banks and insurers build the foundation for digital and data transformation — from strategy through to Centers of Excellence that make it stick. I've driven digital disruption for the largest and fourth-largest banks in Myanmar, shaping their data strategy and implementation programs, and led a digital reinvention for India's largest health insurer, reimagining technology and operational processes end to end. As a consultant, I help banks and insurers realize: Business process value creation — turning operational friction into measurable gains Data transformation — building the foundation for analytics, machine learning, and AI Digital transformation — higher throughput, less manual intervention, paperless operations IT transformation — lower capital and operational costs without compromising data privacy or compliance My approach follows a structured methodology: understand the business strategy, assess current capabilities, identify critical gaps, design the digital/data strategy, evaluate options, stand up the practice or COE, drive adoption, and mature the process over time. Having also served as Chief Customer Officer in start-ups, I bring a customer-first lens to transformation — ensuring the technology serves the customer outcome, not the other way around.

Industry Principal Consultant - Financial Services and Insurance at Infosys, Mar 2012 - Oct 2012 · 8 mos, Bangalore, As an Industry Principal Consultant - targetting large outsourcing deals, I have created/worked on: - Implementation of shared services for both Infrastructure management and Application Support and Maintenance - Market research for shared services - Multi-sourcing options

Education

Strategic Management for Business Excellence, Strategy planning and execution, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

MS, Computer Engineering, Florida Atlantic University