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Ajit Dash

San Diego,USA

Summary

Visionary thought leader and data strategist with over 25 years of expertise in Data & AI, Cloud Transformation, and Enterprise Architecture. Renowned for driving business innovation through strategic team building, scalable AI-driven solutions, and data monetization strategies. Demonstrates a proven ability to deliver impactful Go-to-Market Strategies, design SaaS and PaaS products, and lead multi-million-dollar technology initiatives across Fortune 500 companies. Skilled in aligning IT strategies with organizational goals, managing high-value portfolios, and leveraging cutting-edge technologies to optimize business outcomes. Recognized for fostering high-performing teams and enabling actionable insights to steer data-driven decision-making.Adept at aligning IT strategies with corporate objectives, delivering value-driven solutions, and managing portfolios worth over $100M.

Core Competencies

  • Technology Strategy | AI/Generative AI | Cloud & Digital Transformation | Data Engineering
  • Enterprise Architecture | Data Monetization | SaaS & PaaS Development | Product Strategy
  • Team Leadership & Development | Go-to-Market Execution | Budget Management (>$100M)
  • Data Lakes & Warehouses | Governance & Analytics | Pre-Sales & POCs

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director-Chief Architect -Generative AI & Data

Cognizant
San Diego
04.2021 - Current
  • Worked with clients including Verizon, NVIDIA, and Apple, delivering innovative solutions and accelerating business outcomes.
  • Managing a $40M Generative AI portfolio and an 18-member global team to deliver transformative enterprise solutions.
  • Building enablers and accelerator tools using Generative AI to provide enhanced data insights and analytics for informed business decision-making.
  • Leading GenAI enterprise enablement and bot services implementation across multiple business units.
  • Designed Digital Assistance Automation for Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Oracle, optimizing recruitment and operational processes.
  • Consulting on AI-driven strategies, pre-sales initiatives, and go-to-market frameworks for diverse industry sectors.

Technologies: Azure OpenAI, Co-Pilot Studio, LangChain, ACS, PowerApps

Director-Pricipal Solution Architect- Data & AI

Microsoft
San Diego
06.2022 - 12.2023
  • Managed a portfolio of 15+ enterprise accounts worth $100M annually within Microsoft’s $10B Health Tech business unit.
  • Developed AI-driven product enhancements to address customer pain points, increasing adoption rates by 30%.
  • Partnered with product groups to design new features, improving customer satisfaction and retention.
  • Led Generative AI implementations for Salesforce, Oracle, and ServiceNow, reducing inefficiencies by 20%.
  • Built and managed high-performing teams aligned with organizational goals, ensuring customer success.
  • Established a Data & AI Community, publishing insights to boost AI adoption by 25% across internal teams.
  • Delivered AI-powered solutions for fraud detection, predictive analytics, and automation, improving efficiency.

Key Achievements:

  • Increased client satisfaction by 35% and drove $20M in incremental revenue with tailored AI-driven solutions.
  • Delivered a 98% project success rate, optimizing processes and enhancing customer retention.

Technologies: Azure OpenAI, Power BI, Synapse Analytics, ADF

Sr. Staff Solution Architect- Data & Analytics

Thermo Fisher Scientific
San Diego
04.2021 - 06.2022
  • Led Digital & Cloud Transformation initiatives, implementing Data Lake and Data Mesh frameworks.
  • Managed a global 17-member team and an $11M annual budget to deliver advanced analytics solutions.

Technologies: AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Databricks, Tableau, Hadoop

Sr Director -Chief Architect-Data & Analytics

LTI Mindtree
San Diego
06.2015 - 04.2021
  • Worked with high-profile clients, including Verizon, Time Warner, Fox, NBC, Apple, and Google, delivering strategic and impactful solutions.
  • Managed an $80M+ budget and a 23-member team, driving operational excellence and aligning solutions with client business goals.
  • Designed and deployed 5 Data Lakes and 6 Data Warehouses, enabling seamless cloud migrations to AWS, Azure, and Snowflake.
  • Delivered governance frameworks, AI/ML roadmaps, and advanced analytics solutions that optimized client operations and enhanced decision-making.

Technologies: AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Databricks

Sr. Technical Manager, BI & Enterprise Architecture

Bridge Point Education
San Diego
12.2012 - 03.2015
  • Oversaw a 30TB Data Warehouse, delivering executive dashboards and actionable insights.
  • Developed governance strategies and integrated Tableau and Hadoop for advanced analytics.

Technologies: SQL Server, SSIS, Oracle, Tableau, SAS BI, Big Query, Hadoop(MapR), Hive/Pig, HBase, Kylin, Python, Ganglia.

Sr.Technical Manager BI & Architect

AT&T
San Diego
01.2011 - 12.2012
  • Managed a 20+TB data warehouse and optimized data migration and reporting processes.
  • Delivered agile ETL migrations and integrated EDW with Hadoop.
  • Managed team 14 team members and external customer's reporting requirements

Technologies: Informatica, OBIEE, SQL Server, Hadoop

Consultant Solution Architect Manager

IBM Global Business Services, USA
San Diego
01.2010 - 01.2011
  • Directed BI architecture for NetApp, managing 20+ team members to deliver projects on time and within budget.
  • Designed data pipelines and governance models for large-scale integration projects.

Technologies: DataStage, OBIEE, Oracle, SAP BI

Principal Consultant -Data Warehouse Architecture

Qualcomm Inc
San Diego
05.2007 - 03.2009
  • Played a critical role in data conversion projects, including PeopleSoft to SAP migrations.
  • Designed schemas using ERWIN and developed forecasting reports with Crystal Reports.

Sr. Commercial Analytics Analyst

Prometheus Labs
01.2002 - 05.2007
  • Architect the Data warehouse projects
  • Designed high-volume bioinformatics data flows and managed data marts using ERWIN.
  • Enhanced reporting through optimized stored procedures and T-SQL tuning.
  • Led the four team members.

Technologies: SQL Server, Crystal Reports

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Qualcomm & Ericsson
San Diego
01.1998 - 01.2002
  • Played a key role in data conversion projects from QBS to EBS and PeopleSoft to SAP.
  • Developed stored procedures and triggers using PL-SQL and T-SQL to optimize reporting.

Technologies: Oracle, SQL Server, SAP

Software Engineer

General Electric Fanuc
Singapore
06.1996 - 01.1998
  • Worked as consultant for General Electric, Fanuc, Singapore
  • Responsible for the creation of the database triggers and procedures using SQL/ PLSQL

Technologies: SQL, PL-SQL

Education

Master of Management - General Management

Harvard University
USA
01.2010

Master of Science - Computer Information Systems

University of Phoenix
USA
01.2002

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

Amravati University
India
01.1996

Diploma in Engineering - Electrical Engineering

PVP Polytechnic
India
01.1992

Skills

RDBMS: ORACLE, SQL Server 2012, T-SQL, DB2, Postgres, MySQL ERP: PeopleSoft, SAP BI 70, SAP Material Management, SAP BDW, BANN, and PROLOG Manager 65, 70 BIG DATA &

Cloud : BigQuery, Cloud Computing, Amazon Elastic, AWS, EMR, Snowflake, Redshift, S3, Spectrum, Azure, Stream Analytics, Blob, Azure HDInsight, Cosmos DB, DynamoDB, Time Series, HADOOP 2x Hive/Pig, HBase, Kylin, Horton, MAPR, CDH, Redshift, Snowflake

AI : Machine Learning, AI, Generative AI, Azure OpenAI, and R, etc

Process & Report :

ETL/ELT Inforrmatica, Snowpipe, ADF, Talend, FiveTran Reporting Tools Tableau 90, Looker, Business Objects XI, OBIEE, MS Reporting Services, Power BI, SAS BI Suite & Virtual Language & O/S: Java, C, Python, Windows XP, UNIX, Windows 2000, and Linux Web Service: TIBCO

Certification

Microsoft Certified Solution Architect

Blog

dataaionline.com

Accomplishments

BOOK AUTHOR http://amazon.com/author/ajitdash
Step By Step Guide for OpenAI and Azure OpenAI (Published 2023)


The Step-by-Step Guide for Successful Implementation of Data Lake-Lakehouse-Data Warehouse (Pub 2021)


FHIR Data Solutions with Azure FHIR Server for FHIR & AZURE Health Data Services (Published 2022)


Urban Monk – How to Manage Professional life in Urban World: Under publication.

Publications

  • Unlocking the Power of Tokens: Optimizing Token Usage in GPT for Efficient Text Processing, 2023
  • How to Secure Azure OpenAI Keys Using Environment Variables, Azure Vault, and Streamlit, 2023
  • Integrating Azure OpenAI with Streamlit: With Example Source Code Explainer, 2023
  • AHDS-DICOM Service for diagnosis of diseases & development of treatment plans, 2023
  • Forecasting AI/Generative AI /LLM: An Analytical Journey through Growth Strategies (2024-2030), 2024
  • Data Grading, Quality Assurance, and Optimization: Leveraging Generative AI, 2023
  • Minimize Rx Error Using Generative AI, 2023
  • Data Mesh -Data as A Product, 2021
  • Data Grading -How to clean the source data, 2021
  • Zombie Data- Useful in data analytics, 2021
  • COVID-19- World passport architecture, 2020
  • Go-to-Cloud Strategy and Monetization, 2017
  • Zip Code Reorganization using image processing @ Gaiety International Conference, 2006

Note : Please refer my blog for all my publications : 

ACHIVEMENTS

  • Harvard University: Best project concept award for Physically Challenged people in Healthcare Management: 2010
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology- MIT : Entrepreneurship Contest: Presented Business concept for the physically challenged people
  • Amravati University: University 9th Rank out of 2000 Engineers, Selected for presidential scholarship
    Teaching:
    Adjunct Faculty at National University Teaches Subjects related to database for graduates

Gitcodebase

https://github.com/ajitdash/pview

Timeline

Director-Pricipal Solution Architect- Data & AI

Microsoft
06.2022 - 12.2023

Sr. Staff Solution Architect- Data & Analytics

Thermo Fisher Scientific
04.2021 - 06.2022

Director-Chief Architect -Generative AI & Data

Cognizant
04.2021 - Current

Sr Director -Chief Architect-Data & Analytics

LTI Mindtree
06.2015 - 04.2021

Sr. Technical Manager, BI & Enterprise Architecture

Bridge Point Education
12.2012 - 03.2015

Sr.Technical Manager BI & Architect

AT&T
01.2011 - 12.2012

Consultant Solution Architect Manager

IBM Global Business Services, USA
01.2010 - 01.2011

Principal Consultant -Data Warehouse Architecture

Qualcomm Inc
05.2007 - 03.2009

Sr. Commercial Analytics Analyst

Prometheus Labs
01.2002 - 05.2007

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Qualcomm & Ericsson
01.1998 - 01.2002

Software Engineer

General Electric Fanuc
06.1996 - 01.1998

Master of Management - General Management

Harvard University

Master of Science - Computer Information Systems

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

Amravati University

Diploma in Engineering - Electrical Engineering

PVP Polytechnic
Ajit Dash