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Kiran Gundre

Sr. Engineering Manager, Data & Analytics
Propser,TX

Summary

Mr. Kiran is a Senior IT leader with extensive experience in delivering largescale, innovative data solutions. Proven expertise in driving business intelligence strategies and managing complex data projects. Skilled in aligning data management practices with organizational goals, particularly in large and complex data environments.

Seasoned Engineering Manager seamlessly integrates project technical aspects and makes information relatable to non-technical personnel. Experienced leader and program manager with 17-year history in field. Clear communicator, decision maker and problem solver.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Sr. Engineering Manager

Amazon
Dallas, TX
05.2022 - Current
  • Led a strategic transformation of Amazon's finance processes, boosting operational efficiency significantly
  • Developed and executed a comprehensive roadmap, streamlining core financial operations and cutting planning cycles from 45 days to 15 days
  • Pioneered robust data solutions supporting key finance functions such as planning, profit and loss reporting, and variance analysis across Amazon's global sectors
  • These solutions drove faster planning and analysis cycles, supported by an advanced finance data platform
  • Played a crucial role in refining the variance analysis process by introducing a centralized, standardized system, leading to over $1 billion in cost savings over 20 months, significantly enhancing financial efficiency
  • Led the development and launch of a collaborative tool enabling finance teams to create detailed three-year forecasts for Amazon FinTech more efficiently, reducing planning complexity and decreasing the number of planners involved from 480 to fewer than 40
  • Initiated and guided the launch of Reporting environment in 2023 as a proof of concept that expanded into a comprehensive reporting solution by 2024, aiming to grow the user base from 58 to over 400, significantly improving PnL management reporting of >$170 billion and data consistency across financial systems
  • Spearheaded the development of a generative AI chatbot designed to enhance data analysis
  • This AI tool is set to transform data analytics by providing detailed insights through an intuitive narrative format

Sr. Engineering Manager, AWS Sales & Marketing

AWS - Amazon Web Services
01.2021 - 05.2022
  • Spearheaded the development of a centralized AWS data platform that substantially improved the sales and marketing teams' performance, resulting in a 20% increase in lead and opportunity conversion rates
  • This strategic initiative also achieved a 45% reduction in technology operating costs, showcasing significant efficiency gains
  • My comprehensive strategy involved integrating scattered data stores into a unified data lake, evolving into a sophisticated platform with a suite of data management products and services
  • I introduced a user-friendly interface that supported self-service data access across multiple business lines, enhancing operational flexibility and productivity
  • Additionally, I implemented robust security measures that significantly strengthened AWS's security posture, aligning with the company's prioritization of security as 'job zero'
  • This project set new standards in data management and utilization within AWS
  • Led the AWS Sustainability and Commerce Platform teams in the successful rollout of the Customer Carbon Footprint Tool, now accessible via the AWS Billing Console
  • This tool enables customers worldwide to measure, track, and forecast their carbon emissions without additional cost

Senior Manager - Data and Applied Intelligence

Accenture
Dallas, TX
12.2017 - 01.2021
  • Led a major Initiative of Migrating Legacy Data to Cloud by creating a scalable and repeatable 'Data Ingestion Capability' to load data into the Data lake (with a goal to create a democratized data marketplace)
  • The ingestion capability will Integrate and curate data for business needs along with Data Quality validations
  • Built a novel frameworks for assessing the over 70 data sources across the organization that are of analytical value - who uses it for what purpose and with what priority - and then developed multiple scoring and prioritization schemes to lay out a comprehensive Roadmap for the client's enterprise-scale data migration to cloud working closely with the Deputy CIO
  • Kiran is also in charge of shaping and leading the 'data sourcing factory', a powerful engine to accelerate the data load into cloud
  • As part of this he has led a significant exercise to identify accelerators and vendor technologies to parse and distill mainframe files for transport to cloud and loading into lake
  • Technology Stack: Microsoft Azure Cloud, SyncSort, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Power BI, Synapse
  • Team Size: 10

Manager - Accenture Digital

Accenture
09.2014 - 11.2017
  • Successfully led a team to deliver an end to end Enterprise Data warehouse (EDW) solution
  • Kiran has been the Development Lead on team for the integration and translation of information from disparate source systems into the EDW
  • Kiran was responsible for designing the ETL architecture and semantic presentations layer for reporting purposes
  • Built the foundation for future reporting capabilities to serve as the single source for all contract and asset information; and Provide a flexible integration framework to master data subject areas which can be reused in the future when a complete Master Data Management ('MDM') solution is designed
  • Kiran also managed an Oracle BDA (cloud) Proof of Concept
  • Technology Stack: IBM Datastage, Teradata, Oracle, Business Objects, Tidal scheduler
  • Team Size: 30 (Kiran managed 12 resources)

Consultant - Accenture Digital

Accenture
03.2011 - 09.2014
  • Successfully deployed multiple data warehouse solutions starting with the Enterprise Information Management (EIM)
  • Built the Foundation, followed by Data warehouse integration with Master Data management systems and analytical reporting applications
  • Kiran also worked on the Enterprise Data Warehouse and MDM Integration - Integrate data from multiple suppliers and source systems to build a data warehouse that would allow the users to perform analytical reporting on product costs, strategic planning, inventory and procurement
  • Technology Stack: IBM Datastage, Teradata, Oracle, Business Objects, Tidal scheduler, IBM Master Data management
  • Team Size: 55 (Kiran managed 5 development resources)

Developer - Information Management

Accenture
09.2008 - 03.2011
  • Kiran led the effort of construction through deployment of an Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) product
  • He was responsible in designing the process flow and application architecture for systems integration
  • Kiran has trained multiple individuals on EAI
  • The objective of the project was to Integrate data from multiple pricing systems into one, to support the creation better analytics of the healthcare pricing and rating
  • Technology Stack: IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender, UNIX, Microsoft SQL server, Informatica
  • Team Size: 3

Development Associate

Accenture
08.2007 - 09.2008
  • Kiran was responsible to develop a data mart comprising of integrated processes and automated tools that facilitate the identification, quantification, and reconciliation of Medicare Advantage enrollment and payment discrepancies between Client and CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid services)
  • The objective of the project was to develop an integrated set of processes and tools that facilitate the identification, quantification, and reconciliation of Medicare Advantage enrollment and payment discrepancies between the client and CMS
  • Technology Stack: IBM WebSphere Datastage Parallel extender, UNIX, DB2, Control M
  • Team Size: 5

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science

Visvesvaraya Technological University
Bengaluru, India
06.2003 - 06.2007

Skills

  • Data Strategy Development

  • Cloud Computing Expertise

  • Advanced Solution Architecture

  • Strong Project Leadership

  • Data Platforms

  • Data Engineering & Integration

  • Master Data Management

  • Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence

  • Industry-Specific Technologies

  • Thought Leadership

  • Additional Skills

Strategic planning

Timeline

Sr. Engineering Manager

Amazon
05.2022 - Current

Sr. Engineering Manager, AWS Sales & Marketing

AWS - Amazon Web Services
01.2021 - 05.2022

Senior Manager - Data and Applied Intelligence

Accenture
12.2017 - 01.2021

Manager - Accenture Digital

Accenture
09.2014 - 11.2017

Consultant - Accenture Digital

Accenture
03.2011 - 09.2014

Developer - Information Management

Accenture
09.2008 - 03.2011

Development Associate

Accenture
08.2007 - 09.2008

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science

Visvesvaraya Technological University
06.2003 - 06.2007

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