Ravi Kant
Parlin
Summary
Senior Data & Analytics professional with 10+ years of experience in capital markets and financial regulatory data. Proven expertise in designing and modernizing cloud-based data platforms supporting electronic trading, regulatory reporting, and analytics. Strong background in Databricks, Cloudera, and enterprise data warehousing, with a forward-looking focus on building AI-enabled data frameworks for investment and trading organizations.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Vice President
BARCLAYS
01.2017 - Current
- Cloud Data Platform Leadership: Spearheaded the modernization of a legacy on-premise data estate to a scalable cloud-based architecture (AWS/Databricks), enabling real-time analytics for investment and trading desks.
- AI-Enabled Frameworks: Designed and deployed AI/ML-ready data pipelines using Python and Spark, facilitating predictive modeling for trade execution and market signal analysis.
- Regulatory Compliance: Led the technical strategy for complex regulatory reporting regimes (e.g., CAT, MiFID II), ensuring 100% compliance and reducing reporting latency by 40% through automation.
- Data Governance & Quality: Established enterprise-wide data governance standards, implementing automated data quality checks (Great Expectations/custom frameworks) to ensure 'Golden Source' data integrity for Front Office consumers.
- Cost & Performance Optimization: Architected high-performance compute solutions for massive datasets (Petabyte scale), optimizing cloud spend and reducing query runtimes for daily liquidity and risk reporting.
Lead Data Engineer - Global Equities Data Warehouse
BARCLAYS CAPITAL
New York
07.2011 - 01.2017
- Global Data Warehouse Architecture: Led the design and development of the Global Equities Data Warehouse, a massively parallel processing (MPP) system on Netezza and Unix supporting the Order Management System (OMS).
- Regulatory Reporting Leadership: Directed the OATS and Electronic BlueSheets regulatory reporting streams. Successfully managed end-to-end data flows from ingestion to submission for FINRA compliance.
- System Optimization: Architected ETL strategies using Informatica PowerCenter and Unix Shell scripting to process high-volume trading data (500M+ records/day), ensuring data availability for the start of the next trading day.
- Impact Analysis: Collaborated with Compliance and Front Office stakeholders to assess the impact of new exchange rules and deployed rapid technical solutions to meet changing regulatory deadlines.
Senior Data Analyst - Finance Interface Gateway (FIG)
BANK OF AMERICA
Jersey City
04.2009 - 06.2011
- Middleware Solution Design: Developed the Finance Interface Gateway (FIG), a global middleware solution standardizing data loading and validation for inbound General Ledger feeds (SAP ECC, Oracle).
- Performance Tuning: Optimized complex SQL queries and ETL mappings on Teradata, significantly improving data processing speed for critical financial close cycles.
- Cross-Functional Coordination: Acted as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and the technical team, translating complex financial requirements into technical specifications.
Data Warehouse Engineer - Internal Labour Market (ILM)
UBS
Pune
06.2008 - 03.2009
- Data Integration: Designed and implemented ETL workflows for the 'Candidate Search' global resourcing platform, integrating diverse HR data sources into a centralized Oracle/Teradata warehouse.
- Quality Assurance: Led UAT (User Acceptance Testing) and consistency checks to ensure 99.9% data accuracy for global HR reporting.
Earlier Career
Bank of America
01.2006 - 01.2008
- SARA (Suspicious Activity Reporting Application): Developed AML (Anti-Money Laundering) data integration pipelines to identify and report suspicious banking activities across multiple Lines of Business.
- CREMIS (Mortgage Information System): Built ETL solutions to migrate raw mainframe/UNIX data into the enterprise Data Warehouse, maintaining full historical data lineage for mortgage applicants.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Birla Institute of Technology (BIT)
Mesra, India01.2006
Skills
- Databricks
- Apache Spark
- Cloudera
- AWS
- Redshift
- S3
- EMR
- Glue
- Azure
- Synapse
- Data Lake
- Kafka
- Hive
- Snowflake
- OATS
- CAT
- MiFID II
- BlueSheets
- 605/606 Reporting
- Trade Surveillance
- Anti-Money Laundering
- AI/ML Data Pipelines
- Data Governance
- Data Mesh/Fabric Architecture
- ETL/ELT Modernization
- Python
- SQL
- Migration from Netezza/Teradata to Databricks
- Performance Tuning
- Cost Optimization
- Data Quality AI-enabled Frameworks
Certification
- Machine Learning - Stanford University (Coursera)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- STANFORD UNIVERSITY Online Machine Learning course certified
- AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate
Timeline
Vice President
BARCLAYS
01.2017 - Current
Lead Data Engineer - Global Equities Data Warehouse
BARCLAYS CAPITAL
07.2011 - 01.2017
Senior Data Analyst - Finance Interface Gateway (FIG)
BANK OF AMERICA
04.2009 - 06.2011
Data Warehouse Engineer - Internal Labour Market (ILM)
UBS
06.2008 - 03.2009
Earlier Career
Bank of America
01.2006 - 01.2008
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Birla Institute of Technology (BIT)