Sarthak Jagdale
St. Louis,MO
Summary
Visionary AI & Data Strategy Leader with 8+ years of cross-functional experience leading data architecture, Data Science, AI automation, AI Ops and IT operations across healthcare, insurance, e-commerce, and finance. Proven ability and technical expertise to scale enterprise systems, deploy LLM and generative AI applications, computer science and integrate legacy and cloud-native platforms. Adept at building cross-department AI roadmaps, overseeing multi-vendor IT operations, and aligning data governance, MLOps, and automation strategies to business objectives. PMP and Scrum-certified with a track record of conflict resolution, change management, and people development, leading teams of up to 15 and managing $2M+ budgets.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager – Data Strategy & MLOps
WG Tech
St. Louis, MO
11.2022 - Current
- Built and led AI automation roadmap to streamline insurance dispute processing using GPT-based LLMs, reducing sale process manual review time by 40% and increasing accuracy by 30%.
- Designed medallion-style enterprise lakehouse architecture across AWS and Databricks, increasing data availability by 99.9% and on time project delivery.
- Managed a cross-functional team of 12 engineers and analysts, coaching three into senior roles with strategic direction while having solid client relationships
- Deployed agent-based AI automation systems for claims tracking and customer queries, cutting response times by 45%.
- Leverage problem-solving skills, communication skills and leadership experience to drive entrepreneurial initiatives and successful define and execute the project scope.
- Led integration of legacy systems with modern ETL pipelines, improving operational data unification using data science.
- Resolved CI/CD conflict with GitHub Actions and Terraform, increasing release cadence by 60% using algorithms with specific business requirements.
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Consultant)
Stellar IT
Orange County, CA
05.2021 - 08.2022
- Developed real-time fraud detection pipelines with MLOps tooling, transformers improving fraud prevention by 25%.
- Established model monitoring protocols, improving audit trail completeness.
- Integrated anomaly detection into executive dashboards using artificial intelligence.
- Bridged engineering and business by aligning ML outputs with capital market KPIs.
Data Product Manager
Centrique AI
San Francisco, CA
08.2020 - 05.2021
- Defined data product strategy for compliance and fraud analytics, increasing adoption by 4x using various programming languages
- Spearheaded metadata cataloging, reducing duplication by 35% as per business requirements
- Led stakeholder syncs aligning product delivery with real estate and finance needs.
Risk Data Engineer
Amazon
Hyderabad, India
06.2016 - 08.2018
- Built risk scoring algorithms reducing fraud by 25% with digital transformation
- Integrated global risk infrastructure with enterprise compliance systems.
- Aligned product and IT teams for scalable risk mitigation solutions with emerging technologies
Education
Master of Science - Business Analytics
Hult International Business School
04.2020
Master of Science - International Business
Hult International Business School
08.2019
B.Tech - Electronics Engineering
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology
04-2015
Skills
- AI & Automation Strategy LLM Implementation (OpenAI, Claude)
- Custom Tool & Workflow Development (Python, JavaScript, Zapier, n8n)
- IT Systems & Infrastructure Vendor Management Cybersecurity
- Data Architecture & Consolidation (Lakehouse, Medallion)
- ETL/ELT Design Data Modeling Integration of Legacy Systems
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Databricks, Deep Learning
- BI Solutions: Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Sigma, transformers
- Stakeholder Communication Conflict Resolution Team Mentorship
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP) – PMI, 2020
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) – Scrum Alliance, 2020
Timeline
Manager – Data Strategy & MLOps
WG Tech
11.2022 - Current
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Consultant)
Stellar IT
05.2021 - 08.2022
Data Product Manager
Centrique AI
08.2020 - 05.2021
Risk Data Engineer
Amazon
06.2016 - 08.2018
Master of Science - International Business
Hult International Business School
Master of Science - Business Analytics
Hult International Business School
B.Tech - Electronics Engineering
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology
Awards
Impact Choice Award – IBM, 2019, 1st Prize – PWC Analytics Challenge – 2019