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GAURI VISHWANATH

GAURI VISHWANATH

Hilversum

Summary

Passionate and driven professional with a talent for uncovering customer pain points and developing strategic solutions to drive business success. Experienced in scaling technology and business operations with a focus on standards and governance. Early adopter in rapidly evolving landscapes, skilled at mapping valuable opportunities and navigating unexplored territories. Known for teamwork, integrity, and ownership, with a positive attitude that enhances project management and client relationships.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Solution Architect

NIKE
03.2023 - Current
  • Spearheaded enterprise-wide SAP ERP migration as Lead Solution Architect, focusing on data architecture and geo specific reporting enhancements.
  • Directed data strategy for planning and finance domains, leveraging analytics to drive business intelligence.
  • Collaborated with business leaders to craft transformative product and platform visions, fostering a lean, technology-driven digital enterprise.
  • Managed a team of architects to ensure seamless SAP ERP data migration, standardizing reporting processes across various geographies.
  • Developed enterprise-level data foundation guidelines to underpin robust, scalable architecture for organizational needs.
  • Provided critical support as a global architect, extending expertise to ensure the success of SAP ERP data migration initiatives.
  • Provide hands-on leadership, coaching, mentoring, and data engineering best practices with teams.
  • Advised across various value streams in Nike (DSM, Supply chain and finance)
  • Presented the data flow for complex application and have been linking pin between business stakeholders and development teams.
  • Worked on delivering technical vision based on engineering's team's input.
  • Build various data models on domain specific and approved by enterprise level.
  • Create high level designs and coach stakeholders about technical roadmaps.
  • Design, manage and support the preparation of large, complex data sets in line with functional and technical requirements.

Manager ( Client - Nike)

COGNIZANT
10.2021 - 03.2023
  • Supporting migration squads from moving away from on premise to next gen especially on design and business knowledge
  • Supporting and been part of design authority to review designs of external vendors for migration
  • Working in shaping up the data modelling practice of Nike
  • Gather information from the stakeholders in order to make sure the right solutions are implemented.
  • Identify capability gaps and propose solutions for both technical and business teams
  • Design and develop an in-season trading platform that drives product performance (e.g., Margin, revenue)
  • Have been an integral part as data architect in various proposals to different clients for different architecture solutions and successfully got projects from clients.

Senior Associate ( Client - Nike , Boots, ASDA)

COGNIZANT
05.2011 - 10.2021
  • Have worked as technical lead in one of the key migration programs (finance unit) to success
  • Worked for improving and optimizing current systems in business.
  • Gather information from stakeholders in order to make sure the right systems are correctly in place as well as liaising with clients and providing information of how practical aspects of business are going
  • Identify capability gaps and proposed solutions
    Worked on providing a mind map and elevate exploratory analysis done on various data products of client
  • Worked in stretch as data architect
  • Worked as data & analytics consultant to develop data solution to track product performance and gave business substantial revenue growth
  • Worked to develop data complex finance system (used for costing and pricing of products)
  • Worked as consultant in the cloud migration from on-premise to Azure Develop the B2B platform to elevate the customer engagement and experience

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
12.2014

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
12.2011

Skills

  • EARLY ADOPTER
  • ANALYTICS
  • TEAMWORK
  • COMMUNICATION
  • PROBLEM SOLVING

Technical Skills

  • DATABRICKS
  • SNOWFLAKE
  • AWS
  • AZURE

Websites

Languages

ENGLISH
Advanced (C1)
Dutch
Intermediate (B1)

Timeline

Lead Solution Architect

NIKE
03.2023 - Current

Manager ( Client - Nike)

COGNIZANT
10.2021 - 03.2023

Senior Associate ( Client - Nike , Boots, ASDA)

COGNIZANT
05.2011 - 10.2021

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Master of Science - Computer Science

MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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