Yashweer Sindhal
Engineering & Presales Leader - AI/ML
Catharina Van Rennesstraat 41,Hague
Summary
- Accomplished Engineering and Presales Leader with 19 years of comprehensive IT expertise, specializing in developing and managing Data and AI products. Proven track record of successfully overseeing complex projects and leading global teams of 45+ resources.
- Senior Presales Consultant responsible for collaborating with sales team, creating tailored solutions, Product demonstrations, develop and deliver technical presentations.
- Uniquely positioned with a deep understanding of enterprise-wide technologies like AWS Cloud, Big Data (Apache Spark, Hive, MongoDB, Nifi, Kafka), Mainframe.
- Possess excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Advanced Management Programme in Business Analytics from Indian School of Business (Ranked #23 Globally).
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Engineering Manager (Interim Director) - AI/ML
Nike
5 2022 - Current
- Worked as interim Director - AI/ML for EHQ (Netherlands) and ELC (Belgium) locations.
- As AI/ML engineering Manager - Responsible for managing commercial analytics AIML products for EMEA region, which includes long term, in-season Demand forecasting and optimization use cases.
- Spearheading AIML platform (SageMaker and Databricks) modernization and consolidation, driving efficiency, scalability, and enhanced performance across systems in EMEA. Coordinating between various Geos (NA, APLA and EMEA) for platform modernization initiative.
- Manager AIML platform team which is responsible for building MLOps template, testing and unlocking new AWS services and create bets practices and guidance for ML Product teams.
- Defining robust frameworks to develop responsible and trustworthy AI applications, contributing to ethical and sustainable AI practices. Managing first GenAI use case for EMEA location.
- Oversee and effectively engage in EMEA initiatives focused on AIML literacy programs (ML Booster). Lead the inaugural external Nike Engineering Conference in EHQ (Netherlands) welcoming external participants.
- Building and nurturing high-performing AIML teams by identifying, hiring, and managing top-tier talent, fostering innovation and collaboration.
- Expertly managing vendor relationships and optimizing costs, effectively balancing innovation with budgetary considerations.
Senior Manager - Data & AI
Wipro
05.2019 - 04.2022
- Managing on-premise Big Data platform and AI applications with teams of Big Data Admins, Developers, Data Engineers and Data Scientists for Telecom customer.
- Manage team of Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineer who were building various personalization and forecasting use cases.
- Experienced in building the Data Engineering team, framework and methodologies from scratch. GDPR and Agile implementation on the platform.
- Working closely with customers to build and Implement strategies to migrate BI from traditional platform (Teradata) to new age in-house Big Data and AWS Cloud Platform.
- Senior Presales Consultant (Data Analytics & AI) - Customer Presentations, response to RFP/RFI, Resource Loading estimations, POC and work with other units to define a unified GTM strategy.
- Responsible for talent management (Hiring, Appraisal,learning) .
AI Solutions Architect
IBM
04.2016 - 04.2019
- Handling Multiple Big Data Analytics projects and teams as Senior Architect, responsible for defining best practices and frameworks for Data Engineering, AIML Model experiments, and deployment.
- Supported various AIML projects in personalization and forecasting space and performed multiple POCs for the potential customers.
- Presales consultant assist in preparation of technical proposals, lead technical workshops for business leaders and customers.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to drive revenue growth and customer satisfaction.
Data and Analytics Architect
Teradata
02.2015 - 04.2016
- Responsible for overseeing complete delivery, client interactions, and identifying business development opportunities as an architect.
- Teradata Performance tuning expert for multiple accounts and responsible for saving costs by tuning the applications.
- Experience in Big Data Analytics (Teradata Aster) working on text sentiments, visualization using R packages.
Mainframe Practice Manager
Mphasis
12.2010 - 02.2015
- Build and develop Mainframe Practice from scratch, responsible for delivery of multiple accounts, presales discussions and presentations. Coordinate with Program Managers on the future demands and skill sets.
- Conceptualize new service offerings for DBA vertical, prepare and deliver presentations on the same to account executives and potential customers.
- Conceptualized and Build a product Database Security and Compliance assessment tool and presented to CTO.
Senior Consultant
Hexaware and Capgemini
01.2005 - 12.2010
- Senior DB2 DBA and team lead, Expert in DB2 online and offline Utilities, Recovery Procedures..
- Performance tuning recommendations at query and system levels.
- MQSI Developer and DB2 Admin - worked with various customers.
Education
Advanced Management Programme In Business Analytic -
Indian School Of Business - Hyderabad
12.2017 - 05.2019
Master of Computer Applications -
Medicaps Institute of Technology & Management
06.2002 - 04.2005
Skills
Language - Python, R,Shell Script
Machine Learning - Supervised, Unsupervised, Deep Learning, GenAI
Database - Hive, Hbase, DB2, Teradata, MongoDB, Sql Server
Big Data - Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Pig, Nifi, Kafka, Ambari
Cloud - AWS SageMaker, Athena, EMR, Quiksight, S3, EC2
Certification
PRINCE2 Certified Practitioner
Timeline
AWS Certified Machine Learning Speciality
05-2020
Senior Manager - Data & AI
Wipro
05.2019 - 04.2022
Advanced Management Programme In Business Analytic -
Indian School Of Business - Hyderabad
12.2017 - 05.2019
AI Solutions Architect
IBM
04.2016 - 04.2019
Data and Analytics Architect
Teradata
02.2015 - 04.2016
Mainframe Practice Manager
Mphasis
12.2010 - 02.2015
PRINCE2 Certified Practitioner
08-2010
Senior Consultant
Hexaware and Capgemini
01.2005 - 12.2010
Master of Computer Applications -
Medicaps Institute of Technology & Management
06.2002 - 04.2005
Engineering Manager (Interim Director) - AI/ML
Nike
5 2022 - Current