RAVI RANGARAJAN

RAVI RANGARAJAN

Technology Strategy & AI Transformation Leader
India
Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, English
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About Me

Technology Strategy and AI Transformation leader with 20+ years advising Fortune 500 organizations across the US, UK, Middle East, and India on enterprise technology strategy, digital transformation, AI/GenAI adoption ro…

Experience

Director / Principal – Data Strategy Consulting & AI Transformation

LTM · Bangalore, India
Oct 2020 - Present · 6 years 1 month

<p>Lead enterprise technology strategy and AI transformation advisory for Fortune 500 clients — defining future-state technology roadmaps, platform modernization strategies, and AI/GenAI adoption plans that align digital investment with business priorities and operating model evolution.</p><p> Conduct technology assessments and digital transformation due diligence: assess technology landscape maturity, system integration complexity, and modernization opportunities — producing executive-grade findings and recommendations for senior technology and business leadership.</p><p> Architect and govern enterprise AI/ML and GenAI platforms, advising clients on responsible AI adoption frameworks and value creation roadmaps — achieving a 3x improvement in data discoverability and self-service analytics adoption through metadata-driven cataloguing strategy with AI-powered tagging (Alation Marketplace).</p><p> Delivered high-impact platform modernization: medallion Lakehouse on Databricks (Delta Lake, DLT) and Microsoft Fabric for petabyte-scale retail consumption data, reducing TCO by ~30% versus legacy EDW; multi-domain MDM (Customer, Product, Vendor) on Talend MDM enabling 360° single consumer and vendor view; canonical retail/CPG semantic layer reducing duplicate models by 40% and accelerating downstream BI delivery.</p><p> Improved enterprise data quality from 72% to 96% trusted-record rates using Informatica IDQ and Great Expectations for a Fortune 500 CPG client — establishing the reliable data foundation required for production AI/ML workloads.</p><p> Chair Architecture Review Board (ARB) and govern federated data mesh and enterprise ontology spanning 9 business domains and 70+ data models — embedding architecture standards, data product governance, and reusable patterns across the transformation portfolio.</p><p> Built internal Data Marketplace with microservice architecture (Alation Marketplace) enabling productized, discoverable, contract-bound data products with usage analytics, ratings, and request-to-access workflows.</p><p> Led enterprise transformation programs valued at $10M+ (including a $250M-rated initiative recognized by RCG Pioneers) — partnering with C-suite stakeholders to build business cases, secure sponsorship, and deliver measurable transformation outcomes.</p>

Business Analyst

Medisoft Solutions · Mysore , Karnataka , India
May 2005 - Oct 2025 · 20 years 5 months

Project:DSA MDM and EmptorisClient:Indchem InstrumentationPeriod:Role:BAEnvironment:Oracle 9i, SQL Server2005, DB2, Teradata, TOAD, Putty, UNIX,Windows XPProfessional<p></p>

Data Strategy – Enterprise Technology & AI Advisor

HR Pundits Inc · Schaumburg, IL, USA
Jan 2015 - Dec 2019 · 4 years 10 months

<p>Directed enterprise technology strategy, architecture governance, and digital transformation roadmaps for Fortune 500 clients across the US — advising at CIO/CDO level on platform modernization, system integration, and AI/data capability development.</p><p> Conducted technology assessments and due diligence evaluations across multi-domain program portfolios valued at $10M+, improving metadata transparency and enabling fact-based investment decisions for global executive leadership.</p><p> Built Centers of Excellence in Data Governance, MDM, BI, and AI/ML — establishing reusable capability frameworks and operating model designs that embedded technology strategy as a long-term organizational competency.</p><p> Designed and delivered enterprise data architecture end-to-end (data warehouse, data lake, ETL/ELT modernization using Informatica, IBM Infosphere DataStage, SSIS) — from requirements through production performance tuning.</p><p> Managed full program lifecycle — planning, estimation, budgeting, risk management, and C-suite reporting — for enterprise transformation programs across multiple global Fortune 500 clients.</p>

Senior Architect / Project Manager, Data & Analytics

GalaxE Solutions · Bangalore, India
Jan 2013 - Jan 2014 · 1 year

<p></p>Project:Manufacturing and RebateClient:Catamaran (OptumRX - United Health Group),Schaumburg, ILPeriod:Nov’13 - Dec'14Role:Sr. ETL Lead– DM / DWH / BIEnvironment:ER Win 9.0, Oracle 10g, Postgres 8.1, Netezza, DB2,SQL Server, IBMInfosphere DataStage 8.5,Informatica 9.1,Tableau, Windows XP Professional<p></p>

Senior Architect – Data & Analytics

Technosoft Global Solutions · Chennai, India
Jan 2012 - Jan 2013 · 1 year

<p>Employee of the Quarter</p>Project: SH_DWH (Summit Health Data Warehouse / MDM)Client:Summit Health,MI, USAPeriod:Apr’13 – Nov’13Role:Sr. ETL Lead – DWH / Data ModelerEnvironment:DM Express 6.5, ER Win 8.x, SQLServer 2008, SSIS,SSRS, Cognos 10.2BI, PaaS, Windows XP Professional.<p></p>Project:Q-GRAMM (GlobalRegulatory Affairs Metrics Management and Compliance)Client:Quintiles & JNJ, SC, USAPeriod:Jul’12 – Mar’13Role:Sr. ETL Lead – BI / DataModelerEnvironment:Cognos 10.4BI on Cloud(Report Studio, FM),Informatica (ETL) on cloud 9.6,DM Express 6.5, ER Win 8.x, Oracle 9i,Pl-Sql Developer, PaaS, Windows XP Professional and Amazon Cloud(AWS)<p></p>

Practice Manager – Data & Analytics

PDS · Chennai, India
Jan 2010 - Jan 2012 · 2 years

Project:PIC: An onsite – offshore ProjectClient:PIC, KuwaitPeriod:Jan’10 – Jan'12Role:Practice Manager- MDM – DWHEnvironment:IBM InfosphereDataStage8.x, DM Express 6.5,Cognos 8 BI (Report Studio, FM), ER Win 8.x, Oracle10g, TeradataDecision Experts, Toad, Visio, Maximo, Microsoft Project Server,Oracle eBusiness, WindowsXP Professional<p></p>

Data Strategy – Data Warehouse Architect

Global Cynex Inc · Sterling, VA, USA
Jan 2006 - Jan 2009 · 3 years

Project:Stratature – EDM /MDMClient:Microsoft (BI COE), Sammamish, WAPeriod:Jun’08 – Aug’08Role:Business / DataWarehouse AnalystEnvironment:Stratature - EDM, SQL Server 2005,Visio, Microsoft SharePoint, VSTF, Windows XP Professional<p></p>

SAP HR Functional Analyst

YASH Inc · Secunderabad , Telangana , India
Jan 2005 - Jan 2006 · 1 year

Project:DisconnectClient:Terra Industries, USAPeriod:Role:Lead –SAP HR FunctionalEnvironment:Peoplesoft HR to SAP HR migrationToad, Visio, Microsoft Share Point, and Windows XP Professional<p></p>

Skills

Enterprise Technology Strategy Digital Transformation AI Strategy GenAI Strategy Technology Roadmaps Platform Modernization System Integration Technology Assessments Due Diligence Future-State Architecture Operating Model Design Enterprise Architecture Governance Cloud Strategy Databricks Microsoft Fabric Snowflake AWS Azure Data Mesh Data Products Federated Ontology Governance AI/ML Predictive Analytics Executive Advisory Data Governance Data Quality Data Lineage Metadata Management Change Management Data Literacy Transformation Adoption Delta Lake Unity Catalog DLT Collibra Alation Informatica IDQ IBM Infosphere MDM Talend Great Expectations TOGAF ArchiMate UML Enterprise Architect ER/Studio Domain Modelling Informatica IBM Infosphere DataStage SSIS SAS EG
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