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GAURAV ANAND

@gauravanand

Data and technology leader at Aristocrat Technologies who cut pipeline development time by 80% with a self-service ingestion hub.

India

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At Aristocrat Technologies, I directed a 25+ member data engineering, analytics and BI organization in India, shaping priorities and delivery with executive leadership.

I steered a multi-year cloud data lake project on Snowflake, BigQuery and Power BI, bringing real-time analytics to several departments. I also re-architected on-premises data pipelines for the cloud.

I championed a self-service data ingestion hub that cut pipeline development time by 80%, and standardized onboarding with a reusable framework that improved delivery efficiency by about 25%.

Earlier, at Ericsson, I engineered data solutions for Data Science and Big Data initiatives, including Hadoop, Spark and Elasticsearch infrastructure. I'm currently assessing Generative AI and agentic use cases, with a focus on trusted, access-controlled data.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Manager

Current

Aristocrat Technologies

Jun 2016 - Present (10 years 4 months)

Led the data engineering and analytics team in India, responsible for prioritization, day-to-day execution, and delivery commitments. Directed a 25+ member organization, shaped data strategy, and governed roadmaps, budgets, and vendor relationships.

Data Architect

Ericsson

Mar 2014 - May 2016 (2 years 2 months)

Engineered advanced data solutions to support Data Science and Big Data initiatives. Managed and optimized data infrastructure leveraging Big Data technologies, and established KPIs and OKRs to drive strategic business outcomes.

Hadoop Spark Elasticsearch Snappy Big Data Data Management KPIs OKRs Client Management Process Improvement

Technology Manager

CSC

Jan 2004 - Dec 2014 (10 years 11 months)

Led a team of database administrators, managed high availability systems, and performed performance tuning, disaster recovery, and migrations. Developed DBA best practices and security policies.

Database Administration High Availability Clustering Replication Performance Optimization Disaster Recovery Migration Team Leadership Mentorship Problem Management SLA Compliance KPI Management

Technology Manager

IBM

Jan 2004 - Dec 2014 (10 years 11 months)

Led a team of database administrators, managed high availability systems, and performed performance tuning, disaster recovery, and migrations. Developed DBA best practices and security policies.

Database Administration High Availability Clustering Replication Performance Optimization Disaster Recovery Migration Team Leadership Mentorship Problem Management SLA Compliance KPI Management

Technology Manager

Infogen Tech

Jan 2004 - Dec 2014 (10 years 11 months)

Led a team of database administrators, managed high availability systems, and performed performance tuning, disaster recovery, and migrations. Developed DBA best practices and security policies.