piyush shukla
@piyushshukla2
Senior architect driving AI, cloud and analytics-led business transformation.
What I'm looking for
I am a senior data and AI architect with 20+ years of experience across pre-sales, delivery and program leadership in GenAI, Agentic AI, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Data Engineering, Data Warehousing and Analytics. I combine technical depth with client-facing skills to define strategy, design solutions and lead end-to-end implementations.
I have led cloud adoption, MLOps and analytics programs for banking, healthcare and telecom clients, delivered highly available BI platforms and automated ML pipelines, and built no-code analytics offerings and microservice solutions on AWS, Azure and IBM Cloud. I also completed an Executive Program in Business Analytics from IIM Calcutta and hold multiple cloud and analytics certifications.
I am motivated to partner with business and engineering teams to translate requirements into robust, secure, scalable data platforms and AI solutions that accelerate outcomes and operationalize models responsibly.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led Watsonx Governance implementations and model management for enterprise clients, delivered an end-to-end onboarding pipeline and developed an AI agentic accelerator to automate Cognos Analytics administration.
Working as Senior Solution Architect/Delivery Manager for Watsonx Governance, responsible for implementing model management and governance for a Mexican bank and designing pipelines to onboard models into IBM Cloud Watsonx Governance.
AGM Analytics
R Systems International
Sep 2024 - Nov 2024 (2 months)
Set up AI landscape for a telecom customer and managed a team of AI & BI analysts providing daily AI operational support and delivery.
Led solution architecture and delivery for IBM OpenPages and Cognos Analytics, implemented IT governance for a US bank and deployed multi-environment, highly available Cognos Analytics with 50 reports.
Architected and delivered OpenPages and Cognos Analytics solutions for enterprise GRC customers, implemented IT governance and multi-datacenter highly available Cognos environments with 50+ reports delivered.
Senior Manager
R Systems International
Jan 2018 - Sep 2021 (3 years 8 months)
Led analytics practice for data analytics, cloud and data engineering COEs, drove cloud adoption on AWS/Azure, produced RFP responses and delivered ML, data warehouse and MLOps solutions for enterprise clients.
Senior Manager - Analytics
R Systems International
Jan 2018 - Sep 2021 (3 years 8 months)
Led pre-sales and delivery for Data Analytics, Cloud & Data Engineering COEs, built Big Data and AI competencies, and delivered cloud migrations and MLOps solutions including an AWS one-click MLOps offering listed on AWS Partner Network.
BI/DW Practice Lead
Kronos
Jun 2015 - Dec 2017 (2 years 6 months)
Led strategic design and maintenance of BI applications, developed BI/Predictive/Big Data solutions that reduced manual effort by up to 60%, and managed Agile and Waterfall projects end-to-end.
Designed and delivered scalable analytics solutions using Cognos, Informatica and SPSS, managed multiple development teams and vendor relationships across simultaneous projects.
Senior Consultant
Computer Sciences Corporation
Nov 2007 - Feb 2013 (5 years 3 months)
Led a team of 12 on Cognos and Informatica for ITSM data warehouse projects for onshore Australia/Europe/NA clients, handling design, development, testing and deployment.
Senior Consultant – Enterprise
Computer Sciences Corporation
Nov 2007 - Feb 2013 (5 years 3 months)
Led Cognos and Informatica development teams for IT Service Management data warehouse projects across onshore engagements, responsible for design, development and implementation.
Senior Project Engineer
Honeywell Automation India Ltd.
Jul 2004 - May 2007 (2 years 10 months)
Developed analysis and reports using Report Studio and Analysis Studio and contributed to reporting and analytics deliverables.
Senior Project Engineer
Honeywell Automation India
Jul 2004 - May 2007 (2 years 10 months)
Developed analysis and reports using Report Studio and Analysis Studio, contributing to reporting and analytics deliverables.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Post-Graduate Certification, Business Analytics
Completed a one-year Post-Graduate Certification in Business Analytics, focusing on analytics methods and applications for business decision-making.
Uttar Pradesh Technical University
Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Telecommunication
Earned a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Telecommunication.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Azure HDInsight
Splunk
Azure Synapse
AWS Glue
Talend
IBM Cognos Analytics
AWS IAM
AWS Step Functions
Kubernetes
AWS Fargate
MongoDB
Hadoop
Vertica
Databricks
AWS Greengrass
jQuery
JavaScript
R Language
Azure Machine Learning
TensorFlow
Keras
Kafka
Socket.IO
AWS WAF
Protobuf
AWS Lambda
Google Cloud Functions
NGINX
Gunicorn
Mapped
Google BigQuery
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
SQL
IBM Cloud
Foundry
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Website
medium.com/@shukclawPortfolio
youtube.com/@sharecloudtech6340Social media
Job categories
Skills
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