Ricky Brar

Lead enterprise data and AI platform architecture across Databricks, Snowflake, and Azure OpenAI, defining technical standards and enabling self-service infrastructure for 50+ engineers. Architected Terraform modules and secure integrations, reducing environment setup time and improving data accessibility.

Co-founded and led training initiatives, publishing 5 technical courses on Udemy covering GenAI, Snowflake, and Kubernetes, reaching over 200,000 students globally. Created educational content on cloud architecture, data platforms, and AI implementation.

Defined enterprise technology roadmaps and cloud migration strategies for Fortune 500 clients, translating technical architectures into business value for C-suite executives. Architected end-to-end AI solutions and led architecture review boards to establish governance standards.

Defined and executed a 3-year hybrid cloud roadmap for a $100B+ pension fund, presenting quarterly reviews to CIO and executive leadership. Architected enterprise GenAI search, led cloud migration to AWS, and established Infrastructure as Code and FinOps practices.

Led a technical team managing Oracle Fusion Middleware, WebLogic, and IBM WebSphere infrastructure for mission-critical manufacturing systems. Established CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows, improving reliability and reducing defects.

Managed AWS infrastructure and client network operations, providing technical leadership for cloud hosting and network security implementations. Designed and deployed a high-availability Postfix mail server cluster and managed Linux/Windows firewall infrastructure.

Managed Linux server infrastructure including Apache web servers, Sendmail/Postfix mail servers, and MySQL databases. Configured and optimized Apache mod_proxy and mod_ssl modules, Squid proxy servers, and performed MySQL database tuning.

Bachelor of Computer Applications degree from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, completed in 2003.