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Vikas Singhal

@vikassinghal1

I lead enterprise data, AI, governance, and cloud transformation initiatives that deliver measurable business outcomes.

I'm leading RBC's Compliance Trade Surveillance IT data team, guiding data strategy, governance, quality, privacy, and delivery across complex initiatives.

At Accenture, I led data architecture and AI initiatives for major Canadian financial-services clients, including enterprise cloud strategy, governance standards, and large-scale data delivery. I managed an IT cutover for a major bank M&A, successfully delivering more than 1,500 datasets.

I've architected Azure data lakes at Canadian Tire and built enterprise data strategy, cross-domain solutions, master data management, and advanced BI capabilities at Airtel. My work spans data warehousing, ETL/ELT, analytics, visualization, cloud migration, and generative AI.

I've managed and mentored teams of up to 30 people, building engineers, architects, analysts, and quality teams into high-performing delivery organizations. I bring more than 20 years of experience translating business needs into practical technology roadmaps.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Head, Data Team – Compliance Technology

Current

RBC

Sep 2025 - Present (1 year)

Lead a cross-functional data team to deliver complex data initiatives for RBC's Compliance Trade Surveillance IT division. Define and execute data strategies, manage stakeholder relationships, and oversee data governance, quality, and privacy frameworks.

Data Strategy Data Governance Data Quality Data Privacy Stakeholder Management Compliance Trade Surveillance

Senior Manager – Data and AI

Accenture

Nov 2019 - Oct 2024 (4 years 11 months)

Data architecture lead for a major Canadian mortgage insurance company, defining enterprise data/cloud strategy and standards. Led delivery of large-scale data projects, mentored teams, and spearheaded IT cutover for a major M&A deal, delivering over 1500 datasets.

Azure Data Architecture Data Governance ETL ELT Data Warehouse Mentorship M&A Integration Cloud Strategy

Big Data Architect

Canadian Tire

Jan 2018 - Sep 2019 (1 year 8 months)

Architected data lake solutions on Azure cloud platform, optimizing ingestion, retention, and distribution. Created logical and physical data models and designed batch and real-time ETL pipelines from multiple enterprise sources.

Azure Data Lake ETL Data Modeling Agile Big Data

Lead - Data and Analytics (Director, IT)

Matteroftech Solutions Pvt Ltd

Nov 2015 - Jun 2017 (1 year 7 months)

Spearheaded company's transition to IT services, overseeing strategy, product development, and solution design. Built and managed a team of 18 engineers, pioneered cloud-based CRM and analytics applications using AWS and Azure, and architected cloud-native mobile apps.

AWS Azure Cloud Computing CRM Analytics Team Leadership Mobile Apps

Enterprise Solution Architect – Data

Airtel

Sep 2012 - Nov 2015 (3 years 2 months)

Part of the Enterprise Architecture team, responsible for creating enterprise data strategy and roadmap and designing cross-domain data solutions. Leveraged SPSS and Python for customer segmentation and predictive modeling, and established data governance and master data management protocols.

Data Strategy Data Architecture SPSS Python Customer Segmentation predictive modeling Data Governance Master Data Management Big Data

Senior Consultant – Data Analytics Practice

KPMG

Jan 2011 - Sep 2012 (1 year 8 months)

Worked with clients to create BI strategy roadmaps and analyzed gaps in data governance, MDM, and security. Developed dashboards using Qlikview and Cognos, designed data warehouses on Oracle, Netezza, and SAP BW, and managed development teams for analytics projects.

BI Strategy Qlikview Cognos Oracle Netezza SAP BW Data Governance Master Data Management Program Management Pre Sales

Sr. Business Intelligence Lead

Paychex

Dec 2009 - Jul 2010 (7 months)

Led database performance analysis, improving efficiency and reporting accuracy. Guided development team through lifecycle and standardized report development, mentoring team for optimized business solutions.

Database Performance Reporting Team Leadership Mentorship Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Architect

NSIT - University of Chicago

Jun 2005 - Oct 2009 (4 years 4 months)

Developed comprehensive BI implementation roadmap and led team in designing reporting solutions. Managed BI migration project and collaborated with stakeholders to define scope and align technical requirements with business needs.

Business Intelligence Reporting Migration Stakeholder Management Project Management

Database Developer

DCM Technologies

Jan 2002 - Jun 2003 (1 year 5 months)

Developed interactive web app with JAVA Servlets and created PL/SQL procedures for efficient data retrieval. Assisted DBA in server maintenance, ensuring database reliability and uptime.

Java Servlet Pl SQL Database Maintenance Web Development