Mahender Shankesi — CEO
With over 24 years of experience in various roles in Data Engineering, Cloud Architect, Data Governance, data quality, and solution architecture, I am a passionate and driven leader who strives to deliver innovative and impactful data solutions for my clients. I have a strong expertise in cloud computing, data lake, data mesh, and big data technologies, as well as certifications in AWS, Azure, and Snowflake. I currently work as a Senior Director, Data Engineering, Enterprise Solutions Architect Data Modernization leader at Cognizant, where I lead a team of solutions architects and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to design and implement data strategies that enable business transformation and value creation. In my most recent role, I was a Principal Data Engineer and Collibra SME at GSK, where I architected and migrated Collibra on-premise to Collibra SaaS, ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, backups, devops, and microservices for the data catalog tool. I also worked on evaluating and selecting tools for the self-service frameworks and data warehousing solutions, such as Streamsets, Infoworks, Talend, MS Synapse, and Snowflake. I leveraged my knowledge and skills in Azure analytics services, such as ADLS, ADLA, SQL DW, ADF, and ADB, as well as AWS components, such as EC2, EMR, S3, Kinesis, Lambda, Dockers, and Redshift, to deliver data engineering solutions that met the business needs and requirements. My educational background in Computer Science I am very passionate about technology on how it can be used in transforming human lives. I hold a Post Graduate degree in Cloud Computing from University of Texas in Austin, Digital Transformation degree from University of California, Berkeley. Besides that I have 15+ cloud certifications in Azure, AWS, Snowflake, Collibra etc., right from Data Engineering, Architect, AI/ML, DevOps, Data Scientist to Data Management. My objectives are to simplify and solve complex data problems by using the best technology available and optimising it to the most efficient way to meet the set goals. My professional experience includes working with customers to deliver their architecture on the Azure, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, Data Governance platforms, providing architectural advice, analysing requirements, developing specifications, technical product knowledge and technical reviews.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Engineering and Cloud Computing expert in the Healthcare and Enterprise sectors.
Location: Apex, North Carolina, United States
Experience: 19 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Data Engineering
- Cloud Computing
- Data Governance
Career Highlights
- 24 years of experience in data engineering and architecture.
- Expertise in cloud computing and data governance.
- Led successful migration of Collibra to SaaS.
Work Experience
Parexel
Senior Director (1 yr 8 mos)
Cognizant
Director Data Engineering, Enterprise Solutions Architec Data Modernization leader (2 yrs 3 mos)
GSK
Sr. Manager -Data Engineering, Data Services (3 yrs 9 mos)
Principal Data Engineer (3 yrs 9 mos)
Capital One
Manager Data Engineering and Data Management (2 yrs 4 mos)
ETL Bigdata Cloud Lead Engineer (6 yrs 2 mos)
ETL Bigdata Designer/Developer (5 yrs 11 mos)
Bank of America
Sr. Abinitio ETL Consultant (5 mos)
GE Money
Sr. Abinitio ETL Consultant (8 mos)
wachovia
Ab initio consultant (1 yr 2 mos)
Capital One
Ab initio Consultant for Infosys (1 yr 5 mos)
Education
Digital Transformation at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Post Graduate Program in Cloud Computing at The University of Texas at Austin
at Kakatiya University
Master of Computer Applications - MCA at Kakatiya University
MAster at Kakatiya University
POS at The University of Texas at Austin
