Sweta Pattnaik

Director of Engineering

Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany15 yrs 3 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led the development of a global Datalake Platform.
Managed a team of over 50 professionals in data analytics.
Established high-performing DevOps teams for infrastructure excellence.

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Data & AnalyticsCloud InfrastructureBusiness IntelligenceData Analytics

Other Skills

data transformationDevOpsdata platformengineering excellenceautomationdata qualitytechnical issue managementprocess optimizationservice enhancementsdata analytics servicesservice level agreementsdata analysisbusiness insightsMicrosoft Power BILeadership

About

At adidas, my leadership in data and analytics is central to transforming how we leverage data across the enterprise. Our team's focus on strategic management and development of a global Datalake Platform has enabled us to optimize costs and timelines significantly. With competencies in leading large-scale data transformation programs and establishing high-performing DevOps teams, I ensure that our infrastructure products embody engineering excellence and advanced automation. My role as Director involves steering a team of over 50 professionals and managing a substantial budget, ensuring we meet our goals with precision. We foster a culture of innovation, where data-sharing across functions is not just a practice but a catalyst for informed decision-making. The expertise in bid management and vendor negotiations underpins our ability to deliver robust, scalable cloud infrastructure, positioning adidas at the forefront of the data and analytics domain.

Experience

Adidas

3 roles

Director - Data & Analytics

Promoted

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany

As the Director of Data Platform and Services, I spearhead the strategic management and delivery of a global Datalake Platform in adidas.
Lead multiple large-scale data transformation programs using multi-stack technologies, both cloud and on-premises solutions, delivering optimized costs and tight timelines.
Leading team size of 50+ FTE (internals and externals) and a low 2-digit multi-million-Euro budget portfolio, overseeing bid management, negotiations, and contract signing with vendors/3rd party suppliers.
Established high-performing DevOps teams from inception, focusing on infrastructure products, engineering excellence, and advanced automations.
Designed and implemented robust, scalable cloud infrastructure leveraging cutting-edge technology tools to ensure reliability and scalability for adidas-wide data users.
Championed best practices for CI/CD, infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and scaling to uphold platform reliability.
Lay Operations and oversaw centralized operations services to maintain data platform, including monitoring of data pipelines, AI model performances to target high availability.
Closed security vulnerabilities, optimized workloads, and effectively managed cloud services within allocated budget effectively.
Identified and implemented best practices to enhance operational efficiency and scalability.

data transformationcloud infrastructureDevOpsdata platformengineering excellenceautomation+2

Data & Analytics - Senior Delivery/Operations Manager

Promoted

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr · Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany

As the Senior Delivery/Operations Manager in Business Intelligence Reporting & Data Analytics
Acted as the primary global liaison for Business Intelligence (BI) applications spanning across Retail, E-commerce, and Wholesale Operations, supporting non-tech market stakeholders.
Ensured on-time data availability and managed data quality for BI reporting solutions.
Shared data across different business functions to facilitate quick and informed decision-making and strategic planning across different lines of business.
Managed day-to-day technical issues in BI, overseeing bug fixes in SAP backend and MicroStrategy front-end reporting platform.
Facilitated brainstorming sessions to address and implement sustainable solutions for long-term improvement of data quality defects.
Led operational and business excellence initiatives, reporting progress and insights to Leadership Team Steering Committees.
Initiated and drove BI service enhancements, including process optimizations, automations, innovations, and system upgrades.
Provided technical consultations, guidance and solutions to end-users, ensuring adherence to service-level agreements (SLAs) between business units, IT, and vendor teams.

Business Intelligencedata qualitytechnical issue managementprocess optimizationservice enhancementsData Analytics

Data & Analytics - BI Delivery/Operations Manager

Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 · 4 yrs · Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany

Define and shape Business Intelligence & Analytics Roadmap to establish superior data driven capabilities for multiple business functions.
Maintain, manage and ensure acceptable service levels (SLA, SLO) of existing BI/ Data & Analytics services are met through a highly available platform meeting all business goals of adidas-wide data users within the supported 24x7 operating model built around Ecom and Retail service channels

Business Intelligencedata analytics servicesservice level agreementsData Analytics

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Data Analytics - BI Technology Lead

Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 · 2 yrs · Bangalore, India

Led and developed multiple BI projects with giant companies focusing on data and analytics.
Ensured adherence of data projects, leveraging service level agreements (SLAs) and service level objectives (SLOs) for existing BI/Data & Analytics services.

Business Intelligencedata analyticsservice level agreementsData Analytics