Harish Chhokra

Leading enterprise-wide Data & AI strategy and execution by orchestrating multiple value-delivery PODs to build a unified enterprise data platform. Leverage modern technologies, frameworks, and best practices to establish a strong data foundation, standardize enterprise datasets, and enable scalable business value. Identify and solve high-impact business problems through AI and GenAI platforms, while fostering a learning culture of continuous improvement. •Building a modern enterprise data platform on Microsoft Azure and Databricks from scratch, replacing the legacy analytics platform to enable scalable, high-performance data insight •Managing large budgets, vendor contracts, and invoices with a focus on financial accountability, cost optimization, and operational efficiency. •Established enterprise data governance and a data marketplace to enable self-service analytics and foster a citizen development culture •Leading and empowering teams of data managers and engineers to deliver enterprise-scale, data-driven initiatives that drive business value. •Established a centralized work intake and prioritization process aligned with business value delivery, ensuring resources are focused on high-impact initiatives •Fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning by generating ideas and leading community initiatives such as hackathons, lunch-and-learns, show-and-tell sessions, and newsletters •Establishing an enterprise-wide Data & Analytics CoE to eliminate silos, centralize governance, and deliver excellence at scale. •Leading enterprise AI productivity initiatives by delivering solutions such as Enterprise GPT and a Document Intelligence framework built on Azure AI

• Managing a a large globally distributed team members from cross functional areas across architecture, software development and quality engineering to ideate, develop and deliver engineering and analytics-based solutions. • Architected various complex data engineering and data analytics problems and delivered solutions with help of a group of talented engineers. • Always eager to roll up their sleeves and dive into practical, hands-on tasks, demonstrating my commitment to getting the job done. • Spearheaded the development and implementation of latest & fit for purpose technologies that resulting in engineering marble solutions e.g., currently working on Microsoft Fabrics Implementation. • Established ways of working based on the organization’s best practices and guidelines. Such as, leveraging Agile methodologies, streamlining tools and processes which are best suited for the program needs. • Provided expert guidance on cloud data platform services by Microsoft Azure for building and optimizing data pipelines and data store for diverse use cases and achieving huge cost savings and bringing operational efficiencies. • Collaborated seamlessly with cross-functional teams, delivering production-quality code, refining deployment processes, and automating infrastructure tasks, leading to faster product delivery with augmented automations. • Leading the idea on developing a proactive monitoring and self-healing module which replaces the P1 manual operational support infrastructure, which helped reducing the support resources and save the cost by $1MM/year. • Saved ~$6M in license cost savings by rationalizing the old legacy tools & technologies and built new business value MVPs to enable over $15MM in one year timeframe.

Responsibilities: • Led the implementation of one of the marquee projects for customer named recommendation engine which generates the recommendations for critical money-making decisions. • Delivered a sustainable Value Chain Analytics & Visualization Platform that enables better decisioning and offers the highest return( $500M as of year 2023) by providing tangible data in real time. Implemented a fully custom Azure-native platform utilizing a low code–based UI feature that blends data capture and analytics together, employed by a modern micro apps-based solution architecture. • Implemented Azure DevOps pipelines & automated system integration testing suite to automate data engineering deployments and testing new features, enhancing team productivity by 30% and reducing errors by 50%. • Designed and developed one of the most appealing features of the product i.e., Refinery Production Locking automation which turned into money saving/making engine (~$1M every month) for refinery operations using full stack technology suite. • Successfully led a major upgrade in data pipeline orchestration, optimizing data movement and storage. Achieved a 30% reduction in storage costs and accelerated data readiness timelines by 1 hour daily. This streamlined process ensures timely insights for enhanced decision-making and organizational agility. • Enabled Monitoring capabilities in the organization by building and leveraging appropriate tools e.g., Log Rocket and Grafana Impact : • Value chain platform is expected to earn/save ~1B$ of earnings year over year. • System generated optimized recommendations enabling the organization to stay ahead from its competitors in the market and improve profit margin by 0.5%

• Developed/architected Microservices-based WCF services. • Created multiple WPF UI screens for a Risk management platform. • Built mission-critical apps using Microsoft MVC, HTML5, and Entity Framework. • Established frameworks and coding standards for cross-functional teams. • Led project estimations and architecture development. • Collaborated with clients, managed UATs, and reported to higher management. • Supported team members and mentored their career growth. • Pioneered coding best practices and maintained team motivation. • Conducted Proof of Concept work for critical product modules. • Designed and developed proof of concepts using Microsoft .NET, C#, and React. • Managed diverse projects spanning HTML5, Angular JS, MVC .Net, and Python. • Conducted estimations for multi-year programs, ensuring on-time, high-quality delivery. • Led high impact workstreams, delivering exceptional business value

• Led custom Plug-in development as a Senior Associate, functioning as a core developer and Module Lead. • Coded custom solutions and introduced innovative features to enhance the core product. • Participated in the full project lifecycle, from analysis and estimation to data migration, database development, business layer implementation, and UI development. • Guided team members in identifying technical solutions within the product's MVC-based architecture. • Reviewed and ensured code adherence to standards, maintaining code integrity for client deliveries.

• Led custom Plug-in development as a Senior Associate, functioning as a core developer and Module Lead. • Coded custom solutions and introduced innovative features to enhance the core product. • Participated in the full project lifecycle, from analysis and estimation to data migration, database development, business layer implementation, and UI development. • Guided team members in identifying technical solutions within the product's MVC-based architecture. • Reviewed and ensured code adherence to standards, maintaining code integrity for client deliveries.

• Led custom Plug-in development as a Senior Associate, functioning as a core developer and Module Lead. • Coded custom solutions and introduced innovative features to enhance the core product. • Participated in the full project lifecycle, from analysis and estimation to data migration, database development, business layer implementation, and UI development. • Guided team members in identifying technical solutions within the product's MVC-based architecture. • Reviewed and ensured code adherence to standards, maintaining code integrity for client deliveries.

Masters of Computer Science