Suvira Chawla

Head of Architecture - DIA R&D IT @ Roche

About

I am a driven VACC Information Technology leader exhibiting its qualities in my current role with DIA R&D IT Architecture Team defining vision, architecting roadmap, coaching the team and catalyzing empowered architecture team for their success. Experienced Architect in setting up Gen AI platform for LLMs’ use in automating use cases for automation with optimizations. I bring over 20 years of progressive IT experience in Gen AI, Data science, ML, model building, NLP, enterprise and solution architecture, cloud solutions, design, delivery, advanced analytics, product ownership and product management with asset. Key experience and capabilities: o Gen AI platform for LLMs Vector DBs for knowledge bases Enterprise, Solution and Data Architecture o Architecture Vision and Roadmap o Product Owner/Product Management, Agilist ( SAFe certified and hands-on) o Partnering with the business domains and Product Managers o Team leadership, development and mentoring o DIA R&D domains expertise o DevOps architecture and approach to solution delivery and management o Cloud Architecture (AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner)

Country

United States

City

Pleasanton

Industry

Biotechnology

Skill

Gen AI, LLMs, Machine Learning, Data Science, Analytics, SAFe Product Manager, AWS Cloud Practitioner, SAFe Architect, Product Management, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Informatica, Data Integration, Business Objects, Dimensional Modeling, Business Analysis, Data Modeling, Business Intelligence Tools, Data Quality, Oracle

Experience

Head of Architecture - DIA R&D IT

Roche

2017-12 - Present · 8 yrs 10 mos

Lead DIA R&D IT Architecture team for R&D Portfolio Architecture to keep it ahead of technology Define DIA R&D IT Architecture vision, architecture roadmap with milestones to track progress and measure success. Create architecture curriculum comprised of architecture principles, solution patterns, best practices inclusive of enablers and NFRs. Coordinate and collaborate with Enterprise Architects to ensure solutions are aligned with larger vision. Identify breadth & depth of Solution Architect Role expectations ranging from Domain strategic vision to Product Delivery in MVPs. Define needed skills & learning paths for maturity. Mentor Architects on changes in Architecture methodology with intentional architecture and emergent Design. Collaborate with domains to co-create their vision and roadmap and ensure architecture meets their evolving needs. Ensure solutions are architecturally consistent, fit for purpose, meet customer requirements and comply with all relevant IT and business standards, such as reuse of technologies and solutions, and simplicity and usability. Shape up a strong, collaborative, motivated, reputed and credible DIA R&D IT Architecture team, upskilled to adapt, practice and mentor squads on SAFe agile framework. Define DevOps CI/CD architecture framework to accelerate delivery by establishing baseline, target architecture, gaps and strategic approach with tactical actions.

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EDW Data Architect for logical & physical data model Dimensional & data warehousing archietcture & design BI tools - BO, OLAP Hyperion Essbase, DRM, Hyperion Application Builder Chief Architect for Data Quality Solution for Data Profiling, Data Quality & Data Monitoring Architect EDW stratgey for data integration & data federation DataStage ETL design & development Architect, design & review Financial DSS applications architecture, design & development Infrastructure support & maintenance EDW data integration design EDW Metadata & security solution design Design Executive Dashboard