ALEKYA PASULA

Established and led AI Center of Excellence in India, defining strategic roadmap for AI adoption in data functions.

• Directed end-to-end delivery of generative BI solutions integrating LLM-driven interfaces with enterprise platforms for self-service analytics.
• Mentored a team of 40+ data engineers and BI developers, enhancing hiring capabilities, code reviews, and best practices across GenAI and modern data stacks.
• Consolidated 12,000 dashboards into streamlined suite of 16, enhancing reporting clarity and expediting decision-making.
• Managed delivery roadmap, sprint planning, prioritization across multiple workstreams; maintained JIRA boards, Confluence documentation, and stakeholder communications.
• Designed scalable data models and semantic layers on GCP to Looker and Microsoft Fabric to power BI dashboards.
• Developed prompt-engineering frameworks, RAG pipelines, and Python services to convert business questions into SQL insights.
• Collaborated with cloud and platform teams to deploy solutions across GCP while ensuring security and compliance.

• Own end-to-end analytics delivery for Google Data Centers — leading a team of 8 analysts and engineers across GCP, Plx (SQL), Piper / CodeSearch / Cider, Looker (with Gemini), Data Studio and Culvert. Single point of contact for stakeholders across data center operations, capacity and reliability.
• Set the analytics roadmap and use-case prioritization across 400+ dashboards, [N] SQL pipelines and L1 / L2 metric layers powering data center decisions.
• Facilitated adoption of Gemini in Looker and Conversational Analytics — enabled self-service for [Y]+ stakeholders and reduced average ad-hoc request turnaround from [A] days to [B] hours.
• Established data governance and data quality dashboards alongside a metric governance framework — reduced duplicate metrics and data incidents by [X]%.
• Collaborated with engineering and product on quarterly OKRs, roadmap planning, and FinOps optimization — achieved $[Y]K in GCP query savings over the last [N] quarters.
• Manage hiring, onboarding, performance reviews and career development for 8 direct reports; built a high-trust, India-based delivery pod that ships to global stakeholders.
• Final reviewer for code, design and dashboards; technical escalation point for production incidents and pipeline failures across the team.

• Led the Google Pay Product Analytics pod, partnering with global product, finance and operations leaders to drive growth and operational decisions for one of the world’s largest payment platforms.
• Conducted monthly business reviews with senior leadership on growth, retention and EOY targets — informed $[Z]M+ in product and marketing decisions.
• Built executive-ready BI on Tableau, Plx (SQL), and GCP; ensured critical reports met SLA targets of [99.X]% for timely decision-making.
• Synthesized BI outputs into polished narratives and recommendations for VP / Director audiences across product, ops and finance.
• Managed team of [N] analysts; developed hiring plan, coordinated sprint planning, and facilitated stakeholder management across [N] time zones.
• Coached junior analysts and TVCs on SQL, data modeling, and stakeholder communication; created internal onboarding template still in use.

• Led sub-team to gather and analyze data on GCP, Tableau, and Plx (SQL) for merchant onboarding and validation programs across emerging-market countries.
• Defined quarterly roadmaps based on impact, effort and test coordination; partnered with stakeholders to balance short-term wins and long-term platform investments.
• Mapped operational processes and recommended improvements that reduced manual effort and enhanced data accuracy for downstream Maps publishing.
• Coached and mentored junior analysts in SQL, data mining, and effective stakeholder communication.

• Designed and developed PLX dashboards and BigQuery SQL pipelines to enhance data visualization and reporting for Google Wallet.
• Built and optimized SQL queries on Google BigQuery for in-depth analysis of Maps and Business Reporting data, supporting product analytics teams.
• Maintained SQL Server tables, stored procedures, views, and indexes, ensuring robust RDBMS hygiene and data integrity.

• Developed Tableau dashboards and conducted BigQuery SQL analyses to streamline global merchant onboarding and validation workflows.
• Recommended upgrades to MIS reporting, enhancing consistency and turnaround time for operations leadership.
• Earned Top Performer recognition on Project VITAL and achieved highest rank in process knowledge quiz conducted by senior management.

• Achieved recognition as 'Best Performer' in O&M LCP for delivering high-quality results and ensuring client satisfaction.
• Analyzed large datasets using SQL and Excel for business insights.
• Developed data extraction and reporting workflows to enhance client management and inform operational analytics.
• Developed data visualization reports with Tableau for stakeholder presentations.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify data needs and solutions.