Girish M

Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings. Versatile Senior Manager specializing in Data Analytics and skilled at planning, implementing and overseeing key improvements to drive business growth and efficiency. History of cultivating an open culture with free exchange of information. Pursuing new professional challenges with a growth-oriented company.

• Led DW/BI & Data Analytics projects from inception, strategizing and drawing up blueprints, including market demand and technology trends, demand & supply of right talent pool. Establishing hiring processes and leading talent acquisition. Leading the team, on-boarding, training and aligning the competencies to strategic and tactical needs. Driving proof-of-concepts, frameworks and product development in data analytics and AI/ML topics.
• Led and successfully delivered multi-$MM annual budget complex Big Data, Data warehouse projects working with geographically diverse teams, mitigated risks and managed end-to-end delivery of quality business solutions within time and budget.
• Experience in leading Global Data Analytics CoE at major US Retails chain (Target Corp.) – Led diverse technical and functional teams across various technical and functional roles in the various phases of BI development lifecycle. Primarily worked on Enterprise Data warehouse projects like Expense Management Initiative projects and Platform. Migration projects with budget of $7M annually. Collaborated with Business/IT stakeholders and onshore/offshore development teams. Successfully contributed to the delivery of multi-million-dollar projects demonstrating influential leadership capabilities and effective communication skills
• Trusted leader known and respected for leading successful change in projects and building credibility with executive team and team members. Mentored and coached team members by developing their skill sets, reviewing performance, proficiency in maintaining cordial and productive relationships with all the team members.
• Experienced in project delivery – Expertise in end-to-end project implementation ranging from Business process definition, Requirements gathering and scoping, Systems design, Development of ETL application, Test planning and execution, deployment and rollout. End-to-end implementation of large Data warehousing projects for Fortune-500 organizations.