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SANDEEP R DIDDI

Techn Product Owner Global Data and AI
Bangalore

Summary

Dynamic Big Data and Machine Learning Architect with over 18+ years of experience in designing and implementing innovative solutions across diverse sectors, including healthcare, retail, fintech, and BFSI. Recognized for exceptional professional merit and a results-driven approach, with expertise in leveraging strong business insights to develop and execute strategic initiatives that enhance operational efficiency. Proficient in Data Architecture, Machine Learning Operations, and establishing robust Data Lakes, with hands-on experience in AWS, Azure, Hadoop ecosystems, and modern data engineering practices. Proven track record in leading technology initiatives, setting quality standards, and fostering collaboration in both onsite and offshore environments to drive business excellence.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
18
18
Certifications

Work History

Tech Product Owner Global Data and AI

Novo Nordisk
01.2022 - Current

Responsibilities

  • Technical Leadership
  • Design and oversee scalable, secure data & AI architectures (data lakes, warehouses, AI/ML models).
  • Define technology strategies and adopt emerging AI, data marketplace, and semantic search capabilities.
  • Establish governance (quality, lineage, privacy, compliance with GDPR/CCPA).
  • Drive data product and data contract adoption to ensure reliability and interoperability.
  • Product Ownership
  • Define vision and roadmap for data marketplace & AI products aligned to business goals.
  • Engage stakeholders (business, data science, engineering) and manage the product backlog.
  • Ensure high-quality user experience, performance monitoring, and continuous improvements.
  • Collaboration & Leadership
  • Lead cross-functional teams (engineering, data science, analytics) to deliver integrated solutions.
  • Mentor junior talent, instill agile best practices, and foster innovation.
  • Innovation & Continuous Improvement
  • Champion new tools, AI-driven search, and process optimizations.
  • Explore cutting-edge R&D in semantic search, generative AI, and knowledge graphs.
  • Compliance & Risk Management
  • Ensure regulatory compliance and data privacy standards.
  • Identify and mitigate risks in data & AI projects.

Sr Architect – Big Data and Data Science

PwC
05.2021 - 12.2021

Responsibilities:

  • Owning the end-to-end RFI/RFP process and driving it independently from RFP to POC to winning customer confidence to phasing out production architecture. Designing and developing data lakes with appropriate regulatory requirements.
  • Help customers incubate ideas and build MVPs in the lab.
  • Drive customer data roadmaps and data strategies in building three core data engineering layers across various cloud vendors.
  • Involved in end-to-end implementation, right from customer meetings to design, as per EA guidelines from the customer.
  • Environment: the architecture production data lake for various customers, ranging from healthcare, fintech, and BFSI sectors.
  • Expertise in Building Big Data and Machine Learning MVPs.
  • Judiciously review the complete technical architecture for the largest health care client in Chicago.

Practise Leader – Big Data and Data Science

Aspire NXT
06.2019 - 05.2021
  • Responsibilities:
  • Involved in designing the Architecture Production Data Lake for various customers ranging from Fintech/Manufacturing/BFSI and Energy Sector
  • Building Big Data and ML MVP ‘s in 1-2 Sprints
  • Judiciously review the complete technical Architecture.
  • Apply sharp analytical skills in conducting analysis using AWS Big Data and Advanced Analytics capabilities
  • High-level responsibilities include meeting deadlines and requirements for all production work orders.
  • Play a key role in transforming project data requirements into project data models.
  • Successfully design strategic plan for component development practices to support future projects.
  • Provide management and support to statistical data analysis, design, and information flow

Architect – Big Data and Analyst Solution service centre

Zaloni
11.2018 - 05.2019
  • Responsibilities:
  • Involved in designing the Architecture Production Data Lake for various customers ranging from Manufacturing and Aviation Sector
  • Judiciously review the complete technical Architecture.
  • Apply sharp analytical skills in conducting analysis using Python,Zaloni Internal Data Profiling modelling tool
  • High-level responsibilities include meeting deadlines and requirements for all production work orders.
  • Play a key role in transforming project data requirements into project data models.
  • Successfully design strategic plan for component development practices to support future projects.
  • Provide management and support to statistical data analysis, design, and information flow.

System Manager/Technical Architect - Global Big Data Centre Of Excellence

Novo Nordisk
04.2014 - 11.2018
  • Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for designing the Current Architecture Production Data Lake for Novo Nordisk
  • Building Regulated data lakes with Appropriate GxP, Safeharbour and PHI Data regulations
  • Judiciously review the complete technical Architecture
  • Apply sharp analytical skills in conducting analysis using BigR(IBM)/Spark R(AWS) by Writing Machine learning algorithms and also conducting analysis on real world evidence data
  • Associate closely as a leading member/Architect of Big Data COE team for Novo Nordisk and significantly support IBM to set up the Hadoop Clusters for a big data pilot project.
  • High-level responsibilities include meeting deadlines and requirements for all production work orders.
  • Play a key role in transforming project data requirements into project data models.
  • Achieve efficiencies in developing database objects, including tables, views, and materialized views.
  • Successfully design strategic plan for component development practices to support future projects.
  • Provide management and support to statistical data analysis, design, and information flow.
  • Ensure data integrity through implementation of data standardization and usage.
  • Commended for defining processes and tools best suited to each project depending on project specifics and client goals, creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules, and work breakdown structures.
  • Drive innovation and integration of new technologies and quality initiatives into projects and activities in the organization.

Engineering Consulting – (2008 – 2013) IT Engineer Consulting – (2005 – 2008)

Hewlett Packard
06.2005 - 06.2013
  • Key Achievements:
  • Won the GADSC Tamil Millet (IT Vice President) Award for 2 years for analyzing the Top volume generators and reducing support volume.
  • Honored with ‘Medal of appreciation’ from Mark Hurd (EX-CEO HP) & Randy Mott (EX-COO HP) for outstanding performance in EDS support transaction.
  • Conceptualized, designed, and developed touchscreen which was launched as HP Dream Screen in 2013.
  • Best Innovation award in the year 2009 from the Director of HPIT.
  • Achieved award from Vodafone CIO for excellent technical contribution and trainings and building a new development and testing team offshore which lead to timely delivery for Vodafone German
  • Responsibilities:
  • Accountable for handling multiple projects as a Scrum Master.
  • Developed release level plan, resource planning & forecasting, tracked progress, and managed stakeholders.
  • Recognized for designing strategic plan for component development practices to support future projects.
  • Well appreciated by the senior management and achieved award from Vodafone CIO for excellent technical contribution and trainings and building a new development and testing team offshore which led to timely delivery for Vodafone Germany.
  • Led and mentored the delivery team for new enhancements / requirements by client, ensuring the deliverables met the client requirements and quality processes.
  • Primarily tasked with performing the testing on new enhancements and handling the complete lead generation process from Vendor to HP.
  • Displayed credentials in conducting training on the new releases and on the Product.
  • Proved instrumental in working on the SysTest environment for Batches which run for the GSM number porting.
  • Established strong record in setting up the Test/Support environment for the new deployments and releases.
  • Commended for developing the batch jobs which run on timely manner to export/import customer data.
  • Associated closely with Onshore team to understand the upcoming changes.
  • Delivered expertise in identifying and utilizing a variety of learning materials, resources, and technology methods to support & improve the team's capabilities which in turn helped to increase the team's productivity.

Education

Post Graduate - Big Data and Machine Learning

Great Lakes + IIT - Chicago
Great Lakes
01.2021

MTech - AI ML

Reva University
Reva
04.2024

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics

UBDT College of Engineering
01.2005

Ph.D. - Graph Theory And Semantich Search

Alliance University
Bangalore
04.2001 -

Skills

Big Data Strategy Development

Certification

Microsoft AI Engineering

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Successfully represented Aspire NXT in AWS ASEAN in customers Success Story board for Data Lake and Analytics conference
  • Represented NOVO Nordisk in Data Analytics Conference in Belgium twice and was one of the keynote Speaker on how to Move Real World Evidence data to Cloud with All Data regulations in place
  • Played a Pivotal role in migrating Data Lake Novo Nordisk Princeton, to Amazon Private Cloud.
  • Played pivotal role in Real world evidence clinical studies for Type 2 diabetes drug.
  • Shouldered the responsibility of setting up Big Data platform for Novo Nordisk R&D Denmark which was then further utilized for end-to-end Clinical statistical studies
  • Shouldered the responsibility for moving entire Novo Nordisk Inc Datawarehouse to Modern Datawarehouse using AWS components.
  • Set up Data Lake on cloud for entire Novo Nordisk Org, one of the biggest ITC projects in Novo Nordisk.
  • Successfully set up the Data Lake for Novo Nordisk, Japan, and International Org.
  • Extensive experience in Data Validation skills and Front facing the GIA Audits on Data Lake and Machine Learning Pipelines.

Timeline

Tech Product Owner Global Data and AI

Novo Nordisk
01.2022 - Current

Sr Architect – Big Data and Data Science

PwC
05.2021 - 12.2021

Practise Leader – Big Data and Data Science

Aspire NXT
06.2019 - 05.2021

Architect – Big Data and Analyst Solution service centre

Zaloni
11.2018 - 05.2019

System Manager/Technical Architect - Global Big Data Centre Of Excellence

Novo Nordisk
04.2014 - 11.2018

Engineering Consulting – (2008 – 2013) IT Engineer Consulting – (2005 – 2008)

Hewlett Packard
06.2005 - 06.2013

Ph.D. - Graph Theory And Semantich Search

Alliance University
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics

UBDT College of Engineering

Post Graduate - Big Data and Machine Learning

Great Lakes + IIT - Chicago

MTech - AI ML

Reva University
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