Subbu Hariharan
Summary
Dynamic technology leader with a proven track record in implementing best engineering practices and cultivating an insights-driven culture. Expertise in designing and developing data-driven transformation initiatives, establishing data and analytics strategies, and architecting innovative cloud data solutions that enhance business value. Highly skilled in developing teams and fostering collaboration to leverage modern technology stacks and cloud platforms for optimal outcomes. As part of my passion for designing and architecting solutions, my focus now is to drive AI strategy in data and application engineering landscape and enable further advancements for organizations in enterprise data, AI/ML and application landscape.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Engineering, Data and Applications
PharmaCann
09.2022 - 01.2025
- Built a brand-new data platform to pivot from the existing legacy data warehouse to a modern data platform with two main goals in mind: scalability (continuous development with design flexibility), and operational efficiency (faster support, and optimal recurring operational cost). This greenfield platform was implemented in less than 12 months to onboard and process multi-TBs of data using flexible architecture, open-source data transformation, and orchestration tools.
- Directed and led multiple eCommerce engineering teams to support revenue expansion and growth. Led the design, development, and management of the multiple application stack supporting the organization's retail, marketing, and merchandising functions.
VP of Engineering
HelloFresh
01.2021 - 02.2022
- Engineered best practices and led digital transformation for supply chain maturity at HelloFresh with DataOps, CI/CD, and automation in data environments.
- Led the design of supply chain automation initiatives to support key OKRs that enabled supply chain operations to fulfill millions of boxes delivered to customers per week across brands, while reducing the pick-and-pack error rate. Key engineering KPIs include improving code quality using CodeScene, replacing 75% of critical manual integrations with automation, and migrating hundreds of existing Gsheets tools to scalable data stores with automated data flows.
Principal, Management Consultant - Data & Analytics
Point B
11.2018 - 10.2020
- Led a data management and data governance implementation for a large healthcare provider: defined the data governance organization, charter, and identified data management implementation opportunities to save $3M per year as part of the initial use case.
- Led large analytics platform transformation projects, integrating on-prem and cloud applications for healthcare, insurance, and manufacturing organizations, driving analytics platform operational efficiency, and developing a roadmap for effective data management and data governance.
Analytics and Big Data Leader (Sr. Manager, Information Architecture)
CDW
10.2015 - 10.2018
- Directed and led the data engineering and analytics architecture practice from the ground up. Architected the next-generation ecosystem of the data platform and analytics that enabled CDW to adopt Big Data and Advanced Analytics capabilities.
- Established a vision, strategy, and implementation blueprint to mature the analytics ecosystem that included Big Data (Hortonworks), NoSQL (MongoDB), Data Lake, Master Data Management, Data Governance, Metadata Strategy, Web Services, Data as a Service (DaaS), and Self-service BI.
Manager Enterprise Applications and Architecture
HERE, a Nokia Business (formerly Navteq)
02.2010 - 09.2015
- Established end-to-end architecture and best practices to enable analytics practice, an enterprise-wide center of excellence, and drive data and analytics adoption. Led the design, architecture, and implementation of applications and analytics on Amazon Web Services (AWS) using end-to-end architecture.
- Successfully led the Tableau transition and drove adoption to over 6,000 users, with a clear change management approach.
DW & BI Solution Architect
B2B Workforce (Client: Accenture/Duke Energy)
03.2008 - 02.2010
- Developed and implemented solution architectures for enterprise systems. Defined a technical integration strategy and developed integration plans.
- Created detailed design documents that outlined system architecture, security measures, data models, and integration points with other systems.
DW & BI Solution Architect/Manager
IGate Global Solutions
04.2002 - 03.2008
- Developed strategic HR analytics to deliver global HR metrics to various levels of executives, with a user base of 40,000. Developed data warehousing and data mart solutions for various business domains.
- Designed and developed many data applications for various business domains, for multiple clients.
Programmer Analyst, DW & BI Consultant
Harita Infoserve Ltd
10.1997 - 03.2002
- Designed and developed Cognos analytics solutions. Developed a repository of integrated analytics to facilitate business trends, make better forecasting decisions, and create a front-end tool to access analytics and reporting.
Education
MBA -
University of Illinois
Bachelor of Commerce -
University of Madras
Skills
- Data and Application integration design
- Enterprise Data Architecture
- Azure
- AWS
- GCP
- Data Lake Storage
- Data Factory
- Redshift
- Kinesis
- S3
- Azure Blob
- BigQuery
- Java
- Python
- SQL
- API integration
- Integration architecture
- ERP
- TOGAF
- ETL
- Informatica
- Talend
- DBT
- Kafka
- Airflow
- Kubernetes
- Apache NiFi
- Glue
- Kinesis Streams
- Alteryx
Training And Certifications
- GNIIT, National Institute of Information Technologies
- TOGAF 9 Certified
- PMP, PMI Certification
- Executive Data Science, John Hopkins University
- Databricks, Generative AI Fundamentals
- Generative AI for Software Development
Timeline
Director of Engineering, Data and Applications
PharmaCann
09.2022 - 01.2025
VP of Engineering
HelloFresh
01.2021 - 02.2022
Principal, Management Consultant - Data & Analytics
Point B
11.2018 - 10.2020
Analytics and Big Data Leader (Sr. Manager, Information Architecture)
CDW
10.2015 - 10.2018
Manager Enterprise Applications and Architecture
HERE, a Nokia Business (formerly Navteq)
02.2010 - 09.2015
DW & BI Solution Architect
B2B Workforce (Client: Accenture/Duke Energy)
03.2008 - 02.2010
DW & BI Solution Architect/Manager
IGate Global Solutions
04.2002 - 03.2008
Programmer Analyst, DW & BI Consultant
Harita Infoserve Ltd
10.1997 - 03.2002
MBA -
University of Illinois
Bachelor of Commerce -
University of Madras
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