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VARUN SETHI

VARUN SETHI

Pune

Summary

Dynamic leader specializing in Big Data and Cloud Expertise with a proven track record in strategic development. Demonstrated excellence in architecting innovative solutions utilizing cloud technologies. Adept at building and mentoring high-performing teams, showcasing strong thought leadership and client management skills. Committed to driving organizational growth through effective technology implementation.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Director Enterprise Solutions

UST
Pune
01.2024 - Current
  • Transitioned into UST employee role due to acquisition of Abzooba by UST.
  • Directed strategic vision and implementation for Big Data and Cloud division, enhancing innovation.
  • Managed multimillion-dollar budgets, ensuring cost-effective technology investments.
  • Collaborated with C-suite executives to align data and cloud strategies with business goals.
  • Cultivated strong relationships with customers and aligned solutions with their evolving business needs.
  • Engineered comprehensive data architectures, optimizing Big Data and Cloud capabilities.
  • Built and mentored high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
  • Spearheaded cloud migration initiatives, ensuring seamless transitions, and cost optimization.

Big Data & Cloud Practice Lead

Abzooba
Pune
04.2021 - Current
  • Lead the Big Data and Cloud COE, implementing solutions using AWS and Azure cloud computing services.
  • Define tech roadmaps and solve complex problems for clients in the healthcare space.
  • Manage existing clientele, and handle RFPs for new and existing customers.
  • Accountable for all project deliveries from offshore.
  • Implement strategies to grow the Big Data team in knowledge, experience, and headcount.

Business Technology Manager

ZS Associates
Pune
12.2013 - 04.2021
  • Company Overview: ZS Associates is a global leader in sales and marketing consulting, outsourcing, technology and software that provides services primarily in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare and agribusiness industries
  • Manage and Grow the Client Account focusing on partnering with Client by bringing in new innovations enabling Client engagements
  • Manage end to end delivery and business development for analytics and data management solutions for a key client, including engagements for IS strategy and roadmap development
  • Participate and own the Architecture Design and solutioning of Projects involving Big data and Cloud Technologies or any new technologies
  • Designed and developed AWS, spark and airflow based reusable accelerators such as file validation, standardization, data quality check which expedited the datalake implementation and client onboarding time by 40%
  • ZS Associates is a global leader in sales and marketing consulting, outsourcing, technology and software that provides services primarily in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare and agribusiness industries

Technical Associate

Sears Holdings India
Pune
08.2010 - 12.2013
  • Company Overview: Global Leader in IT Services, Consulting, Technology and Digital Solutions with a Large Network of Innovation & Delivery Centers
  • Design DataStage ETL jobs
  • Formulating and implementing management business intelligence applications using NETEZZA 1.5, Teradata and DataStage -IBM InfoSphere-v8.1
  • Use MicroStrategy v9.0.1 tools suite (Desktop) to deliver OLAP Reports and Dashboards to extract corporate information for Sears Holdings Corporation to help direct analysis and quantify sales and marketing efforts
  • Architect-ed the solution and lead the team of twelve members to implement it in the Client requested timelines
  • Created and delivered a scalable solution which can ingest high volume of data, process it, store in Datawarehouse and provide results through API calls under defined thresholds
  • Designed and built python-based ingestion, with Glue based transformation landing data in Opensearch with Lambda, API gateway for API connectivity
  • The system processes ~3k files with size ranging between 500 mb - 400 Gbs of monthly data
  • The solution is scalable where addition of any new data source is a configuration task with no performance impact on current processing time
  • Global Leader in IT Services, Consulting, Technology and Digital Solutions with a Large Network of Innovation & Delivery Centers

Technical Associate

Tech Mahindra Ltd
Pune
08.2008 - 08.2010
  • Company Overview: Tech Mahindra Limited is an Indian multinational provider of information technology, networking technology solutions and Business Process Outsourcing to various industry verticals and horizontals
  • Designed and developed solutions for automated configuring of fiber optical switches enabling achieving organizational goal of completing customer order within defined SLA 90 mins
  • Refactored application build creation process and script which brought down build creation time from 9hrs to 2.5hrs
  • Introduced automation through PL/SQL and UNIX scripts solutions which helped organization move towards ZPI (Zero Personal Intervention)
  • Created monitoring scripts for server usage and monitoring which helped in capacity planning
  • Tech Mahindra Limited is an Indian multinational provider of information technology, networking technology solutions and Business Process Outsourcing to various industry verticals and horizontals

Education

PGDM (Equivalent) - Management Programme -

Indian School of Business (ISB)
Hyderabad, India
01-2019

Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering -

Rayat Institute of Engineering And Information Technology
Punjab, India
01-2008

Skills

  • Thought Leadership
  • Technical Solution Architecture
  • Big Data & Cloud Expertise
  • Client Management
  • Strategic Development
  • Organizational Strategy
  • Consulting
  • Program Management

Languages

  • English, Advanced
  • Hindi, Advanced
  • Punjabi, Proficient

Accomplishments

  • Young Achiever Award

Timeline

Director Enterprise Solutions

UST
01.2024 - Current

Big Data & Cloud Practice Lead

Abzooba
04.2021 - Current

Business Technology Manager

ZS Associates
12.2013 - 04.2021

Technical Associate

Sears Holdings India
08.2010 - 12.2013

Technical Associate

Tech Mahindra Ltd
08.2008 - 08.2010

PGDM (Equivalent) - Management Programme -

Indian School of Business (ISB)

Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering -

Rayat Institute of Engineering And Information Technology

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