Data Engineer at UBS | Ex EmptyCup, EY | BITS Pilani
Pune
Summary
Viswanadh is an accomplished analytics leader with over 11 years of experience delivering data-driven solutions across global organizations in Operations, Marketing, Supply Chain, Audit, and Taxation. He has led cross-functional teams, built predictive and prescriptive models, and driven enterprise-wide analytics and automation initiatives.
With entrepreneurial experience managing operations, finance, and administration, he combines strong business acumen with deep technical expertise in Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, R, Databricks, and Azure Data Solutions.
Proactive and results-oriented, Viswanadh excels in translating business challenges into scalable analytics solutions and is eager to drive innovation in data science and AI within global, cross-functional teams.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
8
8
Certifications
Work History
Associate Director - AI & Data Analytics
UBS
Pune
01.2023 - Current
Contributed as a Data Engineer in the Tech Modernization team within HR AI & Data Analytics (ADA) crew.
Led crew-wide transition from Tableau to Power BI and drove adoption of Azure products as part of cloud modernization.
Designed and developed HR core dashboards in Power BI with implementation of complex data security rules.
Developed scalable Azure Databricks notebooks supporting Oracle decommissioning and data migration initiatives.
Delivered end-to-end solutions using Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server, Azure VMs, and Autosys.
Participated in SDLC and release management activities to ensure quality and timely project delivery.
Built POCs to evaluate performance and connectivity of Azure Synapse, Azure PostgreSQL Flex, and Oracle DB with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, SAP BO).
Conducted performance tuning across databases and BI platforms for optimal reporting and query efficiency.
Actively learning Azure Databricks and Data science courses to expand capabilities in cloud-native data science workflows.
Recognized as one of APAC's Top 100 Learners (2023) and awarded Certified Gold Engineer status.
Completed required badges for Certified Data Analyst and learning Data Science courses to achieve Certified Data Scientist status.
General Manager
Hello Verify India Private Limited
Noida
05.2022 - 09.2022
Managed human capital of 80 people processing 2000 checks per day and Responsible for Education Department Operations of company
Led product launches and launched Digi locker (Digital Initiative) as a Mode of verification which have reduced TAT and Increase productivity by 5%
Collaborated with tech team for tech Innovation and automation to boost productivity and reduce errors
Led New Initiatives and process improvements
Enhanced stakeholder relationships with Universities to facilitate efficient BGV Checks leading to a reduction of Avg TAT by 5 days for top 30 high volume universities and costsavings of 5Lakhs per month
Implemented human capital initiatives such Open door policy, feedback process, quick grievance and resolutions process and reduced employee turnover from 10% to 3%
Co-Founder & COO
Emptycup Innovation Private Limited
Bangalore
11.2018 - 05.2022
Developed business development and Fund Raising proposals capturing the Project feasibility, Profitability, Sales Projections, Budget and Market Demand that helped raise 3.5cr investment and secure 1.5cr tech investment from AWS and Azure platforms
Worked on strategy and was responsible for setting goals and Objective Key Results (OKR) for company
Collaborated with ~ 50 stakeholders to effectively execute all aspects of program management lifecycle, from conception to planning, execution, delivery and support. Oversaw outsourced tasks such as digital marketing, web development, and accounting
Strategized product road map, Managed sprint planning and conducted daily scrum for engineering team, led an Engineering & Product team of 8 professionals and delivered suite of Interior design tech products namely House (Product for real estate builders), Studio (SAAS Product for Interior designers), Artist (Interior design app for home owners)
Driven complex cross-functional projects to deliver new products, features and improvements
Managed a 10 member sales team across 3 business units generating 1.5cr revenue
Built and managedoperations team of nearly 30 interior designers, 3D visualizers, project managers, and interns
Delivered over 1000+ house interior design projects through B2B visualization services, 50+ B2C interior design only projects, and 10 end-to-end interior design execution projects
Delivered a repository of over 4000+ interior design images, 12000+ interior design 3D props, and 500+ themes for our technology products
Managed a HR & General admin team of 6 for smooth running of the company
Undertook data mining and analysis to gather insights across Sales, Operations and product functions to establish global standards for operations and other cross-functional teams
Networked with potential investors, venture capitalists and other founders for potential fund raising leads
Senior Consultant
Ernst & Young
Bangalore
06.2014 - 07.2018
Developed high quality dashboards, assisted senior management in building 10 proposals and proof of concepts, prepared responses to RFPs for funded projects and undertook 5 SOW creation, costing and budgeting projects
Worked as Lead for developing EY Analyticsproducts in Supply chain & Marketing domain by building SQL data layer and building visualization layer using tableau and other Open sources software
Led end- to-end analytics projects for many MNC clients such as Unilever, Infosys and Wipro in Accounting, Operations and technology domain. Created solutions based on client's business requirement by building dashboards in tableau , Power BI and data modelling in SQL
Managed a Cross Functional team of 5 for product development and engagement delivery, independently leading and managing, client facing 4 junior team members in designing, developing and implementing solutions
Developed project plans, coordinated projects and communicated project plan changes and status on the progress to the clients. Completed projects on time within budgets and tracked resource utilization
Coached 6 people and actively contributed to firm's training process by training new hires on Data modelling and visualization
Managed a team of 10 members with in the initial 6 months , supported over 50 statutory audits for major US , Canadian & European financial institutions by data modelling and generating audit specific reports in ACL and GAT
Analyst
Ernst & Young
Gurgaon
01.2014 - 04.2014
Worked on Statutory audit analytics and supported 10 audits for France team by data modelling and generating reports for audit teams in ACL and Global analytics tools (EY prop tool)
Developed and Maintained tableau dashboard for a statutory audit reporting requirement.
Worked with Internal audit teams and conducted inventory audit for a major telecom client.
Business Analyst
Credit Suisse
Pune
01.2013 - 06.2013
Worked as Intern in Credit Risk Data Analytics in Risk Analytics and Reporting department
Monitor and keep trades compliant to Specific Wrong Way Risk(SWWR) part of Basel III by querying using SQL and Microsoft Access to risk systems, setting up trades in system and raise queries to concerned team in case of any data discrepancy and report notional of trades to senior management
Developed a data model in Microsoft access to compute team’s utilisation using data in JIRA.
Education
Master of Science - Finance
BITS Pilani
Pilani
08.2009 - 06.2013
Skills
Data Engineering
Software
Power BI
SQL
Tableau
Azure Data Factory
Python
Azure Databricks
Certification
Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate