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Chief AI Officer and Chief Architect: Driving Innovation and Excellence, check out my awesome work.

As a Chief AI Officer and Chief Architect, I play a pivotal role as an innovation evangelist, providing thought leadership and solution architecture for various projects. My responsibilities encompass supporting Proof of Concept (PoC) and Minimum Viable Product (MVP) initiatives, with a strong focus on governance, security, and cutting-edge technology.

Being a Advisor and also worked on various NSF proposal for Manufacturing USA and Water council with Wisconsin Technology Council

Key Responsibilities:

  • Sales Strategy:
    Developed and trained sales strategies to boost cloud adoption, built and mentored partners across sectors, and created reference architectures for AI/ML, Industrial IoT, and data platforms.
  • Revenue Growth:
    Played a crucial role in business strategy, contributing to the creation and expansion of new revenue streams.
  • Center of Excellence:
    Assisted customers in building Centers of Excellence in advanced analytics and AI/ML to scale projects effectively.
  • Data-Driven Decisions:
    Utilized data insights to inform strategic business decisions, bridging the gap between business and technology leaders.
  • Public Speaking and Publications:
    Served as a mentor, keynote speaker, and author of various publications, including contributions to Analytics Vidhya.
  • Innovation Evangelist:
    Champion innovative approaches and technologies, inspiring teams and stakeholders to embrace forward-thinking solutions.
  • Thought Leadership:
    Provide strategic insights and guidance on AI and technology trends, shaping the future direction of our projects and initiatives.
  • Solution Architecture:
    Design and implement high-level and detailed architectures tailored to specific business use cases, ensuring robust and scalable solutions.
  • PoC and MVP Support:
    Guide projects from conceptualization to execution, supporting Proof of Concept and Minimum Viable Product developments to validate ideas and accelerate innovation.
  • Governance and Security:
    Ensure that all projects adhere to stringent governance and security standards, mitigating risks and safeguarding our technological assets.

My role is centered on crafting comprehensive and effective architectures that drive business success, leveraging advanced technologies and best practices to deliver exceptional outcomes.

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Work

Visionary Leader in Digital Transformation, AI, and Cloud Solutions

As an accomplished leader in Digital Transformation, I excel in driving business growth through innovative use of Artificial Intelligence and Cloud-based Digital Solutions. My experience includes collaborating with various organizational units to achieve sales targets and bringing together the right teams to close billion-dollar deals in the digital transformation space.

Key Achievements and Expertise:

  • Azure Open AI/Gen AI SME:
    Spearheaded numerous large language model applications, providing strategic guidance on Centers of Excellence (CoE) and security to C-suite executives.
  • Enterprise Data Science Program Lead:
    Directed the regional enterprise data science program, enabling end-to-end data science project execution for customers and fostering team growth.
  • Technical Insider:
    Acted as a liaison between product teams and the field, closing gaps, educating on AI/ML, and handling escalations.
  • Industry Applications:
    Assisted customers across various industries, including manufacturing, retail, logistics, legal, automotive, professional services, and accounting, with diverse data science use cases.
  • Community Leadership:
    Led the Azure AI/ML community of practice in the North Central Region, utilizing cognitive and custom machine learning applications to automate business processes and drive faster ROI. Completed multiple projects and onboarded new opportunities.
  • Innovative Solutions:
    Envisioned and led the architecture design for "Retail Store Insights," a real-time data lake solution generating insights for over 10,000 stores globally.
  • IT Transformation:
    Directed IT transformational projects such as cloud migration, IT portfolio optimization, and cost-saving initiatives.
  • Workshops and Training:
    Conducted envisioning and immersion workshops for cloud adoption, trained and mentored teams and partners, and coached participants in practical project execution.
  • Solution Architecture:
    Provided robust solution architecture frameworks, working with specialists to develop Bills of Materials (BoM) and prepare deal constructs.
  • Product Development:
    Collaborated with product groups for feature enhancements, addressing product bugs, and incorporating customer feedback into product development.
  • Advanced Analytics and Security:
    Actively contributed to the advanced analytics framework and security community, promoting best security practices and adoption.
  • Leadership and Mentoring:
    Mentored peers and team members, providing constructive feedback and fostering a growth mindset, inclusivity, and diversity within teams.

With vast knowledge in first-party Microsoft and open-source technologies, as well as other cloud providers, I deliver comprehensive leadership, architecture, and design solutions for commercial and IT needs. My focus is on synthesizing business, information, and technology viewpoints into cohesive solutions that drive business capabilities and outcomes.

Strategic Initiatives:

  • Center of Excellence:
    Assisted customers in building Centers of Excellence in advanced analytics and AI/ML to scale projects effectively.
  • Data-Driven Decisions:
    Utilized data insights to inform strategic business decisions, bridging the gap between business and technology leaders.
  • Public Speaking and Publications:
    Served as a mentor, keynote speaker, and author of various publications, including contributions to Analytics Vidhya.
  • Sales Strategy:
    Developed and trained sales strategies to boost cloud adoption, built and mentored partners across sectors, and created reference architectures for AI/ML, Industrial IoT, and data platforms.
  • Revenue Growth:
    Played a crucial role in business strategy, contributing to the creation and expansion of new revenue streams.

Publications

Azure OpenAI Cookbook
Azure Machine Learning Engineering
AML - Packt
Author in Medium and MLLearning.ai
Github Articles
Pick and Place
ISO Ref Arch
Whitepaper Pick N Place
Robot almanac article 2020
PPE Paper 2020
JCI - Digital Vault
Azure ML ops (Look at Johnson Controls Section)
PPE AI project
Robot almanac article 2021
A Collaboratively Developed Platform to Introduce Fundamentals of IoT and IIoT
A Sustainability Framework for Smart Learning Factories Based on Using Structured Information as Semantic Models

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Provide leadership on Digital Transformation with Artificial Intelligence and Cloud based Digital Solutions. Provide leadership in Machine learning, IoT and Big data and Advanced Analytical Solutions. Vast knowledge in first party Microsoft and open source technologies and Other cloud providers. Provide leadership, analysis and design tasks related to the development of a solution. Architect Cloud Based Solutions from end to end. Develop solutions viewpoint, in which the business, information and technology viewpoints are synthesized into solutions that deliver capabilities.

AI in Manufacturing

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