Kirtiman Savarde

Experience

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  Oriental Solutions Inc

  Jan 2006 - Sept 2008

  Software Developer
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  Cognizant

  Oct 2008 - Jan 2010

  Senior Associate
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  Nielsen

  Jan 2010 - now

  - Provide technical leadership and management by effectively planning, organizing, and monitoring product releases across the globe.- Oversee the technology product portfolio encompassing Big Data processing, Data Lake, Data Warehousing & Analytics Platforms (Netezza, Oracle, Hadoop, AWS), MicroServices, QaaS (Trino/Presto), Containers, Orchestration(Airflow/Kubernetes), and Data Science/AI/ML (Python).- Collaborate with Product leadership, engineering, Data Science, and Operations teams to define product strategy, design concepts, and roadmap.- Develop and implement key project deliverables, including product strategy, business cases, and roadmap.- Drive thought leadership in implementing service-driven architecture (MicroServices) solutions and transitioning from On-Prem to cloud (AWS).- Lead and manage a group of scrum teams to execute product roadmap effectively.- Set staff objectives and performance goals, providing business and technical direction to scrum teams, senior developers, and architects.- Collaborate with external partners for data gathering and strategic initiatives.- Fostering a culture of innovation, quality improvement, and continuous growth.- Well versed in building relationship with vendors and data partners. Show less - Responsible for the technology product portfolio, overseeing Big Data processing (Netezza, Oracle, Hadoop, AWS Redshift, Cloudera, Spark), DevOps, and CI/CD (Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jira, Artifactory, Ansible).- Led delivery of large-scale data warehouse solutions, ensuring successful implementation and operation.- Managed teams of onshore, offshore, and external vendors for strategic initiatives and day-to-day support activities.- Directed development and QA teams on data processing for data warehouse solutions, ensuring high-quality deliverables.- Built and mentored high-performance Agile teams to effectively manage software delivery across multiple project teams.- Provided solution architecture for complex business problems in data processing platforms, collaborating closely with data scientists.- Played a leadership role in guiding teams to implement solutions and optimize performance.- Analyzed opportunities for cost savings and continuous improvements, driving efficiency and innovation.- Managed and maintained highly scalable Hadoop platforms, focusing on performance tuning and quality assurance. Show less - Successfully manage the global Tibco platform for Nielsen Media, ensuring seamless operations and high availability.- Orchestrate, on boarding and integration of thousands of applications across diverse geographies and business units.- Drive initiatives to reduce costs and development efforts in orchestrations, optimizing efficiency and resource utilization.- Architect and implement JMS message models using service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles, enhancing scalability and performance.- Provide ongoing support and maintenance for Tibco infrastructure, ensuring reliability and security.- Design and develop dashboards and operations consoles for central monitoring, enabling proactive management and troubleshooting. Show less

  • Senior Technology Manager

    Jan 2017 - now

  • Technology Project Manager

    Aug 2012 - Dec 2016

  • Solutions Architect

    Jan 2010 - Aug 2012