Saurabh Anand

Experience

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  Infosys

  Sept 2004 - Apr 2011

  Technical Specialist
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  Ameriprise Financial

  Mar 2007 - Apr 2011

  Technology Lead & ETL Architect

  Technical Lead and Architect​​ ​Minneapolis, MN, USA

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  Cognizant Technology Solutions

  Apr 2011 - Aug 2013

  Senior Associate

  Data Quality Analyst. • Provide expertise based on in-depth understanding of automotive industry and Customer Relationship Management area.• Closely work with business to set-up new Business Rules, Ad-hoc DQ checks to ensure system maintains or improves its overall DQ.• Evaluate and understand both business and system use cases and processes• Understand data models and databases (Transactional CDB, Customer Data Warehouse)• Evaluate data quality using statistical reporting and analytical approach to identify cause and effect.• Create and maintain DQ dashboards and reports• Research and profile new data sources and monitor their health on a regular basis.• Prepare and make presentation on how the systems are behaving and improving M-to-M or Y-on-Y• Modify / Develop/ Execute test scripts• Identify data segment to execute (based on yearly and frequency plan), execute and present result.• Make data quality and process recommendation for improvement• Work with application team(s) to implement DQ improvements/issue and then perform the Post Implementation Reviews. Show less

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  Toyota Motor Sales

  Apr 2011 - Apr 2013

  Data Quality Analyst

  • Provide expertise based on in-depth understanding of automotive industry and Customer Relationship Management area.• Closely work with business to set-up new Business Rules, Ad-hoc DQ checks to ensure system maintains or improves its overall DQ.• Evaluate and understand both business and system use cases and processes to identify possible Data Quality failure points.• Understand data models and databases (Transactional CDB, Customer Data Warehouse)• Evaluate data quality using statistical reporting and analytical approach to identify cause and effect.• Create and maintain Data Quality dashboards and reports• Research and profile new data sources and monitor their health on a regular basis.• Prepare and present on how the systems are behaving and explain M-to-M or Y-on-Y growth/decay trends• Modify, Develop & Execute test scripts and validate Development team’s test cases to ensure there are no loose ends. • Suggest data quality and process improvements• Work with application team(s) to implement DQ improvements/fix existing issues and then perform the Post Implementation Reviews. Show less

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  Attra

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

  Senior Technology Lead

  Define and Manage Data Model for "Information Management" aka IM Layer. Convert application specific Data Models and map them to industry standard FSDM (Financial Service Data Model).Expose IM data as services and/or as Views

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  ConvergeHEALTH by Deloitte

  Aug 2014 - Feb 2016

  Senior Consultant

  This project dealt with creating an aggregation layer, Aggregate Spend Repository (ASR), to consolidate in a central repository, transactional data currently stored in various Biogen Idec source systems and then build Adhoc and Canned reports on top of it.Role• Prepare Functional Specifications using the Business requirements.• Prepare Technical Specifications for interfaces and BO Reports. Present the Design to Business and client’s technical architects and obtain their blessings.• Create & Maintain ASR Data Models.• Lead the BO and Informatica teams through Design, Development, Testing, Implementation and Support.• Develop Informatica code for few Interfaces.• Provide technical guidance to the project team in the areas of Data Governance, best practices etc.• Successfully transition the components to the Support team and get project closure. Show less

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  Fidelity Investments

  Feb 2016 - now

  • Envisioned & delivered a new reporting platform for our associates to provide a robust, near real time, cloud native, self-serve capabilities leveraging Microsoft’s PowerBI and power SaaS platforms. Team rewrote whopping 500+ reports and other platform ancillaries (customized scheduling, Archival etc.) in a record time of 18 months• Starting an Initiative to create a new Data Driven Recordkeeping platform to manage Annuity Products and its lifecycle. The solution is Cloud native and will leverage different capabilities of AWS & Snowflake. Show less Role: Product owner (Squad Lead)• Create team’s Mission, Vision and road-map; partner with the team to define Team’s working agreement, definition of ready.• Work closely with the Business stakeholders in defining long term Initiatives and break them into short term sub-initiatives and then to Epics and Stories.• Stakeholders management (communication, review & customizing the message)• Prepare a prioritized backlog with clearly defined stories tightly aligning with the Initiatives.• Working with team in story mapping, release planning, story refinement, estimation (sizing is done by the team, but a ballpark for planning)• Managing Application Lifecycle & Technology Lifecycle for products that my squad owns i.e. plan for server upgrades, DB patching, LWC version upgrades etc.• Work with different Chapter’s, Tribe’s & Squad’s as required to either support them in their endeavors or seek their support for ours.• Learn, understand and apply the latest in Technology; e.g. Developing Cloud ready application, Dockers & Containers, micro-services, CI/CD etc. Show less Role: Technical Product owner• As Tech PO on this engagement I own the ultimate deliverable from the Scrum team.• Create product road-map and narratives & help business prioritize .• Work closely with the Business and collaborate with other Product Owners in the organization.• Work with different Chapter’s and Tribe’s as required to either support them in their endeavors or seek their support for ours.• Learn, understand and apply the latest in Technology; e.g. Developing Cloud ready applications, Dockers & Containers, building micro-services, CI/CD etc.• Associate mentoring and coaching. Show less

  • Director of Product Management

    Dec 2021 - now

  • Senior Manager

    Jun 2018 - Dec 2021

  • Manager Software Development

    Feb 2016 - Jun 2018