Arun Cherian

About Arun Cherian

Arun is a seasoned data strategy and program management expert in developing advisory and…

Experience

1. Ai Transformation Leader

   CIM Group

   Jul 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Driving the modernization of CIM Group’s data ecosystem to enable scale, productivity, and growth across private equity, real estate, credit, and infrastructure businesses- Defined and evolved the data transformation roadmap toward a cloud‑native, AI‑ready Azure platform- Built and maintain the business case projecting $25M+ in value creation through cost reduction, efficiency gains, and revenue enablement- Lead initiatives to automate manual processes, unify siloed data, and enable self‑serve insights- Champion GenAI adoption for portfolio monitoring, reporting, forecasting, and compliance- Partner across Investments, FP & A, Client Group, and Asset Services to align transformation with growth objectives.

Education

• D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University

  MBA

  2009 — 2011

• Visvesvaraya Technological University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Data Quality
• Kpi Dashboards
• Finance
• Dashboard
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Business Analysis
• Management
• Mainframe
• Tableau
• Quality Assurance
• Teradata
• Data Analysis
• Microstrategy
• Data Mining
• Requirements Analysis
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Sap Business One
• Project Management
• Sdlc
• Corporate Finance
• Microsoft Excel
• Data Modeling
• Strategy
• Google Analytics
• Kpi Implementation
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Consulting
• Vendor Management
• Kpi Reports
• Business Analytics
• Risk Management
• Oracle Biee
• Business Process Improvement
• IT Strategy
• Teradata Data Warehouse
• Sql
• Business Intelligence Tools
• Business Intelligence