Farhan Choudhary

About Farhan Choudhary

Evangelist for Snowflake in India where I help all walks of the business understand and harness the power of the Data Cloud, drive GTM, analyst/influencer relations and build communities. Worked as a data scientist, product owner, program manager, industry analyst and a trusted advisor in the past with more than a decade of experience working with Fortune companies, guiding them on their mission critical priorities around AI Strategy, Governance, Risk Management, end-to-end program delivery, standardisation and automation. I\'ve helped clients save over $100mn over the course of my career after working on a multitude of projects in RPA, data labeling and annotation, autonomous driving, insurance fraud, environmental monitoring, MLOps, Responsible AI, AI for Good and AI platform negotiations. I\'ve provided strategic services to clients across supply chain, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, defense and intelligence, banking and financial services, transportation, law enforcement, e-commerce, legal and several government and quasi-government organizations. Here\'s a quick summary of my career- Worked with over 500 clients (investors, vendors and end-user clients) in a consulting, program management and advisory capacity - Advised over CIO\'s, CDO\'s, CDAO\'s on their most urgent priorities in AI, share insights and best practices from their peers reducing time to value by up to 10x- Authored several Gartner Research papers (including Magic Quadrants, Critical Capabilities, Hype Cycle, Cool Vendors), created two Gartner research products - Use-Case Prism as a result of cross-functional collaboration of over 50 teams and Buyers\' Selection Spotlight- Product designer, event and keynote speaker, and a contributor to open-source With the diverse experience I have, I\'m on a mission to help organisations on their technology priorities.

Experience

1. Senior Product Marketing Manager & Evangelist

   Snowflake

   Oct 2022 — Present · New Delhi, IN

   Here\'s what I\'m doing at Snowflake- Leading product evangelism for Snowflake in India - helping enterprises understand the power of the AI Data Cloud and how they can leverage critical workloads on Snowflake - Data Warehouse, Data Engineering, Data Lake, Cybersecurity, Data Science and Machine Learning (DSML), Applications and Collaboration- Helping drive key GTM initiatives across enterprise, commercial and other key target accounts - defining product positioning in the market, establishing contextualised and clear messaging for the India/APJ audience and working closely with product engineering, sales engineering, marketing operations and other teams to ensure GTM strategies are successful- Leading influencer and analyst relations working with independent analysts, tech-journalists/media houses and top analyst firms such as Gartner, Forrester, IDC etc in the region. Getting a tap on market and user pulse, and positioning Snowflake in the market- Enabling CLV - providing key feedback on expansion opportunities within accounts, optimise marketing campaigns- Sales enablement, crafting, conceptualising subject materials, including presentations, hands-on and even delivering content for effective alignment- Working with a cross-geography team of PMMs/Evangelists in APJ to drive campaigns with maximum RoI (webinars, series\', in-person and hybrid events) in the region- Creating reusable assets for business development teams to enable onboarding and understanding key value propositions across industries, personas, technologies and use cases- Building a Snowflake data community in India - engaging with Data Superheroes, skilled developers and enthusiasts, enabling the tech personas in India to pursue upskilling with Snowflake for better career opportunities.

Education

• Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

  B. Tech, Electrical Engineering

  2008 — 2012

• City Montessori School

  High School & Senior Secondary, Mathematics and Computer Science

  1992 — 2008

• TERI School of Advanced Studies

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance and Marketing (Dual Major)

  2013 — 2015

Skills

• Windows
• Eclipse
• Turbo C++
• Servlets
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Ubuntu
• Presto
• Regression Models
• Sentiment Analysis
• Sas
• Team Management
• Renewable Energy
• Tableau
• Power Bi
• Lightroom
• Html
• Sql Server Management Studio
• C++
• Predictive Modeling
• Strategic Planning
• Anaconda
• Analytics
• Green Technology
• Photoshop
• Business Strategy
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Postgresql
• Valuation Modeling
• Strategy
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Javascript
• Quality Management
• Business Development
• Innovation Management
• C
• Programming
• Data Analysis
• Jupyter