Faruq Vadgama
Principal Data Architect @Orion Innovation
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WORK HISTORY
Principal Data Architect @Orion Innovation
NJ, US
Orion Innovation is a global Data & AI services firm delivering GenAI, Cloud, and Digital Experience solutions to enterprise clients across financial services, manufacturing, and beyond.I serve as Principal Data Architect across multiple concurrent client engagements, designing enterprise analytics platforms that replace siloed, ungoverned data environments with unified, AI-ready data foundations on MS Fabric, Snowflake, and PowerBI.Key Engagements: Withum Smith+Brown (Professional Services Firm)Designed and built an end-to-end analytics architecture on MS Fabric consolidating 5 source systems — including Dynamics CRM, PE Scheduler, and Sprout — into a single governed platform. Delivered 10+ PowerBI dashboards and reports serving Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Budgeting teams who previously had no unified view of their data. RSM US LLP (Top 10 US Public Accounting Firm)Architected a centralized Operational Data Store consolidating 4 source systems into 30+ tables, establishing a single source of truth to eliminate siloed, ungoverned data across the enterprise. The ODS now serves as the foundation for a planned analytics phase delivering 5–10 PowerBI dashboards and reports to business stakeholders. Holley Performance Brands (Specialty Automotive)Conducted discovery and assessment of Customer MDM and Product PIM data architecture across the enterprise. Delivered gap analysis, dependency mapping, and future-state recommendations — now driving an active build based on the proposed architecture.Core focus across engagements: medallion architecture design, data governance frameworks, Azure and Fabric pipeline implementation, PowerBI reporting, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment across teams of 10–25.
EDUCATION
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Application Server 10g R2: Administration 2
Oracle Coporation
Oracle Application Server 10g R2: Administration 1
Wilson College
HSC, Science
Thinkpath Training Center
2349 Programming the MS.NET Framework with C#
Armiger International
Project Management, Project Management: Advanced
University of Mumbai
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics Engineering
Armiger International
Project Management, Project Management: Intermediate
Armiger International
Project Management, Fundamentals of Project Management
SalesForce
Building Applications with Force.com, Build custom applications with Force.com
Oracle Corporation
Oracle 9i DBA Admin & Architecture
Trailhead by Salesforce
Salesforce Health Cloud Specialist, Health/Health Care Administration/Management
Dow Jones Training Services
Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server Management
ABOUT FARUQ VADGAMA
I architect data platforms and AI-driven analytics solutions that turn fragmented enterprise data into decisions — across life sciences, financial services, gaming, and manufacturing.With 20+ years spanning Fortune 500 firms and high-growth startups, I operate at the intersection of data engineering, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise software. I\'ve led the design and delivery of large-scale Salesforce ecosystems (including products that became Salesforce\'s Life Sciences Cloud), built medallion architecture pipelines on MS Fabric and Snowflake, and driven cloud migrations on AWS and Azure for globally distributed engineering teams.What I do well— Translate ambiguous business problems into scalable, governed data architectures— Lead cross-functional teams of 30+ engineers across 3 continents to deliver complex integrations and analytics platforms— Bridge the gap between executive strategy and engineering execution — from roadmap definition to production release— Implement AI and GenAI solutions grounded in clean, trustworthy data foundationsIndustries: Life Sciences · Financial Services · Gaming · HR Technology · MediaPlatforms: MS Fabric · Snowflake · Salesforce (Health Cloud, Service Cloud, AgentForce AI) · AWS · Azure · PowerBIOpen to Principal Architect, Staff Architect, and Director-level roles where data, AI, and enterprise systems intersect.
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