Prabakaran Govindraj

About Prabakaran Govindraj

Praba is a well-rounded, passionate leadership professional and trusted advisor to the companies in their ‘Data & Analytics’ journey to stay relevant and outperform their peers. He has helped companies to deliver business outcomes (ROI) by activating “Data & AI” at scale and with agility. He brings in wealth of experience in leading large scale transformation initiatives in the areas of Cloud based Data Estate Modernization, AI/ML based digital transformations, Data Management & Governance, Data Engineering, Analytics and Data Science These initiatives were focused on Revenue & Margin Growth, Business & Technology transformation and Process optimizationHis unique leadership perspectives gained through operating in diverse and complex client environments, playing diverse roles, executing large transformation programs and leading globally distributed teams. • Successfully led large scale, complex Cloud based Data Estate modernization, AI/Data Science Transformation, AI/ML digital transformations and Big data programs from ‘Idea’ to ‘Operate’ for global Fortune 100 companies. Established credibility in delivering on time and on budget with strong focus on ‘Time to Value’ and ROI. • His role spanned across Business case formulation, ideation, platform/tool bake-off, product Roadmap, planning, execution, program governance and global roll-out• His strength includes end-to-end ownership, collaborative hands-on leadership style, effectively navigating organizational dynamics and ability to wear multiple hats in a fast-paced, dynamic environmentsBusiness Verticals: Retail, CPG, Consumer Analytics, Pharmacy, Healthcare, Banking & Finance, Insurance,• Functional: Technology Leadership, Presales & Sales, Distributed Agile/DevOps Delivery, Portfolio/Program Leadership, Engagement/Delivery Leadership, Client Relationship, Business Case Development, Scoping & Roadmap Development, Prioritization/MVP Thought Leadership, Scoping and Roadmap Development, Solution Architecture, Global Rollouts, Problem Solving, Risk & Issue Management, Change Management and Program Governance, Azure DevOps, JIRA• Technical: Digital Transformation - AI/ML (Computer Vision, Classification, Regression, Clustering, Anomaly detection), Advanced Analytics, Data Estate Modernization, Cloud migration, Data strategy & Governance, Data Quality, PHI/PII Data Handling, Delta Lake, Big Data, Data warehousing, BI, MDM, Application Convergence, Legacy Retirement, Azure Synapse, Databricks, Snowflake, SAP S/4 HANA BRIM Cloud, SPARK, Hadoop, NO SQL, Oracle, Netezza, Teradata

Experience

1. Ai & Data Products Delivery - Telecom, Cpg

   Capgemini

   Jun 2024 — Present · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US

   I lead enterprise-scale AI transformations engagements for US-based Telco, specializing in building and scaling AI products across Marketing, Customer Care and Enterprise functions. My focus is on moving beyond \"AI experimentation\" to deliver high-impact end-to-end AI products.I oversee the end-to-end \'Concept to Run\' lifecycle of AI Products, directing cross-functional teams of Product Owners, Architects, Data Scientists and AI Engineers to build high-impact AI products that deliver measurable business growth.\"Key AccomplishmentsEstablished AI Engineering factory with cross-functional organization (Product, Architecture, AI/Data Engineering) to deliver end-to-end AI/ML solutions.Spearheading the delivery of several Agentic AI solutions for Marketing to optimize customer acquisition, cross-sell/up-sell and retention campaigns resulting in $55M+ of impact in 2025.Lead the delivery of Predictive Intent Factory for the Customer Care that automated 30% of call intent identification, drastically reducing agent workload and improving proactive customer experienceDelivered an Enterprise Feature Store and On-demand ML Service to significantly accelerate (55% reduction) time-to-market for ML products.Launched a Data Discovery Agent on top of \'Data Marketplace\' for discovering the vast amount of enterprise data and AI/ML models that are catalogued in Collibra to serve technical and non-technical teams to jump start and pilot their innovation idea and foster a AI/Data-First culture

Education

• Anna University, MIT

  Masters in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering

• Madurai Kamaraj University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

Skills

• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Big Data
• Erp
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Analytics
• Requirements Gathering
• Project Management
• Etl
• Enterprise Architecture
• Pre-Sales
• Big Data Analytics
• Business Development
• Informatica
• IT Strategy
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Soa
• Business Process Improvement
• Program Management
• Consulting
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Leadership
• Resource Management
• Project Delivery
• Data Warehousing
• Offshoring
• Agile Methodologies
• Vendor Management
• Management
• Software Development
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Business Analysis
• Global Delivery
• Business Intelligence