Israr Shaikh

About Israr Shaikh

Profile Summary Experienced Data & Analytics Leader with 15+ years of expertise across Data Technologies, Data Warehousing (DWH), Business Intelligence (BI), Analytics, and AI4BI. My career includes extensive international experience across the UAE, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Greece, France, Turkey, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Singapore, Thailand, Switzerland, and the UK, working with diverse teams and global Leadership Directed technology planning, BI & Analytics strategy, and end to end implementation of business transformation programs.• Led teams and projects across multiple geographies; partnered closely with global senior leadership to deliver seamless solutions across all lifecycle phases—defining direction, standards, governance, and operating models.• Demonstrated excellence in techno functional delivery, cross functional leadership, strategy planning, digital & technology transformation, financial and risk management, staffing, AOP, cost optimization, and performance management.• Successfully led Center of Excellence (CoE) with a team size of 400+, including architects, BAs, scrum teams, sector leads, people managers, and contractors.Technical & Domain Expertise• Hands on experience with Informatica, Teradata, Unix, SAP BusinessObjects, Cognos, Tableau, Qlik Sense, CI/CD pipelines, GenAI & AI4BI, Power BI Co pilot, Python, Denodo, MS Azure, and GCP Data Engineering tools.• Skilled in building and populating Data Marts using Informatica PowerCenter and Data Virtualization tools.• Industry exposure across Telecom, Manufacturing, Airline, FMCG, and BFSI Designed and executed PepsiCo’s enterprise-wide AI4BI strategy, enabling conversational analytics (“Dialogue with Data”) and automated GenAI insights (“AI Insights Summary”).• Led in sourcing of €2 million in external BI spend during tenure at Vodafone.• At PepsiCo, drove centralization and rationalization of BI & Reporting, delivering over $25 million in targeted productivity savings through automation, standardization, and platform Flexible and adaptive to rapidly changing business environments while consistently delivering high impact solutions on time and under budget.• Recognized as a trusted BI & Analytics leader, driving long-term business assessments, integration programs, and technology-led value creation that elevates global business and customer outcomes.

Experience

1. Associate Director

   PepsiCo

   Apr 2025 — Present

   Heading multi-region BI And AI4BI, Data & Analytics delivery, Transformation, legacy app to cloud migration, rationalization and consolidation, implementation of strategic business plans & policies, ensuring organizational growth, targeting maximum profitability & cost effectiveness-Collaborate with global delivery leaders to embed an integrated global delivery framework -Responsible for managing Overall Account Ownership, Competency Building, Account Mining, Revenues, AOP, cost optimization, generating efficiency and measuring value generation-Implementing new technologies & undertaking initiatives for optimizing cost & resources, enhancing productivity, & generating new business opportunities-Led large scale initiatives on rationalization and centralization of BI & Reporting to create multi-million dollars productivity through both labor and non-labor optimization-Leading glodbal key initiatives, financial & risk management service strategy, transition, operations, process improvement, process management, team building, training, hiring and Vendor management & leading team multiply skills team. Provides expert input into overall architecture direction-Designing and implementing the overall BI strategy, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand their data needs and establish best practices in data visualization. Actively engaged in new transitions to set up seamless and scalable reporting systems-Led teams and projects across multiple geographies in a multinational environment, interacting with senior leadership at a global level. Successfully managed multiple projects through all lifecycle phases, with a strong focus on defining direction, setting standards, and ensuring smooth end-to-end delivery-Contributing techno-managerial inputs in the domains of project planning, designing, resource management to ensure total compliance with delivery needs & Foster a culture of continuous improvement with in BI vertical

Education

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Master of Computer Applications - MCA

  2005 — 2008