Manish Mehrotra

About Manish Mehrotra

Strategic Data & Analytics leader with 19+ years of experience in data engineering, enterprise data architecture, cloud platforms, and AI/ML enablement. Proven ability to build and scale global data organizations, manage $10M+ budgets, and deliver measurable business outcomes such as revenue growth, cost savings, and improved operational efficiency. Skilled in cloud-native transformations, big data integration, data governance, compliance (GDPR, CMMC), and predictive analytics. Recognized for aligning data strategy with business priorities and leading cross-functional teams to execute enterprise-scale digital transformation programs.Key Achievements Delivered $10M+ in cost savings through platform modernization, vendor consolidation, and scalable API-led data architecture.Directed global data teams of 100+ engineers/vendors across US, EMEA, and APJC, improving delivery efficiency by 35%.Drove $250M revenue protection by developing ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) metric, reducing RMAs by 65%.Improved forecasting accuracy by 18% and reduced customer churn tickets by 12% through AI/ML deployment at scale.Migrated 30K+ global users onto enterprise role management platform, reducing enablement time by 40%.Achieved pipeline reliability with modernized data pipelines, reducing data quality issues by 90%+.Accelerated time-to-market by 70% with cloud-native data platform (Snowflake on AWS).

Experience

1. Sr Data Strategy Leader (Director Principal Engineer) Customer Experience IT Platforms

   Cisco

   Oct 2021 — Present · Bangalore Urban, IN

   Owned data strategy for Cisco’s $12B Customer Experience business, managing $10M+ annual data engineering and architecture budgets-Led global engineering teams (50–150 FTEs + vendors) delivering cloud-native platforms (AWS, Snowflake, Kafka, Airflow, Salesforce, Heroku)-Implemented hub-and-spoke Salesforce integration, cutting M&A integration timelines by 70% and saving $2M annually-Designed and deployed GDPR and CMMC-compliant data archival and anonymization solution, improving performance by 30% while ensuring audit readiness-Scaled AI/ML use cases including churn prediction and demand forecasting — forecast accuracy improved 18%, churn tickets reduced 12%-Drove Agile and CI/CD adoption, reducing release cycles by 30% across global teams-Experimenting with various Agentic AI use cases using AgentForce and Langgraph- consistently ranked among top 10% performers and awarded Asia-Pacific Gold Award (2021-22).

Education

• Kumaun University

  BSc

• Birla Institute of Applied Sciences

  MCA

Skills

• Requirements Gathering
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Management
• Databases
• Leadership
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Business Intelligence
• Architecture
• Project Delivery
• Technical Leadership
• Project Management
• Data Center
• Pre-Sales
• Saas
• IT Strategy
• Software Quality Assurance
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Telecommunications
• Program Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Team Management
• Integration
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Master Data Management