Peter Kapur

About Peter Kapur

Data Governance, Data Quality & Data Strategy | DataOps-Led Data Trust | Analytics & AI PlatformsI lead enterprise data governance, data quality, and data strategy functions focused on operationalizing data trust to deliver real business, analytics, and AI outcomes. My work embeds governance, quality, and accountability directly into modern data platforms and engineering workflows—ensuring data is reliable, scalable, and ready for production decision-making and AI use.I specialize in building execution-oriented governance and quality capabilities aligned with DataOps and modern analytics architectures. I continuously evolve governance, quality, and metadata practices based on platform maturity, business priorities, regulatory needs, and emerging technologies—so data trust scales with engineering velocity instead of slowing it down.My experience includes leading governance and quality initiatives across complex, multi-domain enterprise environments, integrating data ownership, stewardship, metadata, lineage, and observability directly into data pipelines, analytics platforms, and AI workflows. This approach improves data reliability, reduces operational friction, and accelerates analytics and AI adoption.I bring strong working knowledge of DataOps, modern analytics databases, and data engineering patterns, enabling governance and quality to be designed for how data is actually built and run—across cloud data warehouses, lakehouse platforms, and streaming and batch pipelines. I partner closely with data engineering, analytics, platform, risk, and compliance teams to ensure governance and quality are practical, automated, and outcome-driven.My focus is consistent: build modern, continuously improving data governance and quality capabilities that turn data into a trusted, AI-ready enterprise asset. I’m known as a collaborative leader who builds trust across engineering, analytics, business, and risk teams—creating environments where people are engaged, accountable, and motivated to deliver sustainable outcomes together

Experience

1. Data & Analytics - Data Strategy, Data & Ai Governance, Data Quality

   CarMax

   Oct 2022 — Present · Richmond, VA, US

   At CarMax, I lead enterprise-wide efforts to drive Data Governance and Data Quality as strategic enablers across key domains including Retail, Pricing & Supply, and Auto Finance. My focus is on aligning Data Offense and Data Defense strategies to empower business outcomes through AI/LLM-driven analytics and data science.Key Achievements:• Designed and implemented a business-driven Data Governance framework, identifying and aligning “Data Producers” and “Data Consumers” across Product, Technology, and Business teams.• Enabled tangible improvements in Data Quality by deploying scalable governance capabilities that support both operational efficiency and revenue optimization.• Partnered with Data Science, Analytics, and Product teams to integrate governance into offensive data strategies, driving innovation and cost savings.• Led enterprise Data Literacy and Change Management initiatives, fostering a culture of data ownership and strategic value realization.• Championed context-driven metadata and intelligent cataloging, enhancing data discoverability and trust across the organization

Education

• Baruch College

  BBA, Computer Science

Skills

• IT Business Strategy
• Risk Management
• Architecture
• Governance
• Strategic Business Change
• Business Analytics
• Outsourcing
• Big Data
• Change Management
• Business Intelligence
• Requirements Gathering
• Data Modeling
• Change Catalyst
• Data
• Culture Change
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Leadership
• Requirements Analysis
• Data Stewardship
• Data Warehousing
• Business Transformation
• Business Requirements
• Project Portfolio Management
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Product Management
• Client on-Boarding
• Project Execution
• Business Analysis
• IT Strategy
• Management
• Project Management
• Data Governance
• IT Management
• Project Delivery
• People Change