SAKTHIVEL NACHIMUTHU
Technology Consultant & Thought Leader
💡 Professional Summary
Driving AI Innovation and Data-Driven Decisions to solve real-world challenges.
Forward-thinking consultant and technologist with 17+ years of experience, driving next-level performance in the digital-age for Fortune X companies through innovation and systems architecture. Relentless in creating solutions that weave together existing business/technology practices with new capabilities in Customer Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Data Science, and Cloud-based Technologies to create a data-driven customer-focused culture.
🌏 Global Experience
International, cross-industry experience in defining cloud-based solution architecture across:
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Industries: Retail, Manufacturing, Banking, Energy & Utility, Semiconductor, Agriculture, Government
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Regions: Singapore, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India
🏆 Notable Clients
• Walmart • Informatica • GlobalFoundries • Microsoft • Apple • Toyota • GovTech • HTX • Sembcorp • Met Office • Marks & Spencer
🎯 Core Competencies
🔧 Technology Leadership
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📊 Delivering Business Impact
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📈 Quantitative Strategy
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💼 Professional Experience
MICROSOFT (NASDAQ: MSFT)
🔷 Architect – Cloud, Data & AI Platform
ISD Global Engineering and Architecture Group, Microsoft Asia
📅 October 2021 - Present | 📍 Singapore
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
+ Recognized as Power BI Prodigy, Microsoft Fabric Top Technical Insider, and Azure Virtuoso
🎯 Strategic Leadership
- 🏗️ Designed and implemented Gen AI, Data Science, and Analytics architectures with multilayered security for government and enterprise customers
- 🚀 Drove AI-led strategy within Microsoft’s ISD Engineering & Architecture Group to enable regional transformation through scalable Cloud, Security, Data, and AI solutions
- 🤖 Led a globally distributed team in designing, testing, and deploying enterprise-scale Application and Data & AI solutions for High-Performance Computing (HPC) supercomputer infrastructure
- 🤝 Led Microsoft Fabric Insider deep technical community for ISD, fostering collaboration between Engineering teams and Customers
🌤️ Major Project Highlights
- ☁️ UK Met Office Cloud Transformation: Led strategic initiative migrating and rearchitecting supercomputing workloads for national weather forecasting, managing zettabytes of climate data
- 🏛️ Singapore Smart Nation: Served as Certified Government on Commercial Cloud (GCC) Architect supporting agencies under MND, MHA, MSE, MOT, and MTI
- 🔌 Agentic AI Solutions: Architected and deployed Generative AI solutions across multiple enterprise environments, enabling diverse use cases from automation to customer engagement
🌱 Sustainability & Innovation
- 🌿 Microsoft’s Sustainability Champion for Singapore, driving digital transformation across energy, utilities, agriculture, and public sector
- 📖 Partnered with Green Software Foundation and IMDA to co-author Sustainable Software Development Guidelines
- ♻️ Advanced Microsoft’s AI mission by democratizing access to AI with human-centric, trustworthy, and ethical solutions
🔷 Senior Cloud Solution Architect – Data & AI
Customer Success, Microsoft Singapore
📅 October 2021 - 2023 | 📍 Singapore
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
🎯 Customer Engagement
- 🤝 Orchestrated high-value business collaborations with Singapore Government and commercial enterprises
- 💼 Led technical sales and execution for Microsoft Cloud and Data Services
- 📊 Shaped go-to-market strategies and resolved complex technical hurdles
🔧 Technical Excellence
- 🏗️ Headed design and execution of scalable software solutions aligned with business objectives
- ☁️ Implemented cloud-native solutions using AWS, Azure, and GCP
- 🔐 Ensured system reliability, scalability, and security for cloud deployments
💡 Innovation & Collaboration
- 🆕 Evaluated and integrated new technologies in Data Analytics, Big Data, AI/ML, GenAI, and Cybersecurity
- 👥 Collaborated with product managers, engineers, and data scientists for harmonized development
- 🎓 Provided technical leadership and mentorship to development teams
SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES (SGX: U96/SCIL.SI)
🔷 Senior Manager Big Data Solution Architect and Data Science
Digital & Technology
📅 April 2019 - October 2021 | 📍 Singapore
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
🎯 Strategic Initiatives
- 🧠 Spearheaded unified data science and AI strategy aligning with business objectives
- 🏢 Deployed robust Big Data and Data Science solutions across Energy, Water, Waste, Treasury, Trading, Finance, Risk, and Compliance units
- 💾 Developed cutting-edge distributed database solutions for real-time and batch datasets
⚡ Energy & Operations
- 📡 Leveraged IoT sensor data, market data, and weather information for performance analysis
- 🔌 Established high-speed processing platforms optimizing energy trading and network operations
- 🤖 Led team in developing, testing, and deploying predictive models and machine learning algorithms
🔒 Governance & Compliance
- 🛡️ Implemented stringent data governance and security protocols ensuring regulatory compliance
- 🔍 Evaluated and selected suitable AI tools based on scalability, cost-effectiveness, and compatibility
- 📊 Delivered analytical solutions and visual dashboards on big data platforms
🎓 Knowledge Sharing
- 📚 Stayed current with AI trends and integrated them into company strategy
- ✅ Ensured ethical AI use and optimized machine learning models
- 🎤 Conducted training sessions and presented data insights to stakeholders
COGNIZANT (NASDAQ-100: CTSH)
🔷 Cloud Architect and Senior Big Data Consultant
Information Architecture CoE, International
📅 February 2009 - April 2019 (10+ years) | 📍 India, UK, Singapore, US, Canada
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
🌐 Global Digital Transformation
- 🚀 Directed digital transformation for Fortune 10 retail, manufacturing, semiconductor, and IT firms
- 💡 Provided thought leadership around BI on Hadoop implementations
- 🎯 Evaluated business challenges and partnered with executives to identify digital opportunities
📈 Performance & Leadership
- 📊 Managed performance metrics and reporting, led KPI-focused dialogues
- 🎖️ Transformed VP-level goals into actionable tasks ensuring successful completion
- 👨🏫 Mentored teams on digital, analytics, and technology excellence
☁️ Cloud & Big Data Solutions
- 🏗️ Designed and deployed dynamically scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant applications on Cloud data platforms
- 🔄 Steered design and execution of Big Data solutions for enterprise clients
- 💰 Enforced cost-control measures and managed cloud environments adhering to security guidelines
🔧 Technical Innovation
- 🤖 Engineered data processing systems and predictive models utilizing diverse technologies
- 📊 Performed comprehensive data analysis for actionable insights
- 🆕 Kept abreast of latest industry trends to deliver competitive solutions
🏆 Client Success Stories
- 🛒 Walmart (2+ years, US): Cloud Architecture & Big Data Consulting
- 🛍️ Sam’s Club (Canada): Enterprise Cloud Architecture
- 💎 GlobalFoundries (2 years, Singapore): Solution Architecture, BI & DBA
- 👔 Marks & Spencer (2+ years, UK & India): Solution Architecture, BI & DBA
- 🚗 Toyota (3+ years, India): Senior Developer .NET, BI & DBA
📚 Prior Experience
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🔷 Amazon Development Centre (India) Pvt. Ltd. |
🔷 Satyam Computer Services Ltd. |
🛠️ Technical Skillset
Top Skills
Solution Architecture | Generative AI | Cloud Computing | Big Data Analytics | Cybersecurity
Governance & DevOps
Governance: Microsoft Purview, Informatica EDC, Apache Atlas, Responsible AI
DevOps: DataOps, MLOps, DevSecOps, AIOps, LLMOps, DevOps
Containers: Kubernetes, Docker, ACR, DockerHub, Quay, OpenShift, AKS
Version Control: Azure DevOps, GitHub, JIRA, SVN, Bitbucket, GitLab
IaC: Terraform, ARM, Bicep
Package Mgmt: PyPI, Maven, Node, Nuget
Collaboration: SharePoint, Confluence
Security: Data Security, AI Security/Guardrails, Entra ID, APIM, VPN, DevBox
Data Stores
Cloud Storage: OneLake, HDFS, ABFS, S3, ADLS, DBFS, Google Storage, OneDrive, SharePoint
Databases: SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DB2, Teradata, MariaDB
NoSQL: Cosmos DB, MongoDB, AI Search, Vector Store
Analytics: ThoughtSpot, Druid, atScale, SSAS, XMLA, AAS, Big Query, Snowflake
Lake: Databricks Delta, Fabric OneLake, Data Explorer/Event House
Streaming: EventHub, IoT Hub, Kafka, Confluent, EventStream
Technology Stack
Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure, GCP, AWS
AI/ML: Generative AI, LLM, Agentic AI, Copilot, MLFlow, AML, MCP, AI Foundry, OpenAI, Databricks
Big Data: Hortonworks, Cloudera, Spark, Databricks
Languages: Python, T-SQL, Java, C# .NET, Scala, Node JS, Shell, PowerShell
Orchestration: Airflow, Data Factory, IICS, RPA, PowerAutomate/CloudFlow
BI Stack: MSBI Stack (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS)
OS: Windows, Linux, Mac
Copilot: GitHub Copilot, M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Fabric Data Agent
HPC: Supercomputer Infrastructure
Cybersecurity: Zero Trust, Networking, Private Links/Endpoints
Analytics & Data Science
Platforms: Microsoft Fabric, Synapse, Databricks, Azure ML, Azure AI
Visualization: Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, Grafana, Redash, ThoughtSpot
Query: Kusto, Spark Streaming, PySpark, DAX, SQL
Architecture: Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Delta Lake, Event House, Semantic Model
Tools: Big Query, KNIME, Alteryx, atScale, Druid
Specialized: IoT Analytics, Media Streaming, Big Data, Hadoop
🎓 Education
🎓 Master’s DegreesMaster of Computer Applications (MCA) Master of Commerce (M.Com) |
🎓 Bachelor’s DegreeBachelor of Commerce & Computer Applications |
📊 Academic Focus
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🏅 Professional Certifications
🎖️ Expert Level Certifications
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- ✅ Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert – Azure Architect Technologies and Azure Architect Design
- ✅ Microsoft Certified Cybersecurity Architect Expert – Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect
- ✅ Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert – Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solution
🎖️ Associate Level Certifications
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🎖️ Technology Specialist Certifications
- 🔷 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: SQL Server 2008 – Database Development, Implementation and Maintenance
- 🔷 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Applications
- 🔷 IBM Certified Solution Developer: InfoSphere DataStage V8.5
- 🔷 Amateur Station Operators Certificate (ASOC): HAM Radio Operator with Callsign VU3TNS by Ministry of Communications & IT, Govt. of India
🏆 Honors & Awards
🌟 Microsoft Recognition
🥇 Excellence Awards
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🎖️ Technical Recognition
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🌿 Sustainability Leadership
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🔐 Professional Memberships
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🌟 Cognizant Recognition
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🌟 Client Recognition
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Walmart (US)
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Marks & Spencer (UK)
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📊 Career Highlights in Numbers
| Metric | Achievement |
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| Years of Experience | 17+ Years |
| Countries Worked | 5+ Countries |
| Industries Served | 8+ Industries |
| Clients Empowered | Fortune X Companies |
| Expert Certifications | 3 Expert Level |
| Associate Certifications | 8+ Associate Level |
| Awards Received | 20+ Awards |
| Technologies Mastered | 50+ Technologies |
🌐 Professional Links
📫 Let’s Connect
💬 Open to Opportunities
| Head of Architecture | Head of Engineering | Head of Analytics | Head of Data Science | Head of Artificial Intelligence | Head of Cloud | Head of Data Platform | Technology Consulting | Cloud Architecture | Data & AI Solutions | Digital Transformation |
© 2025 Sakthivel Nachimuthu
Updated: October 2025
