Babu Gandhi

Senior MDM Architect professional with over 19 years of experience in master data management and architecture, expert in STIBO/STEP Multidomain MDM Solutions and data governance. Key achievements include successfully delivering a CMDM project managing 1.6 million customer records within 3 months and implementing Stibo STEP MDM across various domains, leading to outstanding performance recognition at Virtusa. Seeking a position at a forward-thinking company, where I bring my master data management and architecture skills to support your mission of developing a robust and cohesive MDM platform aligned with strategic vision and ensuring high data quality and governance standards.

Senior System Architect / Delivery Manager - Virtusa - Bangalore, India

(2023-01)

IT consulting company specializing in technology and software services.

• Architect scalable and secure Stibo MDM solutions focusing on data models, workflows, and integration strategies.
• Establish data governance policies ensuring data quality, consistency, and compliance with regulations like GDPR.
• Implement access controls, encryption, and monitoring to safeguard master data against unauthorized access and breaches.
• Design and implement integrations between Stibo MDM and enterprise systems using APIs and ETL tools.
• Oversee daily master data operations ensuring smooth ingestion, transformation, and synchronization processes across platforms.
• Enable real-time data synchronization and interoperability with analytics and reporting platforms.
• Provide guidance to development teams and facilitate workshops to capture requirements and deliver solutions.
• Ensure Stibo MDM projects meet business objectives, budgets, and timelines while mitigating risks.
• Act as the bridge between business users and IT teams translating business needs into technical implementations.

Senior Technical MDM Analyst / Solution Architect - Haleon GCC (Formerly GSK) - Bangalore, India

(2022-06 - 2023-01)

Global consumer health company formerly known as GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

• Provide hassles integration for the upstream and downstream systems in the Multidomain STIBO STEP MDM.
• Develop, maintain, and test data solutions with a variety of data platforms including relational databases and big data platforms.
• Collaborate with BI visualization experts, Industry SMEs, Data scientists, and Stakeholders to drive data-related projects.
• Model the Data Lake, develop various data ingestion transformation routines to acquire data from external data sources.
• Architect data integrations solutions in both batch and real-time to support functional and non-functional requirements of data projects.
• Architect and design framework components for standardization and productivity improvement.
• Establish and maintain audit policies, compliance and security, and data standards.
• Designed and implemented robust HCP and HCO data management solutions utilizing Stibo MDM to streamline and optimize data accuracy and governance.

Senior Solution Consultant - Stibo Systems Pvt Ltd - Bangalore, India

(2013-05 - 2022-06)

Provider of Master Data Management solutions of enterprise-level.

• Design and architect scalable, robust, and secure Master Data Management (MDM) solutions using the Stibo STEP platform to meet client requirements.
• Collaborate with Stibo Customers, stakeholders to gather, analyze, and translate business requirements into technical specifications and solution designs.
• Lead the configuration, customization, and deployment of the Stibo MDM platform, including integrations with other enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, e-commerce, etc.).
• Develop and implement logical and physical data models for master data domains such as product, customer, vendor, or asset data.
• Design and manage integrations with external systems and APIs to ensure seamless data flow and synchronization across platforms.
• Establish data governance frameworks and ensure data quality rules, standards, and workflows are implemented effectively in the MDM solution.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to development teams, ensuring best practices and adherence to project timelines.
• Act as the technical point of contact for clients, providing regular updates, conducting demonstrations, and addressing concerns or feedback.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of the Stibo MDM solution, ensuring scalability and responsiveness under varying workloads.
• Create detailed technical documentation and provide training to end-users and client teams to maximize the adoption and utilization of the Stibo platform.

Team Lead - MDM - TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED - Chennai, India

(2011-12 - 2013-01)

Global IT services and consulting company.

• Serve as a functional analyst on MDM initiatives and facilitate data governance processes.
• Develop key relationships with data owners/stewards to standardize/rationalize attributes and metrics.
• Responsible for day-to-day monitoring, enforcement, and execution of policies and standards.

Spend Analyst - GEP World Wide Inc - Hyderabad, India

(2011-04 - 2011-12)

Consulting company offering a range of procurement services.

• eSpend tool configuration including reports, analysis of the spend data provided by the customer.
• Expectation setting with the customer on deliverables.
• Understand and resolve issues (customer/internal) with processed data effectively and efficiently.

Audit leader - TESS DATA SOLUTIONS PVT LTD

(2004-06 - 2011-03)

• Improving the Data quality by carrying out Data Cleansing, Data normalization Standardization, Data Validation, Data Enrichment activities.
• Categorizing the data according to customer-specific, also global Schema such as UNSPSC, ecl@ss, eotd, ETIM, FSC, ECCMA, OSD etc.
• Structuring and Updating the data in SQL server.
• To effectively utilize the Auto-Classification Tool by assigning relevant data models, business rules, and other logic function to publish Spend Analytic reports by using OLAP reporting Software (Data beacon, Dundas etc)