Venkat Boina

Strategic Engineering Leader with 15+ years of hands-on experience transforming enterprise data landscapes. Expert in architecting high-concurrency SaaS platforms, driving multi-million dollar efficiency improvements, and building world-class engineering teams that bridge the gap between complex data infrastructure and high-value business outcomes. Proven track record of managing 20+ multi-disciplinary engineers to deliver scalable AI/analytics solutions, with a strong focus on product roadmap execution, operational excellence, and organizational growth.

Designed and delivered multiple data products which delivered revenue for the organization.

Senior Engineering Manager – Data & AI Platforms, Analytics - PHENOM - Hyderabad, India

(2021-08)

Directing the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and engineering execution for Phenom's enterprise data platform, serving 30+ SaaS products. Lead a multi-disciplinary group of 20+ Engineers.

• Portfolio Strategy & Product Ownership: Accountable for the lifecycle and innovation of four core product pillars: Talent Analytics, Report Builder, Phenom Data Hub, and Conversational Analytics. Drive product roadmap and delivery by bridging the gap between engineering and the customer lens.
• Operational Governance: Institutionalized Data Mesh and governance frameworks, including GDPR-compliant row-access security and data-access policies, ensuring platform integrity for global enterprise clients.
• Data Integrity & Pipeline Reliability: Architected end-to-end data quality frameworks to ensure high-fidelity parity between source systems (CRM, MongoDB, Postgres) and the enterprise data warehouse. Established rigorous observability standards and automated freshness monitoring, significantly reducing data downtime and fortifying customer trust in the analytics platform.
• Scalability & Performance Architecture: Orchestrated a platform modernization (Apache Iceberg, Pinot, Flink), enabling the system to process 200M+ daily data points and 50K daily queries. Delivered 4-6x performance improvement (20s to 3–9s query latency), directly realizing $400K+ in annual infrastructure cost efficiencies.
• AI/ML Innovation: Spearheaded the integration of RAG-based LLMs, MCP, and specification-driven development (Kiro/Cursor). Built data models and semantic layers to power natural language analytics, accelerating time-to-insight for non-technical users. Text to SQL generation agents for helping customers in reporting and adhoc queries.
• Business-Centric Leadership: Partnered with leadership to establish WBR (Weekly Business Reviews) and MBR (Monthly Business Reviews). Aligned technical observability and platform health index metrics with business objectives, improving customer trust and retention.
• Organizational Growth: Cultivated a high-performance culture focused on "Customer Lens" development. Mentored cross-functional teams, implemented rigorous CI/CD (Argo/K8s) standards, and optimized developer velocity via modern AI-assisted engineering practices.

Senior Technology Specialist (AVP) - WELLS FARGO - Hyderabad, India

(2020-08 - 2021-08)

Led engineering delivery for the Wholesale Customer Information System (WCIS), an enterprise Master Data Management (MDM) platform.

• Directed data integration patterns and architecture optimizations, supporting global legal organizational reporting and high-availability compliance standards.

Consultant – Data & Analytics - DELOITTE TAX SERVICES INDIA PVT. LTD. - Hyderabad, India

(2014-02 - 2020-07)

Architected and deployed large-scale cloud data solutions and SaaS-based financial application platforms for global clients.

• Designed complex ETL/ELT pipelines, semantic layers, and reporting systems to support financial data accuracy.

Senior Software Engineer (SQL) - TARANTULA.NET INDIA PVT. LTD. - Hyderabad, India

(2010-05 - 2014-02)

Developed telecom infrastructure data management solutions for key clients.

Master's in Computer Applications - Artificial Intelligence & Data Management & Analytics - VSPGS, Osmania University