Satinder Singh, PMP, CSM.

TECHNICAL PROGRAM & PROJECT LEADER

: 952-***-**** : ad0nrf@r.postjobfree.com

: LinkedIn

Solutions-driven technical leader with solid experience in technical program management, data governance, and big data, backed by proven success in overseeing large-scale enterprise projects from conception to completion for Fortune 500 corporations. Expert at delivering multiple big data projects that streamline data processes, save millions of dollars and optimize data accessibility and comprehension. Effective at leading cross-functional teams and implementing scalable solutions to achieve accurate forecasting, root cause analysis, and variance identification. Proficient in communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and making data-driven recommendations to inform business decisions.

IT Project Management • Data Integration • Risk Analysis • Digital Transformation • CRM • Data Architecture

Process Optimization • Strategy Development • Agile Principles • Quality Assurance • Application Design

Data Governance • Product Development • Big Data Management • Technology Program Management

Tools & Software: Hadoop • StreamSets • Kafka • Apache Kudu • Oracle 11G • SSIS • Toad Software (Quest.com)

Microsoft Word and Excel • MS Project, Version 1, Rally • Microsoft Visual Studio • Clarity

Professional Experience

Amazon 2020 – Present

Senior Technical Program Manager

Brought on to lead a Data Engineering team specialized in Advertising Data portfolios and solving complex data challenges by inventing, evolving, and deprecating data solutions while cost-effectively delivering on business needs. Evaluate project scope and releases to prioritize essential features and determine areas for simplification, optimization, and extension for optimal outcomes. Resolved data architecture deficiencies, managed problems, and escalations, and mitigated long-term risks while navigating difficult situations. Ensure projects align with business goals, prioritizing key functions and swiftly addressing any data architecture and accountability challenges.

Streamlined a complex data ingestion pipeline that reduced data ingestion time from approximately 16 hours to 2 hours and saved $2M annually, thus receiving recognition for exceptional achievement.

Successfully launched and managed the Authoritative Traffic Program, a multi-year initiative that integrated traffic data from diverse sources to create an authoritative data set and metric.

—This significantly improved financial planning, forecasting, and statistical analysis, and enabled the identification of new business opportunities, including pages with untapped potential for ad placements.

Collaborated with another Big Data team, integrated features that negated the necessity for manual data duplication across advertising data lakes, and refined the system to synchronize metadata, leading to the termination of 3,000 transfer jobs and a substantial $3M annual cost reduction.

Developed a data mart with over 10 data dimensions for the Finance team, enabling them to study browser behavior, conduct root cause analysis, improve accuracy in revenue forecasting, and provide better commentary.

—Simplified process saved $1.7M in traditional ingestion costs and eliminated the need for CCPA compliance.

Implemented Alation data catalog and non-invasive data stewardship program, resulting in 2,000 unique data customers accessing and exploring data in the catalog, democratizing data, reducing comprehension time valued at $9M, and answering data-related questions in less than 30 minutes on average.

Defined data enablement policy, identified key PII attributes to be tagged and hashed before storage and ensure the data sharing agreement captured data usage and lineage.

Facilitated bi-weekly sprint planning for four teams, mentoring on agile methodologies, while meticulously managing resources and forecasts to uphold product roadmaps. Drive product delivery through comprehensive oversight of budget, development, and resources, and in coordinating interdependencies within teams, products, and operational platforms.

SJS Inc. 2013 – Present

Owner Consultant

Started a consulting firm to provide expert guidance and solutions to corporate clients seeking to optimize their data architecture, enhance their data governance practices, and maximize the strategic potential of their data assets.

Client: TCF Bank 2019

Role: Technical Project Manager – Data Architecture: Big Data Management and Data Governance

Executed source data analysis and designed a denormalized curated data layer for use by Fraud and BI Reporting teams. Oversaw sprint planning, reviews, and backlog grooming to handle technical debt resulting from bank merger activities, such as consolidation, migration, application sunset, and big data platform incorporation. Identified and mitigated risks while creating processes for non-invasive data governance.

Client: Cargill 2017 – 2019

Role: Solutions Architect – Master Data Management and Governance (2018 – 2019)

Gathered business requirements and managed backlog grooming and sprint planning for a cloud-based Master Data Management (MDM) solution. Demonstrated deep technical expertise in Informatica MDM implementation, including processing, development, deployment, SIF services, migration, IDD, and user exits. Determined data stewards and introduced non-invasive data governance processes for managing customer domains.

Spearheaded the end-to-end design, development, and delivery of a customer master record solution across four ERP systems spanning North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, and South America, utilizing big data to consolidate source data, enrich and harmonize customer data, and enable Sales roll-up for advanced business analytics.

Role: Delivery Lead / Scrum Master – Big Data Platform (2017 – 2018)

Guided product owner in business requirement gathering and user story creation for a reporting solution for trading group to run daily reports on contracts, options, and cash data. Managed program communication, training, risk identification and mitigation, financial/resource management, articulated business problems, and developed app backlog.

Client: Optum 2016 – 2017

Role: Project Manager / Scrum Master

Led big data initiatives to develop pipelines and ingestion processes, aligned multiple teams to prevent duplication of effort, and managed sourcing, ingestion, data lakes, lineage, consumption, metadata, and analytics. Executed non-invasive data governance strategy to streamline processes for collecting and integrating metadata for data streams entering the big data system, managed budgets, and oversaw financial matters for various projects and programs

Client: Optum Insight 2013 – 2015

Role: Technical Project Lead / Incentive Architect

Devised and executed new business processes for customer portal projects. Initiated audit checkpoints to streamline customer requirement translations. Collaborated with Incentive Account Management and Product Development teams to fulfill customer expectations and requirements.

Partnera Health 2012 – 2014

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) / Enterprise Solution Architect

Initiated the design and implementation of a cloud-based enterprise SaaS solution, which minimized healthcare waste and reduce costs through large-scale, multi-tiered, and secure applications through Agile principles. Demonstrated the concept's viability through two pilot studies, resulting in cost savings of $17 PMPM.

Ally Bank (formerly GMAC Financial Services) 2008 – 2012

Senior Data Manager / Steward

Defined critical attributes of enterprise credit risk metrics, utilizing risk data and analysis to ensure data consistency, accuracy, and compliance, while implementing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) initiatives for mortgages and e-banking. Played a key role in developing a Data Stewardship/Data Governance charter, implementing robust processes within a mortgage unit, and ensuring data consistency, end-to-end flow, lineage, and integrity with defined Data Access Controls.

Education & Professional Certifications

Master of Science in Software Engineering – University of Saint Thomas, St. Paul, MN

Master of Business Administration in International Business and Finance – Panjab University, India

AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified

Certified Scrum Master Certified Domino Professional

Contact this candidate