Life Sciences Tech Lead
Resume:
Sandeep Jasti
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Aveva PI & Aspen IP21 Consultant with 11.5+ years of experience delivering enterprise-level industrial data infrastructure solutions across industries.
Industry exposure includes Pharma, Life Sciences, Chemicals, Power & Utilities, Metals & Mining, Automotive, Pulp & Paper, Agriculture, Food & Beverages, and Electronics. As a Tech Lead, I have successfully led teams in designing and delivering large-scale Aveva PI solutions across multiple industries. My role involved not only driving technical execution but also mentoring and training professionals on PI, enabling them to build strong expertise. I focus on setting best practices, guiding solution architecture, and fostering a collaborative environment that ensures high-quality delivery and long-term team growth
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Freelancing (Aug 2025 – Present)
Clients :US Based MNC
Project 1: Aveva PI System Implementation & Integration with Custom application. Responsibilities & Duties :
● Implemented PI System from the ground up, simulating data via OPC UA Simulator and MQTT Broker, ensuring robust testing and validation before deployment.
● Designed and deployed PI AF, enabling structured asset modeling that improved data accessibility and contextual insights.
● Built and optimized PI AF Analytics and Event Frames, reducing manual monitoring effort and improving operational visibility for business stakeholders.
● Integrated AF data with third-party applications using PI Web API, enhancing interoperability and enabling advanced analytics and reporting solutions.
● Integrated PI system data into Aveva Connect and seamlessly connected it with a custom application, enabling centralized data access and enhanced operational insights.
● Automated enterprise-wide Event Frame monitoring by building a Python script with AF SDK to retrieve Event Frames (with child events, start/end times, and referenced attributes) and send them to a third-party application, empowering users to take proactive actions on critical triggers and improving response times
● Led and trained a cross-functional team on Aveva PI. FORMER EMPLOYMENT
Roima Intelligence (Formerly SKH Algorithms) (Aug 2022 – Aug 2025) Clients : UPM (United Paper Mill)
Project 1: Aveva PI System Implementation.
Responsibilities & Duties :
● Led the end-to-end design and delivery of multiple Aveva PI projects, guiding technical execution and mentoring team members.
● Designed and implemented PI Systems including installation and configuration of PI Data Archive, PI AF Server, PI Vision, PI Analysis, Notification Servers, PI Web API, PI Business Integrator, PI RDBMS, and Interfaces (OPCDA, PI UFL, PI OPC UA Gen 2.x).
● Configured PI system security to ensure compliance and data integrity.
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● Migrated PI AF, Analytics, and Notification servers, ensuring seamless transition and minimal downtime.
● Designed and maintained AF Hierarchies, Analytics and Notifications as per business use cases.
● Migrated legacy OPCDA interfaces to modern PI OPC UA connectors (Gen 2.x).
● Configured PI UFL Connectors/Interfaces to acquire data from XML, CSV, and REST APIs.
● Created PI Business Integrator views (asset and streaming) and integrated with Power BI, Azure Data Lake, and Azure IoT Hub for enterprise reporting and analytics.
● Configured PI RDBMS interfaces to pull data from relational databases into PI.
● Developed custom PI Vision symbols and dashboards to meet user requirements, including integration of Vision Library+ by Software Athlete.
● Configured Aveva Edge via PI OPC HDA server to expose PI data to OPC UA client applications.
Clients : UPM (United Paper Mill)
Project 2: PI System Implementation.
Responsibilities & Duties :
● Provided L2/L3 support for day-to-day PI operations. Clients : Metso Outotec.
Project 1: PI Server Migration
Responsabilités & Duties :
● Migrated PI Data Archive, PI AF, PI Analytics, and PI Cloud Connect to new infrastructure across different domains.
● Performed full historical data transfer of PI Data Archive from source to target servers, ensuring zero data loss.
● Migrated AF and Analytics servers to a new domain with minimal downtime.
● Relocated PI Cloud Connect application and subscriptions to a new machine for continued data integration.
● Validated and verified historical data integrity post-migration to ensure system reliability and accuracy.
Project 2: PI AF structure, Analysis, Templates creation, SSRS Reports & SQL Stored Procedures creation. Responsibilities & Duties :
● Designed and implemented AF hierarchy aligned with the physical plant model for structured data representation.
● Created Element and Event Frame Templates to standardize asset modeling and event generation.
● Built and configured trigger conditions to automatically generate event frames.
● Developed hourly and daily KPI calculations using PI AF Analytics to monitor plant performance.
● Designed PI Vision dashboards to visualize real-time KPI data for plant operations.
● Developed SSRS reports and SQL stored procedures to automate the transfer of laboratory data into PI.
Clients : Mesta
Project 1: PI System Design & Implementation
Responsabilités & Duties :
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● Designed and implemented a complete PI System including PI Data Archive, AF Server, PI Vision, PI Analysis, Notification Servers and PI Web API.
● Installed and configured Aveva Adaptor for Azure Event Hub, enabling seamless data streaming from Azure to PI.
● Used edgecmd with PowerShell to configure and manage Azure Event Hub connectivity.
● Created PI Vision dashboards to provide real-time visualization of plant data and KPIs. FORMER EMPLOYMENT
TQS Integration (Dec 2020 – Nov 2021) & Cognizant (Dec 2021- Jul 2022) Software Consultant
TQS provides engineering services and product sales to customers in the Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Healthcare and Power industries. They are distributors of a product called PI from OSIsoft (www.osisoft.com). TQS’ industry experience and the GMP critical nature of our software systems ensures that all software development and implementation is carried out in accordance with customers’ strict quality system guidelines and compliance to FDA requirements for software validation and 21CFR part 11. Clients : Merck & Pfizer.
Project: PI System Implementation.
Responsibilities & Duties :
● Designed and implemented a high-availability PI System, including PI Data Archive (HA), AF, PI Vision, PI Analysis, and Notification Servers (Failover).
● Installed and configured interfaces and connectors: OPCDA, PI UFL, OPCAE, PerfMon, PIUFL, and OPCUA for robust data collection.
● Configured UFL interfaces to process XML and CSV files, storing data efficiently in PI; merged multiple UFL INI files to reduce interface count and maintenance overhead.
● Creation of AF structure (S88 model), Element templates, Event Frame Templates, EFGen Interface structure and Event Frames generation.
● Performed Installation/Operational Qualification (IOQ) of the entire PI system including Data Archive (HA), AF, Vision, Interfaces, PI RDBMS, and RtReports, ensuring compliance with GMP and regulatory standards.
● Authored Detailed Design Specifications (DDS) for PI system components (Data Archive HA, AF, PI Vision, OPCDA, OPCAE, OPCUA, UFL, Analysis, Notifications).
● Maintained strong understanding of GxP regulations and 21 CFR Part 11, ensuring system design met regulatory compliance and validation requirements. FORMER EMPLOYMENT
Wipro
Client : Takeda (Shire).
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Sandeep Jasti
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Mar 2019 – Nov 2020
Senior Software Engineer
Project : PI AF Structure Development
Responsibilities & Duties :
● Designed and built AF hierarchy structures using PI System Explorer based on requirement sheets and plant asset flows.
● Developed Templates to standardize asset modeling and automate KPI calculations.
● Configured attributes, analyses, and Event Frame Templates to generate Event Frames based on trigger and end conditions.
● Implemented PI EFGen interface to automate Event Frame generation, improving accuracy and reducing manual intervention.
● Created PI Vision displays to validate attribute configuration and monitor event generation in real time.
● Performed troubleshooting and root cause analysis for Event Frame generation issues, ensuring data integrity and system reliability.
Project : PI Servers Health Monitoring Development. Responsibilities & Duties :
● Designed and deployed AF hierarchy, element templates, and performance tags to build a centralized PI System health monitoring framework covering Data Archive, AF Server, Interface Nodes, and PI Web services.
● Automated hourly health checks and configured notifications, reducing unplanned downtime by 30% and improving incident response time by 40%.
● Led troubleshooting and root cause analysis of recurring PI infrastructure issues, permanently resolving failures and improving overall system reliability Project : PI Servers Application Support
Responsibilities & Duties :
● Supported global OSIsoft PI Servers & applications, ensuring 99.9% uptime.
● Track automated alerts and act if there are any failures.
● Troubleshoot and resolve any issues with regard to PI applications.
● Offshore support for l-1,l-2,l-3 issues using Service Now (SNOW).
● Monitored enterprise data flows into the PI Realtime Database, ensuring accuracy and reliability.
● Coordinated PI server maintenance and outages (e.g: OS patching) with minimal downtime.
● Collaborated with clients and end users to prioritize services and resolve PI client application issues. Client : National Grid.
Project : Aveva eDNA server setup
Responsibilities & Duties :
● Installation, Configuration and set up of Aveva eDNA server and eDNA Web server. Page 4 of 5
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● Configuration of tags on eDNA explorer and CHaD using excel add-in and generating values using Manual Data logger.
● Applications involved: eDNA Explorer, eDNA CHaD, eDNA Web administrator, Manual Data Logger. TCS
Clients : Dupont, Chemours.
Jan 2014 – Feb 2019
IT Analyst
Project : Aspen Infoplus.21 AMS.
Responsibilities & Duties :
● Coordinated with DuPont to prioritize Application Management Services, aligning IT support with business needs.
● Delivered L1–L3 support via DSOM, IMS, and Lotus Notes; managed incident tracking, escalation, and on-site dispatch.
● Supported global AspenTech IP.21 Servers and custom MES applications, troubleshooting client and layered application issues.
● Monitored enterprise manufacturing data flows into the IP.21 Realtime Database, ensuring accuracy across global sites.
● Planned and managed IP.21 server outages in connection with different situations like SAP outages, network migrations, daylight saving adjustments with minimal business disruption.
● Designed and configured Lotus Notes databases to support operational workflows.
● Analyzed and tracked batch production data, identifying and resolving process flaws. Project : Aspen Uplift (Version Upgrade) & Migration Responsibilities & Duties :
● Led uplift & migration of 30+ AspenTech Manufacturing Suite instances across USA, Europe, and APAC.
● Executed end-to-end migration of 7 global instances, including license server setup, DB migration, interface & network configuration, and third-party integrations.
● Developed automation toolkit for client application upgrades, reducing manual installation effort.
● Conducted requirement analysis, UAT, and coordinated cut-over & go-live activities with minimal downtime.
● Delivered training sessions for plant engineers on Aspen client tools; improved adoption and reduced post-migration support issues.
● Shared regular project updates with onsite client-partners, ensuring transparency and alignment. Education Qualification:
Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering & Technology (JNTU-Hyderabad) May 2013
BTech in Information Technology
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