Bhaskar Lakshmikanthan
San Ramon,
CA, USA
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SUMMARY
Accomplished and results-driven professional with 25+ years of experience in Architecture, Engineering, and Product Development for leading healthcare enterprises, including Kaiser Permanente, Blue Shield of California, Brow & Toland, R1RCM, and ONSEMI. Adept at developing and implementing enterprise-wide solutions, with deep expertise in modern data platforms, distributed systems, and cloud technologies (Azure, GCP, AWS). Recognized for innovative problem-solving and leadership in data architecture, governance, and quality.
SKILLS
Technical Skills
Tools & Platforms
Languages & DBs
Certifications & Badges
Databricks, DLT, DQ
Snowflake, Synapse, Tableau, Power BI
Python, C, C++, Java, JSP
Academy Accreditation - Generative AI
Data Vault Modeling
Collibra, Informatica
Oracle 10G/9I/8I/7.13, DB2
Data Bricks, Snowflake Architecture
Data Governance
Microsoft Azure, Kafka
SQL, PL/SQL, XML, XSLT
Lake House Architecture
Data Quality
Erwin, NoSQL, SQLServer
LLM, Hugging Face
Airflow, Unity Catalog
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MARVELL, CA, USA
Lead Data Governance Architect
Jan 2025 – Current
Established Data Quality and Data Governance strategies, including demos, POCs, procurement, and production implementation.
Migrated data from Snowflake to Databricks; designed DLT pipelines and introduced DQ validation.
Re-designed Datawarehouse, Mart and reporting layer on Databricks Lakehouse (Microsoft Azure).
Helped design Power BI reports and dashboards.
Developed LLM models for extracting business terms, acronyms, and PII attributes from various file types.
Configured Unity Catalog for tags, data contracts, sensitive data, and row-level security.
Integrated Jira for data exception processes.
ONSEMI, CA, USA
Lead Principal Data Engineering/Architecture
Dec 2023 – Dec 2024
Designed and developed Databricks DLT pipelines for batch and streaming data ingestion on Azure Cloud.
Established Data Quality and Governance strategies from the ground up.
Established standards for designing Datawarehouse on Snowflake and designed reporting layer. Helped design Power BI reports and dashboards.
Standardized acronyms and conducted impact analysis for governance approval.
Guided teams on DQ rules, priorities, and Tableau DQ dashboards.
Designed end-to-end architecture diagrams and DG processes using AI Governance.
R1 RCM, Murray, USA
Director, Enterprise Data Architecture
Aug 2021 – Sep 2023
Led architecture and design of innovative data analytics platform, reducing processing time by 40%.
Executed data strategy roadmap, resulting in a 40% improvement in data quality and 20% increase in customer satisfaction.
Implemented data obfuscation system, reducing vulnerability by 25%.
Designed and deployed ML models, improving prediction accuracy by 30%.
Modernized data ingestion using Databricks and Kafka.
Helped design Power BI reports and dashboards.
Redesigned Datawarehouse on Snowflake and Databricks on Azure Cloud
Kaiser Permanente, Pleasanton, USA
Lead Enterprise Data Architect
Nov 2017 – Jul 2021
Configured data tagging and auto-tagging on Azure using Waterline.
Integrated Collibra for streamlined data governance, reducing bottlenecks by 25%.
Set up Data Quality processes using Waterline and Trifacta.
Introduced Databricks for data ingestion, improving load times by 35%.
Built test plans and collaborated on dashboard requirements.
Blue Shield of California, San Francisco, USA
Enterprise Data Quality Engineer/Architect
May 2017 – Nov 2017
Established COE for data quality and governance.
Initiated data quality workflow routines using Informatica.
Modernized data quality processes and maintained data pipelines.
MedAmerica, USA
Enterprise Data Architect
Oct 2016 – Feb 2017
Consolidated data warehouse and improved data quality operations.
Authored data pipeline for daily incremental load from external sources.
Blue Shield of California, San Francisco, USA
Enterprise Lead Data Quality Engineer/Architect
Jan 2013 – Sep 2016
Created COE for quality and governance, reducing inconsistencies by 40%.
Implemented Informatica for data quality workflows.
Integrated Medicare and commercial provider data using Hadoop.
Blue Shield of California, San Francisco, USA
Senior Data Quality Engineer/Enterprise Architect
Jan 2007 – Jan 2013
Developed Data Quality solutions using Informatica.
Automated manual processes with custom scripts.
Introduced MDM solution using IBM Infosphere.
Brown & Toland Medical Group, San Francisco, USA
Enterprise Data Architect
Feb 2004 – Dec 2006
Administered SQL Server and Oracle databases.
Enhanced performance of stored procedures and developed DTS packages.
Implemented Cognos for production reports.
Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek, USA
Developer
Aug 2000 – Feb 2004
Developed XML/XSLT scripts for EDI transactions.
Created ER diagrams and administered Oracle databases.
PE Bio Systems, USA
Developer/Consultant
Mar 2000 – Jul 2000
Generated Artificial DNA database and developed web interfaces.
Bellsoft Inc, Atlanta, USA
Consultant
Jun 1998 – Mar 2000
Replicated SQL Server to Oracle, automated stored procedures, and migrated databases.
Indusa Tech, Fire Record Management, USA
Consultant
Dec 1997 – May 1998
Developed fire records management system for Chicago Fire Department.
Baynet System, Bearing, Bangalore, India
System
Jun 1996 – Nov 1997
Designed and developed inventory systems and relational databases.
OMC Computers Inc, Bangalore, India
Software Engineer
Dec 1992 – Nov 1996
Developed reservation and hotel management systems, enforced data validation.
Nobel System, Bangalore, India
Consultant/Analyst
Jan 1991 – Sep 1991
Digitized fire department drawings using AutoCAD.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore, India
Management Trainee
Apr 1990 – Nov 1990
Drafted aircraft components using CATTIA and AutoCAD.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Degree/Certification
Institution/Provider
Year
Bachelor of Science, Computer Application
Multimedia Institute Of Information Tech
Dec 1996
Diploma, Oracle
Tata Unisys, Bangalore, India
Jan 1994
Diploma, Unix and C
Brilliants Computer, Bangalore, India
Jan 1993
IBM Infosphere (MDM)
ABC
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Data Bricks, Digital badge – Gen AI
Data Bricks University, Online
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Lake House Architecture
Data Bricks University, Online
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Snowflake Architecture
Snowflake University, Online
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Automated Data Quality validation process, saving $350k per annum.
Developed automated Data Quality Solution for Provider MDM, saving $500k per annum.
Led architecture standards and roadmap design, earning recognition and financial reward.
Recognized as Employee of the Quarter and Year for outstanding performance.
Trained in Big Data (Hadoop and MapR).
References available upon request.