Manohar Venkatesh
Director - Data Architecture
15 years in data, 6 as Architect. Azure, Databricks, lakehouse—for banks and insurers.
About Me
I got into data early—ETL, modeling, pipelines—and over time it turned into architecture and governance. Most of my work has been with Azure (Synapse, Data Lake, Fabric) and Databricks. I've led teams in banking and insurance. Seven years in governance, seven in architecture—enough to know the frameworks (TOGAF, DAMA) and when to bend them.
Experience
Architected enterprise-scale data platforms (lakehouse + streaming). Established data governance and lineage. Integrated AI/LLM solutions (RAG, copilots).
Designed enterprise-wide data architecture. Built governed data lakes with Databricks, Delta Lake. Implemented Unity Catalog.
Transformed business requirements into scalable data architectures. Led migrations to Azure. Built distributed pipelines on Apache Spark.
Designed ETL workflows in IBM DataStage. Built Hive tables, Spark applications on Amazon EMR.
Delivered data integration solutions. Designed star schema models and DataStage ETL.
Key Projects
Designed and implemented an enterprise-grade data lakehouse with real-time streaming capabilities for a major banking client.
Established a data governance framework with end-to-end lineage to support GDPR and PDPA compliance.
Architected RAG-based solutions and enterprise copilots for document intelligence and conversational AI.
Implemented Databricks Medallion architecture with Unity Catalog for a banking data platform.
Built a risk and fraud analytics warehouse on Azure Synapse for a financial services client.