Sonali Bhagwat
About
Sonali works in the following industries: "Telecommunications", "Computer Software", "Internet", "Management Consulting", "Information Technology & Services", "Financial Services", and "Restaurants". Sonali is currently Director, Finance Data Strategy and Governance at Twitter. In Sonali's previous role as a Senior Manager - Data Management and Governance at Microsoft, Sonali worked in Redmond, WA until Jul 2020. Prior to joining Microsoft, Sonali was a Principal Consultant at Hanson consulting and held the position of Principal Consultant at Redmond, WA. Prior to that, Sonali was a Reporting Manager at Microsoft Corporation, based in Redmond, WA from Jan 2005 to Sep 2008. Sonali started working as Program Manager, Services at Microsoft in Redmond, WA in Apr 2005. From Jan 2004 to Jan 2005, Sonali was Reporting Program Manager (Finance/Sales BI) at Speakeasy Inc, based in Seattle, WA. Prior to that, Sonali was a Reporting Analyst at Round Table Pizza, based in Walnut Creek, CA from Jan 2001 to Jan 2004. Sonali started working as Sr. Software Engineer at AdviceAmerica in Fremont, CA in Jan 2000.
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Sonali Bhagwat's current jobs
I established Twitter Finance’s first Data Governance program, putting together strategy, data vision, and the three-year roadmap. I lead a team of data governance professionals to execute data management, information architecture, data quality, and data delivery programs.
Sonali Bhagwat's past jobs
- Data management and the information architecture of the master & reference data, hierarchies, data privacy and compliance and ROB processes. - Data Catalog and Data mastering at scale. Data governance and setting up a stewardship model - Key functions include data governance, architecture, change management and quality monitoring of the financial/customer/HR master data & hierarchies. Key impact is measured as safeguarding financial data of 120 US billion of yearly revenue. - I am responsible for engineering solution roadmaps, proofs of concept and overseeing technical aspects of project implementation for data-related projects - I participate in strategic projects to ensure data governance standards are integrated into new initiatives and M&A activities. Key projects included integration of the acquired companies like Nokia, LinkedIN and Github. - I am responsible for developing Technical Metadata and Business Glossary for business systems - Provide thought leadership in the data management space by establishing best practices and creating execution plan for the overall data strategy vision - Mentor data stewards to help them possess excellent understanding of the business landscape - Participated in various Data science projects to build predictive analysis with stock sentiments, customer purchasing behaviors and ML forecasting - Technical domain: MDM, SQL, Data Lake, Hadoop Architecture, R and statistical data science
As a principal consultant, worked on various projects in Central Finance, worldwide services group, management reporting and finance Business intelligence groups. • Manage annual financial planning process for WW Services group • CSS Controller • Operational system management for internal management reporting system – Mercury • Ensure timely, accurate, accessible, and complete financial data &reports delivery • Own, Automate and Manage finance restatement process and tools
Developing a compelling value proposition for Global outsourcing division, Cost saving benefits, Operational Excellence, Standardization, Simplification experiences via reporting. Managed 8 consultants. • Single Version of Truth – Corp, Field, outsourced vendors, Business Group & Services look at the same set of governance/data. This enterprise class framework BI which hosts more than 2000 reports, support more than 4000 unique users and Scorecard process for Microsoft CSS. • Implemented Operational cadence and supported reporting infrastructure, managed relationship with vendors, business architects especially Core CSS, SMSG. Developed ROB scorecards, month/quarter/yearly business review decks. • Managed projects and teams to implement successive generations of reporting, processes and tools according to annual rhythm of business (ROB) for FY06, 07 & FY08.
Operational program manager consultant at now discontinued Microsoft Services group. Responsible for building and distributing scorecards that measured Services group’s meta data integrations – leads to opportunity to quote, order pipeline. Analysis of resources and capital spending for services group, including new service development and start-up analysis, from initial stage to release, preventing unnecessary spending of 10% of project dollars.
As a reporting program manager, responsible for Finance/ Sales Reporting and Analysis of telecom data. • Acted as a liaison between business groups and technical team, experience with project planning, prototypes, specs and execution. • BI (Data warehousing) – Thought leader on Integrating telecom usage data to Financial Data and driving analysis which enables Customer Trending & Analysis.
Programmer/Integration Analyst – Operations analysis of Sales, finance. Analysis/integrating Microsoft Great Plain to CRM system and developing key business decision making using crystal reports
Worked as Software Engineer to develop personal wealth management portal for http://finance.yahoo.com
Worked as a software developer using C, C++, crystal reports, and various early .net development. Client list includes EHS healthcare, BPL Mobile