Biju Krishnan

Freelance AI Strategist & Governance Expert

Munich, Germany

Experience

Jun 2023 - Present
2 years 1 month
Munich, Germany

Freelance AI Strategist & Governance Expert

DataSiens Freelancer

Experienced AI strategist with a specialization in architecting and governing AI solutions, focusing on both predictive and generative AI applications. Key contributions include:

  • Developed the AI strategy for a major Austrian retailer with over €10 billion in annual revenue.
  • Developed a go-to-market strategy for AI services for a Norwegian consulting firm specializing in SAP technologies.
  • Delivered AI for Business training programs to a leading German supermarket chain.
  • Defined AI Governance project structure and roadmap for a large German manufacturer.
  • Certified facilitator for AI Design Sprint™, leading use case discovery workshops for large enterprises.
  • IEEE CertifAIed AI Ethics Assessor with expertise in building AI governance frameworks aligned with the EU AI Act.
  • Founder of a knowledge base for AI Governance and AI legislation.
  • Author of a best-selling Udemy course on Data Architecture.
  • Developed intelligent agents using low-code/no-code platforms to automate complex business processes.
Jul 2021 - Jun 2023
2 years
Munich, Germany

AI Architect

DataRobot

Leader in AI/ML software and services.

  • Architecting critical and large scale ML platforms on AWS, Azure and GCP.
  • Pursued over 200 pre-sales engagement for prospects and customers in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
  • Architecting Machine Learning Ops MLOPS solutions.
  • Integration of DataRobot with other ML platforms such as DataBricks, SageMaker and Azure ML.
  • Integration with data platforms on AWS, Azure, GCP as well as on premise infrastructure.
Jan 2019 - Jun 2021
2 years 6 months
Germany

Platform Lead Engineer (Big Data)

Neos IT Services GmbH

Boutique consulting company offering data analytics, cloud and other services primarily to the travel industry.

  • Team Lead of a 7-8 member team architecting, deploying and maintaining large scale data processing systems.
  • Rearchitected a complex streaming data platform using IBM MQ, Kaba, Cloudera Hadoop and Cassandra solution.
  • Technical project lead for migration of data platform from public cloud to private cloud, improving availability of platform to 99.999% availability.
Oct 2017 - Dec 2019
1 year 3 months
Helsinki, Finland

Big Data Architect

Sievo

Leader in procurement analytics.

  • Rearchitected the QlikView and QlikSense platforms to improve performance and reliability.
Dec 2010 - Sep 2017
6 years 10 months
Helsinki, Finland

Integration Specialist

Hitachi Data Systems Oy

Part of Managed Services for multiple clients in Finland. Clients range for midrange enterprises to very large enterprises as well.

  • Expert in Designing, implementing, managing and supporting large scale data storage solutions.
  • Primarily an expert in Hitachi SAN and NAS solutions.
  • Expert in Hitachi Replication solutions.
Jun 2007 - Feb 2008
9 months

Analyst

Accenture Services Pvt Ltd

Jan 2004 - Apr 2007
2 years 4 months
Mumbai, India

Engineer - Technology Solutions

3i infotech

Partner

Coparsystems

Technology Consultant

Shell Information Technology International

SAN Operations Department Lead

T Systems

Summary

A seasoned AI and data strategist. I bring a unique blend of business acumen and technical exper5se. Recognized for a results-oriented approach and a strong track record of delivering impacSul solu5ns.

Languages

English
Native
German
Advanced

Education

Jan 1998 - Dec 2004

University of Mumbai

B.E. · Electronics And Telecommunications · Mumbai, India

Certifications & licenses

AWS Cer=fied Big Data Speciality BDS

Amazon Web Services

AWS Cer=fied Solu=ons Architect Associate

Amazon Web Services

Cloudera Cer=fied Administrator For Hadoop CCAH CCA

Cloudera

AI Design Sprint™ Cer=fied Facilitator

IEEE Cer5fAIed AI Ethics Assessor

IEEE