Mohammed Shanawaz
Senior Data Solutions Architect
Experience
Apr 2016 - Present
9 years 10 monthsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Senior Data Solutions Architect
Saudi Central Bank (SAMA)
- Defined SAMA’s enterprise data architecture, collaborated with product, data, and business teams, and solved data-related technical challenges to fulfill their data requirements.
- Led translation of complex business requirements into enterprise-grade data products, dashboards, and governed datasets.
- Established business-aligned and technical metadata glossaries, data discovery, classification, and enterprise data dictionaries.
- Governed critical master data domains, with master and reference marking for MDM implementation.
- Established enterprise-grade metadata management, data dictionaries, lineage, and KPI mappings to enforce governance, improve trust in data, and support audit-ready analytics.
- Modeled 20+ Data Vaults and implemented data warehouse for Banking Supervision, Insurance, Enforcement and Financial Stability deputyships.
- Designed and governed a self-service data warehouse for Basel III analytics, reducing analyst effort by 25% annually while improving data accessibility, consistency, and decision-making across supervision teams.
- Designed data architecture for Suhail (Suptec) data collection for Vizor platform-based returns management system (RMS).
- Architected automated KRI frameworks within the enterprise data warehouse, enabling risk-based supervision (RBS), early risk detection, and consistent enterprise-wide risk monitoring.
- Spearheaded digital transformation services:
- Fit & Proper System: Automated 90% of bank executive approvals
- Fintech Licensing: Improved SLA compliance by 40% via workflow automation
- Monshaat Data exchange: Automation of incoming and outgoing data
- National Financial Stability – Interconnectedness Map: Architected end-to-end data pipelines and ML model automation to enable faster regulatory response, integrated Risk and Finance data domains, and unlocked monetizable analytical insights for systemic risk assessment.
- Basel III / IFRS 9: Established near-real-time regulatory reporting pipelines, significantly reducing reconciliation effort and audit risk while improving accuracy, timeliness, and regulatory confidence (30+ days/year saved).
- Contributed to enterprise-wide data governance frameworks, NDMO adherence, compliance assessments.
- Developed and guided young graduate training programs, centre of excellence initiatives, and strategic assessments.
Aug 2015 - Mar 2016
8 monthsDubai, United Arab Emirates
Lead Data Analyst
CMA CGM
- Delivered C-suite dashboards using SAP BW/HANA and Business Objects.
- Built a Python- and Tableau-based real-time logistics analytics system, improving operational efficiency by 100%.
Nov 2009 - Mar 2015
5 years 5 monthsBengaluru, India
Senior BI Consulting Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions
- Consulting, design and implementation of SAP Data Warehouse to clients from medical, healthcare, consumer goods, utilities industries.
- Design and delivery of the solution architecture, data warehouse with end-to-end documentation.
- Implemented early Data Mesh concepts to decentralize analytics for global clients.
- Recovered and stabilized three failing BI programs, maintaining 100% client retention.
- Handled BI centre of excellence activities: responding to RFPs, solutioning, mentorship and training to junior resources, providing subject matter advice, knowledge management.
- Proficiently extracted and integrated data from diverse sources, including MySQL, DB2, Oracle, flat files, Excel, SAP APO, CRM, MM, SD FI and Transportation Management.
Jan 2001 - Dec 2009
9 yearsIndia
Data Engineer & Analyst
Data engineering and analytics roles at Logica CMG, Soft Solutions, Datamax, and Mega Infotech, focused on SAP BW, data modeling, and enterprise reporting systems.
Summary
A Strategic Data Architect who helps banks move faster, safer and cheaper. A Certified CDMP professional with 24+ years of experience architecting secure, compliant, and scalable data ecosystems across financial regulation, digital transformation, and AI/ML-driven analytics. An established leader in the KSA region with a decade of impact at the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), specializing in self-service enabled data warehouses, Lakehouse architecture, data governance, regulatory automation, cross-platform modernization and next-gen AI enablement aligned with Vision 2030.
Expert at driving enterprise data strategy, leading multi-disciplinary teams, establishing rigorous governance frameworks, and implementing data quality and metadata standards across complex organizations. Proven track record delivering measurable value through modern cloud platforms, Generative AI, and regulatory-grade data engineering.
Skills
Core Specialities
- Enterprise Data Architecture (Lakehouse, Bigquery, Databricks, Conceptual/logical/physical Data Modeling)
- Data Governance (Cdmp) & Regulatory Compliance (Basel Iii, Ifrs 9, Rbs, Aml)
- Metadata, Data Dictionary, Kpi Standardization
- Etl/elt, Data Quality, And Automation (Python, Sap Bods)
- Digital Transformation & Platform Modernization
- Advanced Analytics (Power Bi, Looker, Sap Bi, Incorta)
- Ai/ml & Generative Ai Integration (Dataiku, Vertex Ai, Llms)
Technologies
- Databricks
- Bigquery
- Dataiku
- Vertex Ai
- Generative Ai – Retrieval Augmented Generation (Rag)
- Cloud Sql
- Spanner
- Mongodb
- Python
- Sap Bods
- Power Bi
- Sap Bi
- Looker
- Incorta
- Metadata/dictionary Tools
- Ai/ml Ops
Languages
Urdu
NativeArabic
AdvancedEnglish
AdvancedHindi
AdvancedKannada
Advanced ...and 2 more
Education
Oct 2009 - Jun 2011
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MBA · Human Resources
Oct 1998 - Jun 2001
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BCA · Computer Applications
Certifications & licenses
Databricks Certification: Generative Ai & Sql Analytics
Google Certified Cloud Digital Leader
Google Certified Generative Ai Leader
Outskill Certified Generative Ai Mastermind
Dama Certified Data Management Professional (Cdmp)
Dataiku Certified Core Designer
Sap Hana Technology Associate
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