I am a technical professional with 20+ years of experience in Big Data, Hive, Spark, Airflow, Trino, AI, LangChain, MLFlow, Python, and AWS. I have hands-on experience building data platforms & architectures, data preparation, Hadoop, Kafka, data lakes, data visualization & governance, and delivering end-to-end data products for enterprise clients. I have led migration and modernization efforts across enterprise clients, and I excel at AI-in-product development using structured, evidence-based prioritization to improve development velocity and align with business goals and customer expectations. I have authored product visions, roadmaps, PRDs, release notes, and guides, and worked with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions for clients such as Daimler AG, Abbott, Government of the UK, RACV, HSC, Aptiv, Mattel, and more.

Nirmal Kumar

I am a technical professional with 20+ years of experience in Big Data, Hive, Spark, Airflow, Trino, AI, LangChain, MLFlow, Python, and AWS. I have hands-on experience building data platforms & architectures, data preparation, Hadoop, Kafka, data lakes, data visualization & governance, and delivering end-to-end data products for enterprise clients. I have led migration and modernization efforts across enterprise clients, and I excel at AI-in-product development using structured, evidence-based prioritization to improve development velocity and align with business goals and customer expectations. I have authored product visions, roadmaps, PRDs, release notes, and guides, and worked with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions for clients such as Daimler AG, Abbott, Government of the UK, RACV, HSC, Aptiv, Mattel, and more.

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I am a technical professional with 20+ years of experience in Big Data, Hive, Spark, Airflow, Trino, AI, LangChain, MLFlow, Python, and AWS. I have hands-on experience building data platforms & architectures, data preparation, Hadoop, Kafka, data lakes, data visualization & governance, and delivering end-to-end data products for enterprise clients.

I have led migration and modernization efforts across enterprise clients, and I excel at AI-in-product development using structured, evidence-based prioritization to improve development velocity and align with business goals and customer expectations. I have authored product visions, roadmaps, PRDs, release notes, and guides, and worked with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions for clients such as Daimler AG, Abbott, Government of the UK, RACV, HSC, Aptiv, Mattel, and more.

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Work Experience

Middleware Specialist at IBM Global Business Services and Siemens Information Systems Ltd. (SISL)
July 1, 2005 - December 31, 2015
Implemented IBM WebSphere Message Broker and WebSphere MQ across multi-client environments, delivering enterprise middleware solutions. Designed, developed, tested, and deployed integration patterns; collaborated across cross-functional teams to support large-scale middleware initiatives and enterprise data flows.
Product Manager at Genpact Digital / Qubole (Qubole, Inc.)
August 1, 2016 - April 30, 2019
Led Big Data & Data Lake product development for the cloud-native Qubole data platform. Defined product vision, roadmaps, backlog prioritization, and cross-functional alignment with engineering, QA, marketing, and sales. Drove features related to Hadoop/Hive/Spark/Presto (Trino), Airflow, Kafka, data lake governance, and analytics dashboards.
Data Platform & Analytics Consultant at Victor Badminton India
July 1, 2019 - December 31, 2020
Helped consolidate and manage data from advertisers, franchisees, distributors, and local sports partners into a centralized data platform on Databricks. Built ETL/data pipelines, centralized data storage, and optimized data usage for analytics across the organization.
Product Manager / Data Platform Architect at Ideara Inc (Qubole, Inc)
January 1, 2021 - April 1, 2025
Led Data Platform & Architecture, Data Preparation, and Big Data product initiatives. Oversaw Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Airflow, Kafka; Data Lake governance; Data visualization/reporting; built end-to-end data products and introduced improvements in authentication, data format mapping, and RA-G (retrieval-augmented generation) influenced features for AI-enabled data engineering.
Technical Specialist at Mayananta Technologies
July 1, 2025 - Present
Leading exploration and implementation of large language model (LLM) based techniques for data engineering and analytics. Worked on LangChain integration, data provenance, RA-G enhancements, and end-to-end ML/AI-enabled data pipelines. Built and maintained cloud storage optimizations and data format mapping; collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered data solutions.
Product Manager at Qubole / Idea, Inc
January 1, 2021 - April 1, 2025
Led Big Data & Data Lake product vision, roadmap, backlog management, requirements gathering, and cross-functional coordination. Created PRDs, roadmaps, competitive analyses, user personas, user stories, design specs, release notes, and internal/customer guides. Drove AI/LLM feature integration and modernized data platform capabilities to align with business goals.
Product Manager at Genpact Digital
August 1, 2016 - April 1, 2019
Led Enterprise Performance Analytics visualization initiatives (O2C, P2P, R2R) for Genpact Digital. Developed a Power BI-based analytics tool as part of the Digital Business Platform; conducted business analysis, roadmaps, backlog management, and performance metrics; coordinated with cross-functional teams to improve decision support.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering at BITS Sindri, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2005
Bachelor of Engineering at BIT Sindri, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2005

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Computers & Electronics, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Education, Government, Healthcare