Suganya Antony
London
Summary
Governance-driven Head of Data with 13+ years’ experience leading enterprise data strategy, governance operating models, analytics modernisation and cloud data platform transformation across public sector, health, telecoms and enterprise organisations. Recognised as a trusted advisor to C-suite and senior executives (CEO, CTO, CFO, COO, Programme Directors), shaping data-driven decision-making, regulatory alignment, commercial bids and multi-year transformation programmes. A strategic leader with deep technical authority across Azure, AWS, GCP, Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, real-time streaming, data modelling, integration and DevOps. Experienced in managing 15+ direct and indirect reportees, building high-performing Data & Analytics teams and uplifting engineering maturity across organisations.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Lead Developer / Functional Consultant
IBM
Associate Consultant
HCL Technologies
Head of Data
Maximus
London
2024.09 - 2026.05
- Strategic Leadership & C-suite Engagement
- Own enterprise Data & Analytics strategy, governance operating model and target-state architecture.
- Act as primary data advisor to C-suite, shaping data strategy for bids, commercial propositions and transformation programmes.
- Drive alignment between business strategy, regulatory requirements and data platform capabilities.
- People Leadership
- Manage 15+ reportees across Data Architecture, Data Engineering, BI, Governance and Analytics.
- Build capability, uplift engineering maturity and embed delivery discipline across teams.
- Platform Modernisation & Architecture Leadership
- Lead modernisation of Snowflake, Azure, Databricks and Power BI estates, improving scalability, governance and reporting reliability.
- Define architecture patterns across ingestion (batch + streaming), storage, modelling, semantic layers, APIs and AI workloads.
- Introduce modern ELT architecture using Snowflake + DBT, improving maintainability and transformation scalability.
- Governance & Compliance
- Establish governance controls across metadata, lineage, classification, RBAC, data quality, information security and GDPR.
- Implement secure data sharing, workload isolation, masking policies and access governance.
- AI/ML Enablement
- Sponsor AI/ML and LLM initiatives, designing governed feature pipelines and ML-ready datasets.
- Ensure AI workloads meet governance, risk and compliance standards.
Data Architect
Maximus
London
2024.03 - 2024.09
- Designed enterprise data architectures integrating Azure Data Lake, Databricks, Snowflake, Synapse and Power BI.
- Defined ingestion patterns (ADF, Databricks, Kinesis, Firehose), modelling standards (3NF, dimensional, Data Vault) and semantic layer design.
- Strengthened governance using Unity Catalog and Microsoft Purview (metadata, lineage, classification, RBAC).
- Built governed semantic models and Power BI datasets supporting executive dashboards and KPI frameworks.
- Architected real-time and batch integration patterns across Amazon Connect, Appian, Boomi and API-led services.
- Enabled AI/ML use cases through feature engineering pipelines and ML-ready data foundations.
Azure Data Architect Lead
ITC
London
2023.08 - 2024.03
- Designed cloud-native big data architectures across Azure (lakehouse, data warehouse, streaming).
- Built scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using ADF, Databricks, Spark, Synapse and HDInsight.
- Implemented Snowflake architecture with Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, Time Travel and Zero-Copy Cloning.
- Integrated Snowflake with ADLS, S3 and GCS for multi-cloud lakehouse patterns.
- Delivered CI/CD automation (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and orchestration (Airflow).
Senior Data Project Manager
Bmobile Limited
2017.01 - 2023.08
- Led multi-cloud data engineering and analytics delivery across AWS, GCP and Azure.
- Delivered ingestion, streaming and analytical platforms using Glue, EMR, Kinesis, Lambda, Redshift, Athena, BigQuery and Dataproc.
- Built real-time pipelines using Kafka and Spark Structured Streaming.
- Managed cloud migrations, database modernisation and infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, Terraform).
- Delivered BI solutions using Snowflake, Tableau, Power BI and DBT.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering -
Anna University
Skills
- Cloud Platforms: Azure, AWS, GCP, Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric
- Architecture: Lakehouse, data warehouse, Data Vault, dimensional modelling, 3NF, semantic layers
- Engineering: Python, SQL, Scala, Spark, DBT, ADF, Synapse, Airflow, SSIS
- Streaming & Integration: Kafka, Kinesis, Event Hubs, Firehose, Boomi, Appian, REST APIs
- DevOps & Operations: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, CloudWatch, Grafana
- Governance Tooling: Unity Catalog, Microsoft Purview, RBAC, data classification, lineage, secure sharing
- BI & Analytics: Power BI, Tableau, KPI frameworks, semantic modelling
- Security & Compliance: GDPR, access control, encryption, audit readiness, workload isolation
LEADERSHIP IMPACT
- Enterprise Data Strategy Owner – Defined multi-year strategy, target-state architecture and operating model across BI, governance, analytics, integration and AI enablement.
- Governance Strategist – Designed enterprise-wide governance frameworks (metadata, lineage, RBAC, classification, data quality, observability, GDPR, audit readiness).
- C-suite Partner – Advised CEOs, CTOs, CFOs and COOs on data strategy, governance maturity, platform modernisation, commercial bids and AI readiness.
- People Leadership – Managed 15+ reportees including Data Architects, Data Engineers, BI Developers and Analysts; built high-performing teams and uplifted engineering discipline.
- Transformation Leader – Modernised legacy estates into scalable, governed cloud platforms (Azure, Snowflake, Databricks, Fabric).
- Technical Authority – Directed architecture across ingestion, storage, modelling, semantic layers, real-time streaming, APIs, integration and ML pipelines.
- AI/ML Enablement – Designed governed feature pipelines, ML-ready datasets and secure environments for AI, ML and LLM use cases.
Certification
- PMP
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
- Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300)
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 (MB-300)
- Google Project Management Professional
- Snowflake: SnowPro Core, Data Warehousing, Engineering, Performance Optimisation, Secure Data Sharing
Timeline
Head of Data
Maximus
2024.09 - 2026.05
Data Architect
Maximus
2024.03 - 2024.09
Azure Data Architect Lead
ITC
2023.08 - 2024.03
Senior Data Project Manager
Bmobile Limited
2017.01 - 2023.08
Lead Developer / Functional Consultant
IBM
Associate Consultant
HCL Technologies
Bachelor of Engineering -
Anna University