Head of Data Engineering at Lab49

Ali Hodroj

I'm a technology leader and senior advisor working with Global 2000 organizations on data science & analytics transformation, platform growth strategy & business models, and customer success / change management. 

* In my most recent role at Cigna, I led the strategy, development, and adoption of an enterprise-wide advanced analytics & data science platform to accelerate data science use case delivery and analytics transformation.

* Prior to Cigna, I led and scaled the customer growth and adoption function at Databricks to expand platform adoption across 60+ strategic enterprise customers. 

* Prior to Databricks, I spearheaded the introduction of a new analytics platform to market as a product and technology executive at GigaSpaces, transforming the company's GTM strategy. I have also led, scaled, and transformed the services/consulting delivery practice across 30+ enterprise organizations. 

* As an advisor and consulting practice director, I helped 80+ global 2000 organizations within Financial Services, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Retail and e-Commerce, AdTech, Media and Entertainment, Telecommunication, Transportation, Software, and Public Sector across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions. 

If you catch me outside of work, I'm an adventurous traveler - 85+ countries and counting - and an avid lover of photography! I also appreciate networking with new people. Feel free to reach out at hello@hodroj.net or direct message me on here. 

My Competencies & Focus Areas: 
Data Science, AI, Machine Learning, Advanced Analytics, Data Engineering, Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure, GCP), Distributed Computing, In-Memory Computing, Enterprise Software, Python, SQL, Hadoop, Spark, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Data Lakes, Platform Business Models, Customer Success, Change Management, Organizational Leadership, Go-to-Market Strategy, SaaS and Platform GTM, Product Management, Technology Innovation.

Leading the Data and AI engineering practice serving global organizations in financial markets.

Head of Data Engineering

Providing data & analytics strategy, solutions, and architecture services as an independent consultant to data organizations across North America and Middle East regions.

Founder & Principal Consultant, Data Science & Analytics

Leading the strategy, build, and adoption of an enterprise-wide data science and analytics platform; spearheaded a cross-functional team (Product Engineering, Change Management, and Governance) to migrate 1,500+ users and 35+ critical use cases.

Senior Director, Head of Analytics & Data Science Platform

Led and scaled a distributed data science & analytics consulting organization, ranging from Solution Architects to Directors, and closely collaborated with client executives, Engineering, and Product to drive data science platform use cases across 60+ Fortune 500 customers.

Senior Director, Solutions Architecture | Customer Success

Leading product management and technology strategy; Modernization of the company’s 10-year old flagship product and the inception, GA release, and go-to-market strategy of GigaSpaces’ first data analytics platform and forefront strategic vision, expanding the company’s presence into the big data/analytics market.

Vice President, Products and Strategy

Director of client implementations in the Americas, leading delivery teams and client projects for cloud and distributed computing use cases in financial services, insurance, healthcare, transportation/logistics, retail, and media. Expanded services revenue through introducing new service offerings (Technical Account Management) facilitating 7-figure cross-sell/upsell deals.

Director, Solution Architecture

Architect and lead engineer for business intelligence and big data analytics platforms (“Analytics Workbench”) at Clinical Data Services organization. Part of the Analytics Center of Excellence (CoE) leadership team providing technical mentorship to software engineers.

Senior Software Architect

Responsible for leading the system design, architecture and implementation of GE Security’s access control product line, securing multiple software patents. Defined software architectures for next generation products utilizing service-oriented and agile software delivery models.

Software/System Engineer

Designed and implemented mobile software products for Tektronix telecommunication test and measurement devices.

Software Engineer

Developed software for Intel’s consumer products (desktop boards, device drivers)