 Led a team of 18+ data professionals, including data engineers, data scientists, data analysts and data architects as well as system integration developers, and automation & AI experts, under two managers  Accountable for maturity, development, performance and governance of Business Intelligence & Analytics, System Integration and Intelligent Automation including AI, Master data Management and Data Governance within Bird (Azure Synapse & Fabric, ADF, ML Studio as well as MDM (Semarchy), Microsoft Power Platform, UiPath, SQL, Python)  Developed the company AI vision, strategy, governance and use case prioritization framework at Bird,  Spearheaded the formation of Bird’s Data & AI Council with Executive Leadership members and a working group with director level members to ensure clear decision making with regards to data and AI, resulting in the collection of over 60 use cases and prioritization of the top six  Revisited and updated Bird’s data strategy to ensure alignment with revised business strategy and created comprehensive data governance and business intelligence maturity enhancement plans  Established a hub-and-spoke analytics & AI operating model with clearly defined roles and responsibilities  Drove adoption and success of use of AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot within the organization  Introduced agile project and development and design thinking frameworks to the organization  Partnered with business to define product roadmap and execution plan for an enterprise Predictive Project Health Indicator platform  Collaborated closely with Innovation and Emerging technologies team to ensure the right solutions (IoT, Drone, VR, etc) are selected and the data infrastructure is set up for success of the projects  Supported Bird’s digital transformation replacing ERP and project management tools