Mrunal Cavale

Background

About Mrunal Cavale

I'm a Data and Cloud Architecture Leader with 19+ years in IT, specializing for the last 12 years in building scalable Big Data and Data Engineering solutions. Recently certified in AI, I'm now actively driving its adoption- AI Strategy: Leading initiatives within the organization to identify credible AI use cases that improve team performance and create value-add for existing data projects. I bridge vision and execution across the enterprise- Strategic Architecture: Defining data strategy and designing target-state architectures for complex, AI-ready analytics ecosystems- Cloud & Execution: Delivering distributed data solutions (Hadoop, Spark, Python) and robust ETL/ELT pipelines across GCP, AWS, and hybrid clouds. I ensure reliability, security, and governance are built-in from day one- Expertise: Fluent in the cloud data stack: BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Dataplex, and Composer (Airflow), enabling cost-aware, portable designs tied directly to business outcomes. I partner with stakeholders to translate complex needs into executable roadmaps, leading teams to deploy high-performance, governed data infrastructure. Specialties- Core Expertise: AI Use Case Identification, Data Platform Strategy, ETL/ELT Architecture, Solution Architecture, Data Governance, Python, Spark, Hadoop, Terraform (IaC)- Cloud Stack: GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, Dataplex, Composer), AWS (EMR, S3).