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Open to Opportunities

Manohar
Chekka

I lead teams, own product roadmaps, and deliver enterprise data platforms at scale. Currently running a Center of Excellence at a major Canadian bank — managing people, strategy, and execution across the full analytics lifecycle.

Toronto, ON · Canada
Team & People Leadership
Product Vision & Strategy
Enterprise Data & Analytics
6+
Years Leading
3
Teams Managed
3,000+
Users Served
2
Ventures Built
About

I lead people, products,
and platforms

I'm a data and analytics leader who manages teams, owns product strategy, and delivers at enterprise scale. My career has been defined by taking ownership — of people, of roadmaps, of outcomes — not just writing code.

Currently I run a Center of Excellence at a major Canadian bank, where I consolidated three separate teams into one, hired and coached BI professionals, set delivery standards, and own the product vision. I present to C-suite executives, negotiate directly with Microsoft on platform strategy, and was the one who decided to launch Copilot AI — then built the governance to make it safe.

At TD Bank, I managed a team of engineers while serving as product owner for the Athena platform. I didn't just build pipelines — I gathered requirements across business units, made prioritization decisions, and delivered KPIs that changed how the bank measures customer experience.

How I Lead

People Management

Hiring, coaching, performance expectations, team development, culture-setting

Product Strategy

Vision, roadmaps, backlog ownership, stakeholder prioritization, intake management

Executive Communication

C-suite presentations, progress updates, risk trade-offs, vendor negotiations

Platform Delivery

Snowflake, Databricks, Synapse, Fabric, Power BI — architected and shipped at scale

Governance & Risk

AI governance, RBAC, GDPR, AML compliance, data quality standards, policy creation

Entrepreneurial Drive

Two live ventures built independently — full ownership from idea to market

Experience

Leadership journey

Every role has been a step toward broader ownership.

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2025 — Present
Current

Technical Lead — Center of Excellence

Wipro · Toronto (Major Canadian Bank)

Run the Power BI Center of Excellence end-to-end: people, product, and platform. Consolidated three teams into one operating model. Own the product vision, roadmap, and backlog. Coach and develop BI professionals, set performance standards, and drive delivery culture. Present strategy and adoption metrics to C-suite leadership. Led the Copilot AI rollout — made the decision, built the governance, got it adopted as policy. Negotiate directly with Microsoft on product roadmap. Took the platform from a 250-user pilot to enterprise-wide production.

People ManagementProduct OwnershipPower BICopilot AIExecutive CommsVendor Strategy
2023 — 2025

Data Engineer & Team Lead

TD Bank · Toronto

Managed a team of data engineers while serving as de facto product owner for Athena — TD's enterprise data platform across Databricks, Snowflake, and Synapse. Made prioritization decisions across competing business units. Built three mission-critical KPIs from scratch that the bank still uses today. Delivered 30%+ pipeline optimization. Established governance best practices and mentored junior engineers through code reviews and architecture guidance.

Team LeadSnowflakeDatabricksPySparkKPI DesignMentoring
2019 — 2021

BI Engineer & Business Development Analyst

Byju's · Hyderabad, India

Owned the analytics lifecycle end-to-end — requirements gathering, dimensional modeling, executive dashboards, and ETL delivery. Worked directly with stakeholders to define priorities and timelines. Built real-time streaming pipelines with Kafka and automated deployments with Airflow and Jenkins.

SSISPower BIKafkaAirflowStakeholder Mgmt
2017 — 2019

Administrative Manager & Database Administrator

Padmavati Hospitals · Hyderabad, India

My first management role — responsible for staff, vendors, budgets, compliance, and clinical operations at a multi-specialty hospital. Built the cross-functional coordination, stakeholder management, and decision-making instincts that underpin every leadership role since.

People ManagementOperationsBudgetsComplianceSQL Server
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Impact

What I've delivered

Outcomes that matter — teams built, products shipped, decisions made.

3 Teams

Unified into One CoE

Consolidated separate groups, set standards, and built a delivery culture from scratch.

3,000+

Users at Scale

Enterprise analytics platform taken from pilot to bank-wide production adoption.

3 KPIs

Created from Zero

CES, LEI, FCR — metrics that changed how a major bank measures performance.

30%+

Faster Pipelines

PySpark optimization across core ETL — delivered measurable cost and time savings.

Copilot

AI Shipped Safely

Made the call to launch, built the governance framework, got it adopted as enterprise policy.

2

Ventures Launched

Built and shipped two live products independently — AI and healthcare domains.

Ventures

Built independently

Products I conceived, designed, and shipped outside of corporate work.

AI · SaaS · Live

PromptCue

thepromptcue.com

AI prompt generation platform for marketers, developers, and business professionals. Full product lifecycle ownership — requirements, design, API integration, and deployment. Built on Claude AI API with Apify-powered data backend.

Claude APIApifyProduct DesignFull Stack
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Healthcare · Concierge · Live

HealPath Global

healpathglobal.com

Healthcare concierge platform connecting patients with JCI-accredited hospitals. End-to-end medical travel coordination. Patient-first service design. Incorporated in Ontario as MedBridge Healthcare Concierge Inc.

HealthcareProductOntario Inc.Patient Journey
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Technical

Stack

I still write code — but I also decide what gets built and why.

Platforms & Cloud

  • Snowflake
  • Azure Synapse
  • Databricks
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Azure Data Factory
  • Azure / AWS / GCP

Languages

  • SQL / T-SQL (Advanced)
  • Python
  • PySpark / SparkSQL
  • DAX / Power Query M
  • R
  • Kafka / Event Hub

Leadership & Product

  • Team Management & Coaching
  • Product Roadmap Ownership
  • Agile / Scrum / Sprint Planning
  • Power BI / Tableau
  • CI/CD / DevOps / Git
  • Governance / Purview / RBAC
Education

Background

PG Diploma — Data Analytics for Business

St. Clair College · Windsor, ON · Canada

Bachelor of Technology

KL University · India
Contact

Let's talk

I'm always looking for the next leadership challenge — whether it's building a team, owning a product, or shaping a data strategy. Let's connect.

manoharch0698@gmail.com · Toronto, ON · 519-992-8680