Charu Makhijani
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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SeniorCharu Makhijani is a senior engineering leader with 18+ years of experience and a proven track record building enterprise-scale Data & AI platforms, currently leading engineering at Brookfield after senior roles at Capital One and UBS. She combines deep technical hands‑on experience in data engineering, ML/GenAI integration and cloud modernization with 7+ years of people leadership managing teams of 25–30 engineers to deliver production-grade, compliant systems that create measurable business impact. Her background includes migrating large data estates from on‑prem Hadoop to cloud, embedding LLMs and RAG for personalization and predictive analytics, and driving cost and efficiency gains (e.g., 40% cost reduction and 75% reduction in ad‑hoc analysis at prior roles). Trained in Executive Data Science and an MBA, she balances strategic foresight with operational rigor and a relentless focus on privacy, governance and resilience. Notably, she prioritizes turning complex models into usable decisions—ensuring Data and AI solve real business problems while cultivating high-performing, speed‑focused engineering cultures.
8 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (8)
html6
jakartaee6
javascript6
scopes6
urlpattern6
security6
servlet6
java6
Github contributions (5)
charumakhijani/machine-learning
Sep 2019 - Feb 2020
Contributions:23 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
charumakhijani/fake-and-real-news-detection
Jun 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:9 commits, 6 pushes in 3 months
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