Summary
Naren Nagtode is a data engineering and architecture leader with over 20 years of experience and more than a decade in senior roles driving large-scale data platforms at Visa, eBay, GE Digital and other enterprises. He specializes in building data lakes, warehouses and AI/ML-enabled analytics systems using Hadoop, Spark, NoSQL and cloud technologies, and has deep domain expertise in payments, finance, healthcare, insurance and e‑commerce. At Visa he currently manages a portfolio of data applications, owning solution architecture, prioritization and delivery for high-impact initiatives. Known for blending hands-on technical design with strategic IT leadership, he has repeatedly translated complex regulatory and transactional requirements into scalable, production-grade data solutions. His background combines an IIT Bombay engineering degree and an MBA in information systems/finance, giving him a rare mix of technical rigor and business acumen. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic architect who accelerates adoption of modern data platforms while keeping an eye on operational reliability and cost.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Engineering at College of Engineering Pune
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
MBA, Information Systems/Finance, MBA, Information Systems/Finance at California State University-East Bay
Hindi, Marathi