E77 - Geeta Pyne - Insider Secrets to Fast-Paced Agile Data Platform Development

Geeta Pyne is the Chief Enterprise Architect - Platform and
Architecture at Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU). Intuit is a finance and
accounting software development company serving millions of
customers worldwide with popular financial products like
TurboTax, QuickBooks, Credit Karma, and Mint. The company has
10,000 employees worldwide with $9.6billion in revenue in 2021


Geeta is currently leading Capability driven Architecture (aka
City Map) and Design to drive Intuit’s Platform Velocity by
delivering design patterns, composable services, and reusable
solutions.


Geeta is also a Board Member of SIM San Francisco Bay Area. The
Society for Information Management (SIM) is the largest National
technology leadership organization in the US providing Programs,
Events, Employee Development, and Networking for members.


Before Intuit, Geeta was the Vice President of Data at Zuora,
where she drove data strategy, and architecture to build the
foundation of data-driven decision making and execution to help
the company scale to $1 Billion.


With specialization in SaaS, data, analytics, hybrid cloud,
digital transformation, cloud migrations, and enabling new
business models, Geeta has been working in the world of data,
technology, and engineering for almost two decades in verticals
ranging from healthcare to supply chain to cloud and data
management.


Prior to Zuora, she worked in multiple senior leadership roles at
high-tech companies, including Veritas Technologies, VMware, BMC
Software, and Mount Sinai Health System


Geeta also holds an IP in India’s first parallel computer PARAM
and Image Processing system ISROVISION.


This exclusive episode starts with Geeta sharing about the early
days of her career at the Indian Space Research Organisation, and
how she came to patent India’s first parallel computer and image
processing system.


How the lack of modern cloud computing meant it was essential
for us to fully utilise what we had in the old days.

The role of enterprise architecture, especially in the
context of data science.

The importance of thinking about the big picture and building
reusable blocks so that they can be used across the company and
multiple products.

The role her team plays and how they create the enterprise
architecture culture with a focus on reusable blocks that allows
Intuit to continue building itself as a platform company.

Geeta also shares many examples of AI, ML models and emerging
technologies being used at Intuit to solve the problems for their
customers.

Whether you’re a technology or a non-technology company, as
Geeta puts it, necessity is the mother of invention and all of us
are going to need software to empower what we do in the business.



If you’re a data scientist or business executive, tune in to
listen to Geeta Pyne on this episode to understand how enterprise
architecture and reusable blocks are equally essential in data
science projects.


If you have any questions for Geeta or myself, make sure you send
us an email or a message on LinkedIn.


This episode is sponsored by the new program at DDA. It’s an
analytics leader mentorship program for senior managers and
executives in the business team who want to develop a data-driven
business to drive customer experience excellence. For a small
one-off annual fee, you get to book Unlimited Strategy Sessions
for a Full Year. For more information about this program, please
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