Vippan Ganapathi

Data Product Portfolio & Lifecycle Governance
• Established Agthias Enterprise Data Governance Operating Model and MDM Strategy,
conducting BAIN-style maturity assessment and governance gap analysis across business
units and international entities operating on SAP, Oracle, Infor, and Epicor ERP ecosystems.
• Governed enterprise-wide data product portfolio spanning Customer, Vendor, Finance,
Product, and Employee domains — defining data policies, metadata standards, CDE
definitions, DQ rules, lineage models, and governance KPIs, driving data maturity from Level 1
to Level 3.
• Served as Data Owner for SAP S/4HANA migration across Infor and Epicor business unit
integrations: governed source-to-target (S2T) mappings, transformation logic, ETL profiling,
data cleansing cycles, cross-stream dependencies, and cutover readiness in partnership with
Infosys SI.
• Governed PIMCORE MDM implementation (Contango delivery): validated data catalog, data
dictionary, CDE hierarchies, CRUD governance workflows, harmonisation models, semantic
alignment, and DQ KPI logic — establishing PIMCORE as Agthias trusted enterprise MDM
control platform.
• Governed enterprise analytics layer (Power BI / DSR automation with Nagarro): validated
BRDs, source-to-report lineage, KPI logic, metadata standards, and UAT reconciliation across
SAP and Oracle sources — enabling leadership-ready, audit-reliable data products.
Global Data Usages Committee & Stakeholder Governance
• Served as single point of accountability across multi-vendor data governance portfolio
(Contango - MDM, Infosys - SAP ERP, Nagarro - Analytics), managing delivery cadence,
dependency governance, backlog prioritisation, risk escalation, and executive reporting to
CFO, CTO, Value Chain Heads, and D&T PMO.
• Chaired enterprise governance forums and data stewardship councils, facilitating alignment
across Finance, IT, Operations, and business leadership on data standards, domain ownership,
and remediation priorities.
• Acted as Product Owner for AI-enabled Customer Onboarding & Credit Assessment workflow
platform: defined TO-BE process design, FRDs, UX expectations, approval matrices, API
integration (FTA/DED), credit bureau connectivity, SAP-PIMCORE sync rules, and audit trails.
• Repatriated high-risk shadow data maintained outside ERP into SAP/Oracle with defined
governance controls, BRDs, and compliance workflows — strengthening spend visibility, data
integrity, and audit readiness.
• Delivered AI-enabled computer vision initiative (Dates AI): governed data readiness, model
deployment (~99% accuracy), and integration into factory operations, replacing manual
classification with real-time image recognition.

Enterprise Data Governance & Quality Frameworks
• Designed enterprise-wide data governance and quality frameworks across S2P, O2C, and R2R
domains: defined CDEs, validation rules, DQ KPIs, lifecycle controls, and remediation
playbooks — embedding governance controls into SAP ECC, ServiceNow, and Power BI
workflows.
• Co-led enterprise KPI/SLA Governance Framework with Deloitte: standardised metric
definitions, thresholds, RACI ownership, and reporting cadence across Finance and
Procurement functions, aligned to GPO and Process Director expectations.
• Acted as Product Owner for Power Apps-based digital audit workflow integrated with SAP ECC
and Power BI: governed product vision, backlog, user stories, UAT, and go-live — enabling
automated audit sampling, compliance scoring, and real-time audit performance dashboards.
• Designed SOX-aligned audit frameworks: risk-based sampling methodologies, CDE validation
logic, RCA/CAPA governance, and audit evidence management — served as SPOC for internal
and external auditors across Finance and Procurement.
• Led end-to-end S2P GBS transition from multiple NTT locations: VSM analysis, SOP/DTP
harmonisation, FTE sizing using Hackett benchmarks, and stabilised SLA-driven shared
services delivery.

• Designed and scaled global GBS operating model for Customer Master Data (CMD) as Global
Process Owner across 25-40+ markets: defined service scope, hub-and-spoke delivery
governance, metadata standards, lifecycle controls, stewardship RACI, and SLA/KPI
frameworks aligned with SOX and GDPR.
• Established enterprise CMD data governance framework — governance policies, data
dictionaries, CDE definitions, approval workflows, DQ validation rules, and lineage models —
improving CMD data quality by 30%+ and SLA adherence from 82% to 96%.
• Governed Pega-SAP integrated customer onboarding platform (Data Product lifecycle):
requirements definition, UX/workflow design, global UAT across 25+ markets, rollout
governance, and post-go-live stabilisation — delivering compliance-by-design workflows and
automated governance KPIs.
• Governed SAP ECC to S/4HANA CMD data migration: validated S2T mappings, transformation
logic, partner functions, mandatory attributes, hierarchies, data profiling, exception
remediation, and load validation — enabling unified global customer master view.
• Built and led a 20-member global data stewardship community across Americas, EMEA, and
APAC — achieved 95% adoption of governance standards; reduced manual effort by 35%
through automated DQ controls, duplicate prediction, and completeness scoring.
• Identified and remediated data control breaches including payment-term and Incoterm
overrides, PO splitting to bypass approval thresholds, and non-preferred vendor purchases —
strengthening governance discipline across ERP-driven operations.

| Clients: Syngenta
• National Grid UK
◦ Almarai
◦ CSL
◦ ITC
Data Governance, Operating Models & Platform Implementations
• Designed and governed Vendor Master Data governance frameworks across multi-region
operations for Fortune 500 clients: defined metadata standards, mandatory attributes,
approval matrices, SOX-compliant lifecycle controls, and audit-readiness documentation.
• Designed Target Operating Models (TOM) for Procurement and Vendor Master shared services
covering scope split, right-shoring strategy, FTE sizing, governance cadence, service
catalogue, and performance metrics — advised C-suite on GBS adoption across CSL and ITC.
• Led end-to-end platform implementations across SAP ECC, Ariba VMD (Almarai Dubai), Coupa
(National Grid UK), ServiceNow P2P, EasyProcure, BP-Open, and Promenta: BRD/FRD
authoring, fit-gap analysis, UAT, cutover, and hypercare stabilisation.
• Applied ESOAR methodology (Eliminate-Standardize-Optimize-Automate-Robotize) to vendor
lifecycle workflows — reduced PR-PO and vendor master defects by 30%; standardised global
payment terms from 45 to 60 days improving working capital across multi-region operations.
• Managed global cross-functional delivery teams of up to 30 FTEs across APAC, EAME, and
MENA; executed 6 onshore-to-offshore and reverse transitions with zero service disruption.

• Managed investment banking client data governance and onboarding operations, applying
KYC, AML, and FATCA controls — maintained golden-source client reference and static data
across downstream platforms.
• Performed first-line data quality controls, audit checks, and reconciliations ensuring 100%
audit readiness; validated counterparty account setups, settlement instructions, and
SWIFT/BIC data across equity and fixed income channels.