Alpesh Ghori
About Alpesh Ghori
Alpesh Ghori is a Big Data Architect Lead at Kohl's with extensive experience in Java development and big data solutions.
Current Role at Kohl's
Alpesh Ghori currently works as the Big Data Architect Lead at Kohl's. He has been with the company since 2017 and is based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. His responsibilities include estimating hardware and software requirements for Hadoop clusters, configuring and installing Hortonworks Hadoop and GCP Hadoop clusters, and interacting with stakeholders to handle data transfer requirements. He has also defined job workflows using Azkaban and utilized various GCP components such as Google storage buckets, data-proc, and Compute engines.
Previous Experience at Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies
Between 2014 and 2017, Alpesh Ghori worked as a Big Data Architect at Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies in the U.S., located in Princeton, New Jersey. In this role, he developed solutions to build data warehouses and performed various proof of concepts to finalize these solutions. He also configured systems and created detailed documentation such as Detailed Design Documents, Run books, and support documents for production releases.
Career as a Java Developer
Earlier in his career, Alpesh Ghori held several Java Developer roles. In 2014, he worked at UPS in Paramus, New Jersey, for 7 months as a Senior Java Developer. Prior to that, in 2013, he was with the City of New York (OATH) as a Java Developer for 11 months in the Greater New York City Area. Additionally, Ghori worked with Neiman Marcus in Irving, Texas, for 6 months in 2012 as a Java Developer.
Educational Background
Alpesh Ghori holds a Master of Science (MS) in Finance, General from Virginia Commonwealth University, where he studied from 2011 to 2012. He also earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance, General from Christ University, Bangalore, between 2010 and 2012. Prior to that, he completed a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Information Technology from Sardar Patel University between 2005 and 2009.