Monika Velhal 🚀
About Monika Velhal 🚀
Monika Velhal serves as an Associate Director at UBS in London, England, where she has worked since 2020. With a background in data engineering and ETL development, she has held various roles at notable companies, including Barclays and Wipro Limited, and has contributed to significant improvements in business intelligence practices at UBS.
Work at UBS
Monika Velhal has been serving as an Associate Director at UBS since 2020. In her role, she has focused on enhancing HR decision-making processes by refining legacy structures and establishing meaningful decision points. She has collaborated closely with customers to understand and adapt priority features, demonstrating a commitment to customer-centric solutions. Monika has adopted a FastWorks mindset to support various business data and analytics projects, which has contributed to the agile development environment at UBS. Additionally, she has played a significant role in shaping the data team and strategy, implementing best practices that improved the efficiency of the scrum team by 25%.
Previous Experience
Before joining UBS, Monika Velhal held several positions in the technology sector. She worked as a Senior ETL Developer at Cybage from 2014 to 2015 and at Wipro Limited from 2015 to 2017. She also served as a Lead Data Engineer at Persistent Systems from 2019 to 2020 and at Wipro Limited from 2017 to 2018. Earlier in her career, she was a Software Analyst at Barclays from 2010 to 2012 and worked as a Senior ETL Developer at IBM for 11 months in 2013-2014. Monika also gained international experience as an ETL Developer at Barclays in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2012 to 2013.
Education and Expertise
Monika Velhal holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Digital Innovation Management from Brunel Business School, which she completed in 2023. She also earned a Post Graduation Diploma in Advanced Computing from the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). Her foundational education includes a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad. Monika's educational background supports her expertise in data engineering, business intelligence, and digital innovation.
Achievements in Business Intelligence
At UBS, Monika Velhal has led the implementation of business intelligence best practices, focusing on dimensional modeling and large-scale distributed ETL pipelines. She has provided thought leadership within the IT department, advising the business and mentoring staff. Monika has also instituted best practices in business intelligence and participated in setting strategy and standards through data architecture and implementation, leveraging Azure Cloud and various analytics tools and technologies.