Portfolio · Data & AI Leadership

Gautam Verma
Catalyst for Intelligent Transformation

15 years architecting the human foundation that makes Data & AI work—from oil fields to government ministries, building cultures where technology thrives and adoption becomes inevitable.

20,000+ Employees Enabled
150+ Data Leaders Coached
200+ Training Programs
30% Failure Reduction
Gautam Verma
Thought Leadership

Speaking & community engagement

Data & AI Forum GCC
Data & AI Forum GCC · Keynote Speaker
Government Data Summit
Abu Dhabi Government Summit · Panel Discussion
CDMP Training Program
CDMP Master Certification · Lead Instructor
Impact

Where transformation meets reality

01

Led Data & Analytics Enablement for 20,000 employees across GCC Group, building the culture and capability layer that technology vendors consistently leave unaddressed.

02

Built Equipment Condition Monitoring solution predicting Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of critical fracking pumps using sensor data—reducing failure rates by 30%.

03

Achieved 80% success rate executing CDMP Data Management Certification for 150+ Data Executives, establishing GCC's first cross-government data leadership cohort.

04

Delivered 200+ training programs for business and data practitioners across hierarchies, focusing on value realization and storytelling over technical theater.

05

Developed region's first organization-wide Data Enablement Accelerator covering 10 data management disciplines with frameworks now adopted government-wide.

06

Activated data offices for 30+ Abu Dhabi Government entities through centralized frameworks, toolkits, and the Data In A Box platform serving governance, cataloging, and analytics.

Experience

Journey through complexity

2023 – Present

Head of Data Enablement

Department of Government Enablement, Abu Dhabi
Leading Data Enablement across 30+ government entities in service of AI Native Government and Digital Strategy 2027. Driving data governance, quality frameworks, technology stack deployment, and culture transformation through integrated communications and literacy initiatives in collaboration with CDOs.
2019 – 2023

Head of Technology — Data & AI

NobleProg
Developed and activated 10+ data strategies for government and semi-government clients across UAE and Saudi Arabia. Built region's first organization-wide Data Enablement Accelerator covering 10 data management disciplines. Led multi-million dollar people transformation programs across GCC.
  • Lead Consultant (Majid Al Futtaim): Drove Data & AI adoption for 5,000+ employees across Carrefour, VOX, Lifestyle, Malls, and Real Estate holdings
  • Lead Consultant (Abu Dhabi Digital Authority): Delivered region's first cross-government Data Leadership program for 160+ executives
  • Lead Consultant (Emirates Global Aluminium): Built Data Academy reaching 300 employees across mining, refining, and smelting operations
2016 – 2019

Lead Consultant — Data & AI

Forum Energy Technologies (Client via Cyient)
Led multi-million dollar Condition Based Monitoring project for US energy OEM as Lead Translator. Built Remaining Useful Life (RUL) prediction solution using ML algorithms to forecast asset health. Optimized site operations implementing edge, fog, and cloud architecture—shifting from reactive to predictive maintenance.
2016 – 2019

Analytics Solutions Specialist

Cyient
Partnered with Microsoft to build cloud-based ML and AI solutions for industrial use cases. Developed and delivered cloud-based AI solutions around M2M and sensor telemetry data, solving business problems like predictive maintenance at scale.
2014 – 2015

Associate Consultant

KPMG
Led program management for projects involving assurance reviews and process benchmarking. Worked with IBM SPSS on industry client data for RFM analysis, pricing analysis, and web analytics—bridging strategy teams and technical delivery.
Capabilities

Depth across the transformation stack

Strategic

  • Data & AI Strategy Development
  • Change Management & Adoption
  • Executive Coaching
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Organizational Design
  • Program Leadership

Technical

  • Generative AI & LLMs
  • Machine Learning & Data Science
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Responsible AI Frameworks
  • Python, SQL, R
  • Cloud Analytics (Azure, AWS)

Governance & Quality

  • Data Governance Frameworks
  • Data Quality Management
  • Master Data Management
  • Data Cataloging & Metadata
  • Data Architecture
  • Policy & Standards Development
Credentials

Certified mastery

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CDMP Master
DAMA International
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Change Practitioner
APMG International
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AI Engineer
Microsoft Certified
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Data Management
Informatica Certified
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MBA in Analytics
Great Lakes Institute
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M.Sc. Electronics
University of Manchester

Let's build something that actually works

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