Laxmi Kakarlapudi

Laxmi Kakarlapudi has a diverse work experience spanning various roles in the field of data engineering and management. In their current position as a Senior Lead Azure Data Engineer at Wrench Group, they are responsible for leading the implementation and management of data projects on the Azure platform. Prior to this, Laxmi worked at Procter & Gamble as an Azure Data Engineer/Project Lead, where they utilized tools such as ADF and Azure DataBricks for data processing and analysis. Laxmi also had a role as an RDF Big Data Engineer at GE, where they worked with tools like HDP, Spark, and Python. Additionally, Laxmi has experience as a Big Data Engineer at CAPGEMINI, working on projects for clients such as Kroger/8451 and P&G. Earlier in their career, they held positions at Hewlett Packard as an EDI Delivery Line Manager/Consultant and DBA, and at Miami Systems Corp as a Perl Programmer. Laxmi began their career as an intern at Kr Consulting, where they designed and implemented The Internet Banking System.

Laxmi Kakarlapudi completed their education at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, where they earned a Masters in Computer Application from 1999 to 2001. Prior to that, they attended M.R.A.College from 1996 to 1999 and obtained a Bachelor's degree in Statistics. In addition to their formal education, Laxmi Kakarlapudi has obtained various certifications, including Azure AI Fundamentals from Udemy and Microsoft, Google Cloud Platform Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals from Cloudera, and several others in data science and programming from Coursera Verified Certificates, Hortonworks, DataCamp, and Databricks.