Bharat Kallem is a seasoned Data Management and Integration Architect with over 13 years of experience in data warehousing, master data management, and enterprise data integration. He currently serves as Director of Data Management at PHH Mortgage in Austin, Texas, where he leads data strategy initiatives, oversees the development of a centralized data lake, and manages a team of data analysts and developers. He has played a key role in transforming data systems from batch processing to a near-real-time architecture, reducing operational costs by 50% through automation and process optimization.
At PHH Mortgage, Bharat led initiatives, including implementing an OCR-based data extraction system that improved accuracy from 42% to 63% and significantly reduced data availability time. He also directed the enterprise-wide migration from SSRS to Microsoft Power BI, modernizing reporting infrastructure and enhancing data accessibility across departments. Additionally, he architected a secure, centralized data lake integrating multiple enterprise data sources while enforcing strict PII access controls.
Previously, Bharat contributed to large-scale financial data platforms at Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade, where he specialized in Master Data Management (MDM) architecture and performance optimization. At TD Ameritrade, he helped build an end-to-end MDM platform that reduced client data availability delays from three days to near real-time, processing approximately 25 million client records and delivering consolidated “golden copies” of customer data. During the TD Ameritrade and Charles Schwab merger, he conducted a comprehensive capacity and infrastructure review and played a pivotal role in integrating complex data models across both organizations.
Earlier in his career, Bharat held senior Informatica administration roles at TCF Bank and Bank of America, where he led high-availability data warehouse environments, disaster recovery planning, platform upgrades, and data governance initiatives. At Bank of America, he managed nine data warehouses containing confidential client data, maintained over 98% platform uptime, and implemented automation that reduced disaster recovery switchover time by 80%.
Bharat holds multiple master’s degrees, including a Master of Data Analytics and a Master of IT Project Management from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, as well as a Master of Transportation & Engineering from The University of Alabama. He earned his Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee.
His expertise spans Azure, AWS, Informatica MDM, PowerCenter, Oracle, Linux, SQL, Python, Microsoft Power BI, and enterprise data architecture.