Purushotham Jinka is a seasoned data engineering and database administration expert with over 15 years of industry experience. Currently serving as a Vice President (Engineering Lead Analyst) at Citi Bank, he brings deep technical expertise in Teradata and Snowflake ecosystems, having led critical data platform migrations, performance tuning initiatives, and production support at scale.He has designed and implemented enterprise data warehouses, robust ETL pipelines, and secure cloud-based data environments. Purushotham’s strengths lie in database performance optimization, capacity planning, and cloud data integration leveraging tools like SnowSQL, Python, and AWS S3. His prior roles at JPMorgan Chase and Teradata Corporation highlight his leadership in delivering resilient, high-performance data infrastructure solutions. Purushotham holds an MBA from the University of Arizona and a B.Tech from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. He is a multiple-time award recipient, including the Citi Gold Award (2024) and the Teradata Consulting Excellence Award (2015). He is also certified in various Teradata specializations and ITIL service management.