Sanath Chilakala is a Director of Data Engineering with nearly two decades of experience delivering data solutions across Healthcare, Insurance, and Finance industries.
At NTT Data, he leads a 40-person team implementing Data Lakehouse, Analytics, and Application Integration solutions for Life Insurance on Azure, generating over $2 million in annual revenue.
Sanath has transformed technology operations through modern data-driven approaches, achieving 30% margin improvements. His Life Insurance Medallion model, built on Data Bricks and Azure Data Lake, processes 16+ business lines serving 5+ million customers.
His expertise includes cloud migration, data governance, and AI implementation. He pioneered ML algorithms that reduced insurance underwriting time by 40% and implemented NLP solutions cutting document review time by 65%.
A thought leader in generative AI for Insurance and Financial Services, Sanath has developed an AI governance framework adopted as standard across multiple enterprise clients.
Previously at Centene, Comprehensive Healthcare Management, and HSBC, he designed end-to-end architecture models for critical financial systems.
Sanath holds an MS from Oklahoma State University and a BTech from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.