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Upendra Chitnis

Critic · DISC type C
Director, Data Engineering at Komodo Health
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Upendra is the Director of Data Engineering at Komodo Health, bringing over 24 years of experience in big data, business intelligence, and scalable data architectures. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, he is skilled in AWS, Airflow, SQL, and Pyspark. Colleagues describe him as a highly technical, multi-talented, and supportive leader.

During his time at IBMs Watson Research Center, Upendra led research projects in the specialized fields of Spatio-temporal databases and Next Best Action (NBA) systems.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Director, Data Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Upendra shows up

Negotiator
Critic
ROI Driven

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms. They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions.

Priorities

Topics Upendra cares about

Healthcare Analytics
As a director at health-tech company Komodo Health, he is focused on leveraging data and analytics to define and achieve clear company priorities.
Scalable Data Architectures
He has deep expertise in designing and implementing large-scale data ingestion and processing pipelines on cloud platforms like AWS.
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Career

Work history

2-2026
Director, Data Engineering
Komodo Health
2-2024 - 2-2026
Manager, Data Engineering
Capital One
9-2021 - 2-2024
Senior Manager, Data Engineering
Komodo Health
6-2009 - 2-2021
Senior Software Engineer
Watson Research Center
1-2005 - 6-2009
Advisory Software Engineer
IBM Watson Research Center
In the press

Media appearances

Automating the Komodo Health Data Platform with Upendra Chitnis. Featured in YouTube
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Education
2004 - 2006
MS
Carnegie Mellon University
1992 - 1996
BS
National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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