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minesh16/README.md

Hi, I'm Minesh Chunawala 👋

Data & AI Principal · Enterprise Technologist · Melbourne, Australia

Applied AI leader with 15+ years across technology transformation, advanced analytics, and enterprise Data & AI — bridging what's technically possible with what drives commercial outcomes at scale.

Currently Data & AI Principal at Telstra InfraCo, leading the Advanced Analytics Centre of Excellence.

What I Do

  • Enterprise AI Strategy — AI roadmaps, use-case prioritisation, CAPEX-linked investment frameworks, and value realisation
  • Production AI Delivery — GenAI, agentic & multi-agent AI, ML models, and governed deployment at enterprise scale
  • Analytics & Geospatial — decision-support platforms, geospatial intelligence, and advanced modelling for network & commercial outcomes
  • Platform Leadership — Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, and enterprise BI modernisation
  • Team & CoE Leadership — building high-performing analytics teams, capability uplift, and responsible AI adoption

Selected Impact

Area Highlight
AI Portfolio (FY26) 8 AI/ML use cases to production — 267% of target · $3M+ annual benefits & cost avoidance
AI Governance 100% compliance across all identified AI systems
Enterprise Firsts Telstra's first production ML model on Microsoft Fabric · first multi-agent AI solution on Azure AI Foundry
AI Infrastructure Strategy case study demonstrating >60% cost savings vs existing solutions
Geospatial SGS site assessment cycle cut from 6 weeks to under 1 · ~$21.5M EBIT sales pipeline identified in 3 weeks
Commercial Programs worth $1.6B+ contract value · $400M+ revenue delivery · $200M+ customer contracts secured
Recognition Executive Directors Award · FY19 Telstra Excellence Award · FY22 Q1 Executive Award

Tech & Platforms

AI & Data Enterprise AI Strategy · GenAI & LLMs · Agentic AI · Machine Learning · MLOps · NLP · Computer Vision · Geospatial Analytics · Data Engineering

Cloud & Platforms Microsoft Azure · Microsoft Fabric · Azure AI Foundry · Copilot Studio · AWS · Power BI · Python · SQL · PostgreSQL

Leadership & Delivery AI Governance · Analytics CoE · GTM & Partnerships · Executive Stakeholder Alignment · Agile · Lean · ITIL · PMP

Featured Repositories

Project Description
satellite-ground-station-tool Satellite ground station site assessment & planning tooling
Customer-Segmentation-using-Machine-Learning ML capstone — Columbia Engineering PG Diploma in ML & AI
Housing-Sale-Propensity-Model Advanced analytics micro credential — UTS × Telstra
Debt-Insolvency-Income-Prediction-using-Data-Science Data science project — insolvency income prediction

Education & Credentials

  • Master of Artificial Intelligence — La Trobe University (In Progress)
  • PG Diploma — ML & AI — Columbia Engineering, 2020
  • Advanced Analytics Micro Credential — UTS, 2022
  • B.Eng. Electronics & Telecommunications — YCMOU, 2007

Certifications: Microsoft Azure Data Scientist Associate · Azure Fundamentals · PMP · CAPM · ITIL Foundation · Harvard Data Driven Decision Making

Connect

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Open to senior leadership conversations — Head of AI, AI Solutions leadership, and Data & AI Principal roles where strategy meets hands-on execution.

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  1. satellite-ground-station-tool satellite-ground-station-tool Public

    JavaScript

  2. Customer-Segmentation-using-Machine-Learning Customer-Segmentation-using-Machine-Learning Public

    Capstone Assignment for Post Graduate Diploma in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (Columbia Engineering)

  3. Debt-Insolvency-Income-Prediction-using-Data-Science Debt-Insolvency-Income-Prediction-using-Data-Science Public

    Debt Insolvency Income Prediction using Data Science

    Jupyter Notebook 1

  4. Housing-Sale-Propensity-Model Housing-Sale-Propensity-Model Public

    This assignment is a part of Advanced Data Analytics Micro Credential Course offered by University of Technology Sydney in collaboration with Telstra.

    Jupyter Notebook

  5. Mathematics-for-Machine-Learning-and-Data-Science-Specialization Mathematics-for-Machine-Learning-and-Data-Science-Specialization Public

    Forked from Ryota-Kawamura/Mathematics-for-Machine-Learning-and-Data-Science-Specialization

    Master the Toolkit of AI and Machine Learning. Mathematics for Machine Learning and Data Science is a beginner-friendly Specialization where you’ll learn the fundamental mathematics toolkit of mach…

    Jupyter Notebook

  6. Minesh_Portfolio Minesh_Portfolio Public

    | Technologist | Data Scientist | Leader |