Mou Rakshit
Architect. Speaker. Instructor. Community founder.
Data, AI & Analytics leader with 28+ years across enterprise architecture, data engineering, analytics, cloud transformation and technical teaching. I work at the intersection of enterprise delivery and community education: designing governed data and AI platforms, teaching practitioners, speaking at conferences, and building recurring data communities in Southeast Michigan.
From architecture decisions to workshops and conference stages.
I am open to conversations about future consulting, advisory, fractional technical leadership, corporate workshops, teaching and paid speaking opportunities. Engagements can be structured around a focused architecture problem, an executive/engineering workshop, or a longer transformation initiative.
Enterprise Data & AI Architecture
Architecture reviews, modernization strategy, platform selection, lakehouse/Fabric design, governance, security, operating model and AI-ready data foundations.
Microsoft Fabric & Real-Time Intelligence
OneLake, Eventstream, Eventhouse/KQL, Power BI, Fabric IQ, Data Agents, Activator, Copilot and event-driven analytics architecture.
Lakehouse, Genie & Agentic AI
Unity Catalog, governed data products, AI/BI Genie, Genie Ontology, Agent Bricks, context engineering and enterprise AI architecture.
Corporate Workshops & Technical Enablement
Hands-on or executive-level workshops for teams adopting Fabric, Databricks, agentic AI, data governance, conversational BI and modern data engineering.
Conference, Keynote & Community Speaking
Practical, architecture-led sessions with real enterprise context for conferences, leadership events, user groups, universities and corporate audiences.
Part-Time Teaching & Curriculum Support
Graduate instruction, professional education, certification roadmap sessions, custom course development and practitioner-focused training.
Have a data, AI or architecture problem to solve?
I’m interested in high-value advisory, consulting, workshop, teaching and speaking opportunities where deep architecture experience and practical community teaching are useful.
Building a year-round Southeast Michigan data and AI ecosystem.
My community work is designed to create repeatable access to technical learning, speaker development, university participation, employer connections and peer networking. The goal is a durable regional institution, not a one-day conference.
Day of Data Detroit 2026
Founder & Lead Organizer
Free community conference serving professionals, students, speakers, sponsors and regional partners across Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure SQL, SQL Server, Real-Time Intelligence, AI and modern data platforms.
55 registrations reported for the inaugural 2026 event.
Official conference →Detroit Southeast Michigan Databricks User Group
Founder & Organizer
Regional learning community for data engineering, governance, analytics, AI/BI, lakehouse architecture and certification development.
61 members · first meetup 30 public RSVPs.
Visit user group →Southeast Michigan Data & AI Community
Organizer
Cross-platform monthly community for engineers, architects, analysts, students, educators and technology leaders across Detroit, Ann Arbor, Northville, Novi and surrounding communities.
Join Meetup →Second Saturday Data & AI Series
A predictable monthly learning rhythm gives attendees, speakers, sponsors, universities and volunteers time to plan ahead. September is the flagship in-person conference; October through December are planned as accessible virtual sessions.
Day of Data Detroit 2026
Flagship in-person conference at Ann Arbor District Library Downtown.
In personFreeFlagship conferenceSecond Saturday Data & AI Community Session
Virtual technical session. Topic and speaker to be announced.
VirtualFreeSecond Saturday Data & AI Community Session
Virtual technical learning, speaker Q&A and community networking.
VirtualFreeSecond Saturday Data & AI Community Session
Virtual year-end learning session and 2027 community planning.
VirtualFreeUpcoming public conferences and community appearances.
Official public links are included so organizers, recruiters, clients and attendees can see where I am speaking next.
Public speaking, teaching and community reach.
Impact is shown using session-level or program-level figures where known. Conference-wide audience figures are kept separate from individual session attendance.
Women in Tech Global 2026
20+ reported session reach. Conference-wide footprint: 10,725+ viewers, 176 countries and 650+ speakers.
DAX / Women In Data
50–60 reported attendees for Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence.
Great Lakes Data, AI & Analytics Summit
~60 reported attendees for Microsoft Fabric RTI + GenAI.
Houston AI-Lytics
50 documented attendees for Microsoft Fabric RTI + GenAI.
Internal Agentic AI Workshops
Three Avanade / Accenture workshops with 100+ attendees at each workshop.
Databricks Office Hours
Recurring presenter / facilitator over 2+ years of internal technical enablement.
Regional Community Building
Three Michigan programs spanning a flagship conference, technical user group and cross-platform Meetup.
Persistent Learning Assets
Conference recordings, technical articles, decks and community posts extend reach beyond live sessions.
Recent articles and architecture assessments.
Writing focuses on practical architecture decisions across Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, enterprise AI, governance, real-time analytics and agentic systems.
Selected recordings and persistent learning assets.
Microsoft Fabric RTI, Data Agents, Copilot Studio and OneLake.
AI-Powered Real-Time Intelligence with Microsoft Fabric & GenAI.
AI-Powered Real-Time Intelligence with Microsoft Fabric & GenAI.
Data-Driven Decisions with Microsoft Fabric and GenAI.
Navigating the GenAI Storm: Intelligent Data Platform Design.
Official conference presentation archive.
Teaching is a core part of my professional work.
I teach across university, internal enterprise and public community settings, with a focus on making complex data and AI architecture understandable and usable.
Adjunct Professor
Graduate-level Business Analytics instruction at Trine University, including analytics, data platforms, business intelligence, modeling, metrics and applied decision-making.
Agentic AI Workshops
Three internal Avanade / Accenture workshops with 100+ attendees at each, covering agentic AI architecture, enterprise use cases, governance and delivery patterns.
Databricks Office Hours
Numerous recurring internal presentations and facilitation sessions over 2+ years across architecture, platform updates, governance, engineering, AI/BI and certification.
28+ years across enterprise data, analytics and AI.
Accenture / Avanade
Data Engineering & AI Platform Lead | Principal Data Platform / Enterprise Architect
Enterprise data, analytics and AI architecture; Databricks and Microsoft Fabric patterns; governed data products; modernization; workshops and delivery leadership.
Trine University
Adjunct Professor, MS Business Analytics
Graduate teaching across analytics, platforms, BI, metrics and applied decision-making.
UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust
Senior Data Engineering Manager | Principal Data Platform Architect
Healthcare and financial analytics platforms, engineering leadership and self-service analytics.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Principal Enterprise Data Warehouse Architect
Enterprise clinical analytics and data warehouse architecture supporting healthcare quality and operational performance.
Amerisure Insurance
Senior BI Consultant
Data warehouse and BI architecture for insurance analytics.
Tata Consultancy Services
Data Platform Architect & Engineering Lead, progressive roles
Enterprise database, data engineering, integration and analytics platforms for global clients.
Deep platform breadth backed by certifications and years of delivery.
Microsoft Fabric
DP-600 Fabric Analytics Engineer and DP-700 Fabric Data Engineer, plus Azure data/AI credentials.
Databricks
Eight Databricks certifications across data engineering, analytics, machine learning, generative AI and Apache Spark.
Credential wallet →Professional
PMP, TOGAF, CBIP Mastery, Tableau Certified Professional, ITIL and additional cloud/data certifications.
Credly →Consulting. Advisory. Workshops. Teaching. Speaking.
If you are a Michigan company, conference organizer, university, user group, technology partner or team looking for experienced data/AI architecture and practical teaching, I would be glad to discuss the opportunity.
Consulting / Advisory
Architecture assessments, modernization, data/AI platform strategy, Fabric, Databricks, governance and enterprise AI.
Discuss an engagement →Speaking / Keynotes
Conferences, corporate events, user groups, panels, universities and community programs.
Invite Mou →Workshops / Teaching
Corporate workshops, technical enablement, graduate/continuing education and custom learning programs.
Discuss training →