Deeksha Gulati
AI Delivery Professional · I design and ship AI-enabled solutions — on time, every time.
25%
Processing time reduced
20%
QA effort reduced
Same-day
Report turnaround
~95%
On-time delivery rate
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MSc Management Consultancy · UCD
Python · SQL · Power BI · GenAI · PRINCE2®
Open to Opportunities · Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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by Deeksha Gulati
My Process
How I Work
From problem to production — AI-enabled delivery with PRINCE2® governance at every step
01
🔍 Diagnose the Problem
Map the current-state process end to end. Identify where manual effort, data quality issues, and fragmented workflows are creating cost, delay, or risk. Determine whether the problem needs automation, redesign, or both.
Business Process Mapping
Root Cause Analysis
Requirements Gathering
Stakeholder Interviews
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02
🤖 Design the AI Solution
Define the future-state architecture. Apply AX Design principles — specifying exactly what AI agents handle autonomously, what triggers a human handoff, and what the human does at each point. No black boxes.
AX Design
AI Agent Specification
Operating Model Design
Future-State Mapping
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🛠️ Build & Automate
Write the code, build the pipeline, deploy the automation. Python scripts, SQL-to-BI pipelines, GenAI workflows, validation layers. Hands-on delivery — not just recommendations.
Python
SQL
Power BI
GenAI Workflows
ETL Pipelines
Data Validation
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📋 Govern & Deliver — PRINCE2®
Apply structured project management across all workstreams. Map dependencies, anticipate risks, maintain stakeholder alignment, and track against milestones. Nothing ships without clear ownership and documentation.
PRINCE2® Certified
Risk Management
Dependency Mapping
Change Management
Stakeholder Reporting
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✅ Embed in BAU
Ensure the solution is documented, governed, and sustained without ongoing intervention. Define ownership, escalation paths, and performance metrics. Leave the system better than found.
BAU Governance
SOP Documentation
Benefit Tracking
Continuous Improvement
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📊 Proven Outcomes at Circana
25%
Processing time cut
20%
QA effort reduced
Same-day
Report turnaround
~95%
On-time delivery
Capabilities
Skills
Not a list of tools. Each one below is tied to where I actually used it and what it produced.
SQL
Proficient
Architected the Azure SQL database behind two market expansions and wrote the extraction and exception matching logic that reconciled 85 retailer feeds against an established baseline.
Python
Proficient
Automated recurring analysis at Circana, cutting manual effort by 25%. Built the AI chatbot analytics pipeline end to end using Pandas, from ingestion through to automated reporting.
Power BI & Tableau
Proficient
Owned design, development and maintenance of recurring dashboards and their underlying datasets, taking refresh turnaround from two days to same day.
Statistical Analysis
Proficient
Correlation, crosstab, variance, cohort and trend analysis. Used correlation and crosstab work to show response speed carried a near zero coefficient of 0.013 against user satisfaction, reframing how performance was measured.
Advanced Excel
Proficient
Built reconciliation and financial dashboards across a regulated multi entity business, lowering cost allocation errors by 20%.
Looker, R, Salesforce, SAP
Working knowledge
Familiar and productive with guidance, not claiming depth. Listed honestly so you know what you are getting.
And this is how those skills fit together on an actual piece of work.
01 — Understand the Problem
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02 — Extract & Clean the Data
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03 — Analyse and Establish What Is Real
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04 — Automate & Visualise
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05 — Deliver & Drive Decisions
Career Journey
Experience
Every role below involved identifying where AI or automation could create leverage — and delivering the solution in a structured, governed way
2024–26
Senior Data Analyst
CIRCANA · Dublin, Ireland · Feb 2024 – Jul 2026
Led the analytical build that expanded Sports EU and Apparel EU into 2 new markets in LATAM and Spain, onboarding 85 retailers and architecting the Azure SQL database behind them. Analysed click-level engagement across 80+ EU clients to reshape report design before release. Diagnosed recurring match failures and replaced manual matching with SQL automation, sustaining match rates between 90 and 98%. Built and maintained the Power BI and Tableau reporting layer, and profiled the full database each cycle using R scripts benchmarked against prior year.
🌍 2 new markets
🏬 85 retailers onboarded
👥 80+ EU clients
✅ 90–98% match rate
2023
Student Consultant
EY · Dublin, Ireland · Feb – May 2023
Delivered an end-to-end consulting engagement analysing healthcare systems and operational processes. Synthesised qualitative and quantitative research streams into structured, evidence-based recommendations. Presented findings to a panel of 60 senior industry experts.
Consulting Delivery
Healthcare Systems
Executive Presentation
2022
Market Strategy Analyst
ISOFIELD · Dublin, Ireland · Oct – Dec 2022
Led market entry analysis for Ireland's cleanroom and PPE manufacturing sector. Produced competitive landscape, market sizing, and strategic priority report adopted by senior leadership.
Market Analysis
Strategic Planning
Benchmarking
2021–22
Operations & Governance Analyst
Regulated Medical Devices Business · Chennai, India · Sep 2021 – Aug 2022
Redesigned procurement workflows, built financial reconciliation dashboards, and standardised governance reporting frameworks across a regulated multi-entity business operating across international export markets. Ensured end-to-end compliance and data integrity.
Process Redesign
Governance Frameworks
📉 15% fewer delays
📉 20% fewer errors
2021
Business Insight Analyst Intern
MyCaptain · Chennai, India · May – Oct 2021
Designed automated data collection templates and built financial insight dashboards to visualise revenue, cost, and subscription trends — enabling management to identify a key churn pattern. Reduced manual corrections by 20%.
Automation
Dashboards
Financial Analysis
Proof of Work
AI Delivery Projects
Both scoped, built and delivered independently — from problem statement to working output
🤖 AI-Driven BI Chatbot Analytics Pipeline
Python · Pandas · Seaborn · Matplotlib · ReportLab · GenAI · Jupyter
An end-to-end Python analytics pipeline that ingests raw AI chatbot interaction data, cleans and transforms it, runs four structured business analyses, and generates an automated GenAI insight report — without any manual intervention.
0.013
Speed vs satisfaction correlation
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Business questions answered automatically
Auto
GenAI reports with zero manual input
Key Findings
- Response speed has near-zero correlation with satisfaction (r = 0.013) — quality of output is what drives user experience
- Predictive and trend-based queries consistently outperform descriptive analysis in business impact rate
- Biggest opportunity: converting medium-impact interactions to high-impact through better prompt design
- Adoption is balanced across all departments, confirming cross-functional viability
📋 AI Transformation Blueprint — Retail Analytics
Python · ReportLab · AX Design · Consulting Framework · PRINCE2®
A full consulting deliverable redesigning a 5-day, 4-analyst retail analytics reporting process using AI agents and AX Design principles. Structured, built, and delivered independently — the type of document an Accenture or McKinsey team would produce for a client.
80%
Cycle time reduction
85%
FTE effort reduction
>98%
First-time accuracy
What's Inside
Part 1 — Trend & Forces
Benchmarking leaders vs laggards across 7 dimensions of retail analytics maturity
Part 2 — Current-State Analysis
Full 5-step process map with pain points, bottlenecks, and FTE cost analysis
Part 3 — Future-State AI Design
AX specification — AI agent behaviours, autonomy levels, and human handoff triggers at every step
Part 4 — Change-Impact Assessment
Workforce impact by role, adoption risks, mitigation strategies, and 16-week implementation roadmap
Qualifications
Education & Certifications
Academic foundation in strategy and consulting, reinforced by hands-on technical credentials
🎓 Degrees
MSc Management Consultancy
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
First Class (1.1)
2022 – 2023
Competitive & Corporate Strategy · Change Management · Diagnostic Techniques in Consulting · Project Management
BBA Business Administration
M.O.P. Vaishnav College
First Class (1.1)
Jun 2019 – Aug 2022
Corporate Strategy · Accounting · Statistics · Economics · Business Administration
📜 Professional Development
PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner
Project Management Institute
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Amazon Web Services · Q1 2026
Diploma in Business Automation Using Python
UCD Professional Academy · Oct 2025 – Mar 2026
Open to Opportunities in Dublin
Looking for roles at the intersection of AI delivery and project management.