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Executive Director - Head of Architecture and Transformation , Data & Analytics

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With 14 years of expertise in data , advanced analytics , and IT delivery & management , Sweatha is both a technical and people leader . She also serves as a trusted advisor to executive leadership in technical strategy and has received the accolade of Distinguished Engineer in recognition of her leadership in developing engineering techniques and culture .

Sweatha has been with UBS for just over 13 years now , starting off as a Trading Desk Developer and advancing to her current role as Executive Director - Head of Architecture and Transformation , Data & Analytics . She worked as a trade analyst at Barclays Capital before joining UBS . She also spent three years at Lehman Brothers as a quantitative / senior analyst , where she interned with the Interest Rate Exotics ’ desk before joining Fixed Income Technology & Analytics .

Donkada studied computer science and engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology , Madras , where she received a Bachelor of Technology degree .

In January 2021 , she was given the Distinguished Engineer Award by UBS AG , which was given in honour of her exceptional technical accomplishments and dedication to UBS ' s technological growth . Regional Winner from the 2016 Global Hackathon , awarded by UBS , Donkada ’ s prototype – based on IBM Watson – received recognition as the most creative and viable solution in the region . She is also a National Rank Holder - All India Rank 167 ( 99.95 percentile ) in IIT-JEE ( Entrance Examination ).

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