Rakesh Mittapally

Tableau/MicroStrategy Architect and Administrator, AARP, Washington, DC, USA
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With over 14 years of experience in Business Intelligence and AI/ML, specializing in Data Analytics, Data Migration, and Modernization, Rakesh Mittapally brings deep expertise to the paper review process.

At AARP, Rakesh led the successful upgrade of the MicroStrategy platform from version 10.11 to 2021, achieving zero downtime and improving performance with advanced VLDB configurations and Intelligent Cubes, reducing report load times by 30%. His architectural and infrastructure changes projected a 57% annual cost reduction ($128,570) through AWS optimization, cutting EC2 and RDS expenses significantly.

Rakesh standardized DevOps practices, removing Troposphere dependency, enhancing disaster recovery with automated AMI and RDS backups, integrating CloudWatch, and streamlining CFT pipelines. As an Architect, he migrated metadata to PostgreSQL, reduced EC2 usage by 50%, eliminated Windows dependency by shifting to Linux/Tomcat, and implemented blue-green deployment to ensure high availability.

By introducing Tableau, Rakesh improved user adoption, empowered business users, and enabled the BI team to focus on strategic initiatives. His re-architecture efforts enhanced AARP’s system scalability, performance, disaster recovery, and reduced BI infrastructure costs by 20%.

Rakesh’s leadership in modernizing AARP’s BI ecosystem not only optimized operational efficiency but also drove data-driven innovation. Through best practices in security, row-level access, and agile delivery, he positioned AARP for sustainable growth and advanced analytics capabilities.