Since joining Gilead Sciences in 2021, Murali successfully led an enterprise-wide strategy to implement a data mesh to allow for decentralized access to critical data at scale. Thanks to the Enterprise Data & Analytics team and Murali’s leadership and influence, hundreds of users from various business units are empowered to discover more data in a context and format that they understand. With Starburst as the single access layer for the data mesh, data consumers now have faster access to 300+ data products, and Gilead has realized significant business impact for over 100 use cases across several domains.

Murali Vridhachalam

Head of Cloud, Data and Analytics, Gilead Sciences