Enterprise solution design leadership, built to endure.
Twenty years leading digital, data, architecture and AI transformation for PE-backed global enterprise — now available as fractional and project-based expertise for your business.
What I do
Engagements span from board-level advisory through to hands-on delivery — brought in at whichever altitude your organisation needs.
Fractional CDO / Head of Data
Embedded senior data leadership on retainer — strategy, governance, roadmap, and team-building without a full-time hire.
Enterprise Solutions
TOGAF-aligned architecture reviews, target-state design, and architecture runway planning for complex organisations.
AI & GenAI readiness
Maturity assessment, use-case prioritisation, governance frameworks, and board-ready business cases.
Data platform strategy
Medallion architecture, Data Mesh, and Lakehouse design across Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and AWS.
DataOps & governance
Data quality, lineage, access control, and metadata management built to scale with the organisation.
Integration architecture
iPaaS design, API strategy, and master data management — including deep Dell Boomi expertise.
Independent architecture review
Impartial assurance across cloud posture, CI/CD, security, and integration layers — a second opinion before a board sign-off, a vendor commitment, or a migration go-live.
Dhiren Bhanushali
Senior data and technology leader with two decades of international experience defining and delivering enterprise data strategy, architecture, and AI readiness across complex, global organisations. Trusted at the board level to shape data-driven transformation, improve data maturity, and enable AI at scale within modern, cloud-based ecosystems. Proven track record of transforming fragmented data environments into governed, product-led data platforms, securing millions of investments and delivering measurable operational savings. Deep expertise in data governance, data mesh principles, and enterprise architecture is underpinned by strong commercial acumen and the ability to lead large, distributed teams; influenced senior stakeholders and embedded data-led operating models that drive sustainable business value.
Currently completing an Executive MBA at Henley Business School, bringing a board-level commercial lens to technical decisions.
Three ways to engage
Every engagement starts with a short conversation to scope the right model — no fixed packages, no padding.
Time & materials
Day-rate or hourly engagement for clearly scoped, ongoing technical work. Billed on actual time, reviewed regularly.
Monthly retainer
Ongoing fractional leadership — a set number of days each month, for organisations that need sustained senior input without a full-time hire.
Fixed price
A defined deliverable, a defined cost. Best suited to architecture reviews, assessments, and bounded advisory projects.
Let's talk about what you're building.
Whether it's a single architecture review or ongoing fractional leadership, the first conversation costs nothing but a few minutes.