Bhargav Mehta
I lead enterprise data. I build what makes it real.
Enterprise Data Architecture & Strategy Leader · 8+ years at BlackRock · Atlanta
One source of truth. Ready for AI.
I set the architecture, standards and roadmap that let a global firm trust its data, and I build alongside the teams that ship it.
As a leader
Leadership
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Enterprise Semantic Data Platform
One governed source of truth for global investment data.
Aladdin Data Cloud · BlackRock
- Four-tier standard across 20 domains, retiring legacy ETL.
- Used globally by PMs, traders, risk and executives.
2026In 2026, expanded the governed semantic consumption layer across seven core investment-data domains: Trade, Position, Security, Orders, Price, Cashflow and Cash, with client-specific extensibility (custom UDF automation) and governance and discoverability built in.
Semantic coverage, 2026 Trade 85% → 93%Prices 80% → 99%Orders 70% → 80% -
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From Semantic Layer to BI & Analytics
Now leading the BI strategy for Aladdin Data Cloud.
Aladdin Data Cloud · BlackRock · 2026
Turning the semantic foundation into client-facing analytics: a unified embedded-analytics program spanning authentication, governance, embedded analytics and migration, and modernizing legacy BusinessObjects reporting onto the new platform.
The goal is measurable outcomes: more clients self-serving reports, lower cost of custom reporting, and legacy platforms retired.
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AI Strategy & Roadmap
11 AI bets, ranked by value, from anticipatory analytics to autonomy.
The semantic layer is becoming the governed business meaning and relationships that Aladdin's AI experiences rely on, evolving from a reporting abstraction into AI-ready data architecture.
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Shaping Vendor Roadmaps
Design partner to Denodo and Snowflake product leadership.
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Governance at Scale
Trust built in: quality, reconciliation and SLA observability across IBOR and Risk.
As a builder
Builds
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Cited RAG Knowledge Platforms
AI answers you can verify, sentence by sentence.
Independent build · hybrid search, reranking, citation verification
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AI Root-Cause Engine
Azure OpenAI that diagnoses data discrepancies and scores its own confidence.
BlackRock
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Automated Data Pipeline
A self-hosted pipeline that enriches and categorizes data nightly, unattended.
Independent build
Approach
How data becomes value
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Source data
Trade, position, security, price and cash data from many systems.
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Semantic layer
One governed model with business meaning, definitions and lineage.
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Report-ready data
Reusable, analysis-ready datasets clients can trust.
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Self-service BI
Clients build their own reports in Power BI, Tableau and embedded analytics.
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AI experiences
AI that understands what the data means, not just where it lives.
Bio
Architect. Strategist. Builder.
Since 2018, Bhargav has led enterprise data architecture at BlackRock's Aladdin Data Cloud, owning the semantic data platform strategy from trade to risk on Snowflake and Denodo. He owns a critical part of the consumption strategy for Aladdin Data Cloud: in 2026 he built out the governed semantic foundation, and his focus now is converting it into adoption, retention and operating leverage through BI and AI.
He advises vendor product leadership, leads architecture reviews and standards, and mentors early-career engineers. He stays hands-on with AI so his strategy is grounded in what works.
Focus areas
- Enterprise Data Architecture
- Data Strategy
- Semantic & Metrics Layers
- Business Intelligence & Embedded Analytics
- Data Governance
- Data Products
- Lakehouse & Data Mesh
- AI-Ready Data
- Investment Data (IBOR/ABOR)
- Vendor Partnerships
- Team Leadership
Education
M.S. Computer & Information Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology · B.E. Information Technology, Ahmedabad Institute of Technology
Perspectives