DATA + AI NOTESArchitecture. Engineering. Intelligence.
About

Louis Ozougwu

Data & AI Solutions Architect and Practice Lead

I design and deliver enterprise AI and data platforms — from agentic AI and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to modern lakehouse architectures. I have led the design and deployment of several AI and agentic AI solutions with Microsoft Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry, taking them from use-case definition through to production, governance and measurable value.

My work spans the Microsoft Data & AI stack, Databricks and Anthropic's Claude. I hold Microsoft, Databricks and Claude certifications, and combine hands-on architecture with practice leadership: shaping solution vision with customers, running AI readiness assessments, and building the safety and governance frameworks that let organisations adopt AI with confidence.

I write Data + AI Notes to share what works in practice: architecture patterns, lessons from real delivery, and clear explanations of what is changing across Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Foundry, Copilot, Databricks and Claude. The Learning section turns that experience into structured, hands-on lessons.

Experience

  1. 2025 – presentData & AI Solutions Architect / Practice Lead, Data & AI
  2. 2022 – 2025Data & AI Solutions Architect
  3. 2020 – 2022Azure Solutions Architect (Data) / Lead Data Engineer
  4. 2017 – 2019Cloud Solution Architect / Lead Cloud Transformation Consultant
  5. 2010 – 2017Data platform and technical architecture roles

Areas of expertise

  • AI & agentic AICopilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, RAG, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, MLOps and LLMOps
  • Claude (Anthropic)solution architecture and development, Claude Code, agentic workflows
  • Data platformsMicrosoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Databricksplatform administration, Unity Catalog, production workflows, Databricks SQL
  • Analytics & BIPower BI and semantic modelling
  • Governance & responsible AIAI safety frameworks, AI readiness, Microsoft Purview
  • Engineering & DevOpsCI/CD with Azure DevOps and GitHub, PySpark, Python
  • Consulting & leadershippractice leadership, pre-sales, solution design, mentoring

Certifications

Anthropic (Claude)

  • CCA-FClaude Certified Architect – Foundations2026
  • CCAO-FClaude Certified Associate – Foundations2026

Microsoft

  • AB-100Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect2026
  • DP-100Azure Data Scientist Associate2025
  • DP-600Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate2024
  • SC-900Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals2023
  • PL-900Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals2021
  • AI-900Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals2021
  • DA-100Analysing Data with Power BI2021
  • AI-102Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure AI Solutions2020
  • DP-203Designing an Azure Data Solution2020
  • DP-200Implementing an Azure Data Solution2020

Databricks2025

  • Platform Administrator
  • Production Workflow Automation
  • Data Management and Governance with Unity Catalog
  • SQL Analytics and BI on Databricks

Architecture & delivery

  • TOGAF 9 Certified, The Open Group2019
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner, PeopleCert2018

Education — MSc Computing, University of Liverpool

Contact

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