Mishkat Chowdhury

Mishkat is a Data Governance Architect at element61. He helps organisations make their data trustworthy, discoverable and well-managed, with a focus on solutions that are secure, reliable and easy for clients to maintain. His work centres on the Microsoft data stack: Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databricks (including Unity Catalog). He has also worked with data catalogs such as Alation and DataHub.

Mishkat started his career as a Software Engineer, spending two years on government projects. He then completed a Master of Applied Informatics, specialising in Big Data Technology, at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2024).

Since joining element61 in February 2025, he has worked on governance projects in biopharma, healthcare, financial services, chemicals distribution, professional services and supply chain software. He has:

• Delivered Microsoft Purview rollouts and proofs of concept
• Built metadata synchronisation between Purview and Alation, and between DataHub and Azure Data Lake Storage
• Set up data quality frameworks with automated checks in Soda, including end-user training
• Deployed element61’s Data Observability and Power BI Governance kits
• Built automated column-level lineage from Databricks, Fabric and Power BI into Purview

Outside of work, Mishkat enjoys first-person shooters, football and badminton. He also loves travelling and spending time with his family.