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Rodrigo Krüger is Director of Data & AI at NTT DATA Business Solutions, where he leads enterprise AI strategy, governance and portfolio, and the AI use cases of the Guepardo platform. He is a member of the company's Global Innovation Team and a PhD candidate in Artificial Intelligence at PUCPR, researching privacy-preserving machine learning over data streams.
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Rodrigo Krüger is Director of Data & AI at NTT DATA Business Solutions, responsible for enterprise AI strategy, governance and portfolio, and for the AI use cases of Guepardo, an enterprise platform for Brazilian tax and fiscal operations used by more than 550 customers. He represents the Brazilian operation in the company's Global Innovation Team.
He joined NTT DATA Business Solutions in 2021 as Delivery Manager for Data & AI and has held his current role since 2023. From 2006 to 2021 he was at FH, progressing from SAP NetWeaver consultant to Team Leader, Technology Manager and Delivery Manager for enterprise SAP programs.
He is a PhD candidate in Artificial Intelligence at PUCPR, where he also teaches, following an MSc and a specialization at the same institution and a degree in Computer Engineering from UEPG. His doctoral thesis, Adaptive algorithms with privacy guarantees, combines privacy-preserving machine learning — federated learning and homomorphic encryption — with data stream mining under concept drift. He has published at IJCNN and BRACIS, and writes the newsletter Between the Lines.
Positions
September 2023 — present
Director of Data & AI
NTT DATA Business Solutions
Defines and leads enterprise Data and AI initiatives: AI portfolio governance, the conception and evolution of Guepardo AI, AI adoption for enterprise customers, and the data and AI governance frameworks behind it. Represents the Brazilian operation in the Global Innovation Team.
March 2021 — August 2023
Delivery Manager, Data & AI
NTT DATA Business Solutions
Owned end-to-end delivery of Data and AI initiatives, from customer requirements and delivery strategy through execution, leading multidisciplinary teams across data engineering, analytics, AI and architecture.
January 2016 — March 2021
Delivery Manager, SAP
FH
Owned end-to-end delivery of enterprise SAP programs — ECC and S/4HANA implementations, upgrades and conversions — combining technical, commercial and people leadership across project management, architecture, functional consulting, development and infrastructure.
February 2011 — December 2015
Technology Manager
FH
Led the SAP technology organization of approximately 50 consultants across ABAP, Basis and NetWeaver. Acted as solution architect and technical authority for complex enterprise programs, and represented the organization at international SAP innovation forums including SAP TechEd.
December 2007 — May 2011
Team Leader, SAP NetWeaver
FH
Led the SAP NetWeaver consulting practice of approximately 10 consultants, with ownership of technical architecture, delivery quality and consultant development.
July 2006 — December 2007
SAP NetWeaver Consultant
FH
Designed and delivered SAP NetWeaver solutions across portals, knowledge management and collaboration, and custom application development in Web Dynpro.
January 2006 — June 2006
SAP NetWeaver Consultant
Agile Solutions
Developed enterprise applications with Java EE and SAP NetWeaver in a global delivery environment, integrating SAP back-end systems with custom applications.
Roles are listed most recent first, with dates as recorded on LinkedIn.
Education
2024 — 2028 (in progress)
PhD, Artificial Intelligence
PUCPR — Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Graduate Program in Informatics (PPGIa)
Thesis: Adaptive algorithms with privacy guarantees. Supervised by Prof. Dr. Jean Paul Barddal, co-supervised by Prof. Dr. Vinícius M. A. de Souza. Funded by CAPES.
2021 — 2023
MSc, Artificial Intelligence
PUCPR — Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Graduate Program in Informatics (PPGIa)
Dissertation: Peak prediction in time series with application to smart grids. Supervised by Prof. Dr. Vinícius M. A. de Souza. Funded by CAPES.
2019 — 2021
Specialization, Applied Artificial Intelligence
PUCPR — Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná
Final project: a computer vision system for sorting recyclable waste. Supervised by Prof. Dr. Alceu de Souza Britto Jr.
2010 — 2012
Specialization, Project Management
FAE Centro Universitário
Postgraduate specialization in project management, taken while leading SAP technology delivery.
2002 — 2006
BEng, Computer Engineering
UEPG — Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (State University of Ponta Grossa)
Final project: Software maintenance — theoretical and practical aspects.
Research
Privacy-preserving machine learning and data stream mining: federated learning, homomorphic encryption, concept drift, and adaptive learning in regulated, data-sensitive environments.
Full research statement →Teaching
Teaches at PUCPR, alongside doctoral research and enterprise practice.
Publications
Peer-reviewed conference papers, with full citation metadata, DOIs and BibTeX on the publications page.
- Rodrigo Kruger, Jean Paul Barddal, Vinícius Mourão Alves de Souza (2026). Training and Test Machine Learning Models on Encrypted Data: Initial Results and Challenges. BRACIS 2025 · Springer LNCS.
- Rodrigo Kruger, Abdullah Mueen, Vinícius Mourão Alves de Souza (2024). Peak Prediction in Time Series: Comparing Approaches for Energy High-Load Prediction. 2024 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN).
Service and membership
- Associate member, Brazilian Computer Society (SBC), since 2024
- Member, Global Innovation Team, NTT DATA Business Solutions
Honours
- Silver medal, Brazilian Informatics Olympiad
Certifications
- GenAI Academy: Black Belt
- SAP Solution Knowledge 2020 — SAP Intelligent Enterprise Partner Ambassador
- SAP Certified Technology Associate — Change Control Management for SAP Solution Manager
- SAP Solution Consultant — NetWeaver 04s, Knowledge Management & Collaboration
- SAP Development Consultant — NetWeaver 04, Web Application Development (Java)
Languages
- Portuguese — native
- English — full professional proficiency
- Spanish — full professional proficiency
Profiles and identifiers
- General and professional
- rodrigo.kruger.eng@gmail.com
- Academic and research
- rodkruger@ppgia.pucpr.br