Lars Tice
Salt Lake City,Utah
Summary
Experienced in data architecture, including warehousing and transactional systems, with a strong background in database administration and data engineering. Skilled in big data business intelligence, AI/ML feature development, and cloud deployment. Proficient in extraction, transformation, and loading processes, as well as shift left design principles. Successful mentor in agile/Scrum delivery methodologies. Knowledgeable in continuous integration/deployment for efficient and streamlined workflows.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Data Engineer
MasterControl
04.2018 - 01.2025
- Served as the principal engineer and a collaborative architect for the migration of transactional database reporting to a modern near real-time Data Lake / Data Warehouse distributed solution
- For internal consumers we create features suitable for ingestion by AI/ML training / prediction
- For external consumers we feed the transformations to external BI clients suitable for slicing / dicing, as well as API ingestion
- Designed and developed the domain and data models for life sciences customers
- Developed ETL processes to streamline data flow and integration.
- I promoted the vision of 'Data First' which envisions a paradigm that describes data as the journey of our stake-holders experience interacting with our platform
- Being a foundational member of the data engineering team, I served in a mentoring role for junior and mid-level developers, to rapidly help them become productive in contributing to the platform
Data Architect
World Wide Express / Unishippers
04.2017 - 04.2018
- Designed and implemented tables and document data structures to capture the user journey context throughout the experience of booking freight shipping domestically and internationally
- Created data contracts and enforcement using Swift / openAPI specifications
- Improved database performance by optimizing queries, indexing strategies, and overall architecture design.
- Contributed to a microservices environment with dozens of bounded contexts and isolated data sources, primarily using Redis
- Documented and communicated database schemas using accepted notations.
Principal BI Engineer / Principal Data Administrator
NICE / inContact
08.2005 - 04.2017
- Implemented a Big Data solution which takes multiple telecom and work force optimization data sources, transforming it into a reportable suite of KPIs & self-service reporting
- The product suite was delivered to cloud based hosting with zero down-time with a continuous delivery
- This high availability solution is required to adhere to 99.99% uptime and achieves that goal through extensive monitoring tools
- Developed data models to streamline reporting processes.
- Mentored junior BI engineers in best practices, tool usage, and efficient problem-solving techniques to foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Previously, as the data architect and engineer of the logical design and physical implementation of a denormalized representation of the IVR/ACD calling platform on MS SQL Server
- I have also designed and helped implement ETL processes to feed transactional and unstructured data to a centralized warehouse which includes a denormalized DSS relational database, a series of de-centralized data marts, and an in-memory Analysis services engine BISM Tabular implementation
Programmer / SQL Developer
Contract – JPMorgan Chase
12.2004 - 12.2005
- Details available upon request
Education
Economics, Philosophy, French, Mathematics
University of Utah
SLC, UT01.1993
Skills
- Python
- Scala
- Apache Spark
- SQL
- Databricks
- Amazon Web Services (EMR/EC2/ECS/EKS)
- Relational Databases (MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
- Apache Airflow
- Kubernetes
- Apache / Confluent Managed Kafka
- Confluent Managed Flink
- Snowflake
- DBT
- Hashicorp Terraform
- Data modeling
- ETL processes
- Relational databases
- Data pipeline design
Skillstechnologies
- Python
- Scala
- Apache Spark
- SQL
- Databricks
- Amazon Web Services (EMR/EC2/ECS/EKS)
- Relational Databases (MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
- Apache Airflow
- Kubernetes
- Apache / Confluent Managed Kafka
- Confluent Managed Flink
- Snowflake
- DBT
- Hashicorp Terraform
Military Service
01/01/90, 01/01/98, USAR, SLC, UT, Honorably discharged from Army Reserve duty on 07/11/98. Duties included fuel transportation to frontline units in the Gulf Conflict.
Accomplishments
- Achieved modernization of the foundational data infrastructure by designing and implementing industry accepted data pipeline within budget and timeline constraints.
Timeline
Principal Data Engineer
MasterControl
04.2018 - 01.2025
Data Architect
World Wide Express / Unishippers
04.2017 - 04.2018
Principal BI Engineer / Principal Data Administrator
NICE / inContact
08.2005 - 04.2017
Programmer / SQL Developer
Contract – JPMorgan Chase
12.2004 - 12.2005
Economics, Philosophy, French, Mathematics
University of Utah
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