Data Engineer with 20+ years of hands-on leadership experience in driving software and data development initiatives.
Skilled in spearheading enterprise-wide data warehouse implementations and engineering scalable data pipelines and data marts for BI and analytics applications.
Successfully implemented Data Vault 2.0 modeling methodologies to warehouse complex financial services data, utilizing WhereScape for automated ETL workflows and enhanced metadata governance.
Expertise in optimizing processes and generating actionable insights using cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, along with advanced ETL tools like WhereScape, and Talend.
Proficient in working with cloud data platforms including AWS Redshift, Snowflake, and Databricks.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Data Engineer/Architect
Magnolia Capital
09.2022 - Current
Directed a team of 2 junior Data Engineers to architect a 350 GB enterprise data warehouse on Snowflake, pioneering automated data processes tailored for financial services
Engineered comprehensive ETL solutions that accelerated data delivery and enhanced financial and other reporting by 40%
Implemented star-schema-based data marts in Snowflake to drive Power BI dashboards
Our Analytics solutions improved operational efficiencies by 40%
Leveraged WhereScape solutions to automate 10-15 daily ETL jobs, enhancing data ingestion and metadata management, which resulted in an 80% reduction in manual efforts
Implemented 50-60 Azure/Python/SQL based daily data pipelines and 10-15 WhereScape jobs supporting 100s of daily pipelines, supporting daily analytics needs that are critical to business operations
Automated data ingestion, modeling, and loading processes, reducing manual effort by 80% and accelerating data delivery timelines
Created self-service financial, accounting and marketing dashboards, visualizing complex KPIs and key metrics for Asset Management, Marketing and Accounting teams, reporting monthly financial performance and monthly marketing funnels
Our dashboards sped up strategic decision-making for these groups by 40%
Lead efforts to develop BI Dashboards for Asset Management & Leadership oversight of proprietary Real-estate platform data in AWS RedShift environment
Data Architect
Solera
01.2022 - 09.2022
Led a team of 3 engineers to orchestrate high-impact data pipelines in Snowflake, leveraging AWS services to automate ETL processes and reducing manual processing time by 40%
Led the team in creating high-quality data using AWS, Python, Snowflake, and SQL-based data ingestion processes, and automated 90% of Data Warehouse builds
Developed an enterprise data warehouse on Snowflake that integrated data from 15 different sources, leading to single source of truth databases providing consistent data across the organization
Snowflake data warehouse integrated data from 5 different database types, including MySQL, SQL Server, and Snowflake, improving data retrieval times by 30%
Documented data models, and data flows for historical reference, significantly enhancing system architecture, collaboration, and knowledge transfer
Created 2 single source of truth databases, which led to the development of 5 new customer-facing products, resulting in a 20% increase in customer engagement
Data Engineering Manager/Senior Data Engineer
Omnitracs
08.2019 - 01.2022
Developed a comprehensive Single Source of Truth Shipper/Receiver locations database with over 6.5 million rows (~40 GB)
Led a team of 3 Data Engineers/Analysts in developing over 20 high-performance ETL data pipelines connecting AWS/Snowflake, and managed data for 100+ customer reports using Talend, Looker, and Cloud ETL tools
Championed' data-driven product development, leading the creation of Python algorithms and pipelines for developing geofences and wait-times at trucking locations using databricks, Python, Geo-Pandas, geo-spatial data, and Microsoft Geofence datasets
Engineered data for 2 innovative products: Location Intelligence for Truck Carriers and Weather Intelligence for Truckers
Crafted algorithms, data pipelines, and machine learning models using AWS /Python/SQL/Snowflake to address logistics industry challenges, including algorithms for warehouse detention calculations, predicting dwell times at shipper/receiver locations, and automatic text summarization of Google reviews
Developed new algorithms and delivered critical decision-making insights to key stakeholders
Significantly accelerated data science-based product development by analyzing logistics IoT data totaling 95 billion rows (~4 TB)
Data Science Engineer
Argonne National Lab
12.2018 - 12.2019
Developed IoT data analysis to assess the health of 100+ sensors for the Chicago Urban Sensing Project
Reported directly to the IT Director and led a driven team of three in designing, building, and delivering predictive modeling insights using Python, PySpark, and Hadoop clusters
Processed 100 GB of IoT data, constructed prediction models, and provided strategic recommendations on the health of IoT nodes and sensors
Our sensor health analysis and failure prediction algorithms empowered the Chicago city-wide project to select the most reliable sensors from 10-15 vendor options
Capstone Presentation to University of Chicago Community
Senior Web Developer
Coilcraft
09.2013 - 08.2019
Engineered single-page applications (SPAs) with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to elevate interactive user experiences, leveraging SQL Server data and managing the company's entire user interactions
Spearheaded the automation of vendor management, sales funnels, internal messaging, and other workflows, slashing manual data entry by 50-60%
Crafted a secure and intuitive website with enhanced UI/UX, driving a 60% surge in user engagement and a 40% boost in retention
Mastered Git version control to track changes and uphold code quality, ensuring a robust, maintainable code base for over 10,000 lines
Senior Software Engineer
Submittal Exchange(now Oracle)
05.2012 - 09.2013
Coordinated with 4 other Software engineers to evaluate Company's SaaS implementation and upgrades.
Analyzed and proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements enhancing company's SaaS solution developed for aiding Construction Management.
Developed robust, scalable, modular and API-centric infrastructures to support the product.
Delivered and unit-tested C#.NET web applications within customer-prescribed timeframes.
Software Engineer Consultant
TekSystems, Tech Mahindra, Optyinc
11.2000 - 05.2012
Consulted with 4 Insurance clients in the Chicago area aligning software development with customer priorities.
Served as primary liaison between customers development team and consultant team, relating requirements and feedback for development efforts.
Offered software-related technical support, developed COBOL programs and performed implementation and implementation support.
Operated within cross-functional environments, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams translating highly technical language into easily understood requirements.
Aided in software implementation for clients in Insurance industry, providing training services.
Served as technical or Subject Matter expert for development efforts and implementation support.