I am a recognized expert on building performant and cost-effective data platforms for medium sized startups. I have a strong background in Data Engineering and DevOps, including streaming systems, eventing, data pipelines (ELT/ETL), data architecture, and data analysis, and have worked with a variety of cloud providers and data tools. I am passionate about building data platforms that are easy to use, easy to maintain, and easy to scale.
Technical Advisor, Data Platform
Built the data platform for inference and analytics, advising the Head of Data and VP of Engineering on best frameworks and tooling, while leading implementation across the org.
Tech Lead, Data Engineering
Owned the data platform encompassing data ops, financial reporting and customer billing, ML integrations, external APIs and metadata management.
Data Engineer
Architected and built the data analytics platform at Community using Snowflake, dbt-Core, Terraform, Docker, Looker.
Data Engineer
Led migration of our data pipelines off of GCP and onto Snowflake. Built out our data lakehouse architecture and implemented dbt for data modeling.
Data Analyst
Worked on a mission-critical team to identify new restaurants for onboarding, across 7 countries. Ever scraped Chinese 'Yelp'? I have.
Freelance Software Developer
Worked with various medium-sized privately held firms on contracts to build internal data tooling, apps, and analytics infrastructure.
Makerspace Director
Oversaw the Queen’s makerspace, SparQ Studios, and worked on self-directed initiatives to improve the innovation community at Queen’s University, while consulting on projects for various start-ups.
Rowing Coach
Organized and led programs for experienced and recreational rowers, while managing a team of junior coaches.