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Staff Engineer with 10 years of experience in building data products and cost-optimized data platforms using a mix of open-source tooling (dbt, dlt) and cloud platforms (GCP and Databricks)
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Senior Staff Engineer at Kinaxis
January 1, 2025 - PresentCreate a standardized data ingestion framework for data teams; Collaborate with Cloud Architecture/Engineering teams to scale data infrastructure and governance initiatives; Host training/workshops for business teams to upskill in data/analytics engineering; Lead and implement FinOps initiatives leading to annual savings of $220,000; Build POCs to monetize data products using Databricks/Google Cloud/Looker.
Staff Data Engineer at Kinaxis
May 1, 2023 - December 1, 2024Set up cloud infrastructure with Terraform to ingest cloud spend from multiple cloud platforms; Deploy and maintain data warehouse using dbt, Github Actions and BigQuery; Develop and deploy data ingestion pipelines using Python and Google Cloud Functions; Improve data quality and enforce best practices using CI/CD pipelines; Standardize development team onboarding with development containers; Collaborate with Finance/Engineering teams to build operational dashboards tracking FinOps metrics; Create monthly FinOps reporting decks for leadership teams; Generated annual savings of $200,000 by building an in-house FinOps data warehouse.
Senior Data Engineer at Home Depot Canada
April 1, 2022 - April 1, 2023Maintain data pipelines for analytics teams using Alteryx/Python/BigQuery; Ingest and transform data (inventory, pricing, product) into Google BigQuery for optimal performance; Generated annual savings of $12,000 by performing query optimization in BigQuery; Define analytics requirements for customer segmentation and personalization use cases; Implement ETL best practices and monitor data quality to ensure accuracy and completeness; Use dbt to implement data quality checks and ensure data is consistent across analytics models.
Business Analyst at Home Depot Canada
October 1, 2020 - April 1, 2022Collaborate with Finance/Supply Chain/Merchandising/E-commerce partners to build decision making tools for Assortment Planning team; Build & drive strategic roadmap for Assortment Planning Systems & Tools; Migrate workflows from Excel/SAP/Access to Alteryx/Google BigQuery/Tableau; Lead Store Walk Reporting and Metrics for leadership teams.
Education
Masters in Analytics at Georgia Institute of Technology
January 1, 2022 - January 30, 2026B.A.Sc. Honors, Industrial Engineering at University of Toronto
September 1, 2011 - April 1, 2016Qualifications
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
July 1, 2024 - July 1, 2026Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2026Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Retail, Professional Services
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