Stefania Aina

Spearheaded digital farming initiatives and cloud-native data pipelines; implemented the NEW VALORA crop-prescription program; integrated satellite and sensor data into a production-ready cloud solution; led end-to-end data architecture, governance, and analytics leveraging Python, PySpark, SQL, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and BigQuery; deployed dashboards and governance across ERP and field data.

Led production of end-to-end data pipelines across raw, staging, and curated layers with governance, observability, and traceability. Designed and deployed a semantic layer and data models to support digital farming initiatives; built CARLOTA, an irrigation-recommendation system powered by satellite and sensor data; migrated legacy workflows to modern multi-cloud architectures (GCP + AWS); produced real-time insights and dashboards to drive business decisions and cost efficiency; collaborated across engineering, science, and product teams to deliver scalable, business-focused data solutions.

Spearheaded ingestion of complex data from multiple business systems (HR, OKRs, Finance, Trello); designed and implemented robust ETL pipelines; built a cloud-based data platform; automated financial and operational reporting; established governance, observability, and data quality controls; delivered Power BI dashboards and analytics for executives; reduced manual reporting by automating processes; founded and led the data team and analytics workflows.