I am Michael Mallia, a Senior Data Architect & Information Management Executive with 30+ years of experience delivering enterprise data solutions, governance platforms, and BI capabilities. I specialize in scalable data architectures, Master Data Management, ETL/ELT pipelines, and AI-powered data platforms, driving value across financial services, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing. I strive to align data strategy with business goals, foster cross-functional collaboration, and mentor teams to achieve measurable outcomes. As a co-founder and technology leader, I have built cloud-native, containerized data platforms, led data integration initiatives, and guided organizations through lakehouse migrations using AWS, Spark, and ML techniques. I enjoy solving complex data challenges, advancing governance and quality, and delivering innovative solutions that balance performance, security, and governance while enabling smarter decisions.

Michael Mallia

I am Michael Mallia, a Senior Data Architect & Information Management Executive with 30+ years of experience delivering enterprise data solutions, governance platforms, and BI capabilities. I specialize in scalable data architectures, Master Data Management, ETL/ELT pipelines, and AI-powered data platforms, driving value across financial services, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing. I strive to align data strategy with business goals, foster cross-functional collaboration, and mentor teams to achieve measurable outcomes. As a co-founder and technology leader, I have built cloud-native, containerized data platforms, led data integration initiatives, and guided organizations through lakehouse migrations using AWS, Spark, and ML techniques. I enjoy solving complex data challenges, advancing governance and quality, and delivering innovative solutions that balance performance, security, and governance while enabling smarter decisions.

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I am Michael Mallia, a Senior Data Architect & Information Management Executive with 30+ years of experience delivering enterprise data solutions, governance platforms, and BI capabilities. I specialize in scalable data architectures, Master Data Management, ETL/ELT pipelines, and AI-powered data platforms, driving value across financial services, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing. I strive to align data strategy with business goals, foster cross-functional collaboration, and mentor teams to achieve measurable outcomes.

As a co-founder and technology leader, I have built cloud-native, containerized data platforms, led data integration initiatives, and guided organizations through lakehouse migrations using AWS, Spark, and ML techniques. I enjoy solving complex data challenges, advancing governance and quality, and delivering innovative solutions that balance performance, security, and governance while enabling smarter decisions.

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Language

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Work Experience

Software Engineer & Systems Architect at Paper Moon Theater
March 1, 2025 - November 6, 2025
Developing a comprehensive theater production management system leveraging modern web technologies and AI-assisted development methodologies to integrate external theater tools with business and collaboration platforms. Key achievements include full-stack application development with Next.js/React, PostgreSQL schema design with Prisma, Redis-based caching, and seamless integrations with StageWrite, QuickBooks, and Google Workspace, plus AI-assisted development and modern development patterns (SSR, API-first, responsive UI).
Co-Founder & Data Architect/Software Engineer (Backend) at Data Sentinel
February 1, 2025 - February 1, 2025
Led the technical development of an enterprise-grade sensitive data management platform as a hands-on software engineer, combining deep data-architecture expertise with modern AI/ML technologies. Implemented cloud-native microservices on AWS EC2 with Docker, PostgreSQL/OrientDB, Kafka-based data pipelines, advanced document processing, AI-powered classification, and DevOps CI/CD; delivered platform capabilities including data inventory, sensitivity rating, duplicate detection, data quality auditing, risk measurement, and active governance workflows.
Co-Founder, Senior Partner & VP of Data Integration Practice at Stream Integration
February 1, 2019 - February 1, 2019
Built and led a specialized IBM business partner organization focused on worldwide technical pre-sales and service delivery of enterprise data integration solutions, establishing market leadership in IBM InfoSphere ecosystem. Led data integration, MDM, and data quality initiatives; defined methodology and tooling; managed multi-technology evaluations and deployments across diverse clients.
Data Engineer/IBM Data Specialist at Constant Data Integration
March 1, 2025 - Present
As a seasoned Data Engineer with extensive IBM Information Server expertise (DataStage, QualityStage, Information Governance Catalog) and proven success in transitioning enterprise data ecosystems to watsonx.data lakehouse architecture. Specializes in modernizing ETL pipelines, implementing hybrid data governance strategies, and enabling AI/ML workloads through open-format data management. Adept at maintaining operational continuity while migrating from traditional data warehouses to data lakehouses on cloud-native, SQL-based analytics platforms.
Co-Founder & Data Architect/Software Engineer (Backend) at Data Sentinel
December 1, 2019 - February 28, 2025
Led the technical development of an enterprise-grade sensitive data management platform as a hands-on Software Engineer, combining decades of data architecture expertise with modern AI/ML technologies. Key achievements include cloud-native microservices-based Docker Swarm platform on AWS EC2, containerized backend processes and React UX, Apache Kafka topic implementation; high-performance data pipelines using Spark/Spark Streaming with Kafka consumers; advanced document processing with Scala/Apache Tika and Tesseract OCR; AI-powered classification using Python/LLM (NER-BERT); DevOps CI/CD with GitLab; and delivering platform capabilities for data inventory, governance workflows, duplicate detection, quality auditing, and risk measurement.
Co-Founder, Senior Partner & VP of Data Integration Practice at Stream Integration
January 1, 2002 - February 28, 2019
Built and led a specialized IBM business partner organization focused on worldwide technical pre-sales and service delivery of enterprise data integration solutions, establishing market leadership in the IBM InfoSphere ecosystem. Responsibilities included creating service offerings (MDM, ETL/Metadata/Database/Quality), leading multi-technology evaluation and deployment projects, developing methodologies and productivity tools, delivering training programs, and providing hands-on data architecture consulting across diverse industries.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science at Acadia University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1985
Bachelor of Computer Science at Acadia University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1985

Qualifications

IBM Certified Solution Developer - InfoSphere DataStage v11.3
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
eLearning Badge - IBM Integrated Analytics System (SailFish) for Data Engineers
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
Learning Badge - IBM Data Product Hub Technical Sales Intermediate
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
IBM InfoSphere QualityStage Fundamentals
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
IBM PureData for Analytics Sales Professional v1
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
IBM Certified Solution Developer - InfoSphere DataStage v11.x
January 11, 2030 - January 11, 2026
eLearning Badge - IBM Integrated Analytics System (SailFish) for Data Engineers
January 11, 2030 - January 11, 2026
Learning Badge - IBM Data Product Hub Technical Sales Intermediate
January 11, 2030 - January 11, 2026
IBM InfoSphere QualityStage Fundamentals Technical Professional
January 11, 2030 - January 11, 2026
IBM PureData for Analytics Sales Professional v1
January 11, 2030 - January 11, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing, Professional Services