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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Data Architect and Engineering lead for Data Science and AI-based Advertiser Outcomes products, applying deep experience with Apache Spark, Tensorflow, Google BigQuery and related tools and platforms, and using a lean, fail-fast approach to rapidly prototype and deploy Data Products.As a member of the OpenX Big Data Engineering team, migrated a 100-petabyte-scale Hadoop environment from on-premises to Google Cloud Platform, and contributed to the re-engineering of Data Engineering pipelines and Analytic applications to take advantage of cloud-native tools and architectural patterns.

Newport Beach, California, Us

Responsible for Data Republic's unique approach to guiding the deployment of complex Big Data systems that cost-effectively enable advanced analytic applications.Implementation Lead for major projects, combining in-house and customer development teams. Projects to date have included high-scale data engineering pipelines using Apache Spark, Python, and SQL; stateless and stateful streaming analytics using Apache Kafka, Spark Streaming and Scala frameworks; and the design, development and optimization of reporting systems using various query engines including Apache Impala and Google BigQuery.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Systems Engineer with Cloudera, helping customers, partners and prospective customers to understand, architect and deploy Big Data solutions with CDH (Cloudera's Distribution including Apache Hadoop).

Montréal, Québec, Ca

Project lead and principal architect for financial forecasting applications in healthcare, financial services, telecommunications and resources.

South Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Successfully implemented operating and financial forecasting applications for several clients across industries such as manufacturing, telecommunications and government.

South Melbourne, Vic, Au

Focussing on Oracle/Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management software including Hyperion Essbase and Hyperion Planning. Most projects have been self-managed, typically with a team of several resources from the client business.Also involved in Marketing activities such as product demonstrations and training sessions at Breakfast Seminars and User Conferences.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Responsible for forecasting and reporting for all Australian operations, delivering financial information to the Board, senior management and General Motors Corporation; requiring an intimate knowledge of the business as a financial entity, and excellent communication skills with business analysts throughout the company; and business strategy projects, such as an analysis comparing of the financial performance of competitors.Also responsible for implementation of a Hyperion Essbase and Hyperion Analyzer pilot project to provide an OLAP-driven online reporting application for the management community.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Participation in a software engineering project within the Department of Computer Science on the 'Aditi' Deductive Database research team.Responsible for development, maintenance and documentation of software modules providing a C++ API for the assembly and execution of database queries written in Mercury, a logical programming language similar to Prolog.Also a member of the casual teaching staff, leading a weekly C/C++ programming and UNIX development tutorial.

M.It, Computer Science

Bsc, Computer Science

Bcom, Accounting & Business Strategy