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Santa Monica, California, United States

Santa Monica, California, United States

Product owner of data ingestion pipelines that power edmunds.com consumer-facing websiteLead and develop teams responsible for implementation and maintenance of sold products Write and maintain Python and Spark jobs automating workflows and processes Extract, clean, and surface data and metrics visualizations to internal and external partners Developed and maintain web app that provides research and data management functionalityPartner with colleagues throughout the entire company to develop, maintain, and enhance systems and products, provide insights, and support negotiation of vendor agreements

Santa Monica, California, United States

Achieved 85% reduction in product onboarding times with just 33% of the original headcountCreated product health monitors leading to over 98% of issues now being resolved proactivelyDeveloped data visualization dashboards to track key metrics, giving department leaders insight into their teams’ performance and operational processes

Santa Monica, California, United States

Teamed up with a single engineer to develop and deploy proprietary data management system proposed in previous role, laying groundwork to eventually reduce data expenses by 80%Reached out to dozens of vendors to establish relationships and direct data feeds to integrate into new data pipeline in order to remove dependence on expensive data aggregatorsCreated queries, developed and executed scalable validation and migration processes in order to safely migrate thousands of individual data feeds into the new system

Santa Monica, California, United States

Independently designed and developed proof-of-concept to manage incoming data feeds Presented demo of the system to executive leadership, received full support to shift company’s data acquisition strategy away from using expensive data aggregators

Built strong internal and external client relationships, advised on best practices, collaborated to refine processes, resulting in more effective communication between all involved teams and more accurate results, reducing redundancies and costs on both endsDeveloped and managed an efficient and effective team, consistently exceeding goals, despite losing significant headcount in a reduction in force initiative

Served as primary point of contact for multiple automotive manufacturers and marketing clients, ultimately responsible for the health outbound of data feedsBuilt and implemented automation of inefficient patch requesting process, greatly reducing human involvement

Proactively partnered with engineering, becoming the operational subject matter expert of a newly developed data extraction client, as well as the primary liaison between Operations and Engineering teamsCreated and maintained documentation, built and conducted training, and served as operational escalation point

Initiated, monitored, and maintained data extracts and FTP file deliveries through proprietary ETL systemsConsistently recognized as the top performer in the department in terms of volume, effectiveness, and resolution rates