Architecting Big Data solutions

Lead data engineering for multiple teams tasked with data analytics and insights needs. I am responsible for end-to-end solutions that enable teams with the ability to gain analytics and insights from their data.- Lead data engineering proof of concept prototypes, pipeline designs and final implementation- Direct technical refinement of vendors' data technologies at The Firm- Manage risk in data warehouse with Cybersecurity to ensure data meets The Firms data classification policy- Architect roadmaps, diagrams, and plans for multiple stages of development- Conceptualize & lead workshops on how to send various data sources into snowflake- Guide unified data lake initiative to better data insights for The Firm- Build and maintain multiple asynchronous Python applications and Snaplogic pipelines to maximize data ingestion of REST APIs to perform ETL on of 100s of gigabytes of data daily- Stand up cloud infrastructure that provides the foundation our Firm's data analytics- Create Kafka & Kinesis big data streams for product data- Work with diverse teams on preparing their data for the datalake- Craft intelligent systems to alert engineer teams of data inconsistencies- Construct pipelines to grab Splunk logs for data analytics dashboard needs- Make snowpipes, snowstages, and stored procedures for externally staged data in Azure Blob and AWS S3Stack: Python, Snaplogic, Azure SQL, Postgres, Docker, S3, Splunk, Snowflake, Snowpipe, AWS Kinesis, Kafka, AWS Lambda, IAM, API Gateway, GoCD, Kubernetes

Providing software architect and engineering services to PwC, Capital One, Bank Of America, Cox Automotive/Dealertrack via MBO Partners, Eliassen Group,Insight Global, and Apex Systems

Created Back-end to Front-end applications to to support Columbia universities largest application CourseWorks. Helped establish and implemented technologies of a python stack in place at Columbia University.

Working with Git, Heroku, Ruby, Middleman Framework, REST, Javascript, JSON, Twitter Bootstrap, SCSS, Media Queries to deliver a dynamic interactive mobile friendly revamp of the careers page for individuals to find open positions at all the companies that started at Work-bench.

Educating learners or students who wish to pursue careers in web development or pythonMentor students in web development as they work through a project-based curriculum.Guide students through the challenges of becoming a developer.Lead weekly one-on-one online student questions/answers sessions to provide feedback on student code and projects.

Helped celebrities raise awareness for sickle cell disease by providing an online experienceMigrated existing site from Joomla to WordpressDeveloped a customized redesigned Wordpress theme for posting latest updates and charity events Updated the sites code, design and feel annuallyStack: Wordpress, Joomla, MySQL, PHP, HTML,CSS, Javascript, Adobe Photoshop

Conceptualized, styled and developed unique websites for multiple artists under the Next Phase Entertainment label.