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Skills

  • Amazon Web Services
  • Analytics
  • API
  • Cloud Computing
  • Data Extraction
  • Data Management
  • Data Processing
  • Distributed Computing
  • GIS
  • Java
  • JSON
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Programming
  • Python
  • Software Development

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Services

  • Lakehouse | Iceberg, Trino, Starburst

    $80/hr Starting at $3K Ongoing

    Dedicated Resource

    Passionate about software architecture and development, with an extensive background in designing, building, deploying, and operating massive distributed low-latency batch data processing and real-time...

    Amazon Web ServicesAnalyticsAPICloud ComputingData Extraction

About

Data Lakehouse | Iceberg, Trino, Starburst

Independent Software Consultant and Contractor
Own Business-Hurst, TX
June 2025 to Present
Data Lakehouse architecture, Apache Iceberg, Trino, Starburst, Data Lake

Principal Engineer & Manager Engineering
HERE Technologies-Chicago, IL
July 2015 to June 2025
2020 – 2025 (Chicago, USA)
• Low-latency ingestion of global vehicle perception data (VPD) at scale in AWS cloud
• Owning petabyte VPD data lake and analytics

Scala, Java, Python, Flink, Kafka, Spark EMR, Parquet, Starburst, Trino, Amazon Athena, AWS Services, Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab, Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Tableau

2015 – 2020 (Frankfurt, Germany)
• Design and implementation of near real-time spatial data processing and real-time event streaming pipelines between multiple map repositories (SQL, NoSQL)
• Leading successful agile projects across multiple global teams and business units
• Migrating a business-critical legacy core data system into a scalable platform solution in the cloud for saving costs and creating new product offerings
• Recognized by two company LTI awards

Scala, Akka, Java, Spark EMR, Kinesis, Streaming, Messaging, REST Microservices, AWS Cloud, Docker,Oracle RAC, Microsoft SQL

Independent Consultant and Software Developer (Own Business)
January 2000 to June 2015
2010 – 2015
Software development at NAVTEQ/NOKIA/HERE (multiple projects):
Java, JavaEE, AWS Cloud, Docker, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, SNS/SQS, REST, SOAP, Oracle RAC, Postgres, MongoDB, GIS, SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle APEX, JavaScript, Swing, JavaFX

2006 – 2010
Software development and Data Warehousing (multiple projects in Insurance, Marketing, Finance,Automotive):
Oracle DWH, ETL, Informatica, Business Intelligence, Reports, SQL, PL/SQL, Java, JavaEE, Web, JavaScript,Microsoft Excel, Office VBA, MySQL

2000 – 2006
System and database administration, Software development (multiple projects in Banking and Finance):
Oracle Server, DB2, OpenVMS, Unix, Windows NT, Clustering, SQL, PL/SQL, C, Java, Oracle Forms &Reports, Job Automation

Education
Doctorate in X-Ray Crystallography
Planck-Institute for Biochemistry-Munich

Certifications
Multiple Machine Learning and MLOps Coursera certificates
Certified Scrum Master
Multiple Oracle certificates as database administrator and developer

Work Terms

Flexible