Experience
Data Wrangler, Riot Games; Santa Monica, CA May 2014 - Present
Data Engineer, Think Big Analytics; Mountain View, CA September 2012 - May 2014
- Designed, delivered, and helped manage a device data analytics platform at several clients
- Built ingestion framework using Flume NG, data transform framework using MapReduce and Pig
- Built data access APIs for customers to access data in the big data environment easily
- Implemented search on HDFS using operational metadata stored in ElasticSearch/Solr
- Built beta resource tracking tool to manage consultants time on projects as an exercise to learn JavaScript
- Presented webinars online and talks at conferences including O’Reilly Strata
- Participated in calls and meetings to sell services to clients
- Worked with clients to extract clear requirements to create business value
- Created and helped administer the Think Big Academy HBase course
Technology Analyst, Accenture Technology Labs; San Jose, CA July 2011 - September 2012
- Helped design and deliver a high profile Hadoop implementation at NetApp where we replaced an Oracle data warehouse with several big data components including DataStax, Solr, Hadoop, Hbase, and more
- Worked closely with onshore and offshore client leads to develop project requirements
- Helped write functional and technical specifications for Solr, HBase, REST, Hive, and other components
- Helped develop a RESTful API to provide access to data in Solr, HBase, and HDFS
- Managed several on shore and off shore developers in order to complete tasks on time
Field Services/Operations IT Intern, Extendicare; Milwaukee, WI November 2007-December 2008, January 2011 - July 2011
IT Helpdesk Analyst, Marquette University; Milwaukee, WI May 2007-December 2007, August 2010 - January 2011
Hardware Engineering CO-OP, Rockwell Automation; Milwaukee, WI April 2008-August 2010
Web/IT Intern, Revision3; San Francisco, CA May 2009-August 2009
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a Major in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Minor in Mathematics
- Member of Eta Kappa Nu, Marquette University's Electrical Engineering Honors Society