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Boyan Penev

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Data & BI Manager at Metro Trains Melbourne who helped build its Snowflake platform and personally built an ingestion framework moving 1.5 billion rows a day.

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At Metro Trains Melbourne, I helped architect and build an enterprise Snowflake platform supporting more than 50 source systems and 4,000+ reports. I personally built its metadata-driven ingestion framework, replicating SQL Server tables at 1.5 billion rows a day.

I also built a COO-sponsored network disruption monitoring solution with two heads of department, delivering Power BI dashboards and paginated reports for the operations room. I co-led the migration of an approximately 1,000-table warehouse from SQL Server to Snowflake, completed a month ahead of schedule with zero business disruption.

At ASOS, I enhanced Azure Data Factory and Synapse pipelines and maintained the SQL Server warehouse. I also co-founded Global Tourism Technologies and led development of an audio-guide app used at two museums in Bulgaria.

Earlier, I led BI teams and developed data warehouses, reporting, and mobile products, including HabitBull, which was acquired in 2017. I’ve worked across consulting, contracting, in-house leadership, and start-ups, and hold an MBA from Melbourne Business School.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

GT

Co-Founder & Lead Engineer

Global Tourism Technologies

May 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years 7 months)

Co-founded a tourism technology start-up and led technical development, designing and building an audio-guide app for iOS and Android with a React admin portal and Python/Flask back end.

IS

Lead Business Intelligence Engineer

IG Soft

Feb 2018 - May 2019 (1 year 3 months)

Led a six-person BI team and architected a new SQL Server data warehouse, delivering user-lifecycle metrics and financial reporting in Power BI, SSRS, and Excel.

Telstra logoTE

Senior Solution Design Specialist

Jan 2017 - Jul 2017 (6 months)

Built CFO-level reporting in SSAS Tabular with 200+ DAX measures and migrated Excel reports to a SharePoint-based report portal.

OL

Co-Founder & Lead Engineer

Oristats Ltd

Jun 2014 - Jan 2017 (2 years 7 months)

Co-founded and engineered HabitBull, a habit-tracking app with 2M+ downloads and 50k+ daily active users, which was acquired by a US buyer in 2017.

SE

Microsoft Business Intelligence Developer

Self-employed

Feb 2011 - Sep 2011 (7 months)

Delivered freelance BI solutions including SSAS cubes, MDX data quality algorithms, Kimball-style data marts, SSIS ETL, and SSRS and Excel reporting for various clients.

Avanade logoAV

Senior Business Intelligence Consultant

May 2010 - Feb 2011 (9 months)

Provided SSIS ETL and SSRS reporting for ANZ Bank, a proof of concept for Westpac, and T-SQL code review and documentation for Coles Group.

DR

Business Intelligence Solution Developer

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Aug 2009 - May 2010 (9 months)

Led a BI team building the SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS analytical component of the Higher Education Information Management System and trained staff in Reporting and Analysis Services.

CA

Microsoft BI Consultant

Calumo

Dec 2008 - Mar 2009 (3 months)

Developed SSAS cubes and Excel-based accounting solutions.

OA

Microsoft BI Consultant

Oakton

Mar 2008 - Dec 2008 (9 months)

Developed SSRS dashboards for Lendlease.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne logoMM

Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne

Master of Business Administration, Business Administration

2023 - 2025

Grade: First Class Honours; Dean's List

MBA with First Class Honours and Dean's List recognition, completed in 2025.

Snowflake logoSN

Snowflake

SnowPro Core Certification, Data Platform

2023 - 2023

SnowPro Core Certification obtained in August 2023.

Microsoft logoMI

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals, Azure Data

2023 - 2023

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals obtained in January 2023.

Microsoft logoMI

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, Azure

2022 - 2022

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals obtained in August 2022.

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Scrum.org

Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I), Scrum

2021 - 2021

Professional Scrum Master I certification obtained in 2021.

Microsoft logoMI

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA), SQL Server Business Intelligence

2018 - 2018

Microsoft MCSA: SQL 2016 BI Development obtained in January 2018.

Microsoft logoMI

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE), Data Management and Analytics

2018 - 2018

Microsoft MCSE: Data Management and Analytics obtained in January 2018.

Microsoft logoMI

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA), SQL Server Database Development

2017 - 2017

Microsoft MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development obtained in November 2017.

Microsoft logoMI

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS), SQL Server Business Intelligence

2009 - 2009

Microsoft MCITP and MCTS: SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence obtained in January 2009.

Griffith University logoGU

Griffith University

Bachelor of Information Technology, Information Technology

2002 - 2006

Grade: Griffith Award for Academic Excellence (twice)

Bachelor of Information Technology with majors in Computer Science and Software Engineering, awarded Griffith Award for Academic Excellence twice.

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