David G
@davidg
Senior Data Engineer specializing in Azure & Snowflake, delivering scalable data platforms for measurable ROI.
What I'm looking for
I am a Senior Data Engineer with over 10 years of experience building scalable, high-performance data platforms across Logistics and Food & Beverage sectors. I combine deep technical skills in cloud and modern data stacks with a founder's strategic business acumen to solve specific business problems.
I've led multi-year platform initiatives as a lead architect and technical lead—designing Azure Data Lakehouse solutions, migrating legacy warehouses to Snowflake and dbt, and creating fleet optimization and predictive maintenance systems that reduced costs and improved operations.
I focus on delivering measurable impact through real-time decisioning, reusable architecture patterns, and stakeholder-aligned roadmaps; I mentor teams, standardize architectures, and drive ROI via data-driven productization.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Data Engineer
Independent Consultant
Oct 2020 - Present (5 years 2 months)
Operating as Technical Lead for international enterprises, delivering multi-year Azure & Snowflake data platform initiatives that reduced reporting latency by 40% and lowered infrastructure costs by 15%. Architected Lakehouse solutions enabling real-time decision-making across logistics and F&B domains.
Lead Data Engineer
Syntonize
Apr 2019 - Sep 2020 (1 year 5 months)
Led a 5-person data team delivering multi-industry BI solutions, standardized Azure data warehouse templates that cut project setup time by 30%, and migrated workloads to cloud reducing operational friction.
Data Engineer
Syntonize
Mar 2016 - Mar 2019 (3 years)
Built end-to-end BI solutions including API ingestion, database design and Power BI reporting; contributed to on-premise to Azure migrations ensuring data integrity and compliance.
Data Analyst
Syntonize
Feb 2014 - Feb 2016 (2 years)
Designed KPIs and dashboards that automated business performance reporting and replaced manual Excel workflows, improving reporting reliability for clients.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Harvard Extension School
Graduate Certificate, Data Science
2019 - 2019
Completed a Graduate Certificate in Data Science focusing on practical data analysis and machine learning applications.
ESIC Business & Marketing School
Master in Marketing Management, Marketing Management
Completed a Master in Marketing Management covering strategic marketing, analytics, and management principles.
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