AI-Augmented Data Engineering
I help data teams work 10x faster by integrating AI into every step — from Jira ticket to production deployment. 30+ years in data. Snowflake. CI/CD. The future of how work gets done.
I've spent 30 years building data systems — from SQL Server 6.0 in 1996 to Snowflake + AI-automated pipelines today.
Currently a Principal Data Engineer at a leading fintech, where I've transformed how our team works by integrating AI into every phase of the software development lifecycle. The result: tickets that took days now take hours. Processes that required 3 hours of manual work get done in 30 minutes. Deployments that used to need tribal knowledge now flow through documented, automated CI/CD pipelines.
I'm not an AI researcher. I'm a practitioner who makes AI work in the real world — in regulated industries, with production data, through established change management processes. And I teach others to do the same.
SnowPro Certified. DDL, stored procedures, Streamlit, ELT patterns. Led migration of hundreds of objects from SQL Server.
End-to-end AI workflows using Kiro & Claude. Jira → Code → Test → Deploy, fully AI-augmented with human validation gates.
GitLab pipeline architecture across Snowflake and Talend platforms. Versioned migrations, merge request workflows, automated deployment.
Mentoring teams on AI adoption. Training sessions, mindset coaching, and building repeatable patterns others can follow.
Take your existing development process — Jira tickets, code reviews, testing, deployment — and integrate AI at every step. Reduce cycle times by 50-70% while maintaining quality and compliance.
Design, build, and optimize Snowflake environments. Migrate from legacy platforms. Implement modern ELT patterns that scale.
Build automated deployment pipelines for data artifacts — Snowflake migrations, Talend packages, and everything in between. From Git to production with proper gates.
Help your team shift their mindset and adopt AI-augmented practices. Not a one-day workshop — embedded coaching that creates lasting change.
A teammate estimated 3 hours to create error handling, audit logging, and orchestration for a Talend ETL process. Using AI, I completed all three tasks and the deployment plan in 30 minutes. Ran in UAT — worked on first execution.
During an emergency, deployed through an unfamiliar team's CI/CD pipeline with no prior training. Used AI + steering documentation to generate the required Python and YAML configuration files. Merged to production successfully on the first attempt.
Implemented end-to-end AI-augmented workflow: Jira ticket analysis → code generation → automated test case creation → CR documentation → GitLab CI/CD deployment. Tickets that took days now complete in hours.
Implemented and maintained a national support system solo that had an equivalent 12-person offshore support team. Reduced delivery cycles from 6 months to 1 month through rapid application development.
AI-augmented development workflows, CI/CD pipeline architecture, Snowflake Streamlit, cross-team leadership, AI mentoring. Retained at senior IC level following Goldman Sachs divestiture.
Promoted to Vice President. Led SQL Server → Snowflake migration (hundreds of objects). Converted Credit Bureau Reporting (Experian, Equifax, TransUnion). Talend enterprise integration.
Cloud BI on AWS/Exasol. Multi-tenant SaaS security. Near-real-time ETL. Exasol certified.
National support systems, $250K savings through automation, 12 FTE → 1 FTE. Teradata, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server.
Data warehouse lifecycle. Mainframe migrations. GA Retirement System (66 agencies). Performance tuning.
IT leadership, staff management, software product development, public health systems, SQL Server from v6.0.
I know what "early" feels like. Novell replacing the VAX room. SQL Server on command line. Now AI. But this time, being early is humbling in a way I didn't expect.
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Read More →I'm available for contract engagements (6-18 months) and select full-time opportunities. If you're looking to transform how your data team works with AI, or need senior Snowflake/data engineering expertise, let's have a conversation.
Based in Lilburn, Georgia (Atlanta metro). Available for remote work nationwide.