Azure DatabricksAWS GlueRedshiftSnowflakeDelta LakePySparkAzure Data FactoryStep FunctionsDMS & CDCAmazon BedrockLangChainPower BITableau

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From raw source systems to trusted, AI-ready data.

Architect the foundation, engineer the pipelines, govern the data, and enable analytics and AI on top. Most engagements start with one area and grow.

Architect the foundation

Cloud & lakehouse architecture

Azure Databricks and AWS lakehouse designs on curated Delta tables and a reusable semantic layer, so analytics and AI share one trusted source.

Data warehouse & cloud migration

Move Teradata, Oracle, and on-prem warehouses to Redshift, Databricks, and Snowflake, with schema conversion, CDC, and no loss of trust in the numbers.

Engineer the pipelines

Data pipeline engineering

Ingestion, transformation, and orchestration on AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, PySpark, and Step Functions, tuned for cost and reliability.

Metadata-driven frameworks

Reusable, metadata-driven ingestion with Data Vault and dimensional models, so new sources plug in fast and pipelines stay easy to maintain.

Govern & trust the data

Data quality & governance

Critical data element identification, quality rules and registers, lineage, and audit and SOC readiness that closes findings for good.

Master data management

Golden-record MDM on Databricks and Redshift: entity resolution, cleansing, and a single, deduplicated view of your key data.

Enable AI & analytics

AI-ready data & GenAI enablement

Vector database and RAG foundations, embedding pipelines, and LLM-ready data using Bedrock and LangChain, so GenAI runs on data you can govern.

Analytics & BI enablement

Semantic layers, standardized KPIs, and Power BI and Tableau delivery, plus predictive models for spend, usage, and forecasting.

Lead the work

Fractional data leadership

Step in as senior data engineering leadership to set direction, mentor the team, and get delivery predictable again.

Where I help most

Three problems we are brought in to fix.

Data no one trusts

Reports disagree, audits keep reopening, and leaders second-guess the numbers. I make the data provably correct and keep it that way.

How I do it

Platforms not ready for AI

GenAI stalls without governed, well-modeled data underneath. I build the lakehouse, vector, and RAG foundations that make it real.

See the approach

Migrations that stall

Legacy warehouses and slow batch windows hold the business back. I move them to the cloud without losing a number along the way.

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Industries

Where we work.

Deep experience in regulated, data-heavy industries, so we understand your systems and your constraints from the first conversation.

Insurance

Data quality, critical data elements, and audit and SOC readiness across policy and claims systems.

Healthcare

Modernized data warehouses and governed analytics in regulated, compliance-driven environments.

Energy & utilities

Analytics platforms and spend and usage prediction across large, varied customer bases.

Distribution & logistics

Scalable ingestion and analytics for high-volume distribution and relocation operations.

Manufacturing

Lakehouse foundations for behavioral analytics, predictive models, and GenAI readiness.

IT & digital services

Unified analytics across ITSM and digital infrastructure tools, from one metadata-driven platform.

Writing

Notes on data work.

Turning audit findings into a data quality program

An audit finding is a symptom. Here is how I turn a list of findings into something that keeps the data clean for good.

Sep 2026

What a "critical data element" should actually mean

Most CDE lists are too long to be useful. A shorter test for what earns a place on the list.

Sep 2026

Why your lakehouse migration keeps slipping

The delays are rarely technical. They come from decisions no one wanted to own.

Sep 2026

Contact

Tell us what you're working on.

A focused assessment, a migration, a data quality program, or an AI-ready platform. Send a note and we will tell you a practical next step.

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