Bio

Snowflake SnowPro Core Certified and recognized as 1 of 60 Snowflake Data Superheroes. I am an experienced, versatile data professional covering the full data and consulting lifecycle. I have worked with more than 70 organizations, ranging from Fortune 1000 to startup companies in a wide variety of industries. I am the creator of the ELVT Reference Architecture and ELVT article series. Author of multiple Linkedin articles on Showflake. Thorough knowledge and experience in Snowflake Cloud Data Platform and its eco-system. Three delivered implementations (Docusign, Talend, Brightmark), POCs, multiple architecture and migration advisory roles. 42 LinkedIn recommendations including: ''The (Qlik) data model has more than 7,000 lines of code that helped DocuSign successfully scaled from a startup to a public company, and Jeff brought it to the next level, via the power of Snowflake’s data cloud. I was amazed by Jeff’s deep industry knowledge of various data platforms as well as his ability to learn the marketing data and metrics in very short amount of time. I highly recommend Jeff for a database architect role.” – Guan Wang Effective leadership, team building and technical skills with a track record of successful, on-time and on-budget delivery. Known for creative and cost effective approaches to problem solving and prevention. Customer and quality focused. Able to fulfill many roles. Wide ranging knowledge of database technologies. Expert in Data Cake, dimensional, data vault, and 3NF modeling. In-depth knowledge of Oracle RDBMS, RAC, Exadata and related application development. Expert in Oracle performance tuning, SQL, and PL/SQL. AWS Technical Professional Certified. AWS Business Professional Certified. Trained over 3500 students in data modeling, methodologies, database design and database technologies. Strong writing and presentation skills, including 30+ technical papers for conferences, course materials, articles, columns, blogs and books. 100+ speaking engagements. Multiple modeling, BI, development, performance, and related tools. Oracle Ace. Winner 2015 SELECT Journal Editor’s Choice Award. Member of board of directors for Exadata SIG. Member of board of directors of ODTUG, 1994-2010. President 1994-1999. KSCOPE conference chair 2009 & 2010.