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Experience

Track record

Freelance Data & Analytics specialist with nine years of experience designing and building end-to-end data platforms on Azure. I build and optimise Databricks pipelines, dbt models and standardised ingestion workflows that turn raw data into reliable, ready-to-use insights.

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Career

  1. Sep 2020 – present · freelance

    Freelance Data & Analytics specialist — dataskippr

    Gouda

    Independent design and delivery of end-to-end data platforms on Azure, from greenfield Databricks implementations to migrations of existing platforms. The project cases below cover each engagement in full.

    • Greenfield Databricks implementations and platform migrations for clients in SaaS, automotive, fashion and banking
    • DevOps setup as a fixture of every engagement: Git, CI/CD pipelines and Databricks Asset Bundles
    • Dimensional modelling with dbt and standardised, metadata-driven ingestion
    Azure DatabricksUnity CatalogdbtFivetranTerraformAzure SynapseAzure Data Factory
  2. Sep 2019 – Sep 2020 · employed

    Technical Specialist Data & Analytics — Macaw

    Advised customers on using Microsoft Azure for Data & Analytics and led the technical development of solutions.

    • Helped shape best practices and the way of working of the Data & Analytics team from a technical perspective
    • Involved in presales and solution design
    • Built or led the development of solutions using the newest technologies

    Projects for: Heineken, Henkel, Edge Technologies

    Microsoft Azure
  3. Sep 2017 – Aug 2019 · employed

    Technical Consultant Data & Analytics — Motion10

    Developed Business Intelligence solutions with Microsoft technology, on-premises and in Azure, as part of the Young Professional Program for Data & Analytics.

    • Extensive training, from deeply technical skills to personal development
    • Developed, designed and maintained a metadata-driven ingestion framework for Azure Data Factory and Azure SQL Database
    • Provided technical training for new generations of Young Professionals

    Projects for: ABN AMRO Pensioenfonds, CroonWolter&Dros, PwC, Dura Vermeer, Kotug Smit

    Microsoft BIAzure Data FactoryAzure SQL Database

Project cases

01

Virtual Vaults

Greenfield Databricks & AI-driven prospecting · Data engineer

Responsible for the greenfield implementation of Databricks and the development of an AI-driven prospecting and ICP scoring pipeline at a SaaS company.

  • DevOps setup: Git repositories, CI/CD pipelines and Databricks Asset Bundles
  • Ingestion pipelines for semi-structured application telemetry using Databricks streaming tables, for product analytics
  • Used and implemented dbt for dimensional data modelling
  • Prospecting / ICP scoring pipeline enriching and transforming semi-structured data into usable ICP scores
  • Fivetran for standardised, low-maintenance ingestion from multiple SaaS sources
Azure DatabricksStreaming tablesdbtFivetranDatabricks Asset Bundles
02

Louwman Group

Data platform on Azure Databricks and Synapse · Data engineer

Worked as a data engineer building a data platform using Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks and Azure Analysis Services.

  • Azure Databricks infrastructure of 15+ workspaces plus Unity Catalog, set up with Terraform
  • AI-driven migration of 400+ Synapse mapping data flows to PySpark notebooks
  • DevOps setup: Git repositories, CI/CD pipelines and Databricks Asset Bundles
  • Ingestion pipelines for a variety of source systems, structured and unstructured
  • Metadata-driven historical data layer (SCD type 2) using Databricks Delta
  • Exploration of a project to collect private-lease competitor data
  • Set up a dbt project for BI workloads
Azure DatabricksUnity CatalogTerraformPySparkDelta LakeAzure SynapseAzure Data Factorydbt
03

stichd

New platform for operational reporting · Solution architect

Worked as a solution architect to design and implement a new solution for operational reporting on multiple sources.

  • Analysis of existing reporting solutions in SSRS and Excel using a replica of Navision
  • Design of the reporting platform using Azure Synapse: pipelines, Spark notebooks, serverless SQL and Delta
  • Design of the ingestion for SAP and Navision data
  • Advice on the types of data products needed
Azure SynapseSparkDelta LakeSAPNavision
04

ABN AMRO

Data migration for marketing automation · Data modeler

Worked as a data modeler on the migration from Teradata combined with SAS CI to Microsoft Azure combined with Selligent for marketing automation.

  • Created conceptual, logical and physical data models
  • Analysed and translated definitions from the old environment to the new environment
  • Data validation between Microsoft Azure and Teradata
Microsoft AzureTeradataSAS CISelligent

Education

2013 – 2017

BSc Business IT & Management — The Hague University of Applied Sciences

Education focused on the intersection of business and IT: from writing SQL queries to business process management theory. Additional courses: financial management for non-financials, LEAN and business process management, and environmental issues and safety.

Certifications

DP-750: Implementing Data Engineering Solutions Using Azure Databricks

Microsoft · Apr 2026

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate

Microsoft · Feb 2021

Exam DP-200: Implementing an Azure Data Solution

Microsoft · Feb 2021

Exam DP-201: Designing an Azure Data Solution

Microsoft · Feb 2021

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Microsoft · Feb 2021

Data Modeling for Power BI

SQLBI · Feb 2021

DAT223.1x: Processing Big Data with Azure Data Lake Analytics

edX · May 2019

DAT228x: Developing Big Data Solutions with Azure Machine Learning

edX · Feb 2019

DAT201x: Querying Data with Transact-SQL

edX · Dec 2018

DAT207x: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI

edX · Dec 2018

DAT220x: Delivering a Data Warehouse in the Cloud

edX · Dec 2018

DAT223.3x: Orchestrating Big Data with Azure Data Factory

edX · Dec 2018

DAT229x: Microsoft Professional Orientation: Big Data

edX · Dec 2018

MCSA: BI Reporting

Microsoft · Nov 2018

Exam 779: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Excel

Microsoft · Nov 2018

MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development

Microsoft · Nov 2018

MCSE: Data Management and Analytics

Microsoft · Oct 2018

Exam 762: Developing SQL Databases

Microsoft · Oct 2018

Exam 778: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI

Microsoft · Oct 2018

Mastering DAX Workshop

SQLBI · Oct 2018

Exam 768: Developing SQL Data Models

Microsoft · Aug 2018

MCSA: SQL 2016 Business Intelligence Development

Microsoft · Aug 2018

Exam 767: Implementing a Data Warehouse

Microsoft · Jul 2018

Exam 761: Querying Data with Transact-SQL

Microsoft · Jun 2018

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