Learn Data Engineering

The ultimate Data Engineering Academy. Teaching you everything you need to become a Data Engineer or add Data Engineering to your skillset. Proven system through my 10+ years of experience, over 2,000 students, over 50hours of video training material.

Founder

Udemy

I create free data & AI courses on Udemy for Data Engineers, Analysts, Scientists and beginners.

Course Author & Instructor

Kretz Media

At Kretz Media, we help innovative companies share their story and connect with the right audience. We specialize in creating authentic, high-impact content that makes complex topics understandable – and your brand unforgettable.

Whether it's a YouTube product demo, a livestream, a branded online course, or a strategic LinkedIn campaign – we turn your innovation into media that resonates.

LinkedIn

In this course you learn everything you need to know to design a NoSQL graph database and implement it in the cloud.

LinkedIn Learning Instructor

Bosch Rexroth

Data Lab Team Lead

Data Engineering Team Lead

Data Engineer

SALT Solutions GmbH

SAP Consultant

Hey there! I'm Andreas Kretz, your dedicated guide to the exciting realm of Data Engineering and the founder of the Learn Data Engineering Academy. With over years of specialized coaching experience, I've had the pleasure of helping more than 2,000 students reach their goals in this essential field.

I bring over 8 years of experience in Corporate Data Science, 14+ years in Computer Science and IoT, and a robust background as a Data Engineering and Data Labs Team Lead. My journey in Data Engineering has garnered global recognition, including being named a LinkedIn Top Voice in Data Science & Analytics in 2018, 2019, and 2024.

Here's what I do:
➡️ Learn Data Engineering Academy
I’ve trained over 2,000 students through my Academy, offering 30+ in-depth courses and projects with over 55 hours of video content, covering everything you need to excel in Data Engineering.

➡️ Media Work
In 2024, I helped my media partners achieve significant brand awareness, resulting in 1.21 million post views on LinkedIn, 250,000 video views on YouTube, and 235,000 sent emails with a 40% open rate. My efforts have built a vast network of over 100,000 engineers and scientists.

➡️ YouTube
On my YouTube channel, I simplify complex Data Engineering concepts and share valuable insights from the Academy. Join me for livestreams with industry experts, workshops, tool reviews, and deep dives into the latest architectures. It’s your go-to source for staying ahead in the data world.

If you're passionate about Data Engineering, eager to learn, or curious about the latest tools and techniques, hit subscribe. Let's explore the world of Data Engineering together!

Andreas Kretz

Prisma Health

Epic Analyst

•	Optimized customer dictation workflow for various customer journeys across multiple voice dictation solutions. Savings of $500k a year.
•	Managed product development from ideation to rollout, working cross-functionally with analysts, nurses, and designers to launch a document management app, onboarding 4 hospitals, and 154 offices in 4 months.
•	Conducted user interviews and identified key pain points around lack of visibility in information processing to implement an API and flat file interface to eliminate duplicate data entries by 301K a year.
•	Performed customer research to uncover opportunities for medication process and product improvements including documenting the nursing workflow, realizing $3.6M a year in additional revenue.
•	Owned strategy for process automation solution, beginning through to post-launch feedback, leading to $53k annual savings and improved throughput for 1.9K yearly visits.
•	Facilitating project meetings and maintaining consensus between product, business, and development stakeholders.
•	Partnering with business and product leadership to define the product roadmap, strategy, and overall vision.
•	Prioritizing and grooming backlog of features and enhancements, communicating status to internal teams.

Application Analyst

•	Designed and re-built an Emergency Department charging platform by implementing a new medical coding algorithm, meeting Medicaid and Medicare requirements, and is used in 264K emergency visits a year.
•	Spearheaded features and customer journey reviews of each customer segment as the product owner of the EHR messaging service. Features and workflows were created to meet the needs of each group in the onboarding of 109 offices. 
•	Translated business needs into detailed product requirements.
•	Collaborated for UX/UI design to build and iterate prototypes for new application features within Cerner.
•	Hosted product training sessions with stakeholders and created user documentation for launches.
•	Tracked project timelines and garnered alignment, enabling releases to be on time and under budget.

Associate Application Analyst

•	Managed emergency medical service(EMS) calls and relayed to Emergency Department Staff. 
•	Paged STEMI, Stroke, and Code Blue events.
•	Facilitated patient transfer and physician consults.

EMS Comm Specialist

•	Provide basic life support: recognition of signs of sudden cardiac arrest, heart attack, stroke, and foreign body airway obstruction, and the performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation with an automated external defibrillator.
•	Emergent and non-emergent transport.

Emergency Medical Technician

•	Assisted Emergency Department nursing with patient care, phlebotomy, and EKGs. 
•	Assisted with trauma patient management, resuscitation, and expired patient transport.
•	Applied principles of asepsis, infection control, and medical ethics.
•	Managed documentation, stocked supplies, and maintained patient rooms.

PST – NT, US, EKG

•	Assisted Psychiatric Department nursing with patient care and phlebotomy.
•	Managed documentation and maintained patient rooms.

Patient Care Tech III

Portfolio: https://www.gregorymorris.dev/
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14 years of healthcare experience with 10 years in technology. I have demonstrated project leadership, customer development, and system thinking that have led to an over $4M yearly increase in revenue. Experienced in cross-functional team management and communicating with stakeholders at all levels of the organization. 

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In my free time, I continue my growth through classes and books. I have a strong thirst for knowledge and seek to better understand my professional and personal pursuits. When not chasing knowledge, I can be found focusing on living a healthy and active lifestyle with my family.

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