Jump - Advisor AI

Staff Data Engineer

Orem Data

***Currently only taking advisory clients***

Modernizing data processes and tools to help startups drive revenue. I also do developer advocacy including technical writing as part of my independent work. 

● Managing full business operations, from client acquisition to solution development.
● Designing data strategies tailored to client needs, selecting the right tools, practices, and constructing a comprehensive data roadmap.
● Engineered an open-source-focused serverless stack with DuckDB, SQLMesh (Python models with Ibis), and S3 for a client.
● Developed data transformations in Python Polars while mentoring and empowering a data science team.
● Revamped and optimized a dbt project by automating the generation of source models from YAML and SQL files.
● Built an automated data system that parses emails, extracts attachments, and saves data to Google Drive.
● Producing technical content, blog articles, LinkedIn posts, and book(s) to educate, inspire, and support fellow data professionals.

Independent Consultant

Estuary

Content Partner

Humana

● Leading the BI user group across the department, delivering live training and consultations on BI implementations.
● Spearheading a CI/CD initiative using Azure DevOps for BI artifacts, enhancing the analytics lifecycle management.
● Managing stakeholders across teams and departments, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration on analytics projects.
● Developing end-to-end BI solutions, from gathering business requirements to building data models, metrics and visualizations.
● Integrating Azure Synapse Analytics with Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps) to streamline BI solutions.

Senior Business Intelligence Engineer

Packt

I wrote "Polars Cookbook":
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Polars-Cookbook-practical-transform-manipulate/dp/1805121154
- Packt:https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/polars-cookbook-9781805121152

Author

MasterControl

Business Intelligence Engineer

Data Clymer

● Implemented ELT pipelines and dashboards using Fivetran, BigQuery, Snowflake, Looker, Sigma, and Power BI.
● Developed a Fivetran custom connector in Python/Cloud Functions to unlock new data sources for analysis.
● Automated data pipelines to streamline investment decision-making, reducing manual effort by ~5 hours per week.
● Built an advanced Power BI data model supporting dynamic unit of measure conversions and analytics across multiple fact tables.
● Worked within an activity schema framework to standardize data modeling processes.
● Led business discussions to ensure technical solutions aligned with strategic objectives.

Analytics Engineer

Amplify Consulting Partners Inc

Working on the Microsoft project

● Led BI data model optimization efforts, reducing the dataset size and total refresh time by 50%~.
● Reengineered a dashboard, cutting the finance team’s manual workload by 40 hours per week, saving an estimated $100K annually
● Facilitated communications between business and the reporting team to translate the requirements into BI solutions.
● Acted as a bridge between business and reporting teams, ensuring effective translation of requirements into BI solution.

Analytics Consultant

Health Catalyst

Worked with/for Stanford Healthcare

● Developed Power BI solutions with advanced SQL, DAX, and Power Query to enhance visualization and analytics.
● Led a security initiative implementing a row/object level security along with metadata deployment in Power BI.
● Advised on BI architecture improvements to optimize data processing and modeling frameworks.
● Served as an internal BI expert, providing strategic guidance and best practices within the professional services department.

Analytics Engineer Intern

DigiCert, Inc.

●	Developed a Python package for upsert operation and improved the runtime of an ETL job from 3hrs to 10s.
●	Helped implement and maintain ETL jobs for our data warehouse with dimensional modeling.
●	Created a Python script to scrape over 1000 tables through web pages on Netcraft.

Data Engineer Intern

Analytics Engineer | Data Consultant

I'm currently working at Jump full-time. I still do independent consulting work in a limited capacity though. 

Reach out to me:
- yuki@oremdata.com
- https://oremdata.com
- cal.com/yuki-kakegawa

Blogs:
- https://thedatatoolbox.substack.com/
- https://stuffbyyuki.com/

Taplio

Yuki Kakegawa's Linkedin Analytics

What is Yuki talking about?

Want to drive more opportunities from LinkedIn?

Taplio

.css-1jgreyo{background-image:linear-gradient(284deg, rgba(39,43,72,1) 0%, rgba(33,47,183,1) 100%);color:transparent;-webkit-background-clip:text;background-clip:text;}Yuki Kakegawa's Linkedin Analytics

What is Yuki talking about?

Want to drive more opportunities from LinkedIn?

Yuki Kakegawa's Linkedin Analytics