What I'm Up To
Freelance instructor for dbt Labs, running live dbt Cloud training for data teams around the world.
Growing Query Academy, an online platform for data engineering courses and hands-on SQL learning.
The Data Consultant's Handbook, covering the business side of consulting that most technical content skips.
Regularly showing up and speaking at data meetups and conferences across the world.
Around the World
I've lived in four countries and spoken in many more.
Where I've Lived
Where I've Spoken
Previous Experience
Data Work
Analytics engineering, dbt, and data modeling for clients across the Netherlands.
30+ clients in 4 countries, covering the full analytics lifecycle from architecture to reporting.
Data analysis with Python and R, MS SQL database marketing, and internal Tableau champion.
Teaching
Live dbt Cloud training for data teams around the world.
Analytics engineering module in the Data Engineering Zoomcamp.
Online platform for SQL and analytics engineering education.
Designed and delivered a 3-month data engineering bootcamp for new hires.
Hands-on course covering each step of the data lifecycle for honours students.
Taught 5 different courses, 548 hours across 192 students.
Community
Analytics engineering textbook published by Packt, covering the full modern data stack.
Analytics Engineering, Dutch dbt, and Data Visualization meetups.
Conversations about data, analytics engineering, and the SQL ecosystem.
dbt Coalesce, Linux Foundation, Big Data Summit, Developer Week LatAm.
Recognized by the global dbt community for contributions to analytics engineering.
A fully working dbt adapter for Excel, built as an April Fools' prank. Deprecated, as intended.