π§ Senior Data Engineer building enterprise data and AI platforms
π I write Pipeline to Insights, a data and AI publication reaching 10,000+ subscribers across 150+ countries, recognised as a Substack Bestseller.
- The Data Engineer's GitHub Portfolio (2026 Edition)
- Agents in Action #1: What is an AI Agent?
- When (and when not) to use Databricks
- How I Built a Data Catalogue From Scratch As a Data Engineer
- Change Data Capture (CDC) Fundamentals for Data Engineers
- Co-organiser, DataEngBytes, Oceania's largest independent data engineering conference (500+ attendees)
- Community Manager, AI Camp Melbourne (~12 events, 600β700+ professionals)
- Speaker:"Building an AI-Powered Data Catalogue" (DataEngBytes 2026), "OpenMetadata MCP Server & AI SDK" (2026), "Tackling Data Quality in the Age of AI" (AI Camp Australia, 2024)
- Finalist, Ally of the Year, Australian Professionals of Multicultural Communities (APOC) Awards, 2026, recognising leadership in advocacy and inclusion.
- substack-agent β CLI agent that automates drafting and publishing for Pipeline to Insights, built with Claude Code, workflow orchestration, and prompt caching.
- AI-Powered Analytics with OpenMetadata MCP β metadata-driven platform integrating PostgreSQL, dbt, Metabase, OpenMetadata, and MCP for conversational, self-service analytics and automated governance.
β‘ Currently building AI-ready data platforms and writing about agentic data engineering.



