Michael Powell

Michael Powell has a diverse work experience in various industries and roles. Michael started their career in 2014 at Mastek UK as a Technical Project Manager and Agile Project Manager, working on IT solutions for the security industry and the NHS. Michael then worked as a Senior Technical Consultant at PKR Technologies Limited, focusing on a migration project in the online gaming industry.

In 2016, Powell took on the role of Chief Technology Officer at MyCognition, a company dedicated to improving cognitive health. Michael later became the Product Lead for Mobile Apps at Sofar Sounds, a global music community that hosts intimate live music gigs. Powell also served as a Programme Manager and Scrum Master at Nice Agency, working on a mobile app FinTech project.

From 2017 to 2019, Powell worked at Lloyds Banking Group as a Data Engineer and Technical Project Manager, contributing to the Enterprise Data Hub project. Michael then joined Xenon Studios Ltd. as the Managing Director and CTO, leading a creative team in the animation and mobile development industry.

In 2019, Powell joined Pollen as a Data Engineer, focusing on data pipeline solutions and data warehousing for marketing travel and events. Michael later worked at Jellyfish Training as the Director of Training (Google Cloud), delivering training on Google Cloud and helping Fortune 500 and bluechip organizations leverage their data.

Currently, Powell is a Google Cloud Authorized Trainer at Appsbroker, delivering training on Google Cloud with a focus on Data Engineering, AI, and Machine Learning. Michael works closely with application teams to provide bespoke training on cloud migrations and solutions.

Throughout their career, Powell has demonstrated expertise in various technologies, including Python, Apache Airflow, Hadoop, Hive, Hbase, Cassandra, Kafka, Spark, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, J2EE, Spring, Tomcat, and PostgreSQL. Michael is fully certified as a Google Cloud Authorized Trainer, Data Engineer, and Machine Learning Engineer.

Michael Powell attended Imperial College of Science and Technology from 1982 to 1985, where they obtained a 2:1 degree in Mechanical Engineering. Michael also attended Imperial College London at an undisclosed time, but it is unknown if they obtained any degree or field of study from this institution. Additionally, they have obtained several certifications, including the TensorFlow Developer Certificate from the TensorFlow Certificate Program in February 2021, the Professional Machine Learning Engineer certification from Google in January 2021, and the Professional Data Engineer certification from Google in September 2020. It is mentioned that they are an Authorized Trainer with Google, but no specific information is provided regarding when they obtained this title.