Derek S.

Derek S. is a Senior Data Engineer at Block, where management of the Snowflake and Databricks data platforms serves over 6,000 internal users and ingests over 1TB of data daily. Concurrently, Derek holds a position as a Board Member on the Industrial Engineering Department Advisory Board at The Ohio State University, contributing to student preparedness and curriculum development. As a Course Instructor for Cognitir, Derek has designed and delivered advanced courses in data science and machine learning at prestigious institutions including MIT Sloan and London Business School. Previous roles include Senior Data Engineer at Generate, where scalable financial data warehousing was developed, and Senior Data Scientist at AMEND Consulting, where Derek founded the data science practice and led significant projects in financial modeling and analytics. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering from The Ohio State University.