Paul Smith has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Paul started their career as an Analyst Programmer, developing custom code to enhance efficiency in Ironmaking processes. Throughout their career, they have held roles such as Technical Support Analyst and Technical Support Engineer, where they provided support and problem management for various systems across different architectures. Paul has also worked as a Microsoft Developer and Senior Technical Lead, making major decisions on design concepts and architectures for projects.
In their role as Senior Business Intelligence Analyst / Big Data Engineer at CSC, they designed and developed complex data models for end user business intelligence reporting, implemented data movement strategies, and coordinated databases into specialized SQL Server views. Paul also worked on a data modeling and warehouse solution, implementing complex security architecture and developing a data quality monitoring reporting solution using IBM Cognos SDK.
At DXC Technology, Paul served as a Big Data Architect, delivering leading-edge solutions using Cloudera and Hortonworks for clients in industries such as Digital Media, Manufacturing, and Healthcare.
Currently, Paul is working at BlueScope as a Lead Data Architect. Paul has successfully led transformative projects, including the migration of a Cloudera on premise data lake to Azure Databricks. Paul collaborates with data engineers to provide data architectures for internal projects in areas like manufacturing and finance.
Paul Smith earned a Bachelor of Computer Science with First Class Honours from the University of Wollongong from 1998 to 2004. Paul attended Edmund Rice College from 1992 to 1997, but no degree or field of study is specified. In addition, they obtained various certifications from LinkedIn in 2019, including "Avoiding Burnout," "Be More Productive: Take Small Steps, Have Big Goals," "Advanced SQL for Data Science: Time Series," "Becoming Indistractable," "Design Thinking: Data Intelligence," "Learning Data Analytics," "Operational Excellence Foundations," "Acting Decisively," "Assessing and Improving Strategic Plans," "Being Positive at Work," "Bracketology Club: Using March Madness to Learn Data Science," "Business Intelligence for Consultants," "Creating an Amazing Life," "Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Blinkist Summary)," "Defining and Achieving Professional Goals," "Disrupting Yourself," "Extreme Productivity (Blinkist Summary)," "Gaining Skills with LinkedIn Learning," "Giving Your Elevator Pitch," and "Growth Hacking Foundations."
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