Tara Hofton

Tara Hofton is a seasoned data engineering and software development professional with extensive experience in senior engineering roles across various organizations. Currently serving as Head of Data Engineering at Elliptic since April 2022, Tara previously held positions as Engineering Manager at Aire, where contributions included leading software engineering efforts focused on credit insight technologies. Prior experience includes senior software engineer roles at Ormsby Street, where Tara architected scalable data processing platforms, and at Blackbaud Europe, providing web applications for the nonprofit sector. Tara's career also features web development roles at VSO, Precise Media, Capco, and a gap dedicated to maternity leave and personal projects in web design. Tara earned a B.Sc. in Information Systems and Accounting & Finance from Oxford Brookes University.