Ward Taya

Ward Taya is a seasoned professional in data engineering with extensive experience in leadership roles. Currently serving as a Senior Engineering Manager at Kraken Digital Asset Exchange since September 2020, Ward leads data engineering teams and initiatives. As the Founder and Data Engineering Consultant at Dataya, services focus on providing data engineering consulting. Previous roles include Data Infrastructure Engineer at Heetch, Data Engineer at Typeform.com, and Data Engineer at Eurecat, where Ward developed big data architectures and programming ETL tasks. Additionally, experience as a certified guest lecturer on ETL in Big Data adds to Ward's expertise. Ward's educational background includes multiple Master of Science degrees in Computer Science, emphasizing Information Technology for Business Intelligence, from various European universities.