Kent Gray
Lexington
Summary
Accomplished Data Solutions Engineer with Wasteology, specializing in ETL pipeline development and data architecture design. Proven track record in automating workflows and enhancing data quality monitoring. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions, leveraging serverless computing and CI/CD implementation to drive efficiency and innovation.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Data Solutions Engineer
Wasteology
Louisville Metropolitan Area
02.2024 - Current
- Data Engineering Infrastructure: Built AI-augmented development workflows using Claude Code and custom MCP servers to automate codebase maintenance, pipeline optimization, and feature development - enabling autonomous issue resolution and intelligent refactoring across client data systems.
- Serverless Financial Data Pipeline: Architected production ETL infrastructure using Prefect 3.0 on Azure Container Instances, orchestrating 20+ serverless workflows processing daily CieTrade API records with event-driven automation, dual-database architecture, and AI-powered data quality monitoring.
- IoT Telemetry Pipeline: Engineered sensor data pipeline with Prefect orchestration on Azure Container Instances, implementing 3-stage transformation, Azure AD authentication, and streaming processing for waste management IoT telemetry with custom AI tools for schema evolution and validation.
- Cloud-Native Analytics API: Developed and deployed Azure Functions API with automated CI/CD pipelines and AI-assisted code review workflows that validate changes against business logic and data governance policies.
Data Solutions Consultant
evolv Consulting
Dallas
05.2023 - 02.2024
- Data Solutions Consultant with SOFI, Inc | Engineering Data Solutions with Snowflake and dbt
- Designed and implemented data pipelines and workflows using dbt-core within Snowflake, optimizing data transformation to facilitate B2C Tableau reporting.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to understand business requirements and provide DAGs via Airflow for data lineage monitoring via Stemma and Monte Carlo.
- Utilized GitLab for CI/CD to bolster DevOps management.
- Reporting validations in Tableau.
Data Solutions Engineer
Camelot Strategic Marketing & Media
Dallas
02.2022 - 05.2023
- Onboarded dbt-core (data build tool) into company-wide data landscape to improve transformation architecture.
- Developed and managed ELT pipelines using Prefect and dbt for transformations, sourcing from Fivetran, Rivery, AWS S3, and Alteryx Cloud, with the data warehoused in Snowflake on AWS.
- Developed and managed CI/CD pipelines within Bitbucket utilizing proven DevOps principles.
Service Data Scientist
Kubota Tractor Corporation
Grapevine
10.2020 - 02.2022
- Led data solutions and software development for the Kubota Tractor Corporation (KTC) Product Engineering, Service, Warranty & QA teams to develop tools that measurably and efficiently improve communication and data accuracy.
- Actively collaborated with product engineers, IT, PMO, Product Marketing, FP&A, Legal, Service, Warranty, QA, & SCO to architect software solutions.
- Project lead for the company's (KTC) first Data Lake migration into the cloud (Azure).
- Developed pipelines from Salesforce, Oracle Services Cloud, SSMS, MySQL data sources into Azure Cloud utilizing Spark Clustering and Databricks.
Engineering Data Solutions Developer
Kubota Tractor Corporation
Grapevine
10.2018 - 10.2020
- Led cross-functional teams in developing and implementing new Engineering Document System for enterprise reporting on Kubota North America product specifications.
- Served as PostgreSQL Developer for Product Engineering databases, tracking all Engineering projects and documentation.
- Automated application integration and file updates through Python and JavaScript scripts.
- Procured ERP-SAP file scripts via Winshuttle for Bill of Materials, Variant Configuration, and Class updates.
Engineering Database Developer
Kubota Tractor Corporation
Grapevine
01.2017 - 10.2018
- Reviewed and streamlined data input processes resulting in +$100k man-hour reallocation annually within the Engineering department.
- Collaborated with management to provide strategic business information including trends, patterns, operational inefficiencies, process improvement opportunities, and improvement of business practices.
- Developed and implemented PostgreSQL and MS Access databases, as well as data collection systems and other strategies that optimize efficiency and quality.
Business Intelligence Analyst
Ecolab
Irving
05.2016 - 12.2016
- Extracted & loaded data from Excel to Web App (Daynet).
- Developed SQL queries in Access to ETL data from Excel.
- Maintained active accounts in SAP.
- Audited & corrected file information (SAP Easy Access).
- Ensured data integrity by merging accounts & eliminating duplicates (AMM).
- Worked with strict deadlines to process and complete active customers' information (SAP, CCS, AMM, Daynet).
Education
MBA - Management Information Systems
DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Dallas, TX01-2017
Object-Oriented Programming Certificate - Java Programming
DALLAS COLLEGE
Dallas, TX01-2020
Programmer Level 1 Certificate - Software Development
DALLAS COLLEGE
Dallas, TX01-2019
Computer Science -
THE TECH ACADEMY
Portland, OR01-2016
Skills
- ETL pipeline development
- Data architecture design
- Serverless computing
- CI/CD implementation
- Data quality monitoring
- Data visualization
Websites
Certification
• Anthropic Building with Claude API
• Anthropic Claude Code in Action
• Azure Data DP-900 Certified
• PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner)
• IBM: Databases and SQL for Data Science
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
• Optimizing ML Models: Dataquest.io
• Optimizing Network Architecture: Dataquest.io
• Optimizing Production Databases: Dataquest.io
• P3 Adaptive: Advanced Power BI
• P3 Adaptive: Power Query
• Cornell: Python for Data Science
• IBM: Python for Data Science & AI
• IBM: Data Science Methodology
• Anthropic Claude Code in Action
• Azure Data DP-900 Certified
• PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner)
• IBM: Databases and SQL for Data Science
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
• Optimizing ML Models: Dataquest.io
• Optimizing Network Architecture: Dataquest.io
• Optimizing Production Databases: Dataquest.io
• P3 Adaptive: Advanced Power BI
• P3 Adaptive: Power Query
• Cornell: Python for Data Science
• IBM: Python for Data Science & AI
• IBM: Data Science Methodology
Api Integrations
- Cietrade ERP
- Custom Azure deployed API
- DBT Cloud
- Enevo Sensor data
- Sensoneo (sensor data)
- Salesforce
- Google Apps Scripts
- Box.com
- SolidWorks
- Database APIs (Postgres, SQL Server, MariaDB, Salesforce)
Timeline
Data Solutions Engineer
Wasteology
02.2024 - Current
Data Solutions Consultant
evolv Consulting
05.2023 - 02.2024
Data Solutions Engineer
Camelot Strategic Marketing & Media
02.2022 - 05.2023
Service Data Scientist
Kubota Tractor Corporation
10.2020 - 02.2022
Engineering Data Solutions Developer
Kubota Tractor Corporation
10.2018 - 10.2020
Engineering Database Developer
Kubota Tractor Corporation
01.2017 - 10.2018
Business Intelligence Analyst
Ecolab
05.2016 - 12.2016
MBA - Management Information Systems
DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Object-Oriented Programming Certificate - Java Programming
DALLAS COLLEGE
Programmer Level 1 Certificate - Software Development
DALLAS COLLEGE
Computer Science -
THE TECH ACADEMY