Hi, I'm Joe.
I am Data Nerd.
My Story
I've always been drawn to data because it tells the story of how we got here and where we want to go.
Background
Formally education in Urban Planning, I think strategically ever since. That training affects how I approach working with data to this day as I approach it highly strategically. I have worked with data for 19 years and written code for 11 years completing more than 80 projects along the way for a variety of organzations from the small family business to large enterprises with thousands of team members and many more in between.
I've been involved with data by doing Data Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Web Development, Web Application Development, Mobile App Development and Data Engineering.
I find my background to be very similar to the baseball utility player. These guys play basically any fielding position and it can change from day to day. I've built a bit of everything at some point. I've done projects in both team settings and as a 1-man shop being involved with projects from concept to on-going support and everything in between.
Focus
I know a whole lot about data as I have studied it for a long time. I always enjoy learning some use for data that I didn't know. I am very impressed by the things people are coming up with to work with data in some new inovvative way.
My current interests are in Data Management, Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Data Warehouseing and Data Science but still enjoy building applications as well where I mix Data Governance principles into software development.
This is what I usually write about. I want this site to be a resource that addresses common topics that I regularly deal with in some capacity. Perhaps it will help you as it does me. Thanks for stopping by and for reading.