Consulting Services
Do you need a world-class expert for your data stores?
- The only Snowflake “Data Superhero” in Canada (3 exams, 2021)
- Certified Solutions Architect in AWS/Azure/Google Cloud (11 exams, 2020-2022)
- Certified in Cassandra, Redis, Couchbase, Neo4j, TigerGraph
- Certified in Terraform + fluent in AWS CloudFormation and Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
- Former Microsoft employee
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science
- Decades in software development and system architectures
- Creator of Data Xtractor
- Canadian citizen, from Vancouver BC, speak English or French
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(Cristian Scutaru, 2020)
Table of Contents
Snowflake Data Cloud Services
- Snowflake Data Modeling and Data Analytics
- Snowflake Architectures
- Snowflake Applications
- Query Performance Tuning – optimize use cases for very low latency; improve scalability for a low price;
- Snowflake Data Pipelines – with Fivetran, dbt, Airbyte, Airflow…;
- Snowflake Consulting – tell me about your specific problem, I could help!
- Recognized by Snowflake as their only Data Superhero from Canada – 2022;
- SnowPro Advanced: Architect – 2021, exam;
- SnowPro Advanced: Data Engineer – 2022, exam;
- SnowPro Core Certification – 2021, exam;
- Astronomer Certification for Apache Airflow Fundamentals – 2021, exam;
- Created several specific DynamoDB complex data models, with inverted indexes.
Amazon DynamoDB Services
- DynamoDB Data Modeling – specific single-table approach;
- DynamoDB Programming – optimized queries;
- DynamoDB IaC Templates with CloudFormation or Terraform;
- Performance Tuning – optimize use cases for very low latency; improve scalability for a low price;
- DynamoDB Consultation – tell me about your specific problem, I could help!
- AWS Certified: Solutions Architect – Associate – 2020, exam;
- AWS Certified: Database – Specialty – 2022, exam;
- AWS Certified: Developer – Associate – 2020, exam;
- AWS Certified: SysOps Administrator – Associate – 2020, exam;
- AWS Certified: Cloud Practitioner – 2020, exam;
- Extensive experience while working for a large Canadian customer when employed by Infostrux Solutions.
Azure Cosmos DB Services
- Cosmos DB Data Modeling – proper partitioning/sharding
- Cosmos DB Programming – for SQL/Core API, Tables API, MongoDB API, Cassandra API, or in Gremlin (graph API);
- Cosmos DB IaC Templates with ARM (Azure Resource Manager) or Terraform;
- Performance Tuning – optimized queries; replication; consistency levels; scalability for low price;
- Cosmos DB Consultation – tell me about your specific problem, I could help!
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert – 2020, 2 exams;
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals – 2020, exam;
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals – 2020, exam;
- Microsoft Certified Professional Developer: SharePoint Developer 2010 – 2012, 3 exams;
Cloud Bigtable Services
- Bigtable Data Modeling – key-value modeling for this DynamoDB-like NoSQL store.
- Bigtable Programming – programmatic access to the data store.
- Bigtable IaC Templates with Terraform;
- Performance Tuning – optimize the queries.
- Bigtable Consultation – tell me about your specific problem, I could help!
- Google Cloud Certified: Professional Cloud Architect – 2022 exam;
- Google Cloud Certified: Associate Cloud Engineer – 2020 exam;
Apache Cassandra Services
- Cassandra Data Modeling – query-first data modeling, with Chebotko diagrams, from Data Xtractor; import from relational databases;
- Cassandra Programming – CQL (Cassandra Query Language) expert;
- Cassandra IaC Templates with Terraform, CloudFormation or ARM;
- Performance Tuning – installation and setup, in DataStax Astra, Amazon Keyspaces, Azure Cosmos DB; create secondary indexes; partitioning;
- Cassandra Consultation – tell me about your specific problem, I could help!
- Certified Apache Cassandra Developer Associate – 2021 exam;
- Certified Apache Cassandra Administrator Associate – 2021 exam;
- Become a Certified Cassandra Developer: Practice Exams – Udemy author;
- Certified Cassandra Developer: Exam Practice Tests – book author.
- Become a Certified Cassandra Administrator: Practice Exams – Udemy author;
- Certified Cassandra Administrator: Exam Practice Tests – book author.
- Cassandra Query Language by Examples: Puzzles with Answers – Udemy author;
- Cassandra Query Language by Examples: Puzzles with Answers – book author;
- Apache Cassandra Data Modeling and Migration with Data Xtractor – my blog articles on Cassandra.
- Denormalized and migrated large PostgreSQL and SQL Server commercial databases to Apache Cassandra, with my own Data Xtractor for Cassandra extensions.
MongoDB Services
- MongoDB Data Modeling – specific for JSON documents;
- MongoDB Programming – with JavaScript API;
- MongoDB IaC Templates with Terraform, CloudFormation or ARM;
- Performance Tuning – improved queries and model;
- MongoDB Consultation – tell me about your specific problem, I could help!
Credentials
- Worked with MongoDB since 2014.
- Used MongoDB at Vision Critical, to store customer data as JSON documents.
Couchbase Services
- Couchbase Data Modeling – full optimized database design, with memory-first approach; import/export data.
- Couchbase Programming – add or fix your SDK data layer, with CRUD operations in C#/.NET, Java, Python, Node.js, PHP.
- Performance Tuning – write or optimize N1QL queries; create indexes; install and setup clusters, buckets, replication.
- Couchbase Consultation – tell me what your problem is, I could help!
- Couchbase Certified: Associate Java Developer – 2020 exam;
- Become a Couchbase Certified Java Developer: Practice Exams – Udemy author;
- Couchbase Certified Java Developer: Exam Practice Tests – book author.
Neo4j Services
- Neo4j Graph Data Modeling – transfer ER models to property graph models; import datasets into a graph database; fraud analysis;
- Neo4j Programming – write in CQL or optimize Cypher queries; data layer with Java, C#/.NET, Python, PHP, JavaScript drivers, through the REST API;
- Performance Tuning – installation and setup; query optimization; implement highly available and fault tolerant architectures.
- Neo4j Consultation – tell me about your specific problem, I could help!
- Neo4j Certified Professional – 2020 exam;
- Neo4j 4.0 Certified – 2020 exam;
- Become a Neo4j Certified Professional: Practice Exams – Udemy author;
- Neo4j Certified Professional: Exam Practice Tests – book author;
- Become a Neo4j Cypher Expert: Cypher Puzzles with Answers – Udemy author;
- Advanced Neo4j Cypher Puzzles with Answers – book author.
- Created ETL to re-model and transfer relational database to Neo4j cloud graph db.
- Provided a set of complex Cypher queries for analytics.
Redis Services
- Redis Data Structures – design and access caches, hashes, lists, sorted sets. streams, Pub/Sub, geospatial indexes etc, with specialized Redis commands;
- Redis Programming – with Redis commands, or Lua scripts;
- Redis IaC Templates with Terraform, CloudFormation or ARM;
- Performance Tuning – install and setup Redis Clusters, with replication; configure and optimize Redis data structures; partitioning;
- Redis Consultation – tell me about your specific problem, I could help!
- Redis Certified Developer – 2020 exam;
- Become a Redis Certified Developer: Practice Exams – Udemy author;
- Redis Certified Developer: Exam Practice Tests – book author.
TigerGraph Services
- TigerGraph Data Modeling – transfer ER models to labeled property graph models; import datasets into a graph database; fraud analysis;
- TigerGraph Programming – in GSQL
- Performance Tuning – installation and setup; GSQL optimizations;
- TigerGraph Consultation – tell me about your specific problem, I could help!
- Certified TigerGraph Associate – 2020 exam;
- TigerGraph Graph Algorithms for Machine Learning – 2022 exam;
Terraform IaC (Infrastructure as Code) Services
- Terraform configuration or modules, to deploy your cloud resources anywhere;
- Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates and deployments, for Azure cloud resources;
- AWS CloudFormation templates, to deploy AWS cloud resources.
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate – 2021 exam;
- Certified Solutions Architect Expert in Azure (4 exams, 2020)
- Certified Solutions Architect in AWS (4 exams, 2020)