About me
Olla! I’m Melvin, born in the beautiful Rotterdam, the Netherlands. I remember looking up melvintran.com when I was a child at , but of course I was hit with a grey page, well after 2 decades I finally own this domain and am part of the internet. My love and affinity for technology started at a young age, when I first discovered Runescape and since then I am chained to my computer.
I can be contacted on [email protected] 📨
Job Experience
- Developing and integrating FastAPI-based APIs with complex data sources
- Implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep for Azure resource management
- Establishing CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
- Optimizing data processing workflows and implementing comprehensive testing strategies
- Managing cloud networking, including virtual networks and security groups in Azure
- Translating business cases into solutions
- Importance of general conventions, best practices and team orientation
- Handling and wrangling of data
- Typing with 10 fingers
Previously, I worked as a Data Analytics Engineer at Finaps and as a Data Analyst at Swapfiets, where I honed my skills in Data Engineering, analysis, and visualization.
Technical Skills
- Programming:
Proficient in Python, SQL, Bash and Java
- Cloud Technologies:
Azure services (DevOps, Storage, Functions, Key Vault), AWS Services (Redshift, S3, Lambda)
- Data Transformation:
Skilled in dbt and Azure Data Factory, Polars, Pandas
- Tools:
git, Dagster, Docker, command-line interfaces, Tableau, Power BI
- Languages:
Fluent in Dutch and English
Education
I hold a university degree in Business Analytics with a minor in Data Science from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
The study was primarily analytics and data science focused, with an emphasis of working in projects and applying theoretical knowledge in practical projects. Relevant subjects are statistics, statistical data analysis, calculus, linear algebra, and machine learning equipping me with a solid foundation.
Personal Interests
- Tinkering with my computer and exploring new and different technologies
- Reading (I'm an avid bookworm!)
- Leisurely walks around the beautiful Amsterdam
- Running
- Big music lover
- Travelling
- Getting my ass beat in chess
- Enjoying good food ( who doesn't? )
About the site
This website is built with the lightning-fast Hugo, which is a static site builder. Hosted on GitHub Pages and secured with Cloudflare. The diagrams are created using Excalidraw. Furthermore, Evidence is used to create dynamic dashboards and the data shown on the dashboards are pre-built into parquet files.