Sam Lafell
Solutions Architect at Snowflake
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area United States
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Top SchoolSam Lafell is a solutions architect and data engineering leader with a decade of experience delivering scalable data pipelines and ML-enabled solutions across finance, healthcare, and enterprise environments. Currently a Solutions Architect at Snowflake, he blends data engineering, ML use-case identification, and cloud-native technologies (AWS/Azure, Databricks, Snowflake) to accelerate data-driven decision making. As founder and President of LaFell's Data Solutions, he independently guides clients from scoping ML ROI to implementing Python/SQL pipelines and cloud deployments. His prior roles at BizAnalytica, PPL Corporation, Capgemini, Terminix, and IQVIA showcase a proven track record of optimizing Spark pipelines, migrating tooling, and delivering substantial cost and performance gains. With an MS in Analytics from the Institute for Advanced Analytics and a background in Spanish language and communication, he uniquely combines technical depth with strong storytelling to align stakeholders and deliver measurable business impact.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Analytics, Master of Science - MS Analytics at Institute for Advanced Analytics
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (17)
java10
tomcat10
lms9
collaboration8
sakai7
nltk6
tidyverse6
loops6
python6
pandas6
r6
spring3
spring-boot3
tinker2
maintainability2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
sam-ginsburg/sakai
Mar 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:6 pushes, 7 branches in 1 month
diversesakaiteachingfeature-richfreely
sam-ginsburg/simple-scalar
Nov 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:9 pushes, 2 branches in 5 days
pythontinkersimpredictorssam
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