Andrew Punch
Data Lead
Greater Sydney Area Australia
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolAndrew Punch is a data leader and founder with 10+ years’ experience building data platforms and leading cross-functional teams, currently heading Data at Macquarie Group after founding his own consultancy, Data Punch. He combines hands-on architecture and engineering roots—spanning roles from senior software engineer to data platform architect—with purpose-driven leadership managing teams of 12 and delivering enterprise-grade cloud and AWS data solutions. His background includes senior roles across finance, media, and healthcare (Macquarie, ABC, Medibank), giving him a pragmatic blend of regulated-industry rigor and startup agility. A persistent operator, he has repeatedly returned to platform and operations roles, indicating a preference for solving messy production problems end-to-end. Based in Greater Sydney, he pairs an electrical engineering foundation with community leadership experience, having chaired a local reserve committee for nearly a decade.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate First Aid, Certificate First Aid at St John AmbulanceBachelor of Engineering Electrical, Bachelor of Engineering Electrical at University of NewcastleCertificate 3 Chinese, Certificate 3 Chinese at TAFE NSWCertificate Workplace First Aid Level 2, Certificate Workplace First Aid Level 2 at Red CrossNewcastle High School
English, chinese (limited), latin (limited)
Github Skills (3)
stackoverflow9
django7
python6
Github contributions (5)
AndyPunch/django_whyer
Aug 2015 - May 2018
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
pythonstackoverflow-clonedjangostackoverflowpython-django
AndyPunch/omdb_client_kotlin
Apr 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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