Colan Connon
Senior Data Platform Engineer
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Top SchoolColan Connon is a Staff Data Platform Engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable web and mobile applications, currently leading data platform efforts at GSK from Louisville, Kentucky. He brings deep hands-on expertise in C#, ASP.NET, Java, JavaScript, and Android development, combined with a Masters in Computer Science focused on Data Science from UIUC. His career spans senior engineering and lead roles at Humana and other firms, where he transitioned from application engineering to platform-level data solutions. Colan also pursues data science, information security, and networking interests, enabling him to design systems with a strong reliability and security posture. Known for bridging application development and data engineering, he focuses on practical, production-ready outcomes rather than academic proofs of concept. Colan’s background as a teaching assistant and diverse industry experience suggest a knack for mentorship and translating complex technical ideas into actionable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Indiana University-Purdue University at IndianapolisUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English
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Github Skills (59)
integrate10
django-project10
django10
graphene10
editor9
electron9
microsoft9
python9
vscode-extension9
graphql-subscriptions9
typescript9
vscode9
graphql9
api8
alembic8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
colanconnon/flask_boilerplate
Nov 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:35 commits, 4 PRs, 30 pushes in 4 months
colanconnon/apistar_alembic_migrations
Sep 2017 - Jan 2018
Alembic migrations for apistar
Contributions:15 commits, 1 PR, 15 pushes in 3 months
pythonalembicmigrationspython3apistar
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