Collin Bennett
Lead Director, Data Engineering
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCollin Bennett is a Lead Director of Data Engineering with 10+ years building analytic platforms that enable large, rich datasets to power data science in regulated industries like healthcare, insurance, and telematics. He combines hands-on engineering and team leadership to grow data science groups, architect analytic lakes, and run governance through metadata and infrastructure automation. His career spans startups and enterprise roles—helping pioneer cloud-scale analytics, Hadoop/NoSQL-based predictive modeling, and open-source tools used for benchmarking and satellite image processing. Collin has co-authored papers on large data clouds and high-performance wide area testbeds, reflecting a research-minded approach to practical platform problems. He holds degrees across English, Mathematics, and Computer Science, a background that informs clear communication between technical teams and stakeholders. Based in Chicago, he brings a rare mix of cross-disciplinary thinking, operational rigor, and long-term platform vision.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
MS, MS at Loyola University ChicagoUniversity of HullBS, BS at University of Iowa
Github Skills (2)
portable10
analytics8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
datamininggroup/poie
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
Implementations of the Portable Format for Analytics (PFA)
Contributions:8 commits in 7 months
implementationsanalyticspfaportable
datamininggroup/POIE
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 tag in 7 months
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