Derek Funk
Analytics Engineer at Packback
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolDerek Funk is an Analytics Engineer III based in Chicago with nine years of experience turning complex data into dependable, actionable insights. He specializes in building and optimizing data warehouses and ETL pipelines using Redshift, dbt, Airflow, and Stitch, and enables self-service analytics through dbt training and dashboards in Tableau and Power BI. Derek has operated 24/7 production systems at scale, standardizing metrics across organizations and improving decision-making and operational efficiency. His background spans data engineering, software development, and applied statistics—including an MS in Data Science and passed actuarial exams—giving him a rare blend of analytical rigor and production engineering discipline. He enjoys solving thorny performance problems and empowering teams to "own" their data.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at The George Washington UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA Mathematics and Statistics, Bachelor of Arts - BA Mathematics and Statistics at Carleton CollegeData Engineering Career Track, Data Engineering Career Track at Springboard
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Github Skills (4)
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data-science3
data-visualization2
data-engineering1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Derek-Funk/springboard-derek-funk
Sep 2020 - Jun 2021
Data Engineering Portfolio (2 capstones, 8 mini-projects)
Contributions:2 PRs, 194 pushes, 3 branches in 8 months
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Derek-Funk/global-expenditures
Mar 2019 - Apr 2020
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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