Ian Santillan
Cloud & AI Solution Engineer - Data Platform
Greater Edmonton Metropolitan Area Canada
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Top SchoolIan Santillan is a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer specializing in data platforms, bringing over a decade of experience across cloud, analytics, and enterprise IT. He has led North American data consulting engagements as a data architect at Hitachi Solutions Canada and now applies that expertise at Microsoft to help organizations operationalize data and AI. Ian blends hands-on capabilities—Power BI architecture, data engineering, and predictive analytics—with certifications from Microsoft, Databricks, Profisee and the EDM Council. A frequent speaker and member of industry circles (Global Power Platform Bootcamp 2023; Toronto CDAO Inner Circle 2023), he translates complex business needs into pragmatic cloud-native solutions. Based in the Greater Edmonton area, he pairs formal training in big data and predictive analytics with roots in IT service management and systems technology, giving him a rare end-to-end view from infrastructure to insight. Colleagues describe him as a practical innovator who focuses on measurable business outcomes rather than tech for tech’s sake.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Systems Technology Information Technology, Computer Systems Technology Information Technology at NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology)Toronto Metropolitan UniversityITIL® Foundation certificate in IT Service Management, ITIL® Foundation certificate in IT Service Management at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
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Github contributions (5)
ievsantillan/data-product-analytics
Jun 2022 - Feb 2025
Template to deploy a Data Product for analytics and data science use-cases into a Data Landing Zone of the Cloud-Scale Analytics Scenario, (former Enterprise-Scale Analytics, Data Management & Analytics Scenario). The Data Product template can be used by cross-functional teams to create insights and products for external users.
Contributions:3 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 8 months
casesdata-productdatadata-managementscience
ievsantillan/Purview-Custom-Connector-Solution-Accelerator
May 2022 - Feb 2024
Solution Accelerator to help build Purview custom connectors
Contributions:1 PR, 7 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 9 months
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