Joshua Ferguson
Data Engineer
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoshua Ferguson is a data engineer with 12 years of experience who blends research-grade analytical rigor from a physics PhD with practical cloud data engineering to deliver production-ready ML and analytics solutions. Currently building data pipelines and RAG support for an LLM-based advisor at Insight Partners, he spans ETL, feature engineering, and performance analytics while contributing to feature design. Previously he led reporting and migration efforts in healthcare analytics—managing 200+ SSRS reports, introducing Git-backed workflows, and replacing costly COTS tools with Python solutions that saved his employer >$10k/month. Comfortable presenting to state government clients and mentoring teams, he also has hands-on ML research experience in neural architectures and imaging from his academic work. Columbo-based and GitHub-active, he pairs deep technical curiosity with a track record of turning complex data problems into efficient, auditable systems.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Physics, BS, Physics at Butler UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (3)
credit7
microscopy5
python2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jbf81tb/point_and_click_trace_analysis
Oct 2017 - Mar 2019
Contributions:4 PRs, 74 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 5 months
jbf81tb/Tracker_2D
Jan 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:3 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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