Julien Michel
Lead Data Solution Engineer
United Arab Emirates
Summary
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Top SchoolJulien Michel is a Lead Data Solution Engineer with over a decade of experience helping enterprise customers across EMEA and the UAE modernize data platforms and adopt cloud-native AI solutions. He combines deep technical expertise in Azure data services (Cosmos DB, Synapse, PostgreSQL) and Kubernetes with a proven track record in presales and GTM strategy, driving multi-million-dollar deals and C‑level engagements. Julien has held senior Global Black Belt roles at Microsoft and built hands‑on experience at DataStax, MongoDB and Oracle, enabling real-time apps and migrations from legacy systems. Known for translating complex technical architectures into measurable business outcomes, he often runs workshops, MVPs and deep-dive sessions to accelerate adoption. A pragmatic problem-solver with engineering roots from Polytech Paris‑Saclay, he uniquely blends field sales acumen with practitioner-level cloud architecture.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Ingénieur Electronique et Informatique Industrielle, Ingénieur Electronique et Informatique Industrielle at Polytech Paris-Saclay
French, English, Spanish
Github Skills (14)
azure10
microsoft-azure9
microsoft9
azure-cosmos-db4
dse3
migration3
cosmos3
java2
solr2
cassandra2
spark2
data-transfer2
datastax2
scala1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
julienmichel/azure-cosmosdb-workshop-optimisations
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
Contributions:74 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
julienmichel/DataStaxWorkshop
Jan 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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