Summary
Michael Shoemaker is a Business Solution Engineer with eight years of hands-on experience turning complex data into actionable insights for the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Benefit Funds. He specializes in ETL, SQL-driven analysis, SSIS and Python automation, and has built repeatable pipelines that consolidate databases, flat files and Excel sources while producing SSRS reports and SOPs for leadership. Michael combines an MBA with practical DBA experience and a track record of automating SFTP workflows, schedulers and batch processes to reduce manual effort and improve data reliability. Beyond production work, he contributes to data education as a recurring teaching assistant and content creator, creating course materials and instructional videos that sharpen his SQL and Python skills. Notably, he authors custom Python packages for internal tooling—melding software engineering rigor with analytics pragmatism.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
LinuxFoundationX: LFS101x Introduction to Linux, LinuxFoundationX: LFS101x Introduction to Linux at edX
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration and Management Information Systems, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration and Management Information Systems at Northern Illinois University
English, Spanish