Pat Kearns
Resident Architect (L4) at dbt Labs
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolPat Kearns is a Resident Architect with eight years of experience specializing at the intersection of Data Platform and Business Intelligence, currently advising customers at dbt Labs on architecture, implementation, and best practices. He blends hands-on ETL, dbt, Python and SQL work with dimensional modeling and Kimball-inspired data warehousing to turn stakeholder vision into robust, self-service analytics. A former Warby Parker data engineer, Pat has deep e-commerce domain knowledge and a proven track record in operational excellence—using Lean Six Sigma/DMAIC to cut costly customer-service gestures by 35% and save $130K. He contributes to the dbt docs project as a technical writer, improving developer and user experience around documentation and versioning. Comfortable both troubleshooting complex production issues and coaching teams, Pat pairs relentless continuous-improvement thinking with empathy for stakeholders and a bias toward measurable impact.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Part-Time Data Science, Data Science, Part-Time Data Science, Data Science at General AssemblyAdvanced Placement, Biology and Physics, Advanced Placement, Biology and Physics at Norfolk AcademyBachelor of Arts - BA, Biology, General, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Biology, General at University of Virginia
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Github Skills (14)
content-management-system10
docusaurus10
content-management10
documentation10
self-organization10
http6
html6
iframe6
css6
css-position6
javascript6
jquery6
fetch-api6
google-analytics6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
dbt-labs/docs.getdbt.com
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022
The code behind docs.getdbt.com
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:43 reviews, 27 commits, 35 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Pat primarily contributed to the project's documentation, as evidenced by modifications to `website/src/theme/DocPage/index.js`, `website/sidebars.js`, and other configuration files. The commits include changes related to content organization, versioning, and the presentation of information, suggesting a focus on improving the user experience and clarity of the documentation. Furthermore, modifications to the `BlogPostItemHeaderAuthor` component indicate enhancements related to author attribution within the documentation.
code-behind
patkearns10/dbt_workspace
Sep 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:108 commits, 352 PRs, 615 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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