Perry Stephenson
Principal Data Platform Engineer
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolPerry Stephenson is a Principal Data Platform Engineer based in Sydney with 10 years’ experience turning complex data challenges into production-grade machine learning and analytics solutions. At Atlassian he evolved from senior data scientist to principal platform engineer, bridging ML, software engineering and platform design to scale cross-team initiatives. His background in electrical engineering and early utility control-room work gives him a pragmatic systems-thinking approach to incident response, automation and stakeholder communication. He has led and taught data science practice at university level and delivered commercial projects across NLP, propensity modelling and event analytics. Known for reducing complexity and navigating business silos, he combines hands-on coding with strategic leadership to translate models into measurable business value.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electrical Engineering, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electrical Engineering, First Class Honours at University of New South WalesMaster of Data Science and Innovation, Data Science, Master of Data Science and Innovation, Data Science at University of Technology, Sydney
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FlipAround/book
Mar 2017 - Aug 2019
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Contributions:39 commits, 9 PRs, 33 pushes in 2 years 5 months
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perrystephenson/midas
Aug 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:104 commits, 18 PRs, 93 pushes in 2 months
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