Robert Cain
Business Intelligence Engineer at Linchpin People
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Summary
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SeniorRobert C. Cain is a seasoned Business Intelligence Engineer and owner of Arcane Training & Consulting with over 25 years in IT and nine years focused in BI roles, currently delivering BI solutions at KENT® Corporation. A prolific educator and author, he has produced Pluralsight courses since 2011, coauthored five books, and was a Microsoft Data Platform MVP from 2008–2018. His consulting and training work spans industries from nuclear power and aerospace to finance and healthcare, giving him deep domain experience translating complex operational data into actionable analytics. Technically fluent across the Microsoft SQL Server BI stack, PowerShell, Azure and Kusto Query Language, he combines hands-on implementation with curriculum design and public speaking at major events like PASS Summit and TechEd. As a longtime consultant and former senior architect, he excels at bridging stakeholder needs and technical delivery while mentoring teams. An interesting, less obvious strength is his sustained commitment to teaching—offering free Pluralsight access and running both live and on-demand courses that amplify his practical expertise.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (34)
powershell-module10
azure-sql9
azure-sql-server9
powershell9
shell8
azure8
azure-synapse8
sql-server8
command-line8
mocking8
sql8
tdd8
linux8
windows8
testing8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
arcanecode/PowerShellCore
Mar 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:79 commits, 56 pushes in 1 year 4 months
arcanecode/DataFabricator
Aug 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:75 commits, 7 pushes in 3 months
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