Summary
Wayne Ellison is a Lead Ingestion Engineer with nine years of focused ETL and software development experience and over two decades supporting finance and HR systems at Fifth Third Bank. He specializes in designing and operating large-scale data ingestion pipelines, having implemented 400+ ETL jobs and a rapid HR onboarding system that cut processing time from seven days to one. Comfortable across mainframe and open systems, Wayne blends technical leadership, 24/7 operational reliability, and hands-on integration work with vendors, security, and architecture teams. He mentors junior engineers and builds automation tools that reduce repetitive work, reflecting a pragmatic drive for productivity and resilience. Based in Covington, Kentucky, his background in both HR and finance gives him a rare ability to translate complex business processes into reliable, auditable data solutions.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Information Technology at Northern Kentucky University