Summary
Zak Fortier is a BI data modeling professional and systems engineer with eight years of experience building high-availability UNIX environments, designing physical data warehouses, and implementing data marts at Target. He combines hands-on skills in Teradata and SQL Server with practical scripting and development experience (.NET, Perl, VB) to turn complex data requirements into reliable, production-ready models and views. His background as a UNIX engineer and DBA gives him a systems-level perspective that informs efficient, maintainable data architecture decisions. With a B.S. in Computer Science and MBA studies underway, he bridges technical depth and business context to deliver measurable analytics value.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of Minnesota Twin Cities