Megan Masanz
Professional Summary
Microsoft Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect passionately enabling organizations to address business challenges through establishment of strategy and road map for planning, design and deployment of Azure Cloud based solutions. Adept at paving a pathway to data science via computer science from POC to Production.
Areas of Expertise
| Skill | Detail |
|---|---|
| Languages | Python (PySpark, Django, Flask, Pytorch), SQL, JavaScript (D3.js),.NET (C#, VB – ASP.NET Web API, MVC), Scala, R |
| Data Storage | Hadoop, MongoDB, Splunk, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Data Lake,CosmosDB, SQL Server, Snowflake, Teradata, Delta Lake, Databricks |
| Visualization | SAP Lumira, Power BI, D3 |
| Data Curation | Google schema validator, Data Catalog, schema.org |
| Search Framework | Azure Cognitive Search, Splunk |
| IoT Platforms | PTC ThingWorx, Exosite, AWS IoT, Azure IoT Suite |
| Model Management | Azure ML Services, ML FLow |
| Automation | Bitbucket/Stash, Jira, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, Azure DevOps, VSTS, Github |
| SCADA Systems | Wonderware (Application Server, InTouch, Historian, Historian Client), GE (iFIX), Rockwell (FactoryTalk SE/ME), SAP MII, NServiceBus |
| MES/ERP | SAP, BPCS, IMES, 3MMES |
Professional Experience
MICROSOFT, EDINA, MN 2020 – CURRENT
DATA & AI CLOUD SOLUTION ARCHITECT
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Cloud Solution Architect certified as an Azure Data Scientist Associate and Azure AI Engineer Associate driven to provide strategic scalable solutions to address customer business use cases.
- Focused on Data Engineering and Data Science workloads levering components including (but not limited to) Cognitive Services & Azure ML for model creation and life-cycle management as well as Databricks, and Data Factory for ETL/ELT workloads.
- Establishing modern data estate through lambda architect patterns providing data pathways through batch and streaming processes.
- Leveraging Azure Bot Framework for Conversational AI.
3M COMPANY, ST. PAUL, MN 2017 – 2020
LEAD DATA INTELLIGENCE TECHNICAL ARCHITECT
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Established self-service analytics ecosystem orchestrating data movement, transformation, analysis, and model deployment leveraging Azure PaaS offerings
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Architecture focused on self-service, scale and cloud economics
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Leveraging DevOps projects to provide CI/CD deployment of Azure resources including:
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MVC C# Web Application to configure pipelines and data lake security
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CosmosDB implementing schema.org definition of data set to provide dataset traceability and transformation and analysis workflow with Databricks
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Data Factory with dynamic content ensuring scalability of data ingestion into data lake
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Model deployments levering Azure ML SDK and Databricks APIs
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3M COMPANY, ST. PAUL, MN 2016 – 2017
ADVANCED ANALYTICS SPECIALIST
- Technical Specialist developing strategy to redefine the ISA-95 data model to enable analytics from the shop floor to the customer experience. Delivering data using new technologies to reimagine dashboarding from Hololens to D3 KPIs
3M COMPANY, ST. PAUL, MN 2013 – 2016
IT ADVANCED SPECIALIST
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Technical Analyst utilizing agile methodology to manage the lifecycle for source code control, build automation, and RESTful API design for the maturing of manufacturing application receiving 2016 Pyramid of Excellence for IT/BT Organization
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Delivering operational intelligence through architecting solution to ensure visibility to issues impacting availability, response time, application performance levering Splunk framework
INVENSYS, ST. PAUL, MN 2013 – 2013
PRINCIPLE SUPPORT ENGINEER
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Developed solution to proactively monitor KPIs for Wonderware Cloud based Historian for SaaS clients
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Supported manufacturing companies within SCADA integration landscape
3M COMPANY, ST. PAUL, MN 2006 – 2013
SENIOR IT ANALYST
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SCADA technical lead for Process Integration Team (PIT) in 3M Manufacturing IT delivering MES & ERP integration to enable data-driven decision making to drive process improvements
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Directed creation of training modules provided by plant training department. Provided training for over 100 operators, process engineers and administrative plant personnel over 3 shifts within 1 week
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Developed .NET class utilizing Reflection to manage complex dependency chains and version upgrades using .NET dll management to replace vendor management of dlls
3M Optical Systems, St. Paul, MN 2005-2006
ADVANCED IT ANALYST
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Recipe download IAS objects to incorporate in memory datasets for parallel processing of process variables and error handling
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Led Industrial Application Server (IAS) Users Group implementing standards across 3M
3M Process Instrumentation & Control Systems, St. Paul, MN 2004-2005
SYSTEMS ENGINEER
- PLC and SCADA systems programmer implementing recipe download functionality
Education
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, IL 2017-PRESENT
- COMPUTER SCIENCE-DATA SCIENCE M.S.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, IL 2004
- COMPUTER ENGINEERING B.S., MATH MINOR
COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL 2016
- Building & Leading Effective Teams Certificate of Completion
Honors & Awards
- Recipient of STATE Testing Scholarship 2000-2001
- Recipient of Verizon Scholarship 2000-2001
- Recipient of BP Amoco Scholarship 2002-2003
- Minority Engineering Program Engineering Excellence Award 2003
- Member of National Society Collegiate Scholars 2001-2004
- Recipient of 3M Scholarship 2002-2004
- Member of Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers 2001-2006
- 3M Pyramid of Excellence Recipient 2006, 2016