Shawn’s Blog

  • Building a Data Quality Management Process that Scales : The Many Paths to Quality Data

    Building a Data Quality Management Process that Scales : The Many Paths to Quality Data

    This post describes an opinionated method for achieving data quality within a small organization. There are some pre-qualifiers and assumptions made about the data system architecture and the skill set of the team. One of the biggest struggles for organizations that rely on data is to achieve an acceptable level of data quality. Steps are… Read more

  • The Proof of Concept

    The Proof of Concept

    One valuable tool I wish I had realized was at my disposal earlier in my career is the proof of concept. I remember jumping into large projects intent on implementing the latest and greatest library, only to discover that I couldn’t get it to work because I didn’t really grasp how it worked. Having a… Read more

  • A Daily Loop

    Around three years ago I found myself managing a team of Mulesoft developers. This was a big leap for me. I had lead teams, but I had never had the actual title of manager. I never had the responsibility and accountability that went along with being an actual manager. Bluntly, I had no idea what… Read more

  • Hello World!

    Hi, I’m Shawn and I’m a developer. I write code. Sometimes that code runs on mobile devices, sometimes it runs in the cloud. There are lots of clouds, but my favorite brand is Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Services. Most of my posts here will be about my journey from a senior level developer to a Azure… Read more