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I&amp;rsquo;m a Senior Data Warehouse Engineer at Zapier, where we aim to make automation work for everyone 🤖. Previously, I&amp;rsquo;ve worked at Mews 🏨, Vistaprint 🖨️, Typeform 📋, and Microsoft 🎮 in various data-related roles 👨‍💻. I hold an MSc in Computer Science 🎓 from the University of Birmingham, with a dissertation that focused on efficiently solving the Team Orienteering Problem using genetic algorithms 🧬. My current areas of interest include leveraging Open Source tooling 🧰 in conjunction with Open Data 📊 to build compelling user experiences and/or to improve public services (see incredible work by David Gasquez, Jaime Gómez Obregón or Jacob Matson to get an idea of the kind of things I&amp;rsquo;m talking about ✨).</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey there! 👋</p>
<p>I&rsquo;m a Senior Data Warehouse Engineer at <a href="https://zapier.com">Zapier</a>, where we aim to make automation work for everyone 🤖. Previously, I&rsquo;ve worked at <a href="https://www.mews.com">Mews</a> 🏨, <a href="https://www.vistaprint.com">Vistaprint</a> 🖨️, <a href="https://www.typeform.com">Typeform</a> 📋, and <a href="https://www.microsoft.com">Microsoft</a> 🎮 in various data-related roles 👨‍💻. I hold an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Science#United_Kingdom">MSc</a> in Computer Science 🎓 from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Birmingham">University of Birmingham</a>, with a dissertation that focused on efficiently solving the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_routing_problem#VRP_variants">Team Orienteering Problem</a> using genetic algorithms 🧬. My current areas of interest include leveraging Open Source tooling 🧰 in conjunction with Open Data 📊 to build compelling user experiences and/or to improve public services <em>(see incredible work by <a href="https://davidgasquez.com/">David Gasquez</a>, <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_G%C3%B3mez-Obreg%C3%B3n">Jaime Gómez Obregón</a> or <a href="https://github.com/matsonj/nba-monte-carlo">Jacob Matson</a> to get an idea of the kind of things I&rsquo;m talking about ✨)</em>.</p>
<p>I&rsquo;m British 🇬🇧, but since 2015, I&rsquo;ve been living in sunny Spain 🇪🇸. Outside of work, I love listening to <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/ell">all kinds of music</a> 🎵, photography 📷, cycling 🚴‍♂️, and spending time with my girlfriend, Elena 👫.</p>
<p>Feel free to reach out to me on <a href="https://x.com/followingell">Twitter</a> if you want to get in touch 🤝</p>
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