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Samad Husain

Data Engineer

Samad is a seasoned Data Engineering professional with nearly a decade of experience in building data models, pipelines, and integrated systems to deliver impactful business insights. With expertise in Data Warehousing, Data Architecture and Design, and Data Modeling, Samad brings both technical proficiency and a collaborative spirit to a wide range of data projects, ensuring they are successfully delivered. In recent years, Samad has focused on building data teams for his own company as well as other organizations, guiding them from the ground up in their data journey. Samad holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Maryland and enjoys practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in his free time.

“Show me the incentives and I’ll show you the outcome.”
- Charlie Munger

Experience

Data Engineering Consultant

Action

July, 2024 → Present

Samad works with the Data Operations team in Environment and Supply Chain Innovation at Apple to build scalable systems for Apple’s responsibility programs.

Co-Founder

Datstra Analytics

January, 2023 → Present

Samad built Datstra Analytics, a boutique data and AI consulting company, to help clients go from 0 —> 1 in their data journey.

Lead Data Engineer

LaunchGood

March, 2021 → June, 2024

Samad was the founding member of LaunchGood’s Data Team. At LaunchGood, he built the company’s data infrastructure, reporting, and analytics from scratch and grew the team to five members to help leverage data-driven insights across all business units for operational and strategic needs.

Data Engineering Consultant

Myers-Holum

March, 2020 → August, 2021

Samad led major migration projects for Enterprise clients to modernize their data stacks from traditional on-premises data warehouses to cloud-native BigQuery and Looker.

Data Engineer

Beacon Street Services

December, 2018 → March, 2020

Samad worked as a Data Engineer at Beacon Street Services on a talented team supporting 8+ business units and brands focusing on growth and retention.

Services

Data Foundation

A strong Data Foundation underpins any successful analytics implementation. Samad is an engineer at heart who helps turn bits and bytes into actionable insights.

Data Analytics Strategy and Execution

Samad helps implement enterprise analytics and scalable data infrastructure at organizations large and small.

Data Literacy and Culture Building

Action’s APTITUDE is an eleven point framework for building a data literate and data-centric organizational culture geared for strategy and analytics deployment at scale.

Education

University of Maryland

B.A. Economics

Skills

Analytics Engineering

Advanced

SQL

Advanced

dbt

Advanced

Data Modeling

Advanced

Data Architecture

Advanced

“I had the pleasure of working with Samad over the course of a year during our consulting tenures at Myers-Holum, collaborating on two projects varying in size, complexity, and support models. During my time with Samad I witnessed his firm understanding of the modern data stack, which included Looker and Big Query, from an Analytics Engineer perspective, with a focus delivering data products that were user focused and scalable. Above all, I was impressed with his composure in working with clients, bringing outstanding active listening and empathy to understanding, collaborating, and solving complex and challenging problems with clients and vendors. Samad would be a priceless asset to any data operations or analytics team.”
Anthony ZicManager of Analytics Platform at Dotdash Meredith
“I had the pleasure of working with Samad at Market Wise, where he excelled in building and maintaining essential data pipelines using Python. Fresh out of college, Samad was quick to master and innovate with BI tools like Tableau and Looker, significantly enhancing our data-driven decision-making processes. His ability to transform complex data into clear, actionable insights made a notable impact. Samad’s proactive nature and willingness to embrace challenges fostered both growth and collaboration within our team. I highly recommend him as a dedicated and skilled professional, ideal for any team looking to boost their analytical capabilities.”
Debashis DasPrincipal Enterprise Data Engineer at Talend
“During my time as a consultant at XPO, I had the pleasure of working closely with Samad Husain, who spearheaded the migration of our multiple BI solutions to Looker and GCP ecosystem. Samad not only guided us on the new architecture design but also helped our team through the transition process, ensuring alignment with both business needs and technical requirements.His expertise and leadership were instrumental in facilitating smooth adoption of the new solution, as he provided invaluable mentorship and training to our team. Samad demonstrated a remarkable ability to bridge the gap between stakeholders and technical teams, resulting in a rapid engagement from business that exceeded expectations.I highly recommend him for any role requiring a skilled Data Architect who can drive successful initiatives while fostering collaboration and delivering results that benefit both stakeholders and technical teams.”
Kevin CastillosMachine Learning Engineer at Tryolabs