Brad Lifferth
Principal-level Data & AI Architect and Engineering Leader specializing in enterprise data platforms, cloud architecture, data engineering, and AI enablement
- Role
- Senior Data Architect at Hitachi Solutions America
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brad Lifferth
Principal-level Data & AI Architect and Engineering Leader specializing in enterprise data platforms, cloud architecture, data engineering, and AI enablement. Proven at designing, modernizing, and scaling cloud-native analytics ecosystems supporting machine learning, business intelligence, and advanced analytics. Combines executive strategy with hands-on technical leadership across Microsoft Azure, Databricks, Synapse Analytics, and Microsoft Fabric. Certified in Azure Databricks Data Engineering and Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineering with success in platform migration, cost optimization, governance, security, and DevOps automation.
Experience
Senior Data Architect
Feb 2021 — Present
Cost & Performance Optimization: Architected a Synapse-to-Databricks migration saving $216K annually while moving from daily batches to near real-time ingestion.Platform Leadership: Scaled the data platform practice from 0 to 22 greenfield implementations, managing teams of up to 8 engineers.Microsoft Fabric Pioneer: Early adopter collaborating directly with Microsoft Product Teams to establish enterprise best practices and CI/CD frameworks.IP Development: Engineered a portfolio of 8 custom PySpark connectors for major ERPs (Dynamics, Salesforce, SAP) and built automated data quality frameworks using Great Expectations.
Education
Utah State University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Management Information Systems, Database Administration and Data Analytics
2016
Devmountain
Web Development
2016 — 2016
Utah State University - Jon M. Huntsman School of Business
Management of Information Systems, Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration; Business Analyst
2014 — 2016
Salt Lake Community College
Associate of Science (AS), General Studies
2011 — 2014
Skills
- Cognos
- Data Warehousing
- Sql
- Customer Service
- Star Schema
- Css
- Project Management
- Icd-9
- Html5
- Leadership
- C#
- Business Process Improvement
- Data Warehouse Architecture
- Tableau
- Icd-10
- Microsoft Office
- Python
- Hcpcs
- Domo
- Customer Experience Management
- T-Sql
- Microsoft Access
- Healthcare
- Dimensional Modeling
- Java
- Access
- Business Intelligence
- Training & Development
- Javascript
- Process Improvement
- Pl/Sql
- R
- Data Analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- Html
- Cpt
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