Mike Howles

About Mike Howles

Currently a Data Architect/Developer and AI open source hobbyist.My primary tools for data for the last 4 years have included Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory/Azure Synapse, Azure ML, and Microsoft Power BI and Fabric and designing a data mesh architecture in OneLake.Other various specialties and experiences include- Jupyter and Spark Notebooks- Python and NodeJS- Blockchain- SAP HANA XS Classic and XS Advanced- Tableau- Legacy SAP BW/BusinessObjects tools:(Design Studio 1.x and Lumira Designer 2.x. BEx 3.x & 7.0, Xcelsius, Web Intelligence, Universe Designer, Crystal Reports, NetWeaver 7.0 Portal Content Management, ABAP, Java, BSP)- HTML/CSS, JS My AI Skillset dates back to finetuning StyleGAN2 models in 2019, to more recent generative AI tools such as StableDiffusion, FLUX 1 and FLUX 2, WAN 2.2, Hunyuan Video, and derivatives using tools such as Python, ComfyUI, and other interfaces.I also have experience with writing agenting extensions for tools like Open WebUI and using inference tools such as Ollama, llama.cpp, LMStudio. Experience with using most open source LLMs such as Llama, Gemma, gpt-oss, Deepseek R1, Qwen for self-hosted inference use cases such as annotating files and videos to make media more searchable.

Experience

1. Data Architect

   International Paper

   May 2012 — Present · Memphis, TN, US

   Creating, identifying and implementing BI Solutions and best practices using BI tools across the business using modern cloud-native and SaaS solutions such as Microsoft Azure in combination with Microsoft Fabric and OneLake. Responsible for orchestration of data mesh layout and organization of data products into domains, and facilitating knowledge sharing sessions across our analytics teams and development groups.I also have a long history in legacy BI tools such as SAP HANA XS Classic Database Schemas, XS Advanced Database Modules, Calculation Views, Flow Graphs, Node Applications, Design Studio BI Applications, SAP NetWeaver BEx Queries, BEx Web Application Designer, ABAP Customer exits and custom BSP solutions, SAP Business Objects Platform (BOE), Xcelsius Dashboards, Web Intelligence Reports, Crystal Reports, OLAP and Relational Universes.

Education

• State Technical University of Memphis

  Associates, Application Development

  1998 — 2000

Skills

• Data Warehouse Architecture
• Javascript
• Dashboard
• Master Data Management
• Bex Query Designer
• Java
• Bsp
• Sap Bi
• Databases
• Sap Basis
• Ecc
• Html
• Bex Web Application Designer
• Information Design Tool
• Asp
• Sap Apo
• Sap Portal
• Integration
• Sql
• Php
• Vba
• Oracle
• Abap
• Actionscript
• Sap Bw
• Web Intelligence
• Dashboards
• Jsp
• Bi Workspaces
• Xcelsius
• Designers
• Sapui5
• Sap Netweaver
• Business Intelligence
• Sbop
• Data Warehousing
• Node.js
• Sap
• Business Objects
• Bex Analyzer