Justin Ball
Data Engineering Leader | Lean Data Guy
- Role
- Manager Data Engineering at FirstEnergy
- Location
- Lehi, UT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Justin Ball
Justin’s leadership and developer experience ranges from Cloud Data Ecosystems (AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Databricks), Data Engineering, QA, Test Driven Development, Big Data & Distributed Processing, BI/DW development, Web Development, Systems Administration and a short break from tech directing a marketing department.His passion lies in applying Lean Six Sigma tools to data architecture and engineering practices across the entire data product flow. He has presented at numerous conferences the application of tools like value stream mapping, A3’s and the 8 areas of waste, to the data product lifecycle.In his current role, he directs enterprise data engineering for a major utilities organization with strong focus on unstructured and structured petabyte scale delivery, DataOps, Data Governance and Data Marketplace enablement.
Experience
Manager Data Engineering
Jan 2023 — Present · Akron, OH, US
Oversee team of 30+ Data Engineers, DataOps, and Solutions Architects. Build strategy in partnership with Senior Executive Leadership for Data and AI department to drive vision of Agentic AI, Data Platform, Data Org Structure, Master Data Management, Data Observability, Data Governance and Geospatial Data Foundation. Guide data platform modernization and applicable training for Data Engineering and Data Science (including: Databricks, Unity, Spark, Apache Iceberg, H3 Indexing, Mosaic Geospatial, Feature Store Platforms). Empower team members to lead data product implementations in relationship to security, data asset organization, design methodologies, service layers, and application integration. Manage and negotiate vendor contracts and services. Hire new team members as needed.
Education
Utah State University - Jon M. Huntsman School of Business
BS, Information Systems
Bridgerland Technical College
AAT, Information Technology
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