Hi everyone!
Jody Hesch here from Colorado Springs (originally Albuquerque, NM - with various years spent abroad in the UK, Germany and Australia).
New to PD as of a year ago. I’m a freelance Data Engineer/Architect by profession, and a good friend invited me to help out the startup he’s working at (Alkahest - glad to find several colleagues here as well!).
I’m hoping to be of some assistance to folks here for all things related to data engineering / data modeling / data management. I’m no expert in PD nor relevant fields (i.e. bioinformatics, genetics), but I’ve worked with many, many data science and data analyst teams over the years, helping take a lot of the heavy-lifting of data wrangling/munging off their plates so that they can focus on the analytics themselves.
So if there’s anything folks need help with when it comes to all of the various data plumbing efforts on large projects - data ingestion, data modeling, architecture, DevOps, etc. - let me know!
Happy to help demystify things like data lakes vs. lakehouses vs. warehouses, SQL jiu jitsu, tradeoffs of different platforms (Postgres? Snowflake? Databricks?) etc.
As for PD-specific needs, I spent a fair amount of time over the past year familiarizing myself with both proteomics and RWD (multi-terabyte) datasets, but ofc the fundamentals of data engineering easily extend to any types of data.
Great to be here, looking forward to connecting with folks!
Cheers - and Happy New Year’s (almost)!
Jody
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aaaa another colorado resident! hiii Jody, welcome to the platform! i’m at cu anschutz, and so excited to meet you 
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Welcome, Jody! It sounds like your skills and experience would be a great fit for the Data Modality and Methodology task force, run by @ehutchins and @hirotaka ! Looking forward to hearing your experiences on this forum 
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Thanks Ece! Great to meet you! Maybe we’ll have occasion to connect in person sometime
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Thanks @vcatterson! Would be glad to contribute to that task force and this forum further. Going through all the various links and docs now to see where I might be able to be most helpful
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Welcome to the platform, Jody! Let’s see if we can turn some of your invitations into resources (webinars, etc.) others can fall on.
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Hi @jodyhesch , welcome to the community!
Your background in data engineering and modeling is really impressive and would be a huge asset to what we’re working on. I help coordinate the Data Modality and Methodology Task Force with @ehutchins and we’d love to have you join our next call (date TBD) if you’re interested. It would be great to have your perspective in the mix!
Looking forward to catching up.
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Hi @jodyhesch, just flagging that the next Data Modality and Methodology Task Force call has been scheduled for February 6th, 12:30-1:30pm (ET). I just sent you the calendar invite via email, please let me know if you didn’t get it!
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Welcome @jodyhesch ! Looking forward to having you join the Data Modality and Methodology Task Force. Your expertise sounds like a welcome addition to the group.
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Thanks @ehutchins, @gginnan, and @hirotaka! Looking fwd to connecting and collaborating!
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