Jacob HochendonerJHOCHENDONER.COM
I help people and make computers do cool stuff, usually at the same time.
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▾PROJECTS
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PSEG Long Island

Sr. Solution Architect - Enterprise Analytics Apr 2023 - Present 
  • Currently making history ;)


Senior Data Architect Nov 2020 - Mar 2022
  • Architected the design and strategy for data analytics platform optimization and continuous improvement

  • Performed a complete review & refactoring of ETL pipelines responsible for processing billions of records daily with a focus on cost and efficiency, reducing the overall monthly pipeline cost by ~$20k

  • Designed reference architecture and implementation guidelines for event-based pipelines, enabling critical use-cases for business continuity and situational awareness

  • Led the effort for security review, approval, and inclusion of new AWS services for data analytics platform improvements

  • Championed software development best practices (code review, clear and concise documentation) for the data analytics platform team and provided guidance for teams within enterprise technology

  • The main languages for this role included Python, PySpark, and SQL


Data EngineerAug 2019 - Nov 2020
  • Designed and built out data pipelines utilizing AWS Glue and PySpark

  • Designed and implemented data ingestion pipelines from varying sources of data including flat file, database, and API-based source systems.

  • Provided training, guidance, and direction to other team members on strategies for implementing complex data pipelines for cutting edge BI, AI, and ML use-cases.

  • Managed the enterprise’s Tableau deployment including licensing, configuration, and organizing education sessions for business-side employees.

  • Managed the enterprise’s GitHub installation, including licensing, configuration, team and repository organization, and maintenance.

  • The main languages for this role included Python, PySpark, and SQL

FDO.AI

Co-Founder, CAIO Aug 2023 - Oct 2024
  • Co-founded FDO.AI, a company that provides AI solutions to small businesses and freelancers/gig workers

  • Designed and implemented the AI architecture for the company, including inference APIs, chat interfaces, and prompting

  • Created the following AI chatbots:
    • Edison - A Small Business Mentor
    • Arthur - An Autonomous Agent that is skilled in bookkeeping

NYSHEX

Co-Founder, CAIO Aug 2023 - Oct 2024
  • Spearheaded the effort to design, implement, and secure an efficient enterprise-wide logical data warehouse platform using AWS native technologies (glue/pyspark, lambda, s3, redshift)

  • Enabled wide-spectrum reporting by implementing and securing a high-performance data-fabric (trino/starburst)

  • Designed and developed a custom data integration system to ingest disparate data sources (API, email, databases) in a scalable and easily replicable manner

  • Designed and developed a slack integration to enable human-in-the-loop data pipelines, end-user data pipeline kick-off, and other custom user-interaction in a modular, low-cost serverless framework.

  • Enabled customer reporting data export via the design and implementation of data pipelines to cleanse, format, and export data to the customer at request via a number of secure transfer methods.

  • Championed data-quality and data-governance best practices to ensure quality reporting

LegalSoft USA, Inc.

Co-Founder, CTOMay 2016 - Aug 2018
  • Created GIFTANDNOTE.COM, A web-based tool built to assist lawyers with Promissory Note/Gift calculation.

  • Designed and implemented full user stories for user authentication, client management, client information management, nursing home search, and calculation

  • Implemented algorithm that saved end users 65% of their time compared to traditional methods

  • Managed infrastructure and devops cycle including hosting platform, DNS management, and deployment workflow

  • Technologies Used include Wordpress, PHP, HTML, CSS, JQuery and JavaScript, and MySQL

Simon Elliot Events / BAS

Creative Engineering Consultant (Interactive Media) Jun 2012 - Jul 2018
  • Consulted on major project developments for computer-based interactive services. Served on call to help with any computer-based projects needed, from troubleshooting software to team-based development of a core product for use in an event setting, such as a digital sign-in book, photo-booth, or projection-mapping solution.


Technical Support Consultant Jun 2012 - Jul 2018
  • Consulted Simon Elliot Events on all of their technical support needs, including performing repair on Macintosh and Windows systems.

Conra

Full-Stack Web DeveloperMay 2018 - Jul 2019
  • Worked directly with clients to help formulate and cultivate their ideas in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.

  • Built web-apps and webpages directly from photoshop design documents and core ideas.

  • Performed site maintenance such as plugin and framework updates, security checks, and simple error corrections. e.g., spelling errors, photo alignment, body copy replacement.

  • Mainly worked with web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery and PHP.