Brian Donaldson
About Brian Donaldson
Brian Donaldson serves as the Senior Manager of Development Engineering at Mirantis, where he leads the DataOps team and develops data solutions. He has extensive experience in data engineering and management, having previously held key positions at companies such as Docker, Trulia, and LookSmart.
Work at Mirantis
Brian Donaldson serves as the Senior Manager of Development Engineering at Mirantis since 2019. He leads the DataOps team, focusing on the development and administration of the Mirantis Data Intelligence Stack. His responsibilities include collaborating with various teams to enhance data capabilities, such as working with the Product Team to develop new telemetry instrumentation and dashboards to track trends and feature usage. He has also integrated Salesforce Sync into the Data Warehouse and built containerized data pipelines to manage data extraction and transformation processes.
Previous Experience in Software Development
Prior to his role at Mirantis, Brian Donaldson held several positions in software development and data engineering. He worked at Docker, Inc. in various capacities, including Senior Manager of Development Engineering and Lead Data Engineer, from 2016 to 2019. He also served as Principal Database Engineer at Trulia from 2007 to 2010 and as Engineering Lead for Data Warehousing and Reporting from 2010 to 2015. His early career included roles at LookSmart, BARRA, and Amino Inc., where he focused on database engineering and data management.
Education and Expertise
Brian Donaldson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics from Principia College, completing his studies from 1991 to 1994. His educational background provides a strong foundation for his extensive experience in software development and data engineering. His expertise includes building data pipelines, developing dashboards, and leveraging cloud-based data solutions, particularly with Snowflake and Looker.
Achievements in Data Engineering
During his tenure at Mirantis, Brian Donaldson has made significant contributions to data engineering initiatives. He built aggregate tables using Snowflake's stream and tasks to enhance query performance and developed an Operational Dashboard for the Web Store. He also collaborated with the Customer Insights Team to create customer-centric dashboards and visualizations, and worked with the Finance team to develop the Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) Model utilized by the business.