Praveen Kumar Gupta
About Praveen Kumar Gupta
Praveen Kumar Gupta is a Data Engineer at QuEST Global in Austin, Texas, with extensive experience in Big Data technologies and data pipeline architecture.
Title and Current Role
Praveen Kumar Gupta is currently employed as a Data Engineer at QuEST Global in Austin, Texas, United States. His role involves building optimal data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) infrastructures. Using AWS 'big data' technologies and SQL, he ensures efficient data handling from diverse sources.
Previous Experience
Praveen has a rich history of working in the data and business intelligence fields. From 2017 to 2018, he served as a Data Engineer at EXILANT Technologies Private Limited in Sunnyvale, California. Prior to this, he worked for five years in Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, at the same company, serving as a PLSQL & BI Developer from 2012 to 2017.
Education and Expertise
Praveen studied Computer Science & Engineering at IITM Gwalior, acquiring his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree from 2007 to 2011. He has advanced expertise in Big Data technologies, including Hadoop, Hive, Oozie, and Spark. His skills extend into detailed performance tuning on Tableau Server and its reports, ensuring seamless data accessibility and visual presentation.
Projects and Contributions
At QuEST Global, Praveen designed a data pipeline architecture that rapidly scaled from 0 to 115,000 daily active users. Moreover, he developed a utility to transform data from the Emptoris contract lifecycle management tool to the Icertis management tool. Using PySpark, he improved data processing speed by 87% for large streaming datasets and automated ETL processes that reduced the manual workload by 33% monthly.
Skills in Collaboration and Business Intelligence
Praveen frequently collaborates with analytics and business teams to refine data models, enhancing the accessibility of data and supporting data-driven decision-making. His extensive knowledge includes sales and procurement contract lifecycle management, adding significant value to the business intelligence tools he helps develop and maintain.