about me i'm a data guy who enjoys both data engineering and data science. i've spent time as an individual contributor in both disciplines as well as an engineering manager overseeing the development of large scale data systems and analytics applications. i am passionate about using and supporting open source software. airflow, spark, and linux have been my daily drivers for quite a few years now. i studied machine learning and artificial intelligence at rensselaer polytechnic institute, and i've just recently wrapped up my mba there as well. i also take mooc's here and there. currently i'm currently an associate director of data at RTX my career has taken me to RTX Corporate, Collins Aerospace, Cisco Systems, KGPF, TheRealReal connect with me linkedin james.mullinix11@gmail.com