Andrea Kyrala

Andrea Kyrala

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Ocean Shores, Washington, United States

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    Founder
    SEAP Startup Program Participant
    Oct 2025 - Current (8 months)
    Developing a creative venture under Washington’s SEAP program. Focused on exploring opportunities that combine design, storytelling, and technology with an ethical, sustainability-driven mission.
  • Yardzen
    Data Engineering Lead
    Yardzen
    Jul 2021 - Oct 2025 (4 years 4 months)
    * set up and maintain Airflow within Google Composer using Terraform * created standardized data layers (raw, clean, and analytic) * created and maintained all dags and plugins in airflow * created first dbt jobs during migration project * connected and managed data from marketing APIs * created data architecture ERD for platform redesign * produced realtime streaming from firebase * created reporting in Mode for various AB experiments * combined and cleaned data from Firestore and multiple Postgres databases * combined and cleaned data from Segment and GA4 for website clickstream analysis
  • GoDaddy
    Sr Data Engineer
    GoDaddy
    Dec 2018 - Jul 2021 (2 years 8 months)
    • Innovated with using Pyspark to process production traffic data sets. • Built end to end pipeline for Google Analytics data from BigQuery ingest to egress in Hive, later AWS. • Coordinated with data platform team in order to hand off ingest and cleaning process. • Built and automated ETLs in Hadoop using Git, Oozie, and Shell scripting. • Innovated new documentation including data flow diagrams with Gliffy. • POC on unnesting json/avro with pyspark. • POC on migrating pipelines from oozie to airflow. • POC on migrating processing from on-prem hadoop to aws using emr/ec2.
  • Facebook
    Data Engineer – Signal & Identity
    Facebook
    Aug 2018 - Nov 2018 (4 months)
    • Designed pipelines for core data sets for the Signal Resilience initiative • Created dashboards for the monitoring of the first party cookie rollout for Pixel
  • Concur
    BI ETL Developer
    Concur
    Apr 2016 - Jul 2018 (2 years 4 months)
    BI - ETL Developer • Evaluated new cloud platform and software for big data analysis infrastructure. • Created ERD and functional specs for Hadoop data marts. • Built and automated ETLs in Hadoop using Git, Jenkins, and Shell scripting. • Researched and documented GDPR compliant scrubbing processes. R&D TripLink - Senior Business Analyst • Created new POC for both curating Big Data sources and the new fuzzy matching algorithm. • Investigated and created 3 new algorithms for the blind spend reporting in Hadoop using Hive. • Documented the new methodology, workflow, and algorithms for internal customers. • Presented analysis highlights directly to clients and internal stakeholders. • Developed automation with Oozie and Hive for workflows in
  • RootMetrics
    Data & Product Quality, Analyst & Manager
    RootMetrics
    Oct 2011 - Mar 2016 (4 years 6 months)
    Product Quality, Analyst Manager • Demonstrated initiative in assessing the needs of internal customers and built solutions addressing those needs. • Provided leadership and focus to the team, maintaining quality assurance, data integrity, and timely delivery of each product. • Evaluated and communicated data requirements to the engineering team and the analytics team. • Developed and implemented best practices and process documentation for new and existing products. • Analyzed market results to identify key performance changes, trends, and competitive insights. • Provided quality assurance of each product to identify possible issues and/or incorrect technical information. Data Quality, Analyst Manager • Built a team of dedicated Quality A
  • THE REGENCE GROUP
    Sales Analyst III
    THE REGENCE GROUP
    Jul 2008 - Oct 2011 (3 years 4 months)
    Sales Analyst III • Implemented cradle to grave external broker bonus payment programs. • Developed and maintained traditional RDBMS databases and systems within an Oracle environment. • Conducted data cleansing and payment validation for internal compensation programs. • Provided comprehensive data analysis and reporting, including discrepancy identification and resolution.
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    Data Analysis Coordinator
    United Behavioral Health
    Jan 2000 - Jan 2007 (7 years 1 month)
    Data Analysis Coordinator • Created and maintained traditional RDBMS databases. • Delivered statistical analysis and reporting. • Led software training for staff at various levels. • Managed staff workloads and prioritization.
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    Certificate, Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration
    UW Professional Continuing Education
    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016 (1 year)
  • Academy of Art University
    BFA, Computer Animation and VFX
    Academy of Art University
    Jan 2002 - Dec 2007 (6 years)
  • Northern Arizona University
    BA, Psychology / Music
    Northern Arizona University
    Jan 1995 - Dec 1999 (5 years)
  • Northern Arizona University
    Northern Arizona University
    Northern Arizona University
  • Academy of Art University
    Academy of Art University
    Academy of Art University
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    The Guiding Principle Award
    Regence
    Jan 2009
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    The Chairman Award
    United Behavioral Health
    Jan 2005
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