Arno's Data Expertise

Data Engineering in a click

Freelance Data Engineer

Comprehensive data expertise for hire

Ghent, Belgium

arno.plaetinck@hotmail.com

+32 492/57.49.50

Data consulting experience

Over the years, I’ve gathered experience in the data world through full-time projects, part-time projects, obsessive reading of books, personal projects, and many more!

Data Engineering

Experience as Senior DE at 2 full-time projects for 3+ years.

Data Analytics

Very big number fan. Trying to fit everything into a graph that actually tells a story. Strong PBI & DAX base since 2020

Platform Architecture

Greenfield project to create a data platform at 1 client.

Consulting

Providing advice on and off projects for whomever wants to hear it.

Books

The Data Warehouse Toolkit, Fundamentals of Data Engineering, Data Quality Fundamentals, Cost-Effective Data Pipelines, Powerful Python, Designing Data Intensive Applications, The definitive guide to DAX, …

Personal Projects

Created several Personal finance dashboards & calculators but also startup ideas that went nowhere.

Data Skills

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Intimate

Databricks, DAX, PBI, Python, Spark, SQL

Comfortable

Agile, API’s, Azure, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Docker, Excel, Flask, Git, Postman, SQL Server

Have used before

MySQL, PostgreSQL, Websites

Touched it once

Java, NodeJS, Tableau

Dodgeball Belgium Chair

Dodgeball is the ULTIMATE sport for everyone. And I have the honour of spreading the gospel in the Belgian federation.

Ghent Wolves Dodgeball Club member

Been a member of this amazing sportclub since 2018, will leave it when my body is completely broken.

Belgian National Team member

Proud to be able to participate on the National Team. Greatest achievement so far: 7th of Europe! (Men, EC Ireland ’25)

Dodgeball Belgium Treasurer

Helped out our Dodgeball community by being the treasurer of the federation Sep ’22- Aug ’24

Dodgeball Belgium Chair

As of Sep ’24, I’ve taken the wheel in the daily organisation and guide our volunteers to make our sport grow.