Written June 2026

About Raymond

Data engineer meets world.

Professional

I am a data professional with 5 years of experience in the industry, mostly working as a Data Engineer for a government consulting firm, Elder Research, and currently working for a financial technology company, dv01. I originally got into the field through my Masters degree program at the University of Chicago, where I graduated in 2021 with a Master of Science in Computational Analysis and Public Policy. You can see some of the projects I completed during my course of study on the main page.

These days as a Data Engineer at dv01, my daily work includes writing pipeline code in Spark Scala and dbt, running SQL queries for data quality assurance with BigQuery, and automating workflows with Databricks. I do what I can to keep up on the latest Large Language Model capabilities, all the while actively keeping my brain as sharp as possible.

Before getting my Masters, I got my bachelor's in International Studies at Ohio State and, post-graduation, worked 2.5 years at the International Monetary Fund.

Personal

Beyond programming, I am an avid language learner and speak English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Arabic to varying degrees. The first three are the ones I have the best grasp on, having lived many years in countries that speak those languages.

Five or so years ago, I discovered the world of social dancing and have been dancing partner dances ever since. I started with Salsa, really got into Bachata, and these days I have been dancing a lot of Zouk. Forró gets an honorable mention.

I express myself best through writing and hope to some day put my stories into a full book.