Tom Bailey

Hi! My name is Tom Bailey. Thanks for checking out my ‘About me’ section.I’ve worked in technology consulting for nearly a decade, helping a diverse range of clients in industries from automotive to consumer goods transform their business needs into robust technical solutions. I’ve assumed many roles during that time, but I’m primarily interested in cloud data & software engineering!As a consultant I’ve had to move from project to project, which always brings with it the necessity and opportunity to learn. This is one aspect of my job that I've always loved, picking up new technologies, learning their ins and outs and delivering a creative and practical solution.I’ve worked with early big data systems like Cloudera, HorntonWorks, HBase and Spark and more recently streaming & cloud technologies like Amazon Web Services, Apache Kafka and Snowflake. I’ve been fortunate enough to earn:  - the AWS Certified Developer Associate certification,  - the Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka certification,  - Snowflake’s SnowPro Core certification and   - Snowflake’s SnowPro Advanced Data Engineer certification.Learning coupled with regularly hosting demonstrations and brown-bag sessions really ignited in me a passion for teaching. My personal teaching methodology leans more towards emphasising and building real-world skills, not just reciting facts.It brings me a lot of joy to help others excel in their career and see them thrive, so please reach out if you’ve taken one of my courses, I’d love to hear from you. The best way to do that is to message me on LinkedIn or tag me in a post telling me about your experience with the course or the result of a certification you’re going for.Thanks for taking the time to get to know me. If you’d like to get in touch, please do not hesitate.