Colin Kish

Colin Kish has over 20 years of work experience in database development and administration. Colin is currently working as a SQL Data Engineer at hublsoft since August 2020. Before that, they worked at Jet2.com and Jet2holidays as a Senior Business Intelligence Developer from September 2018 to March 2020. Colin also worked as a SQL Developer/DBA for the same company from April 2018 to August 2018. Prior to this, Colin worked at Zeta Global for 9 years as a Tech Lead, specializing in SQL Server and MySQL development for ETL, BI, and data warehousing projects. Colin has experience in managing and designing complex database solutions for high profile international clients. Before Zeta Global, Colin worked as a Senior SQL Server Professional at tombola from July 2007 to June 2009 and at Computershare Loan Services from February 2003 to July 2007, where they were responsible for BI and MI reporting using SSRS and Excel. Colin began their career at Siemens in 2001 as an SQL Server Professional, where they developed and administered OLTP databases for the power generation industry. Colin also worked at Industrial Technology Systems as an SQL Server Professional from November 1999 to May 2001, and at Motherwell Bridge Ltd as a Systems Engineer from June 1997 to November 1999.

Colin Kish's education history includes a UCPD in Developing Personalised Business Intelligence Solutions with Power BI from Teesside University in 2020. Prior to that, they obtained a 1st Class Honours degree in Software Engineering from Teesside University, spanning from 1993 to 1997.

Colin also holds several additional certifications, including C# Generics, Object-Oriented Programming Fundamentals in C#, C# Fundamentals, Introduction to Graph Databases, Cypher, and Neo4j, Monitoring MySQL with Performance Schema, MySQL Fundamentals, MySQL Fundamentals Part 2, MySQL Indexing for Performance, AWS Concepts, AWS Essentials (2019), MySQL Backup and Recovery Fundamentals, MySQL Query Optimization and Performance Tuning, MySQL Workbench Guided Tour, Effective Quick Insights and Q&A in Power BI, Advanced Microsoft Power BI, Building Your First Power BI Report, Common DAX Expressions and Scenarios Power BI Playbook, Continuous Delivery and DevOps with Azure DevOps: Managing Builds, Continuous Delivery and DevOps with Azure DevOps: The Big Picture, and Creating Dashboards with Power BI. These certifications were obtained from institutions such as Pluralsight, Udemy, and LinkedIn between 2020 and 2021.