architecture – Welcome to the Blog of Paul Andrew

Hi, I'm Paul and I've been designing and delivering Microsoft data platform solutions for around 15 years now. I've seen it all. The good, the bad and the ugly (for the Clint Eastwood fans). During my career I've worked with customers big and small, national and international, covering almost every industry vertical. I've also been … Continue reading Would you like me to review your data platform architecture? →

About Me

mrpaulandrew

Paul (AKA @mrpaulandrew) is the Founder & CTO of Cloud Formations, a specialist data consultancy based in the UK. With nearly 20 years’ experience designing and delivering Microsoft data architectures, Paul leads a passionate team of engineers, supporting businesses small and large with scalable cloud platforms. Business value delivered through data insights. Over the years, Paul has covered the breadth and depth of design patterns and industry leading concepts, including Lambda, Kappa, Delta Lake, Data Mesh and Data Fabric. Paul is also a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, director for the Data Relay community conference, East Midlands user group leader, book author and mentor. In addition to the day job(s), Paul is a father of three, husband, foodie, runner, blood donor, geek, Lego, and Star Wars fan! Lastly, Paul confesses to enjoying a Ramstein playlist when given half a chance to do some coding for a customer project.