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A Cloud Formations Short Story

Posted on October 2, 2023September 25, 2023 by mrpaulandrew

Starting a company is a long process. In our case, something that was conceived over 4 years ago, and took a while to take hold as a concept. Afterall, you can't form a business partnership with a complete stranger! This is the simple story of how Dan and I met, and how Cloud Formations came … Continue reading A Cloud Formations Short Story →

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mrpaulandrew

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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.

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