Steven Cooper

Background

About Steven Cooper

I love to create. Whether it is web, algorithmic or data based, creating solutions and then seeing them being used is something I am really passionate about. I consider myself to be a diverse fast learner who actively seeks out new challenges. I started programming at University with C, C++, SQL and Java. I went out on placement to Razoom during my degree where I was a part of a team creating web applications for the automotive industry using a variety of technologies including Javascript, C#, VB and ASP.Net. In July '14 I graduated with a Second Class First Division BSc in Applied Computer Engineering from the University of Reading. The experience of a year in industry helped me achieve a First Class in my dissertation project 'Computer Vision for Interactive Applications'. I joined dunnhumby in Sept '14 and began working in the big data space. In the 5 years that I have been working there I have been exposed to an array of new technologies and methodologies. I started working with SAS and Exadata solutions before moving into the Hadoop ecosystem using Hive and Spark to build out new ETL solutions. For the last two and a half years I have been helping to bring solutions to the Cloud and build out our Data Platform solutions.