Welcome to Nick or Do | Data Integration

Hi, I’m Dominic
a Solutions Consultant Pre-Sales Engineer Data Geek

but you can call me Nick

I can help you liberate, move and transform data for Analytical and Operational use-cases.
Just like how you call my name, Data Integration can be done in more than one way. Let's figure out together what would be the best approach for you.

Believes

What I Believe in

Start with the User

If you don't know what the user needs are, you can't propose the right solution. Don't make any assumptions, talk and listen.

Listen to Understand

We’re not creating for a screen, we’re creating for people. We need to listen hard to learn about the context.

Answer is YES

Everything can be accomplished. Let's figure out how and why!

Keep things Simple

From the way we build, maintain to the way we use.

This might be for Everyone

Everything we create should be clear and easy to understand.

The road to Someday leads to Nowhere

No actions == No Results

15+ Years of Experience

Hightlights

Listen

I'm focused on listening to the customer and understanding their context and challenges before determining if we can offer a solution..

Whiteboarding

Even though my handwriting isn't the neatest, I'm always ready to grab a marker and start drawing to clarify ideas. I'm also comfortable using a digital whiteboard.

Present (Software) Solutions

Once I have a clear understanding of the customer's needs, I enjoy presenting the right solutions, whether on-site or remotely.

Collaborate

It would be unrealistic to think you can do everything alone. I enjoy collaborating with my team and the customer to find the best approach to elevate their journey to the next level.

Working for succesful outcomes

In the world of pre-sales, things eventually come to a close. My goal is to ensure that after the sale, the customer stays satisfied by working closely with the Professional Services and Customer Success teams.

2014 - Present

Qlik

Solution Consultant | 2021 - Present

Being part of the QLIK Data Integration team I work closely with our partners and customers in providing technical know-how on Data Integration and Data- Warehouse/Lake projects with our integration solutions. Scoping the right technical solution required to address customer requirements.

A short overview of my daily activities

Creating and presenting product presentations
Demonstrations and Q&A sessions
Hosting Training sessions
Hosting Deep-Dive sessions
Providing guidance how to evaluate and adopt our products
Develop proof of concept solutions

TIBCO

Solutions Consultant | 2018 - 2021

After the acquisition of Scribe I've became part of the TIBCO Cloud Integration team. The role itself remained the same, however this gave me the opportunity to expand my knowledge regarding data management. This included things like:

Application Integration
API Management
Microservices
Event Driven Architectures

Scribe Software

Pre-Sales Engineer | 2014-2018

My official start in the world of Pre-sales and Data Integration solutions. Up to this point the integration projects I was involved in were mostly done by custom development.
At Scribe we had low/no code integration solutions to connect your business applications together.
I worked closely with our partners and customers in providing technical know-how on Application Integration projects - scoping the right technical solution required to address customer requirements.

2008 - 2014

ID-Ware

Migration Specialist | 2012 - 2014

As a migration specialist I was responsible for leading the functional analysis & product data migration between the systems used for the production of SmartCards. With the goal in mind to create an easy to use portal for both customers and employees in our Online Card Management System.

For customers
Creating an environment where you can request and maintain the use of a SmartCard for Physical Access - Vending - Follow Me printing - SmartLogon etc. purposes.

For employees
Creating a unified environment for both Printing & Encoding of SmartCards regarding the production needed for Customer A or B.

Indicium

Business Consultant | 2008-2012

At Indicium I started as a Systems Engineer working with

Wireless Networks (Cisco & Motorola) - both Indoor and Outdoor sites
Rugged Mobile Computers
Label Printers

But what is hardware without software. So I took the chance to combine our Hardware and Software solutions to better help our customers.

From being part of the presales cycles to setting up the
Functional requirements
Coordination of the software development team
FAT & SAT Testing
Implementation and providing (key) user training

Specialisations

My Specialisations

Application Integration

Application integration refers to the process of connecting different software applications through their respective APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). It enables these applications to seamlessly communicate and share data, functionalities, or services, fostering smooth interactions and streamlining processes across various platforms. Essentially, API integration allows disparate systems to work together, enhancing efficiency and enabling a more unified user experience.

Drag-and-drop interfaces

Real-Time Data Syncing

Workflow Orchestration

Support for Hybrid Environments

Messaging

Messaging enables software applications to connect and scale. It allows for decoupling of applications by separating sending and receiving data. You may be thinking of data delivery or push notifications. Use it for publish / subscribe, asynchronous processing, or work queues. These are patterns form part of messaging.

Decoupling

Publish / Subscribe

Message Queues

Real - Time

Streaming Data

IoT

Data Integration

Data integration is the process of combining data from different sources into a unified view, enabling a consistent and comprehensive dataset. It involves gathering, transforming, and consolidating data from various data sources, to create a single, harmonized dataset. This integrated data can then be used for reporting, analytics, or other business purposes, ensuring that users have access to accurate and up-to-date information

Change Data Capture (CDC)

Data Modeling