Qiang MENG
- Chinese French
- London, the UK
- 15 years in Data Engineering
- (Fashion) Retail Lover
Self-intro
Personal Values & Style
2020
2022
- Levi Strauss & Co.
- Sr. Manager, Global DE
- Belgium, UK
- H&M Group
- Sr. DE
- Sweden
Career Journey
- N Brown Group
- HO DE, DE/MLE/Web/OPS
- UK
Levis
- GCP Cloud Native Lake House - BI, 2024
- Distributed Feature Store - DS, 2023
- AWS -> GCP Migration - MI, 2022
- Centralized Datalake with Data Mesh - BI + DS, 2021
- IBM Mainframe -> GCP Migration - MI, 2024
- GCP Analytics Foundation (Financial Services) - BI, 2025
N Brown Group
How I Lead
Leadership Approach & Values
- People first
- Keep it simple
- Laser-focused on priorities
- Structured & Visual
- Straight-forward communication
- Begin as an observer
How I Lead
Leadership Approach & Values
- People first
- Keep it simple
- Laser-focused on priorities
- Structured & Visual
- Straight-forward
- Begin as an observer
- Time matters over people
- Requests unclear & changing
- Intenral vs Client
- No time observe
How I Lead
How I'm Sometimes Misunderstood
- No prior consulting experience
- Not a native English speaker
- Too straightforward
- Ask many questions to get straight to the point and learn quickly
Appendix
II. Team Building
Team Culture
- Keep it simple
- Straight-forward & open-minded
- We are one team
- Cost-conscious
- Continuous improvement
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- We believe in people
- Keep fast learning and sharing
4 yrs - Levis
- 15 DEs from 13 nationalities (Asia, America, Europe)
- 100+ stakeholders - BI + DS
- 24.3m USD FS23
- Global Top 10 Best Data Team 2024 - DataIQ
FE OPS team I founded has been recognized
as Global Top 10 Best Data Teams
for 2024 by DataIQ.
N Brown Group
III. The Work
GCP Analytics Financial Services - BI, 2024
- £350k project for 3 mths to start
- Total £3.5m in GCP for next 3 years
- Team of 15: 7 DEs, 3 Archi, 2 BA, 1 OPS, 2 PM
Centralized Datalake - BI + AI, 2021
- Levis 1st EU Centralized Data Lake
- Medallion Architecture
- $14.5m annualized benefits FS21
Distributed Feature Store - AI, 2023
- Levis 1st AI-driven Feature Store
- 3 mths - V1.0 in Prod
- Data Governance: Catalog, Leangage, Data Quality
- $24.3m annualized benefits FS23
GCP Cloud Native Lake House - BI, 2024
-
3.3m-> 1.5m cost reduce in FS24 -
1500-> 100 reports (removed 93% duplication) - Cloud-Native GCP for Self-Service Analytics Reporting
