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Ishola Babatunde Isaac

Freelance SQL Developer

United StatesFreelance SQL Developer at Toptal Since February 15, 2019

Isaac has experience developing and deploying machine learning solutions to problems across various domains including computer vision, signal processing, failure prediction, time series forecasting, network security, natural language processing, and 3D reconstruction. Isaac has worked in both small and large organizations and has led projects from idealization to product deployment.

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Alex Ognev

Freelance SQL Developer

United StatesFreelance SQL Developer at Toptal Since July 7, 2020

Alex has 20+ years of experience in software development and data science. He has worked for large companies building enterprise-scale software as well as on small agile teams and solo projects. He's undertaken data analysis, data visualization, and predictive modeling with a heavy emphasis on financial and time-series data over the past decade.

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Harrison Strowd

Freelance SQL Developer

United StatesFreelance SQL Developer at Toptal Since November 4, 2016

Harrison has extensive experience building and maintaining web server applications of all shapes and sizes. The majority of his experience is in Ruby on Rails, but he also has experience with many other languages as well. Harrison has a strong understanding of the entire stack of server-side technologies.

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Mike Maguire

Freelance SQL Developer

United StatesFreelance SQL Developer at Toptal Since November 2, 2017

Mike began his career at Microsoft as a program manager on the Xbox Live team. He went on to pursue a mobile app startup, UpnUp, and then moved into fintech. His first role was as a Lead iOS developer at BLUECHXP, a stock market app for which he was the sole developer and built the app from scratch. He is currently a senior iOS developer for M1 Finance, a mid-stage startup. In addition to a breadth of hands-on experience, Mike has a bachelor's degree in computer science.

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Dan Kozlowski

Freelance SQL Developer

United StatesFreelance SQL Developer at Toptal Since July 8, 2019

Dan is has been working in technology for 20 years and has worked with many large firms such as Oracle and Accenture, with startups and in his own business. His technology focus as of late has been with e-commerce and full-stack web development and dev ops. Through his career, he has many opportunities to architect and deliver large scale solutions to clients but also has been able to stay hands-on with the technology throughout.

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Scott Carmody

Freelance SQL Developer

United StatesFreelance SQL Developer at Toptal Since August 21, 2019

Scott is a data warehouse architect and BI developer with 30 years of industry experience. He specializes in the Microsoft BI stack. He utilizes all aspects including building data marts and data warehouses in SQL Server, ETL with SSIS, SSAS cubes, and creating reports and advanced analytics with SSRS and Power BI. He also has considerable cloud experience with Azure and has worked with Azure SQL Database and Azure Data Factory.

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Eleanor Thomas

Freelance SQL Developer

United StatesFreelance SQL Developer at Toptal Since August 15, 2019

Eleanor is an analytics professional with 7+ years of experience, mostly in financial services/quantitative research and more recently with a healthcare social network. She is proficient in Python and SQL and comfortable with a variety of other programming languages and analytical tools. Her academic background is in mathematics, and she is also experienced with more advanced analytical models and machine learning techniques.

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Chatis Santos

Freelance SQL Developer

United StatesFreelance SQL Developer at Toptal Since April 24, 2018

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” Over the last 7 years, Chatis has accumulated a wealth of technical skills and abilities, while picking up both communication and interpersonal lessons. Creative software engineer, enthusiastic about developing forward-thinking solutions to tomorrow’s productivity problems. Resourceful and adaptable approach to challenges.

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Dan Borstelmann

Freelance SQL Developer

United StatesFreelance SQL Developer at Toptal Since September 6, 2018

Daniel has worked in startups and enterprise companies doing full-stack web and mobile development for the last five years. He is passionate about quality software, valuable user experience, and team delivery of great products. As a freelancer, Daniel uses the best practices he has learned to help his clients achieve their goals.

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Daniel Morris

Freelance SQL Developer

United StatesFreelance SQL Developer at Toptal Since May 17, 2016

Daniel is a software developer who for more than nine years has relished working with all sorts of different technologies such as Node.js, JavaScript, Embedded C, C++, Java, .NET, and some Ruby scripting. He is also capable of quickly adapting to new environments, is a great communicator, and he sees his role as not only as a code monkey but also as a technical adviser. Challenging new problems are his favorite part of the job.

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Mikalai Miatlitski

Freelance SQL Developer

United StatesFreelance SQL Developer at Toptal Since January 22, 2016

Mikalai is a consultant and technical leader with over a decade of experience in the IT industry. He's worked for major clients such as API Outsourcing/Centreviews, Coborns Delivers, and NMDP. His background includes extensive hands-on development and creating specific technical solutions while working on international teams.

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Applied Business Technologies, LLC

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Ronin Play Pty Ltd

Working with Toptal has been a great experience. Prior to using them, I had spent quite some time interviewing other freelancers and wasn't finding what I needed. After engaging with Toptal, they matched me up with the perfect developer in a matter of days. The developer I'm working with not only delivers quality code, but he also makes suggestions on things that I hadn't thought of. It's clear to me that Amaury knows what he is doing. Highly recommended!

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Bulavard, Inc.

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Langlotz Patent & Trademark Works, Inc.

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Mxit

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