Senior Database Architect · 20+ Years

I design the data platforms enterprises can't afford to lose.

Twenty years architecting, migrating, and tuning database platforms for trading desks, asset managers, and global banks. GALVISINC brings that same rigor to consulting engagements — from a single slow query to a multi-petabyte cloud migration.

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Available for new engagements Remote & on-site, NY/NJ area Snowflake · AWS · SingleStore

Career background includes engagements at

LiveRamp SingleStore Bank of America Citigroup Deutsche Bank AllianceBernstein Goldman Sachs Asset Management JPMorgan Chase SunGard

Executive summary

Hands-on across relational, columnar, in-memory, and distributed systems.

I've worked as developer, DBA, engineer, architect, and manager — which means I design systems with an honest sense of what it takes to run and support them at 2am, not just diagram them.

Most of my career has been inside financial services, where the database is the business: asset management, investment banking, and high-volume retail banking platforms that can't go down. I bring that same standard to every engagement, regardless of industry.

I currently lead a database engineering team at LiveRamp, so beyond the technical work I also bring hands-on experience with hiring, mentoring, on-call structure, and running a team against SLAs and delivery KPIs — useful if an engagement calls for interim leadership, not just architecture.

20+ yrs

Across relational, columnar, in-memory & distributed databases

10+ PB

Legacy data migrated to cloud platforms

50%

Reduction in CPU/memory load & query times through tuning

$30M/yr

Saved via a never-down architecture for a 40M-user platform

What I do

Three ways most engagements start

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Architecture

Design it right the first time

Schema design, platform selection, and data warehouse architecture for systems built to scale.

Migration & performance

Fix what's slow or stuck on legacy

Cloud migrations, query and index tuning, and distributed system performance work.

Pipelines & support

Keep it running after launch

ETL/ELT automation, CI/CD for data, and production support frameworks that hold up at 3am.

Recent roles

A track record of senior database architecture work

2022 – Present

Senior Architect & Technical Lead Manager

LiveRamp

Lead a database engineering organization of up to nine engineers — owning hiring, coaching, and on-call readiness — while migrating 10+ PB of legacy data to Snowflake and cutting CPU, memory, and query response times by roughly half through tuning, indexing, and partitioning.

2021 – 2022

Senior Database Engineer · Practice Lead, DBaaS

SingleStore

Built client-facing database-as-a-service onboarding, architecture reviews, and AWS data lake integrations across multiple customer environments.

2018 – 2021

Senior Database Architect · SME, Distributed Databases

Bank of America (Contractor)

Architected a never-down, low-latency reference data system supporting 90% of the bank's 40 million online users, saving an estimated $30M annually. Mentored junior engineers on cross-database development and ran knowledge-transfer workshops to prepare the team for ongoing support.

2016 – 2018

Senior Database Developer & Team Lead

Citigroup — GFTS Center of Excellence (Contractor)

Implemented one of the largest distributed database platforms for balance sheet adjustments, cutting processing time from 24 hours to under 4. Led production support teams across SingleStore, Netezza, and Sybase IQ under a global delivery model.

Earlier roles include database architect & team lead positions at Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, a VP – Senior DBA role at AllianceBernstein, a database engineer role at JPMorgan Chase, and a DBA & team lead role at SunGard — full history available on request.

Certifications

SnowPro Core SnowPro Advanced: Data Engineer AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner AWS Certified Data Engineer — Associate SingleStore Certified Administrator SingleStore Certified Developer Oracle Certified PL/SQL Developer MCTS — SQL Server SAP Certified IQ & ASE Professional PCAP — Certified Python Programmer