Derek Troy-West

Co-Founder

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia25 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-founder of innovative data engineering tools.
Expert in building scalable streaming-compute platforms.
Proven track record in delivering complex projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert specializing in data engineering and streaming-compute solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data EngineeringApache KafkaApache FlinkStreaming-compute PlatformsTrading SystemsWeb DevelopmentProject DeliveryArchitecture ReviewConsulting

Other Skills

KafkaFlinkApache CassandraApache StormGlobal Equity DerivativesGlobal retail siteLEGOGreenfield projectsJava architectureJava consultingInternet developmentTDDAgile MethodologiesSpringSOA

About

Co-Founder & CEO at Factor House

Experience

25 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Factor house

Co-Founder & CEO

Oct 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 8 mos · Greater Melbourne Area

We make Kpow for Apache Kafka, Flex for Apache Flink, and Factor Platform - the unified control-plane for Data Engineering.

KafkaFlinkData EngineeringApache Kafka

Troy-west

Founder & CEO

Nov 2012 – Oct 2019 · 6 yrs 11 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Worked with leading clients in AU/NZ to deliver highly available, linearly scalable, streaming-compute platforms. Our consultancy specialized in Apache Kafka, Apache Cassandra, and Apache Storm.
Started Melbourne Distributed, the meetup where our community shares their real-world project delivery experience with distributed systems.

Apache KafkaApache CassandraApache StormStreaming-compute platforms

Ubs investment bank

Consultant

Jul 2011 – Sep 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos · London

Built trading systems for complex structured products in Global Equity Derivatives.

Trading systemsGlobal Equity Derivatives

E2x limited

Consultant

Aug 2010 – Jul 2011 · 11 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Worked with a small team to deliver a new global retail site for LEGO.

Global retail siteLEGOWeb development

Fortis bank

Consultant

Sep 2007 – Feb 2010 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Worked with a small team to deliver a major greenfield life and health project at Fortis.

Greenfield projectsProject delivery

Fidelity investments

Consultant

Jul 2006 – Jun 2007 · 11 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Provided a strategic review of Fidelity's Java architecture prior to the splitting of Special Situations, at the time the UK's largest investment fund.

Java architectureArchitecture review