Summary
Samy Ishak is a senior Vertica-focused solution architect and big data specialist with over a decade of experience delivering scalable database architectures and analytics platforms. Based in California, he currently leads Vertica-focused engagements as Vertica Solution Architect at Micro Focus / Vertica Division since August 2021. His career spans roles at Vertica Consulting Group, Smaato, HP, Avnet, Samsung, and independent consulting, consistently emphasizing Vertica, data-platform design, migration, and performance tuning. Notably, while at HP he led data modeling, migration, and training initiatives and achieved a 3000x performance improvement with Vertica, underscoring his ability to translate complex data challenges into tangible production gains. He earned a Master’s in Software Engineering from San Jose State University, providing a solid academic foundation to his hands-on delivery.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
San José State University
Danish, English