
Michael Wayne Arnold was born in the Republic of Panama while his father was stationed there in the US Army. While he was a small child and his father was still in the military, Michael’s family would move often — living in multiple places in Tennessee, Georgia, and New Jersey. The Arnolds finally settled down in 1991 in Huntsville, Alabama where Michael would graduate from Virgil I. Grissom High School in 2002. After graduation, Michael would attend The University of Alabama in addition to studying at the Fachhochschule Augsburg in Augsburg, Germany and the Universität Klagenfurt in Klagenfurt, Austria. Michael graduated in 2006 from The University of Alabama with double undergraduate degrees in Management Information Systems and German.
Read more...A simple list to track the books and gadgets that interest me.
Additional randomness can be found on my Pinboard profile and Amazon List.
You can see what I’m reading at my µBlog.
For more about me and my setup, see my slash pages.
The books I’ve read can be found on my µBlog.
Read more...Overcast is my default podcast client and here is the current list of podcast I’m listening to.
Read more...Taken from the list at defaults.rknight.me, these are the default apps I use on desktop and mobile.
Read more...A collection of semi-static pages about who I am, what I use, and what I’m up to.

I am a Data Engineering & Architecture Leader with 15+ years of experience driving enterprise cloud data strategies, modernizing legacy pipelines, enabling data democratization, and delivering scalable platforms for advanced analytics and ML/AI initiatives. I have a proven ability to align data architecture with business priorities, lead cross-functional teams, and deliver measurable outcomes at scale.
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