I turn enterprise data into decisions that scale across the globe
I'm Dione Fraga, a senior data engineer with 15+ years building data lakehouses, ETL pipelines and BI platforms for enterprises across Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, India and China.
Databricks Certified Professional · Microsoft Fabric Engineer
From raw source to executive dashboard
End-to-end coverage of the data platform — architecture, engineering and delivery.
Data Lakehouse Architecture
Medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) on Delta Lake and Databricks, governed with Unity Catalog. A single, reliable, scalable source of truth.
ETL & Integration Pipelines
Automated, idempotent, monitored pipelines with Azure Data Factory, SSIS, PySpark and Python. From API and legacy database ingestion to the consumption layer.
Executive BI & Analytics
Power BI dashboards executives actually use — operational KPIs, semantic models and auditable metrics ready for decisions.
Cloud & Modernization
Migrating legacy data warehouses and processes to Azure and Databricks. Lower cost, better scale and new use cases unlocked.
Governance & Data Quality
Catalog, lineage, access control and quality validation. GDPR/LGPD compliance and data the business can trust.
Advisory & Enablement
Architecture assessment, tooling decisions and team training for self-service analytics — from technology selection to go-live.
Technologies I work with every day
Production-grade tools used on large-scale, multi-country projects.
Cloud & Lakes
Languages
ETL & Integration
BI & Reporting
Databases
Platforms in production, not proofs of concept
European parking operator
BI platform integrating real-time operational data from 700+ parking facilities across France, in full GDPR compliance. Recognised as an internal benchmark and selected for international rollout.
Global industrial multinational
Analytics solution on Azure Databricks for spare parts, materials and orders, deployed in Germany and Spain and extended to Brazil, Portugal, India and China. Operational KPIs consolidated for global management.
Health Department — RS
Public BI portal (bi.saude.rs.gov.br) with operational and strategic reports for 11 million citizens and 497 municipalities. Awarded at a national epidemiology exhibition.
Products we've built
Beyond consulting, we build our own data and productivity products.
Klockr
Time tracking & invoicing — local-first
A lightweight, private alternative to Clockify: track your hours and issue invoices for free, with your data stored right in your browser. A Brains Up product.
- Time tracking
- Free invoicing
- Local-first & private
- Trilingual
Technical articles & guides
Hands-on content on data modeling, ETL, Azure and Databricks — in Portuguese, English and French.
Incremental ingestion: stop reloading everything every night
Watermarking, change data capture and the patterns that cut cost and processing windows in ETL pipelines.
Read articleSlowly Changing Dimensions Type 2, without the headache
The essential pattern for tracking history in dimensions — explained with a concrete example and the most common mistakes.
Read articleMedallion Architecture: the pattern that organizes your Lakehouse
How the Bronze, Silver and Gold layers turn a chaotic data lake into a reliable, auditable platform.
Read articleE-books that get straight to the point
Complete, practical guides to accelerate your data engineering career.
Practical Data Modeling
From concept to a production-ready dimensional model
View detailsModern ETL with Azure Data Factory
Automated, idempotent, monitored pipelines
View detailsDatabricks Lakehouse: Zero to Professional
Delta Lake, medallion architecture and Unity Catalog in practice
View detailsShall we build your data platform?
Available for remote consulting projects in data engineering and analytics.
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