Data platform architecture
Designing the shape of a platform before the backlog hardens: domain boundaries, storage patterns, orchestration, governance, and delivery guardrails.
Freelance data engineer + MLOps engineer
Robust data systems for teams that need trustworthy output.
I help organisations consult, design, and implement data and AI foundations that hold up in production: reliable ingestion, thoughtful architecture, pragmatic MLOps, and the operating habits that keep value flowing.
- Trust in
- Value out
- Focus
- Data & AI platforms
- Style
- Critical, cheerful, accountable
robust-data.ops
Live
01
Sources
ERP, events, APIs
02
Quality
Tests, contracts, lineage
03
Platform
Lakehouse, orchestration
04
MLOps
Deploy, monitor, retrain
Companies I have helped
ASML
IKEA
Vanderlande
Leading Aesthetics Group
What I build
Data foundations with production discipline.
The work sits where architecture, implementation, and daily operations meet. Clear enough for leadership, detailed enough for engineers, and robust enough for real business pressure.
Reliable ingestion and transformation
Building pipelines that can be understood, recovered, monitored, and trusted when source systems are messy and timelines are real.
MLOps for practical AI
Turning models and AI initiatives into maintainable workflows with deployment paths, observability, validation, and ownership.
Technical delivery leadership
Taking responsibility, asking the questions that reduce risk, and helping teams keep moving without losing the thread.
Selected implementations
Big environments, practical outcomes.
Precision engineering
ASML
Helped move a product team forward in a complex technical setting, combining deep implementation work with architectural thinking and clear ownership.
Global retail
IKEA
Supported a large data ingestion challenge during a turbulent delivery phase, bringing structure, momentum, and hands-on engineering focus.
Current engagement
Vanderlande
Working in a large-scale automation environment where reliable data flows and operational resilience matter from design through implementation.
Current engagement
Leading Aesthetics Group
Helping a growing organisation make business-critical data more trustworthy, usable, and ready for sharper operational decisions.
References
Trusted by product owners under pressure.
Rob is the kind of person you want on your team. He takes responsibility, always keeps his word, and challenges you with his critical questions.
At times where we were facing complexity and turbulence, he took charge and supported getting us back on track.
How I work
Professional, direct, and a breath of fresh air.
Start with the foundation
The fastest route to AI value is usually not another demo or a newer release. It is better data, cleaner ownership, and trust in the results.
Make complexity visible
I like whiteboards, sharp questions, simple diagrams, and the moment a team can finally name what has been slowing them down.
Own the delivery
Strategy matters, but production matters more. I stay close to the implementation, the operational process, and the people using the system after launch.
Available for freelance projects
Need a robust data or MLOps partner?
Bring the messy system, the ambitious roadmap, or the initiative that needs to become production-grade. I can help turn it into a dependable operating reality.