SAMUEL DEBRUYN - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Cloud Data Solution Architect

Sam Debruyn currently works as a Technical Lead Data & Cloud at Dataroots . At the age of 10, he began to read programming books and it never stopped fascinating him. In the next decade, he continued to develop this passion by learning about different programming languages and technologies and ended up making a career out of his hobby. After gaining 4 years of experience in data & cloud engineering and after about 10 years of experience in software engineering and architecture, he embarked on the mission of tech lead for the data & cloud unit at Dataroots. Sam has worked on tens of projects in multiple sectors with companies of all sizes and varying technologies. This includes small companies like local start-ups, multinationals, as well as banks and one of Belgium's biggest players in the public transportation sector. He started his career in mobile application development with Xamarin and transitioned into focusing more on cloud technologies. In 2020 he made the switch to data engineering. In the role of tech lead data & cloud at Dataroots, Sam is responsible for the technical aspects of the cloud and data engineering projects. By working closely with customers, he designs and advises on building, extending, and using data platforms to match their exact needs. He coaches and guides teams through technical challenges and helps them to grow. The Microsoft stack is where Sam feels at home. By using Microsoft Azure from when it was still called Windows Azure and by working with all aspects of the cloud, he became a trusted source of knowledge for his colleagues and customers. In 2024 Sam received the Microsoft MVP award in the Data Platform category.