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Data Engineer Q&A: Hristo Hristov, Coca-Cola Bulgaria

Hristo Hristov is a Global Data & Analytics Team Leader at Coca-Cola Bulgaria. 

With over 25 years of expertise in data and analytics, Hristo, along with his team, was instrumental in constructing the Data Warehouse for a leading Bulgarian telecom operator. Currently at Coca-Cola Bulgaria, Hristo's primary responsibilities involve leadership, talent development, and people management. However, he remains engaged with solution architecture and data engineering. Additionally, Hristo is a Certified Microsoft Azure Solution Architect and Scrum Master.

This year he’s joining the upcoming Upskill Data Engineer program as a guest-lecturer. Read below to learn more about his experience in the field. 

What was your first data-related job?

I started working as a student in the position of Oracle developer - developing information systems based on an Oracle database.

Can you share some work examples?

My team is involved in extracting, processing, and building analytical cubes and reports on production data or data purchased from external agencies related to market research, as well as building a corporate data analysis platform.

What's your biggest success in the field so far? What are you most proud of?

Some of my major career achievements include building a corporate Data Warehouse and establishing processes, workflows, and team culture for data processing and analysis.

What are you going to teach in Upskill Data Engineer?

The topic I will be covering is ETL & DWH Modeling. All topics are interesting and important. With my contribution to the topic of extraction, transformation, loading, and data modeling, I hope to help the participants in the training build a good foundation and gain insight into the next steps on their journey to becoming a Data Engineer.