Hey there! I'm Matt Dixon.
I am a seasoned data professional with a passion for healthcare technology. My professional journey has taken me from the ed-tech space where I worked at a small tech firm all the way to the big-tech world of Amazon. Along the way I have experienced my fair share of the corporate world, having worked at three health systems over the last 10+ years. I am currently at Northwell Health working as a Cloud Architect, where I get to influence and ultimately execute on the organization's hybrid multi-cloud technology strategy. I have deep experience and hold certifications across all three major public clouds.
Beyond the world of tech, I find happiness as both a father and husband. My family helps to bring balance to my life; Something that I personally believe is paramount to leading a meaningful and fulfilling life.
In my free time I enjoy reading, fitness and anything pushing me to get outdoors. I read various types of books from fictional thrillers to self-help to autobiographies and everything in between. Since 2020 I have been documenting all the books I have read here, if you’re interested. Recently I have also gotten back into writing for a multitude of reasons (that I actually talk about here in more detail). I took this hobby one step further and started a blog. Like my reading habit, this blog covers a plethora of topics ranging from self-help to technical articles. I hope you enjoy it!
Reading has been called the single most important habit one can poses. I agree and have dove into this habit head first over the last few years, finishing a book every month on average. My preference tends to skew towards non-fiction books focused around professional and personal development but I have made a conscious effort to incorporate more fiction recently. If you interested what I am currently reading or have read in the past come take a look at my book log!
READING
Writing has proven itself as a valuable tool in my life. From to-do lists to brain-dumping, journalling, and blogging writing has become a daily habit. Your brain is not meant to store every fact you have ever heard, or remember every event that is upcoming or even to remember to complete a simple task at work; Our brains work much better when they are clear of this clutter and free to ideate. If you're curious about personal or professional development, or you’re a data and technology nerd like me, come check out the blog!
WRITING
February 2025
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Database Engineer
Online Credential
February 2023
Databricks Lakehouse Fundamentals
Online Credential
October 2021
Certified Spark NLP Data Scientist
October 2021
Certified Spark NLP Healthcare Data Scientist
January 2021
Azure Data Fundamentals
Online Credential
April 2023 - August 2024
Staff Data Engineer | Northwell Health - Northwell Holdings
December 2023
Google Cloud Digital Leader
Online Credential
August 2024 - Present
Cloud Architect | Northwell Health - Cloud Center of Excellence
Feb 2015 – May 2017
Database Developer (May 2015 – May 2017) | Custom Computer Specialists
Database Developer Intern (February 2015 – May 2015) | Custom Computer Specialists
Architecting Northwell’s hybrid multi-cloud enterprise technology footprint
As a key contributor, I spearheaded the zero-to-one scaling of a best-in-class, multi-cloud data platform, housing TBs of data, resulting in a remarkable 50% reduction in project-level data engineering efforts and strengthening our ability to efficiently deliver data assets to stakeholders.
Directed the technical implementation and delivery cycles of the organization's strategic commercialization of data assets.
Provided technical leadership on multiple projects, fostering cross-functional interdisciplinary collaboration throughout the health system, involving both internal and external partners.
Acted as a technical advisor and subject matter expert on various system-wide data integration initiatives.
Provided mentorship and effectively managed the department's technical team members.
Advised the Northwell Ventures' investment arm, offering technical diligence throughout investment cycles.
July 2022 – April 2023
Data Engineer II (L5) | Amazon.com, Inc.
Leveraged AWS cloud technologies (Redshift, Lambda, S3, EMR (SparkSQL), Lake Formation, Redshift Spectrum, RDS, Glue, etc.) to build, deploy and maintain data pipelines processing upwards of 100TBs per day.
Designed and implemented automation frameworks in support of targeted marketing (creation of customer cohorts), KPI development and financial reporting.
Constructed self-service reporting mechanisms (via Amazon QuickSight), resulting in greatly reduced time-to-insight and a streamlined experience for our stakeholders.
Implemented mechanisms (Code Review process, CI/CD for our production pipelines and various Standard Operation Procedure documents), allowing our team to insist on the highest standards while still staying nimble in our delivery timeframes.
Operational management of data infrastructure (Redshift, Glue/ S3, EMR) housing over 500 TBs of data across all services.
Mentored colleagues on data engineering best practices and career development
July 2021 – July 2022
Northwell Health - Quantitative Intelligence
Constructed reporting processes that facilitated the automation of auditing, business intelligence, analytics and data driven notification streams through technologies such as Crystal Reports, Tableau, PowerShell, Python, and SQL Server Data Tools
Technical lead on centralized Radiology data warehouse, leveraged by multiple facets of the institution as a holistic and consolidated view into the organization’s Radiology data
Spearheaded the Radiology Tableau initiative to provide a self-service data visualization tool for leadership
Mentored and help up-skill colleagues in SQL and Python
Designed data infrastructure to streamline the transfer of DICOM data from our clinical PACS archive to our research environment.
Production support as needed with all Radiology centric applications including GE Centricity PACS, GE Zero Footprint Viewer (ZFP), PACSHealth, DoseMonitor, GE Workflow Manager, GE Universal Viewer, GE Centricity RIS-IC, Nuance Powerscribe 360.
Developed client Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) packages within Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS, later SSIS, later SSDT) allowing for integration with third party vendors (i.e. transportation services, special education services, nutrition services, etc.) via a multitude of protocols including SFTP, FTP, SMB, FTPS, etc.
Developed a SQL-native data validation and transformation tool to further streamline our inter-database conversion process by implementing extensible record and set-based validation routines, an automated logging construct and notification streams
Assisting senior level database developers with various database management tasks (user management, database backups, log management, etc.)
Architected a centralized, scalable platform, to support the institutes data science projects integrating a multitude of data sources from internal and
external partners.
Designed a framework to extract insights from unstructured data (physician notes, images, metadata, etc.) utilizing Apache Spark.
Engineered an end-to-end data platform to support ingestion, cleansing, and surfacing of wearable device (Fitbit) data, supporting the research
efforts of the group.
Leveraged Tableau to create complex dashboards, to surface data to researchers.
Built data pipelines to support the normalization and structured storage of JSON data delivered from outside vendors.
May 2017 – July 2021
Senior Programmer Analyst (Jan 2019 – July 2021) | Stony Brook Hospital Medical Center
Lead Programmer Analyst (May 2017 – Jan 2019) | Stony Brook Hospital Medical Center
June 2012 – June 2015
Computer Operator | Long Island Community Hospital
(FKA: Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center)
February 2020
MCSE: Data Management and Analytics
Online Credential
March 2019
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development
Online Credential
June 2024
Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer
Online Credential