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A personal blog? How old-school. Still, having a place for random musings that isn’t monetized to hell and back by people whose humanity is suspect has some value to me. Scroll on…

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Glen Pennington

I have over 30 years of IT experience in the application of computer technology to the fields of consumer credit, marketing, accounting, finance, sensory analysis, and manufacturing. I have deep experience in database development using metadata driven solutions for ETL (Extract Transform Load), Data Profiling, and Data Quality. I have extensive experience developing systems in many languages and on several platforms (Mac, Unix, Windows) and can perform as both a developer and as a project manager (certified SCRUM Master and SAFe Agilist).

This blog contains my musings on various IT topics.

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