SIMON VEGELAHN

Data Engineer | Business Informatics

About

Data Engineer at Siemens AG building analytics infrastructure, ML systems, and self-service reporting. Originally a state-certified chemical-technical assistant, I transitioned to IT four years ago. Currently completing my Business Informatics degree at Fontys Venlo (Feb 2026). Stack: Snowflake, dbt, Python, Power BI, SQL, Git.

Data Analytics • Snowflake • Applied Machine Learning • dbt • Python

WORK EXPERIENCE

Student Employee, Data Governance Siemens AG | Mar 2025 - Present
  • Development of 5 Power BI Dashboards for self-service analytics and management reporting in controlling and specialist departments.
  • Building and maintaining data products for enterprise-wide use; refactoring existing pipelines, adapting to restructuring.
  • Contributing to establishing modular dbt standards across dozens of sources; 60% reduction in computational processing time.
  • Full development of a time series forecasting system for fire protection and security technology (SI B); MAPE <16%.
  • Development of an ML classification system for lead scoring (91%+ accuracy) as part of the COMET initiative.
  • Documentation of existing data products and dashboards to build a knowledge base.
Student Employee, Project Management & Management Tooling Siemens AG | Feb 2022 - Feb 2025
  • Development of VBA tools for management and sales; time savings of approximately 1 to 2 hours per week per project.
  • Building an automated onboarding system with role-based notifications, permission requests, and equipment ordering.
  • Processing of over 110 contract extensions in SAP for sales.
  • Quantity surveying (cable measurement) for a multi-story hospital construction project at Uniklinikum Düsseldorf.
Lab Technician Quality Control Mayr-Melnhof Karton GmbH | Aug 2020 - May 2021
  • Conducted quality control testing and maintained technical documentation in a production environment.
  • Ensured compliance with GLP standards.
  • Initially employed via Jobactive GmbH (Aug 2020 - Mar 2021), transitioned to direct hire.
Logistics Employee flaschenpost SE | Feb 2020 - May 2020
  • Warehouse operations and inventory management.
Chemical Laboratory Technician Intern Bergische Universität Wuppertal | Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
  • Performed laboratory techniques including wet chemistry procedures in an academic research setting.
  • Assisted a Ph.D. candidate in a research project.

EDUCATION

Fontys Venlo University of Applied Sciences 2021 - 2026

Bachelor (B.Sc.), Business Informatics (Wirtschaftsinformatik)

Fontys Venlo University of Applied Sciences Sep 2023 - Jan 2024

International Business Management Minor

Heinrich-Hertz-Berufskolleg Düsseldorf 2019 - 2020

State-certified Chemical-Technical Assistant (Staatlich geprüfter Chemisch-technischer Assistent)

Marie-Curie Gymnasium Neuss 2011 - 2019

Abitur (General Higher Education Entrance Qualification)

CERTIFICATIONS

GCCEP Data Engineering Professional Certificate by Snowflake Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity Advanced Data Engineering with Snowflake dbt Fundamentals

PROJECTS

Forecasting of Material Data

Implementation of a forecasting model to predict material requirements, optimizing delivery times and reducing costs.

Applied Machine Learning • Regression Analysis • Snowflake Notebook • SQL • Python

Enterprise Data Products

Implementation of data products for analytics purposes in accordance with defined best practices, thereby supporting the reduction of runtimes by up to 79%.

SQL • Snowflake • PowerBI • Python

University Social Platform

Team creation of a prototype for a university social and networking platform. Received with great enthusiasm. Project selected for continued development and handed over to subsequent team with full and detailed documentation.

Kotlin • AndroidSDK • Material UI • Cytoscape • REST APIs • Figma

Web Development Projects

Design and implementation of websites for SMEs. Freelance work.

TypeScript • Vue • React • Wordpress • Figma

AMI Design System

Open source CSS design system focused on accessibility and a welcoming aesthetic. WCAG AA/AAA compliant, zero JavaScript, ~15KB minified. Available on GitHub and npm.

CSS • WCAG Accessibility • Design Systems • npm

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Development Python, Java, Kotlin, REST APIs, OAuth2
Data & ML SQL, Snowflake, dbt, R, Python, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Applied Machine Learning
Web Vue, React, Cytoscape, Wordpress
Tools Git, Linux, Bash, Excel, Docker, Agile Methodologies, BPMN, VBA, Process Automation
Languages German (Native), English (Native/Bilingual)