Hello! My name is Cody (he/him). I’m passionate about progress via technology. Engineer by education & practice, product manager by title.

what is dkdc? #

dkdc is my personal brand. I own several dkdc domains including:

• dkdc.ai: available for $10,000,000, email me
• dkdc.dev: my personal website (you’re here!)
• dkdc.io: my free & open source software projects

professional experience #

Currently Ascend’s Product Lead building the Agentic Data Engineering platform.

Previously a Senior Technical Product Manager at Voltron Data focusing on data interfaces and awesome OSS like Ibis. Previously a Product Manager at dbt Labs focusing on OSS (Python models) and Cloud (internal platform) products. Previously a Product Manager II at Microsoft (AI Platform | Azure ML) focusing on data, MLOps, and v2 developer experiences. Summer engineering internships at Convergent Engineering and Texas Instruments.

Background in electrical engineering (digital logic, signals and systems, embedded systems, mechatronics, VLSI, electronics, etc.) and data science (classical machine learning, neural networks, etc.). Generally technically proficient with a focus on modern data & ML/AI technologies and best practices.

I care about (w.r.t. work):

• OSS & scale
• beautiful design
• elegant engineering
• delightful user experience
• efficient engineering process

See my GitHub and/or LinkedIn for more details on my experience.

email #

cody@dkdc.dev