Available for work
Evan Appel
Data & Applied-AI Engineer
Data and applied-AI engineer with 10+ years turning data into decisions. I build with agentic tools across the full stack — web apps, TUIs, and data pipelines — and pair that fluency with the engineering discipline (TDD, CI/CD, validation) that makes agent-built software durable. Currently leading a 30-project SAS-to-Python migration onto Snowflake and recognized as the Python & Git authority for a 100-analyst organization.
Projects
A selection of things I've built. All source code is on GitHub.
Guzzolene: Gas Economics Tracker
Tracks personal gas purchase history for a Mazda 3 Sport to see whether fuel economy has measurably changed, and to put price swings in the context of geopolitical events. Plots cost per mile overlaid with WTI crude oil prices.
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Resume
Experience, skills, and education
Skills
Experience
Marketing Analyst
Credit One Bank
Feb 2023 – Present
- –Formal lead on a 30-project, ~25,000-line SAS-to-Python migration onto the bank's Snowflake Enterprise Data Platform, directing six engineers of varying Python levels — with standardized packaging, a pytest validation methodology (cached fixtures, CI without a live DB), and the team's first GitLab CI/CD pipeline.
- –Led a three-person team to 3rd place in the bank's first AI Hackathon (bank-wide, C-suite judges) with an agent-built tool that turned hundreds of PDFs into infographics, dashboards, and decks — weeks of work compressed to ~1 hour.
- –Apply agentic development daily and drive Python, Git, and agent-tool adoption across a 100-analyst org via weekly workshops (since Aug 2024) and a 5,000-line internal manual adopted org-wide.
- –Only engineer in the department shipping code to DevOps for production; built the Brand Team ETL feeding a Tableau dashboard and integrated Snowflake with GitHub for version-controlled deployment.
Data Analyst
Coin Cloud
Jan 2021 – Dec 2022
- –Owned weekly cash-pickup route design for a cryptocurrency-ATM fleet from per-ATM fill data — balancing lost transactions against agent time, with direct financial and operational stakes.
- –Acting backup manager; mentored junior analysts. SQL / Python / Tableau / Redshift.
Data Analyst, Engineering Dept.
Precision Opinion
Dec 2019 – Jan 2021
- –Wrote SQL reporting for call-center management; owned PM and requirements gathering — the interface translating business stakeholders to the engineering team on a bespoke timekeeping software build.
Data Analyst → Data Scientist
Forms Direct
May 2012 – Oct 2019
- –Self-directed path from marketing content writer to in-house data analyst over 7+ years (SQL, Python, Excel, Mode Analytics); managed a small remote team.
Education
B.A. Journalism, Minor in Sociology
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2007 – 2012
Certifications
- –Snowflake Hands-On Essentials — Data Warehousing & Data Lake
- –PyCon US 2026 — incl. "Professional Python: From Vibes to Verification" (Matt Harrison)
- –Codecademy Data Engineer path (in progress, 2026)
Get in Touch
I'm open to new opportunities. Feel free to reach out via any of the channels below.