About

Mick Dreeling is an accomplished Engineering Manager with over 18 years of experience in the tech industry. He is currently leading the Streaming Data Engineering team at Netflix, where he and his team are responsible for curating, processing, and presenting information on the Playback Experience for Netflix customers. This data is crucial for the company, and Mick's team ensures that the best possible information is delivered to internal stakeholders, leading to an improved Netflix experience for everyone. Prior to joining Netflix, Mick was the Head of Data Engineering at Riot Games, where he led the Data Engineering group to about 35-40 people during the staggering growth of League of Legends. He deployed smaller embedded teams into the R&D phases of Valorant and others. Mick's responsibilities included ownership of both the platform side and the data modelling and warehousing side, and he administered and curated one of gaming's largest Data-Warehouse's using Hadoop, Hive, and Vertica. Mick's educational background includes a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the Waterford Institute of Technology and a Foundations of Data Science certification from UC Berkeley Extension. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Computing from the Waterford Institute of Technology. Mick's technical expertise includes Data Engineering, Data Science, Hadoop, Senior Software Engineering, iOS, Apache Hive, Java, Elastic Search, Kafka, and Big Data. He is passionate about iOS Development, FPGA development, Electronics, and fixing Neo-Geo's and Pontiac Firebirds. Overall, Mick is a highly skilled and experienced Engineering Manager with a proven track record of delivering successful projects and leading teams to success.