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The people behind brickster.ai

brickster.ai is built by data engineers who spend their days in Databricks, Spark, and modern data platforms, and who wanted a focused home for the Databricks community.

Maxim Konev
Maxim Konev
Lead Data & AI Engineer
Databricks Partner Champion

Experienced Lead Data & AI Engineer with 15+ years delivering advanced data and analytics solutions across government, finance, and enterprise sectors in Australia, UAE, and Europe. Proven expertise in Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and modern data platforms. Skilled in designing scalable data architectures, enabling self-service BI, and leading platform migration initiatives. MSc in Computer Science with multiple Microsoft and Databricks certifications. Named a Databricks Partner Champion in August 2026, an invitation-only credential awarded after a panel of Databricks Solutions Architects reviews your delivery work.

Skills
AzureDatabricksData ArchitectureSelf-service BIPlatform Migration
Certifications
Databricks Certified Generative AI Engineer AssociateDatabricks Certified Data Engineer ProfessionalDatabricks Certified Data Engineer AssociateAzure Databricks Platform ArchitectMicrosoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer AssociateMicrosoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer AssociatePartner Training — Financial Services Gen AI & LLM Specialization
Mayank Malhotra
Mayank Malhotra
Data Engineering Specialist

Data Engineering Specialist with 10+ years across retail, banking, and finance: building, optimizing, and monitoring large-scale data pipelines, plus data migration and modelling.

Skills
PySparkDatabricksPythonSQLMongoDBApache AirflowOpenTelemetryDynatrace
Cloud
AWS (Redshift, S3, MWAA)Azure (ADLS, ADB, ADF, Synapse)
Certifications
Databricks Data Engineering ProfessionalDatabricks DE AssociateSpark Developer AssociateAzure Databricks Platform ArchitectDatabricks GenAI FundamentalsAWS CLF-01MIT Data Architect Associate
Achievements
6× Databricks CertifiedPublished a Databricks book3× Star Award winner
Lily Snezhina
Lily Snezhina
Senior AI & Data Analyst

IT professional with 10+ years delivering AI and BI reports and dashboards for business users and executive leadership. Covers the full Power BI lifecycle, from concept and requirements gathering through deployment and user onboarding. Microsoft has featured her reports on its own site. Enjoys picking up new technology and working as part of a team. Runs excel-powerbi.com.

Skills
Power BIDAXData ModellingData VisualizationDatabasesAnalytical Skills
Focus
AI agents and workflowsReporting and BI deliveryCustomer analytics (CES, NPS)
Certifications
Business Data Analysis with Microsoft Excel and Power BI
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