Dylan Hercher
Berkeley
Summary
Dynamic Staff Engineering Manager at Google with a proven track record in cloud migration strategies and technical leadership. Spearheaded the modernization of Postgres replication, enhancing performance and reliability. Passionate about cross-functional collaboration, I drive innovative solutions that accelerate product adoption and customer satisfaction.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Engineering Manager
GOOGLE
Mountain View
01.2021 - Current
- DMS Homogenous Engineering Group Lead (Oct 2023 – Present)
- Spearheaded the modernization of Postgres replication and implemented AG replication for SQL Server, dramatically improving reliability and performance
- Designed and led the development of a scalable validation service for DMS and Datastream to ensure end-to-end data integrity
- Directed cross-team efforts on networking infrastructure, releasing v2 of private connection solutions to enhance customer security and scalability
- Lead 20 engineers developing Control Plane, Replication, Validation, Networking, and customer experience
- Optimized customer supportability processes to meet strict SLOs
- DMS SQL Server Homogenous Lead (Jan – Oct 2023)
- Led the engineering team that designed and launched SQL Server migration support in DMS
- Drove the fastest product adoption in DMS history, with the lowest ongoing support costs
- Oracle to PostgreSQL Team Lead (Jan 2022 – Jan 2023)
- Led the launch of Oracle-to-PostgreSQL replication and code conversion tooling, enabling seamless heterogeneous cloud migrations for enterprise customers
- Strategic Cloud Engineer & Manager (Apr 2020 – Jan 2021)
- Developed and implemented new ETL solutions to support customer transitions and data workflows
- Owned and improved the OSS Data Validation project and customer offboarding experience, reducing churn and increasing product satisfaction
Global Solutions Engineering Manager
ALOOMA
Redwood City
10.2017 - 04.2019
- Company Overview: Acquired by Google
- Managed and scaled a global team of 8 Solutions Engineers focused on customer onboarding and technical success
- Partnered with product and engineering teams to align roadmaps with customer needs, accelerating product-market fit
- Led key initiatives that contributed to tripling company sales revenue year-over-year
- Acquired by Google
Lead Solutions Engineer
ALOOMA
Redwood City
01.2017 - 10.2017
- Company Overview: Acquired by Google
- Built internal tooling and metrics dashboards to optimize sales productivity and technical onboarding
- Created new product use cases that unlocked additional verticals and enterprise accounts
- Acquired by Google
Solutions Engineer
ALOOMA
Redwood City
06.2016 - 01.2017
- Company Overview: Acquired by Google
- Developed Python-based toolkits to streamline proof-of-concept cycles, directly influencing sales conversion
- Contributed to production features to resolve urgent customer issues and close strategic deals
- Acquired by Google
Data Science Instructor
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
New York
05.2014 - 06.2016
- Taught 12-week immersive courses on data science, including scraping, cleaning, and modeling using Python
Business Intelligence Engineer & Analyst
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
New York
05.2013 - 06.2016
- Built and maintained Redshift-based data warehouse and internal analytics tools
- Created predictive models for lead scoring and marketing segmentation
- Implemented Looker and integrated Salesforce, Pardot, Kissmetrics, and Braintree for company-wide reporting
- Developed and automated performance dashboards to drive growth strategy across teams
BI Intern & Contractor
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
New York
06.2012 - 05.2013
- Developed early-stage analytics infrastructure using Python, Postgres, and R
- Built a geolocation-based system for personalized web content
Education
B.A. - Computer Science, Philosophy
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY05.2013
Skills
- Python
- R
- Java
- SQL and databases
- Bash scripting
- Version control with Git
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Data warehousing solutions
- Data engineering and ETL
- Cloud migration strategies
- Replication systems design
- Machine learning pipelines
- Infrastructure architecture
- Technical leadership and mentorship
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Public speaking and presentations
- Team leadership and development
- Apache Kafka integration
- Data validation techniques
- ETL solution implementation
- Product management strategies
- Strategic planning and execution
Accomplishments
- Launched new Oracle to Postgres code and data conversion for migrations
- Launched SQL Server Homogeneous for GCP
- Launched OSS Data Validation toolkit
- Launched OSS Dataflow replication by CDC Concepts
- won gcp Feats of Engineering award
Timeline
Staff Engineering Manager
GOOGLE
01.2021 - Current
Global Solutions Engineering Manager
ALOOMA
10.2017 - 04.2019
Lead Solutions Engineer
ALOOMA
01.2017 - 10.2017
Solutions Engineer
ALOOMA
06.2016 - 01.2017
Data Science Instructor
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
05.2014 - 06.2016
Business Intelligence Engineer & Analyst
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
05.2013 - 06.2016
BI Intern & Contractor
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
06.2012 - 05.2013
B.A. - Computer Science, Philosophy
Colgate University
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