Mehdi Kenana

🎯 Senior Freelance Data – 8 years of experience

📍 Based in Paris – Available for short or long-term assignments, on-site or remote

I am Mehdi, a data expert with 8 years of experience in demanding environments (scale-ups, consulting, finance). I work across the entire data value chain: from ingestion to visualization, including modeling and governance.

🛠️ Key Skills

• Data Engineering: Python, SQL, dbt, Airflow, AWS, GCP, APIs, Terraform

• Data Analysis: KPIs, scoring, dashboards (Looker Studio, Quicksight)

• Management: team lead, recruitment, project management, stakeholder alignment

• + DevOps & CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes

🧠 My Mindset

• Pragmatic: I get straight to the point, no over-engineering

• Impact-oriented: I align data with the product & growth roadmap

• Collaborative: I work hand-in-hand with your tech, product, and ops teams

💡 What I bring to you

✔️ A modern, maintainable, and scalable data stack

✔️ Clear analyses to guide your product and business decisions

✔️ A pragmatic and ROI-oriented approach

📌 Recent Examples

• Redesign of a complete AWS ELT stack with dbt and Terraform for a fast-growing scale-up

• Retrieval of CRM and billing data from APIs to automate operational processes

🔍 Need to strengthen your data team or industrialize your pipelines?

Let's take 30 minutes to talk about it