Matt van Zanten

Data & Cloud Architect

Designing and building the cloud foundations and data platforms that let organizations understand and trust their data at any scale. Specializing in AWS, Snowflake and Sigma.

Connect Capabilities

01OVERVIEW

Hands-on architecture, from infrastructure to insight

Data and cloud architect for organizations building on AWS, Snowflake and Sigma. My work ranges from focused assessments to leading full platform builds and migrations, working alongside internal teams.

Infrastructure, data and reporting are treated as one design problem, so security, governance and cost are decided up front instead of discovered later.

02CAPABILITIES

Systems designed & delivered

  • Cloud Infrastructure

    Infrastructure as code, serverless and event-driven architectures that scale with demand at a controlled cost.

  • Networking

    VPC design, private connectivity, Transit Gateway and PrivateLink between clouds, on-prem and data platforms.

  • Data Migration

    Moving legacy warehouses and on-prem databases into AWS and Snowflake with minimal downtime and validated cutovers.

  • Data Modeling

    Dimensional models for data marts, warehouses and lakes that stay clear as they grow.

  • Security

    Least-privilege IAM, encryption, key management and audit logging designed in from day one.

  • Governance

    Role-based access control, lineage, classification, masking and data quality that keep data trustworthy and compliant.

  • Analytics & BI

    Semantic layers, trusted metrics and Sigma dashboards that turn curated data into decisions.

  • AI & ML

    Machine learning for forecasting and anomaly detection, and natural-language answers from data through semantic models.

03PLATFORMS

Three platforms, one practice

ORBIT // CLOUD PLATFORM

AWS

Cloud infrastructure, networks and security boundaries built to store and move data, with everything defined as code.

  • Containerized Workloads
  • Private Connectivity
  • Identity & Access
  • Data Lake Design

CORE // DATA PLATFORM

Snowflake

Ingestion, transformation and modeling on a governed platform that scales compute independently of storage.

  • Cost & Performance Optimization
  • Governed Access
  • AI-Ready Data
  • Secure Data Sharing

SIGNAL // ANALYTICS PLATFORM

Sigma

Warehouse-native BI running live on any cloud data warehouse — governed self-service reporting and embedded analytics.

  • Self-Service Reporting
  • Embedded Analytics
  • Row-Level Security
  • Release Management

04MISSION SEQUENCE

From contact to operation

  1. Discover

    Map sources, constraints and outcomes. Understand the systems and data before designing around them.

  2. Architect

    Define the cloud architecture, network boundaries, data models and governance.

  3. Build & Migrate

    Automate with infrastructure as code, move data in phases and cut over with confidence.

  4. Operate & Report

    Observability, reporting, cost control and governance that keep the platform healthy as it scales.

05CONNECT

Building a platform or planning a migration?

Reach out to talk data and cloud architecture — whether it's an existing platform or a blueprint.

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