# George Spofford > Building Software Location: San Carlos, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/georgespofford Want to work on metadata management, query processing, graph management? Got Java/JVM experience and want to work on an enterprise-grade cloud system with chance to introduce new technologies? I'd love to talk with you. Experienced and successful builder of brand-new systems from clean slates. Hands-on architect, creator with deep development and analytics domain experience, centered around business and enterprise analytics. Almost all of my career has been in a startup mode, from co-founder to greenfield projects in established companies. Want to connect the dots (of both data and people) to unlock the really valuable insights for our time. Specialties: Data modeling and metamodels for analytics, especially multidimensional analytics, query processing, compilers, metadata, and calculation engine services for analytical systems. Small and big data. Software architecture, engineering & programming, technology evaluation and consulting, R&D, training design and delivery. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Lacework Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Work on user-customizable data pipelines: query language design and translation, scalable pipeline processing services, metadata management services. Develop processing based Rego and Open Policy Agent. ### Principal Engineer @ Longview Solutions - insightsoftware Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Optimize and add to multidimensional planning and analysis software ### Platform Architect @ Anaplan Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Advanced multidimensional modeling, workflow management, graph data/metadata management. APIs, GraphQL ### Developer @ Consultant Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 R&D on NLU and multi-modal knowledge representation. Getting some truly new and useful+cool stuff built with really smart people. Working with query processing, knowledge representation, language processing and artificial reasoning, all on JVM. Building UIs with AngularJS. ### Architect @ Tidemark Systems, Inc. Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | SF Bay Area Led development of an advanced EPM-oriented analytical computation and data platform specifically architected for the cloud. Hands-on responsible for the query model and language, client APIs, compiler architecture and execution system that helped provide multiple application solutions to household-name enterprises. Recruited some truly fine engineers. Part of a great company working as a team. ### VP Engineering @ Gaia-Metrics Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Led architecture and engineering of sophisticated data integration, analysis and delivery mechanisms for internal and external users. Integration of financial, environmental, social, and economic-impact data to show the financial value of triple-bottom-line indicators. ### Co-Founder, VP Engineering @ Electric Mind, Inc Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 Technology selection, development platform selection/setup, software internal design and implementation for startup venture whose product provides highly advanced and patented semantic analysis, modeling and reverse/forward engineering of key corporate information assets with Microsoft Office (Excel) integration. - Rapid architecture and implementation iterations across analytic, UI and metadata components met delivery milestones in dynamic environment - Strategic application of test-oriented development ensured high delivery quality on tight schedules - C# and .Net implementation of core logic and Microsoft Excel add-in ### Owner, Chief Architect @ DSS Lab Jan 1998 – Jan 2008 Architect for advanced technology, software developer, BI/OLAP/DW consultant, author (Microsoft OLAP Solutions, MDX Solutions), trainer, speaker. Consulted on and developed OLAP/decision support applications for end-user and IT organizations, consulted to vendors such as Microsoft, Oracle, Hyperion, Applix, and Intel on technology. ### Owner @ Dimensional Systems Jan 1996 – Jan 2007 Consultant, developer, author (Microsoft OLAP Solutions, MDX Solutions), trainer. Consulted on and developed OLAP/decision support applications for end-user and IT organizations, consulted to vendors such as Microsoft, Oracle, Applix, and Intel on technology. ### Distinguished Engineer @ Hyperion Jan 2003 – Jan 2007 Internal consultant and technology developer, reported to the Essbase Engineering and the Engineering Science and Technology groups. • Led cross-organization development effort on next-generation semantic integration middleware server to unify analytic access to Hyperion’s server and application product lines. Developed product’s access language specification, parser, internal metadata object model, and front-end query processing mechanisms, with implementation in C++ and Java. • Contributed to design and review of advanced new features of flagship Essbase analytical database and to other products. • Presented on MDX analytical reporting language with aggregate-optimized databases and Excel integration at Hyperion user conferences. • Created internal training and information development resources for MDX. • Represented Hyperion on the mdXML specification committee of the XMLA for Analysis Council. ### Product Architect @ Computer Corporation of America Jan 1995 – Jan 1996 Product architect- OLAP portion of integrated OLAP/DW (RDBMS) server. Led team of 8 in development of OLAP portion of integrated RDBMS/OLAP engine based on UNIX porting of CCA’s Model 204 database. (Left when CCA exited UNIX RDBMS market) • Developed internal metadata object model and calculation engine to be run within the database. Developed in C++ on Win32 and AIX. ### Product Architect @ Praxis International Jan 1995 – Jan 1996 Product architect- OLAP portion of integrated OLAP/DW (RDBMS) server. ### VP Engineering @ Power Thinking Tools, Inc. Jan 1988 – Jan 1995 FreeThink was one of the first multidimensional database/spreadsheet products and the only one with a holistic approach to information management (in addition to numerics), integrated spreadsheet-style interaction and dashboard/data visualization, powerful (and patented) data model, and more. Led development team of 4. (Power Thinking Tools was acquired by CCA at the beginning of 1995.) • Implemented formula and macro languages, minimal recalc engine, memory and disk storage and access mechanisms, model construction interfaces. • Presented product and competitive analyses at industry trade shows • FreeThink given favorable review for power in PC Magazine. Implementation in C and 80386 assembler. ## Education ### Comp Sci in Music Hampshire College ### University of Chicago Laboratory School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/georgespofford - Portfolio: https://amazon.com/MDX-Solutions-Microsoft-Analysis-Services/dp/0471748080/ - Portfolio: https://intelligententerprise.com/db_area/archives/1998/9810/feat2.jhtml - Portfolio: https://anaplan.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/georgespofford JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/georgespofford/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-10