I’m a data engineer who helps AI startups in manufacturing reduce their product integration time

Who is Denis?

Over the last five years I have provided data engineering services for the aluminium industry. Currently, I work as an independent data engineer who supports startups integrate their products at manufacturing plants.

Before that I was employed as a data engineer at the aluminium rolling and recycling company Novelis. There, I was responsible for transferring process data from rolling mills and cast house furnaces to the cloud.

I began my career as a process engineer at the aluminium smelter of TRIMET at Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in France. Later I was working as a process engineer at their smelter in Essen, Germany where I developed control software for the electrolysis process.

My Mission

I aim to leverage my digital expertise and experience in the aluminium industry to empower aluminium smelters by improving how they process and utilize data.

I am committed to helping aluminium smelters build robust, efficient, and transparent data infrastructures that drive sustainability initiatives, enhance production performance, and make reporting easier.

Together with my co-host Luke van Enkhuizen, I’m hosting the bi-weekly Smart Metals Podcast about digital transformation, Industry 4.0, and the integration of the Unified Namespace in the metals industry.

Skilled in Modern Digital Technologies

I have developed digital infrastructures for large multinational enterprises as well as early-stage startups. Having spent over five years in the trenches working with industrial data, I understand your problems on a deep technical level.

Experienced in the Aluminium Industry

I’ve worked as a Process Engineer at the primary aluminium smelters of TRIMET Aluminium SE, and as a Data Engineer at the aluminium rolling and recycling leader Novelis. Today I consulted various aluminium manufacturers on their data infrastructure.

Trusted by the Aluminium Community

I’m a speaker at major aluminium industry conferences such as the Future Aluminium Forum and regularly write articles about data and digital transformation for industrial publishers like Aluminium International Today and AlCircle.