Megan Romano

About

Megan Romano is a Solution Architect in Data & AI at Data#3 with over seven years of industry experience. An ex-developer who transitioned into architecture four years ago, she is fluent in Microsoft Fabric and Snowflake and has successfully designed enterprise data platforms and GenAI adoption programs for clients in banking and healthcare. She also contributes to Applications & Automation initiatives through integrated intelligent workflows.

Experience

1. 2022-06 — Present

   Current
   Solution Architect — Data & AI

   Data#3

   Leading the design and delivery of modern data platforms and AI solutions for enterprise clients, with a focus on Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake and generative AI adoption.

   • Architected and delivered multiple GenAI and Copilot programs across banking and healthcare sectors
   • Developed reference architectures for Fabric and Snowflake deployments
   • Mentor junior architects and data engineers on modern data stack best practices
2. 2020-07 — 2022-05
   Senior Data Engineer

   Data#3

   Designed and implemented cloud data pipelines and analytics solutions for mid-to-large enterprise customers.

   • Led migration of on-premise data warehouses to Azure cloud for two major clients
   • Developed automated ETL frameworks that reduced processing time by 65%
3. 2018-02 — 2020-06
   Data Engineer

   Deloitte

   Worked within the Deloitte Data & Analytics practice delivering solutions to clients in professional services and healthcare.

   • Built analytics platforms supporting clinical decision making for two hospital networks
   • Contributed to internal IP development for automated reporting solutions
4. 2017-01 — 2018-01
   Junior Software Developer

   Suncorp Group

   Developed internal applications and reporting tools within the Group's technology division.

   • Developed and maintained insurance claims processing applications
   • Automated monthly financial reporting processes

Projects

1. GenAI & Copilot Adoption Program

   2024-01 — 2024-08
   Commonwealth Bank of Australia · Banking · as Solution Architect

   Successfully pitched and designed a GenAI adoption program that is projected to deliver productivity gains of 18% across 2,500 knowledge workers in the first 12 months.

   Microsoft FabricAzure OpenAICopilot StudioPower PlatformSnowflake
2. Enterprise Data Platform Modernisation

   2023-03 — 2024-02
   Queensland Health · Healthcare · as Solution Architect

   Designed and delivered a unified data platform that consolidated 14 legacy systems, reducing data latency from 48 hours to near real-time and enabling new clinical analytics use cases.

   Microsoft FabricSnowflakeAzure SynapsePower BIAzure Data Factory
3. Member Insights & Predictive Analytics Platform

   2022-01 — 2023-02
   Medibank · Healthcare · as Senior Data Engineer (transitioning to Architect)

   Built a customer 360 platform that improved member retention targeting accuracy by 34% and enabled $4.2M in additional premium revenue.

   SnowflakedbtPythonPower BIAzure
4. Cloud Data Warehouse Migration

   2021-06 — 2022-04
   Bank of Queensland · Banking · as Senior Data Engineer

   Led migration of 7PB data warehouse from on-premise Teradata to Snowflake, achieving 71% reduction in monthly compute costs and 10x faster query performance.

   SnowflakeAzure Data FactorydbtPower BI
5. Clinical Data Warehouse & BI

   2019-05 — 2020-05
   Metro North Hospital and Health Service · Healthcare · as Data Engineer

   Implemented a clinical data warehouse supporting 12 hospitals that improved emergency department wait-time analytics and contributed to a 19% reduction in average patient wait times.

   Azure Synapse AnalyticsSQL ServerPower BIPython
6. Internal Knowledge Management Fabric

   2024-05 — —
   PwC Australia · Professional Services · as Solution Architect

   Delivered an internal GenAI knowledge assistant that reduced average research time for consultants by 62%, now used by over 1,800 staff.

   Microsoft FabricAzure AI SearchSemantic KernelCopilot