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Ted Martin

Ted Martin

 

Ted currently works as the Senior Data Analyst on the Database Operations Team at CARFAX Canada. Ted is an enthusiastic, outside-the-box thinker, who masters new skills or technologies extremely quickly. Like many Data Professionals, his career path was not straight-cut. Ted started programming and building websites at the bright age of 12, and built his first database at age 16 (all self-taught). He studied at Western University (Ontario, Canada) with an Honours Degree in the Medical Sciences. To gain a greater global perspective, Ted spent 2 years traveling and studying overseas at in China. Before finding his calling working in Data, he banked a few years’ experience in Retail Sales Management and Business Development, giving him a balanced mind on both the business and technology side of solving problems.

Data Governance Mar 21, 2024 Ted Martin
Reading time: 23 minutes

This article is a continuation of "Where's the Metadata?", focusing on obtaining Metadata from a Relational Database Management Systems (RDMS). I will cover…


Data Governance Oct 18, 2023 Ted Martin
Reading time: 8 minutes

What is "Metadata"? Essentially it is data about data... It is the data that describes the characteristics, structure, categories, quality, origin, and usage of your data, helping to put it in it…


Data Governance Oct 02, 2023 Ted Martin
Reading time: 8 minutes

Have you gone into an auto part shop to find a certain part for your car? Even something as simple as wiper blades have hundreds of different types, with 99% of them being the one you don't want fo…