Renaud J. Beaupré
Full-Stack Data Professional
10+ years spanning the complete analytics lifecycle — from exploratory analysis to production engineering. My path from analyst → data scientist → data engineer gives me deep empathy for data consumers and the technical expertise to build systems that truly serve their needs.
I specialize in analytics-first architectures where every pipeline, transformation, and data model is designed with the end user in mind. Currently exploring the intersection of data engineering and AI/ML to build intelligent systems that augment decision-making at scale.
“Be high quality; inspire high quality.”
Available for Consulting & Contract Engagements
I take on select data engineering and analytics contracts — greenfield architecture design, legacy system modernization, AI/ML data infrastructure, and everything in between. With experience across the whole spectrum of data roles, I embed quickly and deliver production-grade work independently.
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Les Socialites · 2024 — 2025
A full-stack multi-tenant SaaS platform giving SMBs a customizable AI assistant grounded in their own business context. Teams configure a knowledge base from uploaded documents or live website scraping, define a brand voice, and access role-based AI personas across 14+ business functions — all sharing context and conversation history across the team.
- ›Knowledge base ingestion from PDF, DOCX, and live website scraping with GPT-4o summarization
- ›Per-business brand voice configuration that shapes tone across all AI-generated content
- ›Role-based AI persona system covering Sales, HR, Legal, Marketing, and 10+ other functions
- ›Persistent conversation history stored in Cloud SQL PostgreSQL per user session
- ›Stripe subscription billing with automated user lifecycle management via Cloud Functions
Languages & Markup
Data Engineering
Cloud & Data Warehouses
DevOps & Infrastructure
Analytics & Visualization
AI & Machine Learning
Data Engineer
uConnectFeb 2024 — PresentFounding data engineer and analytics owner for a higher education platform serving 400+ clients including Harvard, Yale, UCLA, and Teach for America.
- ›Architected enterprise-grade data lakehouse on GCP with Type 2 SCD methodology, establishing BigQuery as the centralized data warehouse
- ›Built automated ETL pipelines processing 10M+ monthly events from 15+ sources (HubSpot, Maxio, Intercom) with 99.9% uptime
- ›Implemented 150+ tested dbt models with automated QA and Looker Studio dashboards for executive stakeholders
- ›Led Universal Analytics → GA4 migration for hundreds of properties, protecting millions in client ARR
- ›Devised end-to-end observability framework using Langfuse and MongoDB for the company's AI Search product
Technical Co-founder
Wyzard AIAug 2024 — Sep 2025Co-founded an AI-powered business intelligence platform helping SMBs leverage LLMs and Generative AI.
- ›Built a web-facing AI wrapper using the ChatGPT API with a custom SQL database in a Flask framework
- ›Designed prompt-engineered shared information retrieval enabling rapid, consistent team-first AI workflows
Data Engineering Contractor
Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP)Dec 2023 — Feb 2024Lead data engineer for the Performax initiative — a transformation project delivering actionable insights to BRP's global dealership network.
- ›Designed scalable Type I and II medallion architecture using dbt and Terraform in Snowflake
- ›Delivered all project milestones on schedule within initial timeline scope
Data Scientist
Source MediumDec 2022 — Sep 2023First data scientist hire, building ML capabilities and modernizing infrastructure for an ecommerce subscription analytics platform.
- ›Revamped subscription metrics architecture and migrated to CDC best practices with dbt and BigQuery
- ›Built Stitch ETL pipelines consuming data from Shopify, Stripe, and third-party vendors
- ›Built customer and charge dimensional models contributing directly to Skio contract renewal (30% ARR)
- ›Instrumented CI/CD testing framework with comprehensive QA unit tests in GitHub
Data Scientist
Recharge PaymentsJan 2021 — Oct 2022Promoted to inaugural data science team member following Series B, with mandate to build ML-focused product lines.
- ›Built XGBoost classification models for churn prediction and cross-sell segmentation — 12% improvement over baseline
- ›Deployed production ML models on Vertex AI with Composer CI/CD pipelines and Snowflake API integration
- ›Built Linear SVC model using TF-IDF vectorized web scraped data for multi-class merchant vertical classification
Data Analyst
Recharge PaymentsSep 2019 — Jan 2021Second analyst hire supporting dashboard development during the company's growth to unicorn status.
- ›Built foundational Media Attribution, Revenue Planning, Cohort Retention, and Customer Cohort dashboards serving 50,000+ merchants
- ›Established Snowflake SQL workflows for payment state transitions and merchant lifecycle progression
Data Analyst
InkboxJul 2017 — Sep 2019Analytics lead managing data initiatives during company growth from $100K seed to $60M Series A.
- ›Automated company KPI reporting using MySQL, reducing manual overhead by 90%
- ›Built Looker dashboards for retail and pop-up performance combining transactional, psychographic, and geographic data
- ›Developed revenue growth models and LTV/CAC forecasting with Python and Jupyter Notebooks
Web Analyst
Sears CanadaNov 2016 — Jul 2017First analytics hire developing reports for the Initium team during the company's digital transformation.
- ›Automated finance reports using Google Analytics 360 and Sheets, saving 10 hours/week
- ›Collaborated on the company's first single source of truth database combining marketing, merchandising, and finance data