Gabriel “Gabe” Romero / Engineering leader / Vancouver

Invent useful systems.
Develop the people who build them.

I’ve always wanted to invent robots and build technology. Today I lead data engineering and work on analytics and AI workflows. I’ve led teams, built tools and helped people turn business questions into reusable data models. I still approach the work as an engineer: understand the problem, make the tradeoffs and build something people can use.

Where I’m heading

Broader engineering leadership

I want to lead a broader engineering organization, building useful data and AI systems while helping engineers take projects from planning through delivery.

My trajectory

Technical specialties

Data systems people can use

My work connects data engineering, semantic modeling and analytics. More recently, I’ve been building ways for AI assistants to use those same metric definitions.

  • Data engineering
  • Analytics engineering
  • Semantic layers
  • Metric governance
  • Conversational analytics
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
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The foundations

  1. 01

    Engineering & support

    Understand systems and the people using them.

  2. 02

    Architecture

    Connect business needs to technical decisions.

  3. 03

    Leadership

    Give teams direction, ownership, and support.

Builder

Create something useful.

My fitness app starts with a personal need and a framework I want to grow.

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Leader

Develop project owners.

Give engineers the goal, stakeholders, and definition of done. Coach their judgment and remove blockers.

My leadership approach

Customer focus

Make life easier.

Think like the customer. Reduce friction. Show how the solution improves their life.

What experience taught me

The purpose behind the ambition

Leave the world better.

Health, well-being, nature, connection, happiness. I want the work I build and the people I lead to improve lives.

My personal compass

Let’s connect

Something I can help build?

  • Job opportunities
  • Coaching
  • Training
  • Coffee chats
  • Ideas to create

If I can help, I’m open to the conversation.

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