Connor Barrett Web engineer in Minneapolis

Early in my career at 3M, I started scrappy and quickly grew into roles I never expected. I spearheaded internal web and mobile projects for various business groups and the executive council, helping POC technologies for strategic cloud providers and BI tooling for global operations. I became the global Power BI administrator, overseeing more than 20,000 Power BI users and super users worldwide, while driving analytics and strategic adoption of these tools across the company. Working out of the global headquarters in Maplewood through COVID changes, my network grew quickly globally and I learned how to deliver solutions that directly impact worldwide business operations.

Later, I moved to DNV where I was excited about the opportunity to lead web efforts for a highly talented engineering team with great backend depth. I wore many hats across data engineering, data visualization, fullstack web development, design, and infrastructure while building massive-scale systems that serve utility companies across the US. We supported the data and analytics for massive energy efficiency and EV adoption programs in an industry-leading way. Security became a huge focus for me at DNV, where I earned both green and red belt certifications and mentored other engineers to gain security proficiency as cybersecurity became a core business area for DNV in Europe and globally. I worked hard to enable modern experiences and reliable systems, and we shared a passion for protecting the environment and supporting the clean energy transition at scale.

I also won DNV's next-gen competition in the fall of 2024 in Oslo, Norway, where I worked in a team of 4 with representation from Mexico, USA, UK, and Norway. We proposed a salmon farming analytics solution to reduce salmon mortality through leveraging Akerbla's proprietary salmon testing data in a tool that would give fish health experts everything they need to combat that crisis, expanding DNV's presence in the aquaculture space where Norway dominates globally. We won that competition and the project was funded to continue as an internal start-up.