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Dan Garza

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Leader, Data Engineering at Pacific Life
📍 Menifee, California, United States

Dan Garza is a data engineering leader at Pacific Life with over 15 years of experience in the financial services and insurance sectors. He specializes in building data platforms using Snowflake and AWS, leading Agile teams, and Master Data Management. He holds a BBA from The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Following a long tenure at USAA, Dan took a career break for caregiving, during which he mentored university IT students on their career paths. He is passionate about process improvement and data-driven decision-making, which prompted him to earn a Six Sigma Green Belt certification during his break.

He is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a unique qualification for a data engineering leader that highlights his expertise in fraud detection systems.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Leader, Data Engineering
Job Level
Senior
Location
Menifee, California, United States
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Modern Data Platforms
He leads initiatives at Pacific Life focused on Snowflake-based data platforms on AWS, enterprise analytics, and cloud modernization to improve data accessibility and reliability.
Agile Transformation
At a previous company, he spearheaded a department-wide SAFe Agile transformation and has extensive experience coaching global delivery teams on Scrum and Agile practices.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Leader, Data Engineering
Pacific Life
1-2024 - 4-2026
Caregiving
Career Break
3-2015 - 11-2024
Director Of Information Technology
USAA
1-2008 - 3-2015
Lead Systems Analyst/Agile Coach
USAA
9-1997 - 12-2007
Sr. Software Developer & Business Analyst
USAA
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Education
BBA
The University of Texas at San Antonio
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