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### Blake Haugen

**Principal Data Engineer**  
Before joining Kettle, Blake worked at Allstate and American Family Insurance as a data engineer. He holds a PhD and M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Tennessee Knoxville where he studied parallel and high performance computing. He also holds a B.A. from Wartburg College in Computer Science and Engineering Science. When he is not working, he enjoys spending time with his family, playing and listening to music, and studying Meteorology.