Ali Avni Cirik is a seasoned data professional with extensive experience in data engineering and academia. Currently serving as a Senior Data Engineer at Tracer since March 2021, Cirik previously contributed as an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at Boston College Carroll School of Management, where a course on Programming and Data Analysis for Marketing was developed and taught. Additional past roles include Adjunct Associate Faculty at Columbia University, Full Stack Data Engineer at sfara, and Data Engineer at Vitals.com. Cirik's early career included positions as a Volunteer Organizer with the American Federation of Teachers, a Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant at NJIT, a Data Analysis Consultant at Forbes, and Visiting Scholar roles at the University of Lisbon and TU Delft. Cirik holds a Master’s degree in Information Systems from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Kultur University.