At Confluent, my focus is leading the talented teams in enhancing developer experiences with Confluent Cloud, Flink, Iceberg and Kafka, ensuring that even as complexity escalates, the simplicity and effectiveness for developers remain paramount. Our mission revolves around enabling builders to craft robust Data Streaming applications, a testament to our dedication to innovation and being developer centric. As an author, I've contributed to the field of Machine Learning with the publication of "Scaling Machine Learning w/Spark," book(O'Reilly) which achieved the #1 new release on Amazon, underscoring my commitment to disseminating knowledge. Through my online technical trainings, I've shared insights on data engineering and Machine Learning at scale, successfully engaging multi thousands of people worldwide, demonstrating a combination of deep industry expertise and a passion for education. Opinions are my own.