Panel - Microsoft, Slack, Confluent, University of Cambridge
Presenter
Kevin Scott
MicrosoftPresenter
Julia Grace
SlackPresenter
Martin Kleppmann
Data-Intensive AppsPresenter
Jay Kreps
ConfluentJay Kreps is the CEO and co-founder of Confluent, the foundational platform for data in motion built on Apache Kafka. As a pioneer in a new category of data infrastructure, Confluent’s significant growth underscores the importance of data in motion across all industries. Prior to Confluent he was the lead architect for data and infrastructure at LinkedIn. He is the initial developer of several open source projects, including Apache Kafka.
Presenter
Neha Narkhede
ConfluentNeha Narkhede is the co-founder at Confluent, a company backing the popular Apache Kafka messaging system. Prior to founding Confluent, Neha led streams infrastructure at LinkedIn, where she was responsible for LinkedIn’s streaming infrastructure built on top of Apache Kafka and Apache Samza. She is one of the initial authors of Apache Kafka and a committer and PMC member on the project.