Kevin Xu
Kevin is a software developer on the Search & Segmentation team at Mailchimp, where he builds robust, performant systems that help small businesses thrive. Previously, he worked on the Ecommerce team creating integrations with platforms like Shopify, and built Product Recommendations, a feature that used customer purchase patterns to recommend similar products. Before joining Mailchimp, Kevin graduated with a BS in Computer Science from Yale University.
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Jigyasa Grover
Red Hat Women in Open Source Academic Award Winner 2017, Google Summer of Code alumna and currently a Machine Learning Engineer at Twitter Inc., Jigyasa Grover is an ardent open source enthusiast and aspires to inspire a powerful bunch of girls and boys alike and help bridge gender gap in technology.
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Brent Laster
Brent Laster is a global trainer, presenter, and the author of the books Professional Git and Jenkins 2: Up and Running: Evolve Your Deployment Pipeline for Next Generation Automation. In his day job, he is a senior manager of software development in SAS’s Research and Development Division, based in Cary, North Carolina, where he manages several groups involved with cloud technology development, security, SaaS, and internal tooling. He also serves as a resource for the use of open source technologies and contributes to enterprise DevOps development. Brent also develops and presents training and workshops for a wide variety of technical [...]
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Dave Stokes
Dave Stokes is a MySQL Community Manager for Oracle Corporation and started at MySQL as a PHP Developer in the MySQL Certification Group. He lives in Texas, is the author of MySQL and JSON: A Practical Programming Guide
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Sergio Aparicio
Sergio Aparicio is actively involved in the startup community in Columbia, and believes that entrepreneurism is the most sustainable resource for economic growth. He also has extensive experience in small business enterprises and business recruitment, and currently works at the City of Columbia Economic Development Office as an Economic Business Development Manager. Sergio is currently pursuing a certification in Economic Development from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). He is a recent graduate of the South Carolina Economic Development Institute (SCEDA). Additionally, he is a recent graduate of the Leadership Columbia Class of 2017. Presently, he is a co-organizer of [...]
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Phillip Higgins
Phillip serves as the Director of Marketing and Digital Strategy for Richland Library - one of the most progressive, award-winning public libraries in the country. There, he leads a team of developers, marketers and creatives on a mission to deliver and implement innovative strategies that enhance the customer experience while continuously growing the library’s brand. A self-described Agile evangelist, Phillip leads the web development efforts for Richland Library’s website as well as other digital assets, including their new open source event management system known as Intercept. Phillip regularly speaks at events around the country, talking about the work that Richland [...]
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Rod Cope
Rod Cope is the CTO of Rogue Wave Software, which he joined through the acquisition of OpenLogic. He was the CTO and Founder of OpenLogic where he helped enterprises adopt and manage open source software. Previously in his 25+ year software career, he worked at IBM, IBM Global Services, General Electric, and Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield. For over 20 years, he has spoken internationally on technical and business topics in dozens of conferences, including OSCON, JavaOne, Strata/Big Data conference, LinuxCon, and the No Fluff Just Stuff tour. Rod holds both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Software Engineering from [...]
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Wes Widner
Wes Widner is a veteran in the threat intelligence industry. His work history includes data engineering and threat modeling with McAfee Labs’s Global Threat Intelligence, building out a large scale malware pipeline with Norse Corporation, and engineering clouds at Crowdstrike. He specializes in building large scale distributed threat intelligence systems that span a range of threat vectors. Wes also enjoys teaching children how to hack, ethically of course.
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John Saboe
John is an Open Source Enterprise Architect on the OpenLogic team at Rogue Wave Software. John has over a decade of experience working in technology, including software development, application security, embedded and real time software, networks and protocols, software architecture, training, R&D, and technical leadership. His most recent focus has been on enterprise Java applications, open source messaging frameworks, and security.
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Peter Zaitsev
Peter co-founded Percona in 2006, assuming the role of CEO. Percona helps companies of all sizes maximize their success with MySQL. Percona was named to the Inc. 5000 in 2013. Peter was an early employee at MySQL AB, eventually leading the company’s High Performance Group. A serial entrepreneur, Peter co-founded his first startup while attending Moscow State University where he majored in Computer Science. As CEO of Percona, Peter enjoys mixing business leadership with hands on technical expertise. Peter is the co-author of High Performance MySQL published by O’Reilly, one of the most popular books on MySQL performance. Peter blogs [...]
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