Expert in using Flink and Pinot to solve big data analytics problems. Multiple projects in the finance space using these technologies. Past co-founder/CTO of Krugle (big data/search startup).

Fractional CTO and Founder at Develomentor LLC. Founder, ex-CTO of Lucidworks. CTO of Wikimedia Foundation (e.g. Wikipedia) from 2019-2021. 20+ years in software engineering, natural language processing, search and machine learning. Published technical author with Manning Books. As a fractional CTO focused on the machine learning, search and NLP space, I focus on helping companies assess their technology and teams. I've spent all of my career in technology, first as a software engineer building complex applications in search, data science, machine learning and natural language processing and then as a founder, Board Member and CTO/VP of Engineering. Along the way, I have interacted with numerous customers from the engineer all the way up to the C-Suite. I am also the lead author of Taming Text, from Manning Publications, winner of the Dr. Dobb’s Journal 2013 Jolt Productivity Best Book Award.

Strategic technology consulting services in the areas of Japanese market entry, business development and human resources