Flink Forward is the conference dedicated to Apache Flink and the stream processing community.
We’re excited to announce the 2023 Flink Forward event will be taking place November 6-8 in Seattle for an in-person event! Following the popular demand for Apache Flink® training sessions, we’re bringing back our 3-day event format; 2-days training followed by a full day of conference! In conclusion of the event, we invite all attendees to join us for Flink Fest! A time to network and celebrate Flink Forward Seattle 2023 together.
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Speaker overview
- Hunter MedneyTechnical lead for Digital GrowthIBM
Industry-awarded senior architect/engineer in customer data platforms and event-driven systems. Hunter currently leads IBM's digital growth platform and is exploring the wonders and power of Apache Flink.
- Basar Hamdi OnatSoftware EngineerDoorDash
Basar Onat is an accomplished software engineer specializing in realtime streaming platforms. Currently at DoorDash, he works as a Software Engineer on the Real-Time Platform team, focusing on the Realtime Metrics Platform. Basar has also contributed significantly as a Software Engineer at Meta, handling large-scale data workloads with the Presto team. Prior to that, he played a vital role in bootstrapping the Realtime Platform at Striim. With his expertise, Basar brings valuable insights to the Flink Forward Conference, sharing his knowledge in building robust realtime streaming platforms.
- Sharon XieFounding Engineer and Product LeadDecodable
Sharon is a founding engineer at Decodable. Currently she leads product management and development. She has over six years of experience in building and operating streaming data platforms, with extensive expertise in Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and Debezium. Before joining Decodable, she served as the technical lead for the real-time data platform at Splunk, where her focus was on the streaming query language and developer SDKs.
- Dan VinakovskyLead Software EngineerSchonfeld
Operations technology software engineer at Schonfeld by day, Olympic Weightlifting competitor by night
- Allison ChengSoftware EngineerDoorDash
Allison Cheng is a software engineer on the realtime platform team at DoorDash. Her team is responsible for providing the data ingestion platform for data users to capture, access and create real time insights. Before DoorDash, Allison was at Amazon on the Listing Management team, building the near realtime high volume data ingestion pipelines for sellers. Outside of work, She enjoys cooking for family and friends. She also started to try beginner hiking trails and biking
- Erik de NooijEngineering lead Streaming Data AnalyticsING Bank
Seasoned Tech Lead with a background in various industries like retail, telecom, tech, and banking, in various roles like engineering, consultancy, and management. Has worked on Apache Flink within ING since its inception in 2016, helping it grow towards the de facto standard for streaming at ING worldwide. Erik was a speaker at Flink Forward 2023.
- Jark WuStaff Software EngineerAlibaba Cloud
Jark Wu is a committer and PMC member of Apache Flink and the original creator of Flink SQL, Flink CDC, and Fluss. He currently leading the Flink SQL and Fluss team at Alibaba Cloud. His work has long centered on distributed systems, particularly in the areas of big data computing and storage.
- Todd McGrathPrincipal Streaming Solution ArchitectAWS
Todd is a Principal Streaming Solution Architect at AWS helping customers evolve and modernize older architectures or build brand new greenfield applications to advance on new market opportunities or optimize costs. He advises customers on their streaming strategies, integration, architecture, and solutions and helps them build real-time applications with cloud native streaming technologies.
Schedule overview
Day 1
Monday, Nov 6/p>
Day 2
Tuesday, Nov 7
Day 3
Wenesday, Nov 8