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Database Engineer specializing in Cassandra. Currently, I am a DBRE/Developer Advocate for DataStax. Previously, I led NoSQL Engineering for Target Corporation; overseeing tech such as MongoDB, Neo4j, JanusGraph, Redis, and ElasticSearch. Love working with Java and Ubuntu!

DataStax MVP for Apache Cassandra (2014-17).

I've worked as an author on a couple of books:

• Seven NoSQL Databases in a Week
• Mastering Apache Cassandra 3.x

I've also done some technical editing/reviewing, as well:

• Hands On Graph Analytics with Neo4j