Shahir is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and the Business Transformation Services Chief Architect for IBM Consulting in Canada. He is a recipient of the prestigious IBM Corporate Award for exceptional technical accomplishments. For several years, he has led teams of practitioners to help IBM and its clients work with application architecture. Shahir has worked in banking, financial services, and travel and transportation.
Saikat is a Principal Engineer at Target, an Apache Ignite committer, and a PMC member. Before working for Target, he worked for Flipkart and America Online (AOL) to build retail and e-commerce systems.
Dmitry has 18 years of experience in software development and is a Chief Technology Expert and an active member of the Apache Software Foundation. He is also an Apache Training (Incubating) committer and a PMC member.
Andrey has been working on the Apache Ignite project since the early days and has hands-on experience both with product development and helping customers to adopt Apache Ignite and GridGain according to their needs. He drives technical decisions related to foundational aspects of the Apache Ignite project, such as protocols, storage, performance, and usability.
Stephen is a Senior Consultant for GridGain, where he helps clients meet their business goals using in-memory technology. He’s worked with high-performance, data-intensive applications for over 15 years and has experience across many industries, including telecoms and financial services.
