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By Kostas Tzoumas, co-founder and CEO of data Artisans and one of the original creators of Apache Flink. He is the co-author of Introduction to Apache Flink: Stream Processing for Real Time and Beyond.

Kelly Stirman is the vice president of strategy at Dremio. In this capacity, he oversees the planning, development and execution of Dremio’s strategic initiatives that are centered on messaging, brand awareness, customer satisfaction and business development. Previously he was VP of strategy at MongoDB where he worked closely with customers, partners, and the open source community. For more than 15 years he has worked at the forefront of database technologies. Prior to MongoDB, Kelly served in executive and leadership roles at Hadapt, MarkLogic, PeopleSoft, GE, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Blake Wood is senior VP and director of Product Strategy at Envestnet.

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