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Adi Polak
Director of Advocacy and Developer Experience Engineering, Confluent
Adi is an experienced Software Engineer and people manager. For most of her professional life, she has worked with data and machine learning for operations and analytics. As a data practitioner, she developed algorithms to solve real-world problems using machine learning techniques and leveraging expertise in Apache Spark, Kafka, HDFS, and distributed large-scale systems.
Adi has taught Spark to thousands of students and is the author of the successful book — Scaling Machine Learning with Spark. Earlier this year, she embarked on a new adventure with data streaming, specifically Flink, and she can't get enough of it.
Presentations
Envision a world where innovation thrives on the collective wisdom of the masses, where the voices of end-users shape the very destiny of products. A world where grassroots adoption and a bottom-up growth model unite, blazing a trail toward unparalleled success.
In this extraordinary convergence, end-users take center stage, transcending the limited influence of top-down leadership decisions. Even when products are procured by executives, the true key lies in captivating the hearts and minds of a high-performing team of software engineersa dynamic force fueled by passion, engagement, and unwavering dedication not only to work with the product but to relentlessly enhance it.
Join me to embark on this new journey, exploring the powerful intersection of politics and DevRel. Delve into the essence of bottom-up adoption and embrace its potential for profound change.