About the Technical Editors
Rohit Bakhshi is a product manager at Hortonworks, a leading provider of support and services for Apache Hadoop. Hortonworks builds and distributes the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP), which is a 100% open source data management software powered by Hadoop available on Windows and Linux OS platforms.
Rohit is responsible for the HDP for the Windows product line, core Apache Hadoop components, and Platform Services for HDP. He has worked with Microsoft to bring the entire stack of Apache Hadoop components to Windows to enable Windows developers and system administrators to harness the full power of Apache Hadoop. Before Hortonworks, Rohit was a consultant in the Accenture Technology Labs R & D consulting group, where he focused on architecting and delivering big data solutions to Fortune 500 clients.
John Hoang is a senior program manager based out of Aliso Viejo, California, on the Azure Customer Advisory Team (AzureCAT). He has more than 20 years of experience working in various roles, including developer, business analyst, and project manager implementing software solutions to manufacturing, retail, and healthcare. He currently specializes in the SQL Server PDW. In his free time, John enjoys bike riding, tennis, and spending time with his two children.
Josh Luedeman has been working with SQL Server for more than eight years. He is currently a solutions architect with Data Structures, Inc., where he is working with customers to help them utilize business intelligence (BI) tools and big data. He has worked in IT for more than 10 years, holding positions in application support, database administration, and BI. In these industries, Josh has held integral roles in Fortune 500 companies, major institutions of higher education, small-medium businesses, and startups. Josh is a speaker at software development and data conferences including Code On The Beach and multiple SQL Saturdays. He is originally from Corning, New York, and currently resides in Orlando, Florida, with his wife and children. Josh can be found online at www.joshluedeman.com, [email protected], www.linkedin.com/in/joshluedeman, and @joshluedeman on Twitter.
Michael Reed has a long history of designing innovative solutions to difficult business problems. During the last 14 years, he focused on database development and architecture, and more recently business intelligence and analytics. He is currently employed by Pragmatic Works as a Senor BI Consultant. Previously he was director of Insight and Analytics at a healthcare claim processor. Prior to that he held operations, data, and information delivery centric roles in Microsoft's Online Services Division; specifically the AdCenter Behavioral Targeting group, which is the primary research unit for mining social behaviors at Microsoft supporting the Bing decision search engine and BingAds advertising services.
In a prior life, he was co-owner of a multimillion dollar manufacturing business, grown from a startup, where he gained much of the business knowledge and insight he employs in his work today.