Ricardo Ferreira
Elastic
Ricardo is a Developer Advocate at Confluent, the company founded by the original co-creators of Apache Kafka. He has over 20 years of experience where he specializes in streaming data architectures, big data, cloud, and serverless. Prior to Confluent he worked for other vendors such as Oracle and Red Hat, as well as several consulting firms.
When not working, he enjoys grilling steaks in his backyard with his family and friends, where he gets the chance to talk about anything that is not IT related. Currently, he lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife and son. Follow Ricardo on Twitter: @riferrei