Alex Gorbachev has architected and designed numerous successful database solutions addressing challenging business requirements. Today he is running Pythian CTO office - an incubator new of database technologies and services. Alex is a respected figure in the database world and a sought-after leader and speaker at database conferences around the globe. Alex was named one of only thirteen Champions of Big Data by Cloudera. Alex is also a member of the OakTable Network and an Oracle ACE Director.