Architecting Big Data Solutions
Gateway Software Symposium
St. Louis · April 6 - 7, 2018
About this Presentation
This session covers the landscape of Big Data tools, technologies and best practices in 2018. You'll leave this session armed with the knowledge you need to build Big Data solutions by assembling the best technologies for you.
We cover the components of a big data pipeline, options available for each module and the pros, cons and best practices for each option.
Software Architect & Magician
Michael Carducci spent years learning to see things as they actually are; first as a magician, then as a software architect, now as both simultaneously. And somehow that’s not even the whole story.
He’s the author of Mastering Software Architecture (Apress, 2025) and is currently writing The Semantic Layer. He has spent over 25 years following interesting problems; through roles from individual contributor to CTO and back again, across industries and continents.
As a speaker, he applies the same toolkit he uses in close-up magic: attention, misdirection, timing, storytelling, and the instinct to take the long way around when that’s where the truth lives. Audiences at hundreds of conferences across four continents have described his talks as the kind that change how you think about a problem rather than just what you know about it.
He also makes YouTube videos about technology and curiosity with his wife Kate, because some ideas are too important (or too interesting!) to leave only in conference rooms.