Big Data Operating Systems: Apache Spark in Action

The Department of Information Technology and Management's Discovering DevOps Seminar Series welcomes Jean-Georges Perrin "jgp.”

Perrin is an enterprise architect focusing on innovation at Advance Auto Parts and the author of Spark in Action, 2nd edition (Manning). He is passionate about software engineering and all things data, small and big data. His latest endeavors bring to more and more data engineering, data governance, and, his favorite theme, the industrialization of data science. He is proud to have been the first in France to be recognized as an IBM Champion and to have been awarded the honor for his 13th consecutive year. Jean-Georges shares his more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry as a presenter and participant at conferences and through publishing articles in print, online media, and his own blog. When he is not immersed in IT, which he loves, he enjoys exploring his adopted region of North Carolina with his wife and kids.

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