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Databricks Beacons
The Databricks Beacons Program is our way of thanking and recognizing the community members, data scientists, data engineers, developers and open source enthusiasts who go above and beyond to uplift the data and AI community.
Whether they’re speaking at conferences, leading workshops, teaching, mentoring, blogging, writing books, creating tutorials, offering support in forums or organizing meetups, Databricks Beacons inspire others and encourage knowledge sharing while helping to solve tough data and AI problems.
Beacons teilen ihre Leidenschaft und ihr technisches Know-how mit Zielgruppen aus aller Welt. Sie tragen zu einer Vielzahl von Open-Source-Projekten bei, darunter Apache Spark™, Delta Lake, MLflow und andere. Zögern Sie nicht, sich in den sozialen Netzwerken an sie zu wenden, wenn Sie wissen wollen, woran sie gerade arbeiten.
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Israel
Adi Polak
Adi ist Senior Software Engineer und Developer Advocate in der Azure Engineering-Organisation bei Microsoft.
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Israel
Adi Polak
Adi ist Senior Software Engineer und Developer Advocate in der Azure Engineering-Organisation bei Microsoft.
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Israel
Adi Polak
Adi ist Senior Software Engineer und Developer Advocate in der Azure Engineering-Organisation bei Microsoft.
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Frankreich
Bartosz Konieczny
Bartosz ist Data Engineering Consultant und Dozent.
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USA
R. Tyler Croy
Tyler, Director of Platform Engineering bei Scribd, ist seit über 14 Jahren Open-Source-Entwickler.
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CHINA
Kent Yao
Kent ist überzeugter Apache Spark™-Nutzer und Personalsoftwaretechniker bei NetEase.
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Irland
Kyle Hamilton
Kyle ist Chief Innovation and Data Officer bei iQ4 und Dozent an der University of California, Berkeley.
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Polen
Jacek Laskowski
Jacek ist IT-Freelancer und hat sich auf Apache Spark™, Delta Lake und Apache Kafka spezialisiert.
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USA
Scott Haines
Scott ist ein angesehener Software Engineer bei Nike, wo er die Einführung von Apache Spark™ vorantreibt.
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Großbritannien
Simon Whiteley
Simon ist Director of Engineering bei Advancing Analytics, Microsoft Data Platform MVP und Referent auf dem Data + AI Summit.
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USA
Geeta Chauhan
Geeta leitet das AI/PyTorch Partnership Engineering bei Facebook AI und widmet sich schwerpunktmäßig strategischen Initiativen.
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Schweiz
Lorenz Walthert
Lorenz Walthert ist Data Scientist, wirkt an MLflow mit und ist Klimaaktivist und GSoC-Teilnehmer.
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Kanada
Yitao Li
Yitao ist Software Engineer bei SafeGraph und derzeit für die Wartung von sparklyr, einer R-Schnittstelle für Apache Spark™, verantwortlich.
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Polen
Maciej Szymkiewicz
Maciej ist überzeugter Apache Spark™-Nutzer. Er steht für Mentoring und Consulting zur Verfügung.
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Japan
Takeshi Yamamuro
Takeshi ist Software Engineer, überzeugter Apache Spark™-Nutzer und PMC-Mitglied bei NTT, Inc. und arbeitet hauptsächlich an Spark SQL.
Alumni Beacons
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UNITED STATES
Geeta Chauhan
Geeta leads AI/PyTorch Partnership Engineering at Facebook AI and focuses on strategic initiatives.
LinkedIn
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POLAND
Maciej Szymkiewicz
Maciej is an Apache Spark™ committer. He is available for mentoring and consulting.
LinkedIn
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JAPAN
Takeshi Yamamuro
Takeshi is a software engineer, Apache Spark™ committer and PMC member at NTT, Inc., who mainly works on Spark SQL.
LinkedIn
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SWITZERLAND
Lorenz Walthert
Lorenz is a data scientist, MLflow contributor, climate activist and GSoC participant.
LinkedIn
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CANADA
Yitao Li
Yitao is a software engineer at SafeGraph and the current maintainer of sparklyr, an R interface for Apache Spark™.
LinkedIn
Program Benefits
Becoming a Databricks Beacon does more than help you grow your public profile and professional development. It also comes with some great benefits.
Free attendance at the Databricks Data + AI Summit
Peer networking and sharing through a private community channel
Access to Databricks and OSS subject matter experts via a private channel under NDA
A Databricks Beacons badge that can be used on social media or websites
Recognition on the Databricks website and social channels
Amplification of some of your work on Databricks social channels
Custom Databricks Beacons swag
Speaker opportunities at Databricks events
Sponsorship and swag for selected meetups
Membership Responsibilities
Beacons are first and foremost practitioners in the data and AI community. Their technology focus includes Databricks, MLflow, Delta Lake, Apache Spark™ and related ecosystem technologies. Throughout the year, Beacons actively build up others by teaching, blogging, speaking, mentoring, organizing meetups, creating content, answering questions on forums and more.
As a Databricks Beacon, your responsibilities include a combination of the following:
Staying up to date on the latest Databricks developments
Organizing Databricks meetups or webinars
Contributing to technical or thought leadership blogs
Participating in first- and third-party events
Being an active member of community.databricks.com
Promoting Databricks events and solutions through social and individual networks
Engaging with new community members to ensure a welcoming and inclusive environment
Fostering community engagement
Driving the growth and success of the Databricks developer community
Interviewing new potential members
Signing a personal NDA to ensure you’re added to our private channels
These responsibilities are crucial for creating a vibrant and thriving developer community. As a Beacon, you’ll always follow the Databricks Code of Conduct.
Membership Renewals
The Databricks Beacons Program is offered only to a select few. Membership is awarded annually and renewed at the end of the year. Qualification is based on member activity in the community compared to other members during the same period. New members are vetted through an interview with the Databricks DevRel team and a current Databricks Beacon.
Einen Kollegen nominieren
Wir würden uns freuen, von Ihnen zu hören! Informieren Sie uns über Mitglieder, die laufend herausragende Beiträge in der Daten- und KI-Community leisten. Die Kandidaten müssen von Angehörigen der Community nominiert werden. Dabei ist jeder – von Kunden über Partner und Databricks-Mitarbeiter bis hin zu aktuellen Beacons – aufgerufen, Nominierungen einzureichen. Die Bewerbungen werden fortlaufend geprüft, und die Mitgliedschaft gilt für ein Jahr.