Team & Community

Xinran founded Data Engineer Things (DET) to build a global community for data professionals to connect, learn, and grow together. She is passionate about data engineering, mentorship, and fostering inclusive tech spaces.

Yaakov runs our medium publication. His goal is to make DET the most prominent and trusted resource for data engineering.

Saransh serves as Lead for the Seattle DET Community, where he helps bring together data professionals and supports community activities. He is involved in organizing events and encouraging collaboration among members, contributing to the growth of the local data engineering field. Saransh is also recognized as an expert in data engineering and has a strong background in building data products and analytics solutions for multiple organizations.

Hugo heads the DET Community in London, playing a key role in uniting data professionals and driving community initiatives. He actively coordinates events and fosters a spirit of collaboration among participants, helping to advance the local data engineering landscape.

Sanchit leads the DET community in NYC organizing data engineering meetups, workshops, and networking events. He's passionate about startups, mentoring engineers, and cultivating a supportive community that drives career growth and technical innovation.

Volker is a Developer Advocate driven by his passion for technical writing, speaking, and exploring new technologies. With over a decade of Data Engineering experience in gaming, he built scalable systems turning data into value. He empowers the global Data Engineering community through content creation and knowledge sharing.

Anandaganesh is a Data Engineering leader with extensive experience in building enterprise data infrastructure across banking, trading, real estate, and utilities. A recognized thought leader, he actively contributes to the global Data Engineering community.

Shubham is a Data Engineer passionate about building scalable real-time systems, pipeline reliability, and exploring new technologies. He serves as a DET newsletter editor and shares insights with the Data Engineering community through his writing.

Sukanya is a Data Engineer who thrives on simplifying complexity. She enjoys transforming pipelines into lasting solutions, solving tough problems, and connecting with others through shared ideas and experiences in the Data Engineering community.

Eddy is a Data Engineer driven by his passion for building data products and advancing DataOps. A practitioner turned builder with a decade of experience, he designs scalable, cost-efficient data platforms leveraging open-source and cloud-native tooling. Eddy actively empowers the data community through mentorship, writing, teaching, and meetups.

Sri is an AI and Data Engineering leader with experience across cloud data platforms, analytics, and enterprise AI initiatives. He actively contributes to Data Engineer Things by sharing practical insights and supporting knowledge-sharing within the global data engineering community.

Chozhan is, by profession, Head of AI & Data Platform based in Berlin and by passion, a data engineer with over 14 years of experience building and scaling data and AI systems. Outside work, he spends his time helping data professionals grow through mentorship, meet ups, career coaching, and sharing practical insights from his experiences through contents and posts.