Biography:Gian Merlino
Gian Merlino is an American programmer and entrepreneur. He is a co-creator of Apache Druid and co-founder of Imply Data.
Education
Gian Merlino graduated from California Institute of Technology in 2007 with a BS in Computer Science.[1]
Career
Merlino co-created Apache Druid, co-founded Imply Data, and is the Chief Technology Officer of Imply and an active member of the Apache Druid Community.[2]
In 2011, Merlino was working at Metamarkets Group, where his team determined that existing database options would not meet their requirements for query performance and data availability in a highly concurrent environment (1000+ users). Along with Fangjin Yang, Eric Tschetter, and others,[3] Merlino created a new database, named Druid and published Druid: A Real-time Analytical Data Store,[4]
According to Merlino, Druid is a database designed for operational analytics. It's designed for high scale, really high concurrency and really low latency. Initially, his team was trying to create an interactive marketing application with "slice-and-dice" capabilities. After trying many other options, they decided to build a new database, then build the marekting app. This was successful, and the database was named Druid.[5]
Seeking to bring Druid to more people, Merlino co-founded Imply Data in 2015.[6][7] He has served as the company's Chief Technology Officer since its inception. Merlino continues to be an active contributor to Apache Druid, with over 1000 commits to the project[8] and active service on the Apache Druid Project Management Committee.[9]
References
- ↑ "Alumni US | Caltech, Greater Los Angeles Area". https://alumnius.net/caltech-7812-6#id43840860.
- ↑ "Apache Committee Information". https://projects.apache.org/committee.html?druid.
- ↑ "Druid | Introducing Druid". https://druid.apache.org/blog/2012/10/24/introducing-druid.html.
- ↑ "Druid - Real-time Analytical Data Store | Data Science Association". https://datascienceassn.org/content/druid-real-time-analytical-data-store.
- ↑ (in en) SF Scala: Gian Merlino Interview with Alexy Khabrov, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip0Mz_FO51U, retrieved 2022-04-03
- ↑ "Imply launches with $2M to commercialize the Druid open-source data store" (in en-US). 2015-10-19. https://venturebeat.com/2015/10/19/imply-druid/.
- ↑ Casado, Martin (2018-03-13). "Imply" (in en-US). https://a16z.com/2018/03/13/imply/.
- ↑ "gianm - Overview" (in en). https://github.com/gianm.
- ↑ "Apache Committee Information". https://projects.apache.org/committee.html?druid.
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