Kyle is passionate about delivering simple solutions to complex problems. He’s particularly interested in real time streaming data that can be used for both applications purposes and analytics purposes as well. Having always been “SRE-Adjacent”, he’s also often focused on Kubernetes and architecting applications for the cloud. He’s also a bit obsessed with cost savings, but more obsessed with his dog named Hank. He got his start in software development in search and recommendations, with an emphasis on data privacy and compliance while working in the online dating space. He’s worked on data pipeline’s ranging from GB/s to single records per day. He enjoys working collaboratively with others to find the best solution for their particular business needs. He strongly believes that truly open standards and open-source softwaree are the ideal way to solve shared problems and democratize data.