Sanjay Sharma has been the architect of enterprisegrade solutions in the software industry for around 15 years and using Big Data and Cloud technologies over the past four to five years to solve complex business problems. He has extensive experience with cardinal technologies, including Cassandra, Hadoop, Hive, MongoDB, MPP DW,and Java/J2EE/SOA, which allowed him to pioneer the LinkedIn group, Hadoop India. Over the years, he has also played a pivotal role in many industries, including healthcare, finance, CRM, manufacturing, and banking/insurance. Sanjay is highly venerated for his technological insight and is invited to speak regularly at Big Data, Cloud, and Agile events. He is also an active contributor to open source.