Michael Katzenellenbogen is an independent consultant with a deep and wide technological background and experience. He had the good fortune of getting involved with technology at a young age, and has been witness to the birth of the Internet and its various transformations and stages. Having grown up with and alongside the Internet has allowed him to become adept in cutting edge technologies. Michael has a deep background in data management, software architecture, and leveraging new and emerging technologies in creative and novel ways. His roles included managing data for The New York Times, leveraging big data platforms, such as Hadoop, early on, as well as in the role of Principal Solutions Architect at Cloudera, helping F100 enterprises architect and implement very large data and compute clusters. Michael's current focus is in helping enterprises lower the barrier to entry for Machine Learning, leveraging technologies such as Kubernetes and Kubeflow.