Anand R Iyer is a Senior Product Manager at Cloudera, the leading vendor of open source Apache Hadoop. His primary areas of focus are platforms for Real-Time Streaming, Apache Spark and tools for data ingestion into the Hadoop platform. Before joining Cloudera, he worked as an engineer at LinkedIn, where he applied machine learning techniques to improve the relevance and personalization of LinkedIn’s Feed. He has extensive experience in leveraging big-data platforms to deliver products that delight customers. He has a Master’s in Computer Science from Stanford and a Bachelor’s from the University of Arizona.