From Hadoop to Spark: Opportunities and Challenges in Making the Switch

When Spark was first released in 2014, local Chicago startup Networked Insights saw an opportunity to speed up their processing capabilities and lower their costs.

Join us at the headquarters of Networked Insights, where CTO Brad Burke will share the story of how and why their business made the move from Hadoop to Spark, including some of the challenges they faced along the way.

Pizza and drinks will be provided by our host!

Bio: Brad Burke has more than 20 years of experience in technology development, and has a proven record delivering results for data-centric companies. Brad has led projects that include interfacing thousands of point-of-sales devices via a satellite network and creating the first click-to-card coupon system for grocery retailers. He has spent the past 7 years as the CTO of Networked Insights, a Social Media analytics company, tackling problems related to massive data ingestion, analytics, cloud processing, application development, and SaaS software architecture. Brad has a Bachelor of Science from Purdue University.