Michael Drob: Solr & Cloudera

Topic: Mike will introduce Apache Solr and highlight some of the use cases for search and the features that it can offer. After the audience reaches a comfortable understanding of Search, he will then discuss various integration points with the Apache Hadoop ecosystem including scalable Indexing, Queries, and Security.

Bio: Mike has been immersed in Big Data for over 5 years, previously with the US Government and now with Cloudera. He works on Apache Solr, a world-class search engine built on top of Apache Lucene. He is also a hobbyist contributor to several other open source projects including Apache Curator, Apache NiFi (Incubating), JUnit, JLine, and JCommander. When not coding, he likes to mentor middle school students in robotics, go running along the bayous with his wife and dog, and to tend his vegetable garden.