Tarik Makota hails from a small town in Bosnia. He is a Principal Solutions Architect with Amazon WebServices, builder, writer, and the self-proclaimed best fly fisherman at AWS. Never a perfect student, he managed to earn a Master of Science in Software Development and Management from RIT. When he is not “doing the cloud” or writing, Tarik spends most of his time flying fishing to pursue slippery trout. He feeds his addiction by spending summers in Montana. Tarik lives in New Jersey with his family, Mersiha, Hana, and two exceptionally perfect dogs.

Brian Maguire is a Solution Architect at Amazon Web Services, where he is focused on helping customers build solutions in the cloud. He is a technologist, writer, teacher, and student who loves learning. Brian lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania, with his family Lorna, Ciara, Chris, and several cats.

Danny Gagne is a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services. He has extensive experience in the design and implementation of large-scale high-performance analysis systems. He lives in New York City.

Rajeev Chakrabarti is a Principal Developer Advocate with the Amazon Kinesis and the Amazon MSK team. He has worked for many years in the Big Data and Data Streaming space. Before joining the Amazon Kinesis team, he was a streaming Specialist Solution Architect helping customers build streaming pipelines. He lives in New Jersey with his family, Shaifalee and Anushka.