Andreas is Principal Software Architect at QAware, an independent cloud native software manufacturer that has been repeatedly awarded Best IT Workplace in Germany. His focus is cloud native computing in all its glory. He is responsible for the heavy lifting at a large-scale cloud project for a major insurance company. Before sticking his head in the clouds, he created and implemented Big Data, IOT and even SOA architectures. When he’s not building software, he saves the world by analyzing and stabilizing misbehaving complex systems.

Previous speaking experience:
- Apache Big Data NA 2016, Clickstream Analysis with Apache Spark
- Apache Big Data NA 2016, Real Time BOM explosions with Apache Spark and Solr
- Data2Day 2015, Clickstream Analyse mit Apache Spark (German, essentially the same talk as the one at the Apache Big Data)