People to Watch 2017

As we look forward into 2017, a select group of leaders in Big Data have stepped ahead of the rest. In this second annual People to Watch feature, we’re offering our readers a look at some of the best and brightest minds in Big Data whose hard work, dedication, and contributions reach far beyond analytics, and are shaping the direction that technology is taking us as a people. This is the cutting edge, and these are the people who are pushing the envelope.

We present the Datanami People to Watch 2017:


Shay Banon Elastic	Justin Langseth Zoomdata	Matt Mills MapR

Todd Mostak MapD	Neha Narkhede Confluent	Travis Oliphant Continuum

Naveen Rao Intel	Ion Stoica RISELab	Joe Witt Hortonworks

Reynold Xin Databricks	Jeff Dean Google	Andy Jassy AWS