Deep technical background in cloud solution architecture, large-scale data, analytics, machine learning, developer experience, developer research, product strategy, industry vision, tech trends and insights.*****Lena Hall is a top cloud computing leader, recognized industry expert, solutions architect, and hands-on professional defining the future of cloud, data, analytics, machine learning, and large-scale distributed systems, solving some of the most challenging customer problems.Currently, Lena is Head of Developer Relations in North America at Amazon (AWS), leading technical vision, research, and strategy to define and influence developer experience of large-scale cloud systems. Working with teams of technical experts across AWS, including Executive leaders, to implement strategies that help customers design their solution architecture smoothly and with low-friction.Before her current senior leadership role at AWS, Lena was a Director of Big Data at Microsoft spearheading a team and technical strategy for product improvement across Data and Machine Learning services in Azure Engineering organization.Prior to that, Lena was at Microsoft Research, in charge of development of a distributed fuzzing service used to identify critical faults in code by major software companies.Previously, Lena was a technical leader and hands-on expert for software engineering and solution architecture teams internationally, working with some of the biggest global companies in investment banking, financial systems, healthcare, and information technology.Outside of work, Lena is one of the most prominent trend-setters, industry analysts, and trusted visionaries in the cloud and data industry. Lena is pushing the boundaries of technology defining the vision of cloud computing and large-scale distributed data systems. Lena is among Top 20 Influencers in Big Data by Onalytica, a contributor of InfoQ Cloud and DevOps trends report, a keynote speaker, an ambassador of Kafka Summit, Current, Real-Time Analytics Summit, Lambda World conferences, founder of .NET Fringe and ML4ALL communities, ex Member of F# Software Foundation Board of Trustees.Lena is visionary, technology-obsessed, ambitious, empathetic, and sharp-witted. Lena holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Gomel State University.*****Contact: hello@lenadroid.comTwitter: www.twitter.com/lenadroidYouTube: www.youtube.com/@lenadroid _____________________________________My posts are my own and do not reflect the opinions of my current, past, or future employers.
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Chief Executive OfficerDroid AiKirkland, Wa, Us
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Head Of Aws Developer Relations In North AmericaAmazon Web Services (Aws) Sep 2021 - PresentSeattle, Wa, UsLeading technical vision, research, and strategy to define and influence developer experience of large-scale cloud systems. Working with teams of technical experts across AWS, VP and Executive leaders to implement strategies that help customers design their solution architecture smoothly and with low-friction. -
Technical Keynote Speaker And WriterLenadroid Jan 2014 - PresentFind my talks and articles in the "Publications" section below on my LinkedIn page.List of my talks and presentations: https://lenadroid.github.io/presentations.htmlYouTube playlist of available talks: http://bit.ly/lena-conferences -
Director Of Data & Ai Developer RelationsMicrosoft Feb 2020 - Sep 2021Redmond, Washington, UsLeading a team and technical strategy for product improvement efforts across Big Data and Machine Learning services at Microsoft, as a part of Cloud Developer Relations in Azure Engineering. -
Senior Technical Lead, Head Of Big Data Developer RelationsMicrosoft Sep 2017 - Feb 2020Redmond, Washington, UsImproving Azure products and services, working with Azure engineering teams across the company: Event Hubs, Functions, Cosmos DB, HDInsight and Databricks, AKS, Storage, Compute, DNS, Networking, and more.Leading engineering initiatives and strategies to advance, facilitate and push forward further acceleration of Azure progress.Working across many technical stacks: distributed data systems, big data, reliable, scalable, available, fault-tolerant architectures, stream processing and analysis, machine learning, containers, and more.Using wide range of technical skills and expertise to constantly examine industry needs, transform them into detailed plans, strategy, and tactics for product enhancements, used by others across numerous engineering departments.Conducting in-depth technical evaluations of products across many stacks (databases, storage, web applications and services, cache, CDN, containers, orchestrators, real-time stream processing, batch and ETL, etc.), and many facets (reliability, scalability, security, cost, availability, operability, feature sets, competition with AWS & GCP, unrealized potential, etc) to advance Azure.Coaching and advising to Solution Architects and Software Engineers across the company to bring them up to speed with cutting edge techniques, pragmatic technical decision making, and architecture best practices.Leading mission-critical client engagements and architecture meetings, providing solutions in non-trivial problem-solving discussions.Creating comprehensive technical guides for many Azure services.Writing exhaustive technical articles, building projects used by Cloud Solution Architects as a foundation for vital customer architecture proposals, and by millions of engineers in the industry.Giving technical talks and keynotes at leading conferences: Velocity, OSCON and more.Collaborating with other businesses (like Confluent, HashiCorp, etc.) on adding support and integration with Azure.
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Senior Software Engineer, Big Data And Distributed SystemsMicrosoft Sep 2017 - Feb 2018Redmond, Washington, Us
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Microsoft Research, Senior Software EngineerMicrosoft Oct 2016 - Sep 2017Redmond, Washington, UsDeveloped a cloud based fuzzing service for finding security critical bugs in software, as a part of Microsoft Security Risk Detection team (previously Project Springfield).Responsible for designing and implementing functionality for the distributed control plane of the service using Azure and best practices of functional programming in F#.Implemented major system automation functionality for operational improvements in cluster lifecycle using Azure Resource Manager, with the emphasis of solution reliability and fault-tolerance.Developed cross-platform features for fuzzing support on Linux and Windows.Used TLA+ for verification of algorithms in distributed systems.
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Member Board Of TrusteesThe F# Software Foundation May 2015 - May 2020Raising awareness about strength of applying F# in a variety of scenarios and use cases. Embracing Clouds: F#, MBrace and Azure.NET Fringe, http://dotnetfringe.org/ April 12 – 14, Portland, ORCloud Monads in F# F# Kiev User Group, https://www.facebook.com/events/395013737357964/May 20, Kiev, UkraineReactive-interactive visualization of F# jobsProgressive .NET tutorials 2015https://skillsmatter.com/conferences/6859-progressive-dotnet-2015 July 1 – 3, London, UKMachine Learning with F# and Accord.NETDevDay, http://devday.pl/ September 16 – 18, Krakow, PolandCloud Computing with F# and MBracePADNUG, http://www.meetup.com/PADNUG/events/224880418/October 6, Portland, USAInnovative approach to cloud programming with F# Dev LabsOctober 17, OnlineMachine Learning in .NET with Accord.NET and F#.NET Unboxed, http://www.letsunbox.net/October 27, Dallas, USADynamic Visualization of F# jobs with SignalR F# User Group, http://www.meetup.com/Portland-F-Meetup-Group/events/224129159/October 28, Portland, USA.NET Machine Learning: F# and Accord.NET.NET Developers Association, http://www.meetup.com/NET-Developers-Association/events/224427645/November 2, Redmond, USA.NET Machine Learning: F# and Accord.NETQCon, https://qconsf.com/sf2015/presentation/net-machine-learning-f-and-accordnetNovember 17, San Francisco, USACassandra, Docker and F# aswesomenessFSharpConf, https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/FSharp-Events/fsharpConf-2016/Cassandra-Docker-and-F-AwesomenessMarch 4, Redmond, USA -
Chief Solutions ArchitectIndependent Oct 2015 - Sep 2016Designed end-to-end solution architectures for latency-critical transactional and analytical business workloads. Steered critical projects and teams around big data processing, data science & analysis, and machine learning that cut spendings by 30% and increased company revenue by ~24%. Advised to C-level business stakeholders and top management to define business goals. Led global distributed teams of software architects, engineers, and data scientists.
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Software Solutions ArchitectLuxoft Aug 2014 - Oct 2015Zug, ChLeading international teams focused on high-impact data, web and messaging systems. Creating architectures for critical projects focused on processing performance, reliability, fault tolerance, scalability, and data analytics accuracy. Managing organizational agenda for global company planning, risk schemes, roadmap scopes, architectural design and strategy. -
Solutions Architect, Software Development Team LeaderTerrasoftwizards Jul 2013 - Jul 2014Leading large-scale big data architecture and implementation for predictive data analytics and instantaneous response systems. End-to-end design of complex scientific computation algorithms for data processing on heterogenous data sources within real-time and batch data pipelines.
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Senior Software EngineerEpam Systems 2012 - Jul 2013Newtown, Pa, Us -
Software EngineerIba Group 2011 - 2012Prague, Cz -
Software EngineerCjsc “Belavionika” 2011 - 2012
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Software EngineerFreelance 2006 - 2010
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Lena Hall Education Details
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Gomel'Ski Dzjaržauny Universitet Imja Franciska SkaranyComputer Science
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