aaron williams
Community Manager/ Developer Advocate -Astra Streaming / Apache Pulsar at DataStax
community manager/ developer advocate -astra streaming / apache pulsar datastax
aaron passionate bringing new technology developer , non-technical , next generation , via hacking hands-on training . ha taught thousand student ( high school age professional ) , run event 5 continent , ha built multiple global community ( internal external ) . aaron ha extensive experience internet thing ( iot ) , retail , connect vehicle ha multiple patent space . always looking learn technology improve life people society .
DataStax
https://www.linkedin.com/company/datastax
Apache Pulsar is a cloud-native, distributed streaming messaging platform designed to operate at IoT scale, allowing AI and ML applications, in real time, to be at the edge.  Astra Streaming is powered by Apache Pulsar.
DataStax believes in supporting Open Source Software and looks to grow and strengthen the Pulsar Community.
San Francisco Bay Area
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Community Manager/ Developer Advocate -Astra Streaming / Apache Pulsar
IoTHub Meetup
We are a community of approximately 5,000 Technologists, Industry Experts, Entrepreneurs, Corporate Innovators, and Investors who want to connect to connect, learn and share how the enabling technologies for the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 will impact our lives, jobs, communities, and industries.
We are always looking for people to speak about the latest technology, start-up, or passion project.
Community Organizer
Stanford University School of Engineering
https://www.linkedin.com/company/stanford-university-school-of-engineering
For 2021- Teacher Mentor and Section Leader-  In addition to running a section for the course, also running a section as a teacher mentor. 

Helping to teach the "Code in Place" version of Stanford's intro to programming class CS 106A.  With over 80k students signed up from all around the world to learn how to program; it is my honor to help out by running one of their Small Group Session during the Global stay in place.

Part of a teaching team for Code in Place, offered by Stanford during COVID-19 pandemic, with 10,000 global students and 900 volunteer teachers participating from around the world.

Prepared and taught a weekly discussion section of 10-12 students to supplement professors’ lectures in a 5-week introductory online Python programming course based on material from the first half of Stanford’s introductory programming course, CS106A.
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Teacher Mentor/Section Leader- Volunteer
The Linux Foundation
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-linux-foundation
Working to build and strengthen the developer community around the 9 projects of LF Edge: EdgeX Foundry, Project EVE, Akraino, Fledge, Open Horizon, Home Edge, State of the Edge, SDO, and Baetyl.
San Francisco Bay Area
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LF Edge- Developer Advocate/ Technical Evangelist/Community Director
ZEDEDA Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/zededaedge
Working to develop and strengthen the Zededa and LF Edge (EVE) developer community.
San Jose, Ca
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Community Lead/ Developer Relations
SAP
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sap
The d-shop is SAP's internal Community and Maker-space. We started in 2013 and grew it from 5 locations to now over 35 world wide on 5 continents. 

The mission of d-shop is to bring external and internal technologies closer to all SAP employees and to expand our cross silo community engagement within SAP.  These technologies vary widely from IoT to Machine Learning to AR/VR.  We bring these technologies to life by teaching hands on projects.

The d-shop serves as a great way to demonstrate to our customers and to the community the innovation side of SAP, with over 1,000 customer visits a month.  Plus, the d-shop enables our colleagues to go out into the the community and teach introduction to coding to the next generation of software engineers.

As Global Director, I managed the focus of the d-shop program, setting priorities, evangelizing SAP technologies and evangelized new technologies coming into SAP; managed our core staff and the over 100 volunteers from around the world; created and taught new content; and reached out to external partners to bring new technology into SAP.

Created and spoke at our "d-shop days" events, where we invited our colleague to come and learn some of the latest technologies that they will be using over the next one to five years.  This event attracted over 500 of our colleagues at each of our 15 stops.  Aaron also did multiple train the trainer sessions to train our local d-shop staff. 

Named a SAP Catalyst (top performer).
Palo Alto/ San Ramon, California
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d-shop Global Director/ Developer Advocate
SAP
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sap
SAP d-shop days, World Wide
“d-shop days” is the d-shop’s premier event, hosted at over ten d-shop locations (Dublin, Galway, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Paris, Vancouver, Palo Alto, Israel, Montreal…).  It is a 3-5 day conference in which SAP Colleagues are exposed to new technologies, current SAP topics and trainings, external speakers, and a multiple day hack-a-thon.  Plus, community events (kid code events, etc.) 

Each event had over 300 attendees with most attended 3-5 classes.  (some of the larger campuses had over 1,000 attendees).  
Many “maker cases” and ran train-the-trainer sessions so that the local team could continue the trainings through out the year. 

SAP d-kom, World Wide	
Helped organize and run SAP’s Developer Kick-Off Meeting at many different, especially Silicon Valley.  This event is the kick off meeting for all of SAP developers.  The d-shop hosted build-a-thons, classes, talks on a varied of topics.  The goal was to get our developers excited for the upcoming year. 

Each event had over 300 attendees with most attended 3-5 classes.  (some of the larger campuses had over 1,000 attendees).  

SAP Tech-ed, Las Vegas, Berlin, Bangalore
SAP Tech-Ed is SAP’s premier external developer’s conference, hosted in at least three cities every year.  

Taught multiple classes for attendees on SAP IoT and the SAP Cloud Platform.  
Ran the SAP maker area, where attendees were able to try hardware and then connecting those devices to SAP’s Cloud products.
Worked with SAP’s IoT, Cloud Platform, Developer’s Relations, and HANA Academy teams. 

SAP CodeJams
Working with SAP Developer Relations and SAP IoT, did many CodesJams around the world.  A CodeJam is where a member of the SAP community invites SAP experts to come and present on new SAP topic.  SAP Developer Relations then sends an expert out to run a four hour event at the location.  I have done these in Europe, North and South America, and Australia.
Globally
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Speaking/ Teaching Events
SAP
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sap
The d-shop (developer workshop) is SAP's internal maker-space.  We started in 2013 and now have 21 d-shops world wide.  I am the lead for the Americas and Australia.

The mission of d-shop is to bring external technologies closer to all SAP employees.

We do this by removing the barriers that stand in the way of trying non-SAP technologies hands-on at SAP:
Selection: we bring to SAP external technologies that are relevant, exciting and easy to start with.
Cost and process: we purchase the hardware and make it available informally and free of charge for all.

Getting started: we know enough about each technology to get any colleague started.
Time: we schedule activities so that colleagues do not have to take time off their project to attend.

How does this benefit SAP?
Innovation: we enable colleagues on a breadth of technologies early on in their adoption cycle.
Employee engagement: coming to d-shop makes SAP employees happy and more engaged!
“Build bridges, not silos”: connect colleagues across teams and locations
Branding: we change the perception of the SAP brand to one that is more innovative, approachable and open to the world.
Palo Alto, CA
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Lead- d-shop Americas
SAP
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sap
Working with partners and customers, we develop IoT solutions on the SAP HANA Cloud Platform.  
Focusing on the Americas and APJ (Asia, Pacific, and Japan).

Projects start as just an idea and we work with our partners and customers to develop those ideas starting with design thinking sessions.  Here we can flush out many different ideas by using personas.  Those personas guide us on how the end user would use the product.
From that we work with the development team to develop the product, on a very short time line using Agile methodology.  Then release a new version every 3 months, always working with the partners and customers, to validate the current release and get new feedback for the next.

During my time at SAP, I have worked with people, of different backgrounds and cultures, from around the world.  I have always looked for the common ground and have included as many people as possible in the process.
Palo Alto, CA
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Product Manager- SAP Hana Cloud Platform- Internet of Things- (IoT)
SAP
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sap
Project Manager, design thinking, SCRUM,
Connected Cars
SAP HANA Cloud for Automotive
SAP HANA Cloud for Industries
Mobile, Android, iOS
Palo Alto
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Project Manager
SAP
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sap
Sales On Demand
C#, Silverlight
Palo Alto
Software Engineer- Innovation Centre
SAP
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sap
Helped create SAP's Mobile Retail Initiative (Apollo)
iPhone/Android, C#, SQL Server
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Mobile Developer- Global Business Incubator (GBI)
SAP
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sap
Java/ Flex/ ABAP
Software Engineer- Promotions Management for Retail (PMR)/ DM
Smartstream
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Software Engineer
The Hillman Group
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Contractor working on QuickScribe and Ninja
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Software Developer (Contract)
Mercer Advisors
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Worked in their Scottsdale office...
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Software Developer
Bachelor of Science - BS
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Arizona State University
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SAP top performer designation
SAP
SAP Catalyst
SAP's first innovation Challenge winner, awarded by then SAP's CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe.  This was for a mobile app that was turned into an SAP product called SAP Smart Retail.
SAP
SAP Innovation Challenge
The Linux Foundation
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Speaker: Open Networking & Edge Summit 2020
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Milan
Michele Salvaterra
MSc Data Science
https://www.linkedin.com/in/liu-yuan-lai-25787727
San Francisco, CA
Liu-Yuan Lai
Software engineer building scalable data analysis system
https://it.linkedin.com/in/enrico-olivelli-984b7874
Bagnacavallo
Enrico Olivelli
Apache Pulsar PMC member presso The Apache Software Foundation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/arvindmani
Portola Valley, CA
Arvind Mani
Trust & Safety
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tumichel
Sunnyvale, CA
Michel Tu
Engineering leader at Databricks
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosskiser
Denver, CO
Ross Kiser
Software Engineer at DataStax
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesatrevino
Seattle, WA
James Trevino
Software Engineer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/taotao2353
United States
Tao Tao
Director of Engineering at Databricks - I am hiring!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhavanirao
Raleigh, NC
Bhavani Rao
Director of Product Marketing at DataStax
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kia-farhang-68423966
Austin, TX
Kia Farhang
Platform Engineer at DataStax
https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnie-roberson
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
Donnie Roberson Jr.
Cloud Engineering Leader - Production Engineering - DataStax - We're Hiring
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizdasilva
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Liz da Silva
UX/UI Designer at OneDay
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlacefield
Wilmington, NC
Jonathan Lacefield
Strategy at DataStax
https://it.linkedin.com/in/simone-mancini-26957a144
Greater Milan Metropolitan Area
Simone Mancini
CEO
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dondemcsak
Breinigsville, PA
Don Demcsak
Driving business outcomes of Dell Technologies' Enterprise Customers
https://www.linkedin.com/in/makarandgokhale
San Francisco Bay Area
Makarand Gokhale
Head of Database Engineering  at DataStax. - We are Hiring
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelseanavo
Atlanta Metropolitan Area
Chelsea Navo
VP, Enterprise Architecture and Innovation at DataStax
https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-ault
San Francisco, CA
Harry Ault
Chief Revenue Officer / WW Field Operations at DataStax
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesward
Crested Butte, CO
James Ward
Kotlin Product Manager at Google
Bonnie Barker, PMP
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        I have had the pleasure of working with Aaron on and off for over 12 years at SAP. First, he was part of a Java development team that I led for Retail software. It was a fast-paced project and he was quickly leading and mentoring others.  He was constantly looking down the road to do things better or faster or to remove obstacles or deliver with better quality and avoid any roadblocks.

One of the most amazing things about Aaron is that he is ALWAYS looking for ways to innovate. While at SAP in Arizona, he took on new innovative product and technology challenges that led him to other areas of SAP.  These were activities that were done at break-neck speed on his own time. It was an impressive achievement to identify a brand new product area and then work to have it realized.  

Later, Aaron turned his impressive abilities to communicate to all levels of the organization into the birth of a maker/design space at SAP, known as d-Shop.  He traveled the globe to evangelize and set up 35 different d-shop locations. These were spaces where employees, guests and kids could go to learn new technologies such as AI, ML, Design Thinking, Big Data, IoT, etc in a hands-on environment. This was another example of his ability to innovate only this time at company-scale.

I had the privilege of working with Aaron again at the d-shop on a fellowship to create new innovative courses for employees and students to learn about Machine Learning and transfer learning specifically and to help create new use cases across SAP.  This was an amazing time and working with Aaron as my fellowship boss was a great experience. He allowed me the freedom to follow my heart but gave me guidance and direction as needed to succeed. He helped create new opportunities and experiences for me that will allow me to continue for at least another 12 years.

Aaron enjoys collaborating and sharing with others; he never hoards knowledge.  Aaron respects and supports people both above and below him. He will always tell you the truth.  And he can be counted on to always deliver.

He is a natural leader. He does not jump to conclusions, nor does he force his opinion on anyone. He listens carefully to others first and then with his innate ability to see both the twenty-thousand foot view as well as the details, then will then give his input. He is respectful, kind, and a consummate professional.  I only hope that I have the opportunity to work with Aaron again in the future! Julien Vayssière
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Aaron reported to me for four years as I was in charge of the d-shop program, a SAP-internal global program of 30+ maker spaces where employees can learn hands-on about new technologies and receive support for taking their innovative ideas to the next level.  Aaron was responsible for our locations in the Americas and Asia-Pacific, in addition to being the lead for one of our busiest locations in Palo Alto, California.

Aaron showed exceptional drive and achievement in building new locations for our program throughout the US, Canada, Latin Americas but also South-East Asia. Aaron made a lot happen in a short amount of time and managed to every time build strong personal relationships with local SAP employees in each country.  Aaron’s breadth of technical knowledge allows him to quickly gain the attention of technical audiences and his outgoing, reliable personality makes the rest happen.

Aaron has always displayed a very strong customer focus either by hosting countless customer visits at d-shop Palo Alto, to training our pre-sales people on rapid prototyping technologies or engaging with external technology companies for bringing enabling technologies into SAP as early as possible.

When in 2018 I left my role to go on long-term paternity leave I was extremely happy that Aaron took over my role as global lead for the d-shop program. I could not have thought about a safer pair of hands to take the program further. Aaron will be awesome addition to any team that strives to bring the best out of technology and put a very human face on innovation.
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Williamsburg, VA
Aaron Williams
Owner at Williams Landscape & Design, Inc.
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Whitby, ON
Aaron Williams
Meat\Seafood Client Service Supervisor
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Greater Mansfield Area
Aaron Williams
PR
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Fort Wayne, IN
Aaron Williams
DevOps Engineer at BoxBoat Technologies
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Des Moines, IA
Aaron Williams
Principal Percussionist at Des Moines Symphony Orchestra