Pradeep Menon - Data Lakehouse in Action

Architecting a modern and scalable data analytics platform

Pradeep Menon

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Many people have contributed to the creation of this book. From its inception to its publishing, my mentors, friends, colleagues, and family have constantly motivated, guided, and supported me. Unfortunately, there is not enough space to thank all of them. However, I will make five key mentions that were absolutely pivotal for creating this book.

Firstly, I want to thank my parents, who have supported me through the thick and thin of life. Their upbringing ensured that I was capable enough to undertake the Herculean task of writing a book.

Secondly, I want to thank my wife, Archana, and my daughter, Anaisha. They have constantly supported me while writing this book. They ensured that the boat was afloat as I burnt the midnight oil.

Thirdly, I want to thank my colleague and an accomplished architect, Debananda Ghosh. His technical knowledge, understanding of the complex dynamics of data, and honest feedback helped me make manifold improvements to this book's contents.

Fourthly, I want to thank the Packt Publishing team: Sunith Shetty, Priyanka Soam, Aishwarya Mohan, and David Sugarman. This team is an author's dream open to ideas, dedicated, and diligent. I'm thankful for the fantastic support provided by the team that made the writing process an absolute pleasure.

And finally, I want to thank my best friend and beloved pet, Pablo (a beagle). Without him, I wouldn't have had a chance to complete any book. He has single-handedly made me disciplined in my approach to life. The dedication and focus required to complete a book are directly attributable to the discipline instilled in me by him.

Pradeep Menon is a seasoned data analytics professional with more than 18 years of experience in data and AI.

Pradeep can balance business and technical aspects of any engagement and cross-pollinate complex concepts across many industries and scenarios.

Currently, Pradeep works as a data and AI strategist at Microsoft. In this role, he is responsible for driving big data and AI adoption for Microsoft's strategic customers across Asia.

Pradeep is also a distinguished speaker and blogger and has given numerous keynotes on cloud technologies, data, and AI.

Debananda Ghosh is a senior specialist and global black belt (Cloud Analytics Asia) at Microsoft. He completed his bachelor's at Jadavpur University in B.Engineering, pursuing his postgraduate in data science and business analytics from McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. He specializes in the fields of data and AI. His expertise includes data warehouses, DBA, data engineering, machine learning, data science product innovation, data and AI architecture and presales, and cloud analytics product sales. He has worked with customers in finance, manufacturing, utilities, telecoms, retail, e-commerce, and aviation. Currently working in the Microsoft Cloud Analytics product field, he helps industry partners achieve their digital transformation projects using advanced analytics and AI capabilities.