Asif Abbasi - Study Guide Specialty (DAS-C01) Exam: AWS Certified Data Analytics

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1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6

Asif Abbasi

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To all my teachers, family members, and great friends who are constant sources of learning, joy, and a boost to happiness!

Writing acknowledgments is the hardest part of book writing, and the reason is that there are a number of people and organizations who have directly and indirectly influenced the writing process. The last thing you ever want to do is to miss giving the credit to folks where it is due. Here is my feeble attempt to ensure I recognize everyone who inspired and helped during the writing of this book. I apologize sincerely to anyone that I have missed.

I would like to first of all acknowledge the great folks at AWS, who work super hard to not only produce great technology but also to create such great content in the form of blogs, AWS re:Invent videos, and supporting guides that are a great source of inspiration and learning, and this book would not have been possible without tapping into some great resources produced by my extended AWS team. You guys rock! I owe it to every single employee within AWS; you are all continually raising the bar. I would have loved to name all the people here, but I have been told acknowledgments cannot be in the form of a book.

I would also like to thank John Streit, who was super supportive throughout the writing of the book. I would like to thank my specialist team across EMEA who offered support whenever required. You are some of the most gifted people I have worked with during my entire career.

I would also like to thank Wiley's great team, who were patient with me during the entire process, including Kenyon Brown, David Clark, Todd Montgomery, Saravanan Dakshinamurthy, Christine O Connor, and Judy Flynn in addition to the great content editing and production team.

Asif Abbasiis currently working as a specialist solutions architect for AWS, focusing on data and analytics, and is currently working with customers across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Asif joined AWS in 2008 and has since been helping customers with building, migration, and optimizing their analytics pipelines on AWS.

Asif has been working in the IT industry for over 20 years, with a core focus on data, and has worked with industry leaders in this space like Teradata, Cisco, and SAS prior to joining AWS. Asif authored a book on Apache Spark in 2017 and has been a regular reviewer of AWS data and analytics blogs.

Asif has a master's degree in computer science (Software Engineering) and business administration. Asif is currently living in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with his wife, Hifza, and his children Fatima, Hassan, Hussain, and Aisha. When not working with customers, Asif spends most of his time with family and mentoring students in the area of data and analytics.

Todd Montgomery (Austin, Texas) is a senior data center networking engineer for a large international consulting company where he is involved in network design, security, and implementation of emerging data center and cloud-based technologies. He holds six AWS certifications, including the Data Analytics specialty certification. Todd holds a degree in Electronics Engineering and multiple certifications from Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, and CompTIA. Todd also leads the Austin AWS certification meetup group. In his spare time, Todd likes motorsports, live music, and traveling.

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