Nirmal Ranganathan
Principal Engineer, Rackspace

Nirmal Ranganathan is a Principal Engineer working on the Data Stores Platform at Rackspace. He constantly works with various teams within Rackspace and customers alike, directing them on how best to take advantage of Big Data technologies. Nirmal plays an active role in the local Austin tech scene by volunteering for organizing meetups and other events in the Austin area. Nirmal was one of the founding members of Trove (Openstack’s Database as a Service) and has contributed to various Openstack initiatives, Cassandra, Alluxio and Thrift.