Sid Anand

Sid Anand

Hacker at Large, Co-chair @ QCon & Data Council, PMC & Committer @ Apache Airflow | Apache Software Foundation

Sid Anand recently served as PayPal's Chief Data Engineer, focusing on ways to realize the value of data. Prior to joining PayPal, he held several positions including Agari's Data Architect, a Technical Lead in Search & Data Analytics @ LinkedIn, Netflix’s Cloud Data Architect, Etsy’s VP of Engineering, and several technical roles at eBay. Sid earned his BS and MS degrees in CS from Cornell University, where he focused on Distributed Systems. In his spare time, he is a maintainer/committer on Apache Airflow, a co-chair for QCon, and a frequent speaker at conferences. When not working, Sid enjoys spending time with family and friends.