Anna Povzner

Anna Povzner is a Principal Engineer at Confluent who specializes in multi-tenancy for Apache Kafka and Confluent Cloud.13 She has been working with Kafka for over six years and has focused on multi-tenancy for about three years at Confluent.1 Anna has extensive experience in multi-tenancy, including about 10 years of work on the topic before joining Confluent, during which she completed a Ph.D. related to multi-tenancy in disk and storage performance.1

At Confluent, Anna has been instrumental in developing multi-tenancy features for Confluent Cloud, which are fundamental to the company's cloud offering.1 She has served as a tech lead for multi-tenancy projects and is now part of the Cloud-Native Kafka team, specifically working on the Kafka Cloud Fundamentals subteam.12

Anna is known for her expertise in:

1. Implementing multi-tenancy in Apache Kafka
2. Developing cloud-native features for Confluent Cloud
3. Performance optimization and isolation in multi-tenant systems
4. Adapting Kafka's multi-tenancy capabilities for cloud environments

She has also been a speaker at Kafka Summit, where she discussed performance objectives and quota setting in multi-tenant Kafka environments.3