Brian Оlsen

Brian Оlsen is a U.S. Marine turned software engineer and developer advocate who has been deeply involved in open-source data technologies. He currently works as the Head of Developer Relations at Tabular and was previously a Developer Advocate at Starburst from July 2020 to April 2023.12

Professional Background:

• Started his career in computation and databases while working in the military
• Began working with big data teams after college, initially in a Hive environment
• Became a Trino (formerly Presto) contributor and community member
• Worked at Starburst as a Developer Advocate, focusing on community growth and education1

Key Achievements:

• Contributed to the Presto/Trino open-source project, specifically improving the Elasticsearch connector
• Grew the Trino YouTube channel from 140 to 1,240 subscribers in two years
• Created and hosted the Trino Community Broadcast
• Actively engaged in community events, meetups, and conferences
• Worked on routing messages between community members and Trino maintainers2

Technical Experience:

• Worked at companies like Trustwave as a Software Engineer
• Developed data lifecycle pipelines and federated search utilities
• Experienced with technologies like Hadoop, Elasticsearch, Mongo, and Docker2

Brian describes himself as an idealist and social egalitarian who loves positive-sum games and is passionate about open-source software.23