Kai Waehner

Kai Waehner is the Global Field CTO at Confluent, a company focused on Apache Kafka and data streaming technologies.13 He works with customers, prospects, and partners worldwide, spanning the US, EMEA, and APAC regions.1 Kai is a prominent figure in application integration and big data analytics, regularly speaking at international conferences like Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and O'Reilly Software Architecture.2

As a Field CTO, Kai's responsibilities include:

1. Interacting with senior executives and technical experts in Fortune and Global 2000 companies2
2. Explaining strategic and tactical concepts to customers2
3. Serving as an intermediary between customers and product management2
4. Staying up-to-date on industry trends to act as a thought leader and trusted advisor2
5. Sharing expertise in technologies like event streaming, middleware, databases, big data, machine learning, and IoT2

Kai is also an author and international speaker, frequently writing articles and blog posts about modern enterprise architectures and innovative open-source and cloud technologies.1 His LinkedIn username is kaiwaehner.1