Francesco Tisiot

Field CTO & Head of DevEx, Aiven

Based in Verona, Italy

Francesco comes from Verona, Italy and works as a Field CTO & AI Lead at Aiven. With his many years of experience as a data engineer, he has stories to tell and advice for data-wranglers everywhere. Francesco loves sharing knowledge with others as a speaker and writer, and is on a mission to defend the world from bad Italian food!

Superpowers

  • Kafka

  • Flink

  • Stream processing

  • PostgreSQL

  • Databases

  • Analytics

  • Data pipelines

  • Data security

  • Data governance

  • Data observability

  • Machine learning

  • Public speaking

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Speaking activities

Past

  • Current 2024

    Attacking (and defending) Apache Kafka

    Whether you’re directly managing Apache Kafka or it’s part of your data infrastructure, this talk will give you an idea of the security threats involved and how to be ready for them.

    Sep 17, 2024 - Sep 18, 2024

  • Kafka Summit London

    Attacking (and defending) Apache Kafka

    Whether you’re directly managing Apache Kafka or it’s part of your data infrastructure, this talk will give you an idea of the security threats involved and how to be ready for them.

    Mar 19, 2024 - Mar 20, 2024

  • CloudGen

    Attacking (and Defending) Apache Kafka

    Whether you’re directly managing Apache Kafka or it’s part of your data infrastructure, this talk will give you an idea of the security threats involved and how to be ready for them.

    Feb 16, 2024

  • PGConf EU

    Finding PostgreSQL’s fit in the AI space

    As AI continues to become a bigger part of every company, this session will help you to make sure PostgreSQL and your implementations remain relevant on this journey.

    Dec 12, 2023 - Dec 15, 2023

  • Big Data Conference

    Attacking (and defending) Apache Kafka

    Whether you’re directly managing Apache Kafka or it’s part of your data infrastructure, this talk will give you an idea of the security threats involved and how to be ready for them!

    Nov 22, 2023 - Nov 24, 2023

  • Current 2023

    From 🐛 to 🦋: Data Pipelines Evolution from Batch to Streaming

    If you’re thinking about migrating from batch to streaming, but are afraid of any disruption the process may cause in your organization, this session is for you!

    Sep 26, 2023 - Sep 27, 2023

  • pgDay Paris 2023

    Fix your Strings

    This session is recommended for anyone who deeply cares about their (string) data quality.

    - Link to slides

    Mar 23, 2023

  • PGConf EU 2022

    Put PostgreSQL at the center of your (meta)data universe!

    This talk is about the hidden treasure stored in the metadata: starting by defining use cases, we'll then focus on how we can design a system, based on PostgreSQL and some graph theory, that collects, merges and exposes metadata coming from a variety of tools.

    - Slides

    Oct 25, 2022 - Oct 28, 2022

  • Current 2022

    Breathe In, Breathe Out: Get Kafka Connect Configs Right!

    If you are ready to make magic with Kafka Connect and the Apache Kafka ecosystem, this is the talk for you!

    - Slides

    - Recording

    Oct 4, 2022 - Oct 5, 2022

  • Uptime 2022

    No pineapple on pizza! Streaming anomaly detection with Apache Kafka and Apache Flink

    Check out this creation of a streaming data pipeline for anomaly detection in 10 minutes!

    - Slides

    - Recording

    Sep 14, 2022 - Sep 15, 2022

  • Uptime 2022

    Don't get lost in data: metadata to the rescue!

    If you want to programmatically keep control over your dynamic data assets, this session is for you!

    - Slides

    - Recording

    Sep 14, 2022 - Sep 15, 2022

  • Berlin Buzzwords 2022

    Solving the Knapsack Problem with Recursive Queries and PostgreSQL

    If you're into PostgreSQL and eager to understand how recursion works, this session is for you!

    - Slides

    - Recording

    Jun 12, 2022 - Jun 14, 2022

  • PyCon Italy 2022

    Event Driven Applications with Flask and Kafka

    If you're using Flask, and want to understand how to make your application event driven by integrating it with the most used streaming technology, this session is for you!


    - Slides

    - Recording

    Jun 2, 2022 - Jun 5, 2022

  • Kafka Summit 2022

    JDBC Source Connector: What Could Go Wrong?

    Want to reliably take your Database events into Apache Kafka? Look no further:

    - Slides

    - Recording

    Apr 25, 2022

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