Gian Merlino

Gian Merlino is an American programmer and entrepreneur. He is a co-creator of Apache Druid and co-founder of Imply Data.

Education

Gian Merlino graduated from California Institute of Technology in 2007 with a BS in Computer Science.[1]

Career

Merlino co-created Apache Druid, co-founded Imply Data, and is the Chief Technology Officer of Imply and an active member of the Apache Druid Community.[2]

In 2011, Merlino was working at Metamarkets Group, where his team determined that existing database options would not meet their requirements for query performance and data availability in a highly concurrent environment (1000+ users). Along with Fangjin Yang, Eric Tschetter, and others,[3] Merlino created a new database, named Druid and published Druid: A Real-time Analytical Data Store,[4]

According to Merlino, Druid is a database designed for operational analytics. It's designed for high scale, really high concurrency and really low latency. Initially, his team was trying to create an interactive marketing application with "slice-and-dice" capabilities. After trying many other options, they decided to build a new database, then build the marekting app. This was successful, and the database was named Druid.[5]

Seeking to bring Druid to more people, Merlino co-founded Imply Data in 2015.[6][7] He has served as the company's Chief Technology Officer since its inception. Merlino continues to be an active contributor to Apache Druid, with over 1000 commits to the project[8] and active service on the Apache Druid Project Management Committee.[9]

References
  1. "Alumni US | Caltech, Greater Los Angeles Area". alumnius.net. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  2. "Apache Committee Information". projects.apache.org. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  3. "Druid | Introducing Druid". druid.apache.org. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  4. "Druid - Real-time Analytical Data Store | Data Science Association". datascienceassn.org. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  5. SF Scala: Gian Merlino Interview with Alexy Khabrov, retrieved 2022-04-03
  6. "Imply launches with $2M to commercialize the Druid open-source data store". VentureBeat. 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  7. Casado, Martin (2018-03-13). "Imply". Andreessen Horowitz. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  8. "gianm - Overview". GitHub. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  9. "Apache Committee Information". projects.apache.org. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
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