About the reviewer

Xun (Brian) Wu is the Founder and CEO of smartchart.tech. He has over 16 years of extensive hands-on experience in design and development with Blockchain, big data, Cloud, UI, and system infrastructure. He is the coauthor of Blockchain By Example, Hyperledger cookbook, Blockchain Quick Start Guide, and Seven NoSQL Databases in a Week. He has also been a technical reviewer for over 40 books for Packt. He served as a board advisor for several blockchain startups and owned several patents on blockchain. He holds a Master's in computer science from NJIT and lives in New Jersey with his two beautiful daughters, Bridget and Charlotte.

Nikita Rokotyan is a data visualization engineer with a background in physics and creative technologies. He specializes in creating enriched, data-driven experiences with strong dynamic and interactive components.

Focusing on aesthetics and information content, Nikita has worked on a number of applied and artistic data visualizations for various startups as well as large organizations such as University of Tokyo, Proctor & Gamble, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

Currently he's running a data visualization studio Interacta and co-running a company in NYC—CultivateMe—that explores how data visualization can help with a better understanding and cultivating human talent