About the Reviewers

Siva Prakash has been working in the field of software development for the last 7 years. Currently, he is working with CISCO, Bangalore. He has an extensive development experience in desktop-, mobile-, and web-based applications in ERP, telecom, and the digital media industry. He has passion for learning new technologies and sharing knowledge thus gained with others. He has worked on big data technologies for the digital media industry. He loves trekking, travelling, music, reading books, and blogging.

He is available on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/techsivam.

Rahul Tekchandani is a Hadoop software developer who specializes in building and developing Hadoop data platforms for big financial institutions. With experience in software design, development, and support, he has engineered strong, data-driven applications using the Cloudera's Hadoop Distribution. Rahul has also worked as an information architect to support data sanitization and data governance.

Prior to his career in software development, he completed his masters in Management of Information Systems at University of Arizona and worked on academic projects for top tech and banking companies.

He currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Visit his developer's blog at www.rahultekchandani.com to see what he is currently exploring, and to learn more about him.