Champions Profile

Jean-Georges “jgp” Perrin is the chief innovation officer at AbeaData, focusing on building innovative and modern data tooling. He is also chair of the Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) at the Linux Foundation project Bitol, president of AIDA User Group, and author of multiple books, including Implementing Data Mesh (O’Reilly) and Spark in Action, 2nd edition (Manning). He is passionate about software engineering and all things data. His latest endeavors bring him to more and more data engineering, data governance, industrialization of data science, and his favorite theme, Data Mesh. He is proud to have been recognized as a Lifetime IBM Champion.

Jean-Georges shares over 25 years of experience in the IT industry as a presenter and participant at conferences and publishing articles in print and online media. His blog is visible at http://jgp.ai. He enjoys exploring Upstate New York and New England with his wife and kids when not immersed in tech, which he loves.

Area of expertise:

•  Data, Data innovation including Data Mesh, Data Contracts
• API Integration, including PayPal’s API (started over 15 years ago)
• Software & Data architecture (SMB & enterprise)
• Building and growing technology communities