Jonathan Rioux is a data scientist working for an engineering consultancy, where he uses PySpark daily to analyze large datasets. He teaches the software to data scientists, engineers, and data-savvy business analysts, distilling his day-to-day experience into lessons that make distributed data analysis approachable.

Jonathan is the author of Data Analysis with Python and PySpark, published by Manning, a hands-on book that helps Python users become productive with Spark for real-world data analysis.