Sergei Shaikin is the CTO at Artillex, a UK-based fintech startup, with a rich background leading data engineering teams, leading data products delivery, and hands-on experience in data engineering. Sergei is a Microsoft Azure Certified Architect and the author of a book on Apache Carbondata, an open-source, high-performance, scalable storage format. Committed to the growth of the data engineering community, Sergei mentors on ADPList, offering his insights and guidance to fellow data professionals.