# Andy Grove

> Andy Grove is the original creator of Apache DataFusion and a PMC member of Apache Arrow and Apache DataFusion. With over 30 years of software engineering experience, he specializes in query engines and distributed systems, currently serving as Principal Distributed Database Engineer at Apple. He's the author of 'How Query Engines Work' and creator of sqlparser-rs, one of the leading open-source SQL parsers for Rust. His open-source contributions have shaped the modern data processing ecosystem, with DataFusion powering hundreds of data-centric applications worldwide.

- **Role:** Principal Distributed Database Engineer at Apple
- **Organizations:** Apple, Apache Software Foundation, NVIDIA, RMS, Raven Data Security, AgilData, CodeFutures
- **Education:** Certifications in Kotlin, Scala Functional Programming, Neural Networks, Coursera
- **Known for:** Original creator of Apache DataFusion, PMC member of Apache Arrow and Apache DataFusion, Creator of sqlparser-rs, one of the leading open-source SQL parsers for Rust

## Career timeline

- **1989-2007** — Early career in software engineering across banking, media, and technology sectors
- **2007-2014** — Chief Architect at CodeFutures, leading dbShards NewSQL solution
- **2014-2017** — Chief Architect at AgilData, designing distributed streaming SQL database
- **2017** — Co-Founded Raven Data Security as CTO, built data security platform MVP
- **2018** — Donated Rust implementation of Apache Arrow to Apache Software Foundation
- **2019** — Donated DataFusion in-process SQL query engine to Apache Arrow
- **2020-2024** — Principal Distributed Systems Engineer at NVIDIA, working on RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark
- **2021** — Donated Ballista distributed SQL query engine to Apache Arrow
- **2024** — Joined Apple as Principal Distributed Database Engineer, contributing to DataFusion Comet
- **2024** — Apache DataFusion became a Top-Level Project at Apache Software Foundation

## Achievements

- Original creator of Apache DataFusion
- PMC member of Apache Arrow and Apache DataFusion
- Creator of sqlparser-rs, one of the leading open-source SQL parsers for Rust
- Author of 'How Query Engines Work' book
- Donated Rust implementation of Apache Arrow (2018)
- Donated DataFusion query engine (2019)
- Donated Ballista distributed query engine (2021)
- Co-inventor of U.S. Patent No. 8,626,709 for scalable relational database replication
- 1.5k+ GitHub followers with 43 public repositories
- Led development delivering two orders of magnitude improvements in query performance
- Successfully founded and sold one company
- Regular speaker at conferences and meetups on Rust and big data

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — Joined Apple as Principal Distributed Database Engineer, working on Apache DataFusion Comet
- **2024-06** — Apache DataFusion became a Top-Level Project at Apache Software Foundation
- **2025-01** — Participated in Apache DataFusion Community Meeting, continuing active involvement in project leadership
- **2025-01** — Predicted 2025 as the year DataFusion-based systems could reach 1,000 projects milestone

## Links

- Website: https://andygrove.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andygrove/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/andygrove73
- GitHub: https://github.com/andygrove
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/andygrove.io

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