Russell Spitzer

Software Engineer, Apple

Russell Spitzer received his Ph.D from UCSF in 2013 after performing a lot of comparisons of protein binding sites. Following that, he became deeply invested in distributed computing and involved in several Apache projects. While working at DataStax, he became a key contributor to the DataStax Spark-Cassandra Connector, and he also worked on both of those (and other) Apache projects. More recently, he has been involved with the Apache Iceberg project and has devoted most of his time to data file management and advancing the table format. Currently, Russell is a PMC member of the Apache Iceberg project.

Russell Spitzer's Articles and Resources

Gnarly Data Waves Episode

Revolutionizing Data Analytics: How Dremio, Snowflake, and the Polaris Catalog unlock the power of the Hybrid Lakehouse

In today's data-driven world, enterprises face the challenge of managing, analyzing, and deriving insights from massive amounts of data across different environments. Join industry experts from Dremio, Snowflake, and the Polaris Catalog for an exclusive webinar that explores the future…

Subsurface Session

Iceberg Development at Apple

Apache Iceberg has evolved from a niche project to a major industry player, boasting a global community of skilled engineers from companies like Amazon, Alibaba, Cloudera, Dremio, Tabular, and notably Apple. Apple, a significant open-source supporter, has been actively involved…