Vertica Technical Event - Istanbul

Join us for the Vertica Technical Event in Istanbul on 3rd and 4th May at 09.00 A.M at the Marriott Asia Hotel in Istanbul.

Calling all Vertica users who have mastered the Vertica Essentials curriculum – Please sign up for the Vertica Techncial event - a two-day series of highly technical Master Classes that will take your Vertica know-how and capabilities to a new level!

Admission is available only to Vertica customers and Vertica Essentials certified students who are ready to advance their Vertica expertise.

But if you are not an existing Vertica customer, you are welcome to take the free Vertica Essentials 10 curriculum. After successful completion, you will be eligible to register for another event in the very near future.

Who is this course for?

The Vertica Technical Event offers a series of Master Classes designed for experienced Vertica users who want to learn more about Vertica best practices and deep dive into the product. The course is designed for:

Database Administrators
Database Architects
Data Analysts
Application Developers
Data Scientists

This FREE, two-day event is designed to accommodate 20 local participants. We have scheduled only one set of workshops, so early registration is important to secure your seat!

Register here

Venue: .Istanbul Marriott Hotel Asia, Kayisdagi Caddesi No 3, Atasehir, Istanbul 34750

Meeting room: Citrus

Vertica
Senior Solution Architect
Hamza Gurani Akbulut

Hamza Gürani Akbulut is an accomplished IT consultant with more than a decade of experience in the industry. Having started his career in 2012, he has been a part of various consulting companies, working on numerous projects in finance, telco, and other industries. Since 2020, he has served as a Vertica Solution Architect and Business Development Manager at OpenText Vertica, where he is responsible for building data pipelines, real-time data streaming and processing, presenting ideas to clients, and delivering workshops and proof of concept installations. With his expertise in Vertica and big data, he has been able to help organizations leverage the power of data to gain valuable insights and drive better business outcomes.

Opentext / Vertica
Vertica Field Chief Technologist
Maurizio Felici

Maurizio has been working in the IT industry for 30+ years.

He started coding Unix Device Drivers in Honeywell in the late '80s to integrate special devices in EU, US and APJ.

He has been working with Databases since 1992 and became involved with large Data Warehouse implementations when he was in Oracle in the late '90s.

In 2006 he joined HP working with MPP databases and - since 2011 - with Vertica. He knows several Databases, Data Warehouse architectures and a plethora of programming languages.

In his current role he helps customers Worlwide getting the most out of Vertica: Query & Throughput Tuning, UDx implementation (here is the last one) and Vertica DWH Architecture Design.

Vertica by OpenText
Field Chief Technologist
Marco Gessner

Working with relational databases since the end of the 1980s, Marco architected or helped to architect two dozen data warehouses.

Deep involvement with BI tools like Cognos or Oracle BI, with ETL tools like IBM DataStage and Informatica PowerCenter.

Head of Data Management (would be the job of the CDO today, only with less authority) for two years.

Joined HP in 2008 to work with an MPP SQL database, and working with Vertica since its acquisition by HP in 2011.

Knows several DBMSs, several programming languages. Helping prospects and customers to get the most out of Vertica.

DWH design, query optimization, just as examples, and, lately, Stored Procedures to boost the productivity of people working with Vertica in all possible roles.

Vertica
Senior Solution Architect
Pablo Vidal

Pablo Vidal is a computer scientist with more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry.

He started developing applications, coding in Java and C#, working deeply with several RDBMS technologies and query engines for unstructured data like Verity and Solr.

After various companies in IT services, and finance, in 2008 he joined HP Professional Services as Consultant, architecting solutions from an extend SW portfolio and delivering projects, helping companies to achieve their digital transformation.

After 8 years in HP, he moved to HP Big Data Services as Lead Solution Consultant where he started working with IDOL and Vertica, supporting sales and coordinating and delivering services on these technologies.