
Nikita Ivanov
Nikita Ivanov is founder of the Apache Ignite project and CTO of GridGain Systems, started in 2007. Nikita has led GridGain to develop advanced and distributed in-memory data processing technologies – the top Java in-memory data fabric starting every 10 seconds around the world today.
Nikita has over 20 years of experience in software application development, building HPC and middleware platforms, contributing to the efforts of other startups and notable companies including Adaptec, Visa and BEA Systems. Nikita was one of the pioneers in using Java technology for server side middleware development while working for one of Europe’s largest system integrators in 1996.
He is an active member of Java middleware community, contributor to the Java specification. He is also a frequent international speaker with over 50 Talks at various developer conferences globally in the last 5 years.
The opinions expressed in this blog are those of Nikita Ivanov and do not necessarily represent those of IDG Communications, Inc., its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies.

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