Avinash is a platform engineer and an experienced consultant helping business deploy, scale and architect data platforms using open source technologies such as Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Kubernetes, etc. He is an avid technical evangelist, advocating for open source technologies in local communities through meetups and conferences. He helps run multiple local communities around data streaming, including Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and Apache Druid/Pinot, among others. Apart from consulting, Avinash is an open source contributor with contributions to various projects in the CNCF ecosystem.

Avinash runs a local community around data streaming in Bengaluru called Bengaluru Streams. The group hosts regular in-person meetups with over 3,000 members. Avinash also helps run other communities in Bengaluru, including the Apache Kafka meetup, occasionally. He is also active in the online community by helping in the community forums. Avinash writes about streaming and Kafka in the Platformatory blog - https://platformatory.io/blog/