This year I was named a MVP for Cassandra from Datastax.  Its great to get the recognition from my peers and be part of this awesome community!

In 2014 I spoke at few Cassandra meetups (both Minnesota and SF), and gave a talk at the Cassandra Summit.  I have been answering questions in IRC and the userlist throughout the year along with a hand full of stack overflow questions.  I was very excited to get a few patches accepted and start contributing back to improve the database.

I am excited to continue giving talks and contributing where I can in 2015.