Jesse Anderson serves in three roles at Big Data Institute: data engineer, creative engineer, and managing director. He works on big data with companies ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies. His work includes training on cutting-edge technologies such as Apache's Kafka, Hadoop, and Spark. He has taught over 30,000 people the skills needed to become data engineers.

Jesse is widely regarded as an expert in the field and for his novel teaching practices. He has published for O'Reilly and Pragmatic Programmers. He has been covered in prestigious publications such as: The Wall Street Journal, CNN, BBC, NPR, Engadget, and Wired. He has spent the past 6+ years observing, mentoring, and working with data teams. He has condensed this knowledge of why teams succeed or fail into this book.