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Headquartered just outside of Chicago, US Foods is a food distribution company that supports companies across all industries and sectors. Operating more than 70 brick-and-mortar retail locations, the company not only focuses on B2B distribution but now runs a thriving B2C business as well...

It was a “series of fortunate events” that led Richard Nwankwo to Confluent, where he currently works as a Global Cloud SDR Manager.

Let’s learn more about Richard’s career trajectory—and hear how Confluent creates a culture of collaboration, learning, and engagement.

As an account executive, Ivan Cahuana has gained plenty of experience developing relationships with his peers and customers. But his journey at Confluent didn’t start there.

Find out how Ivan got his start at the company as a sales development representative (SDR).

When Ankit Garg first started college, he wasn’t sure what major to choose. Now, years later, he’s glad his decision to pursue a Computer Science degree led him to the Trust, Security, & Reliability team at Confluent.

Will LaForest, Field CTO at Confluent, recently sat down with Anne Steptoe and Srdjan Pejic from Wealthsimple, a firm that’s disrupting the traditional investment management landscape in Canada.

When Caroline Staudenraus was looking to transition out of a career in teaching, she landed a job in technology sales as an SDR at Confluent. Five years in, Caroline currently works as an account executive in the Digital Native

Data streaming capabilities are transforming everything, from allowing you to see when your ride will arrive to powering curbside pickups of groceries. The immediacy and personalization of those commercial experiences are fast becoming the expectations when using public services and healthcare, too.

Winner of the Data Streaming Company of the Year award in 2022, NASA has already been recognized for its advanced use of Apache Kafka®. What the organization has already achieved with data streaming is impressive, but the agency’s unique internal structure

Real-time fraud prevention has become a critical capability in the financial services industry. That’s especially true for digital-native banks like EVO Banco, which can be particularly vulnerable to common methods of financial fraud.

When Steven Zhang graduated from college in 2019, he, was searching for intellectually-stimulating work. That search led him to Confluent. Four years in, Steven currently works as a senior software engineer in the Stream Processing and Analytics organization

Three years in, Marcus Greer is still excited about the work he does at Confluent. As a software engineer in the Cloud Manageability organization, Marcus helps make customers’ lives easier – giving them insight into the complex systems their businesses depend on.

Today, 97% of organizations are using data streams to transform how their frontend applications and backend operations adapt to new information in real time. Companies are using data streams to […]

This October, Confluent is hosting Current 2022: The Next Generation of Kafka Summit, gathering industry experts, influencers, and thought leaders from across the data streaming ecosystem. But what’s in it […]