Olena Kutsenko is a Staff Developer Advocate at Confluent and an expert in data streaming and analytics. With two decades in software engineering, she has built mission-critical applications, led high-performing teams, and driven large-scale technology adoption at Nokia, HERE Technologies, AWS, and Aiven. She advocates for real-time data processing and AI-driven applications, empowers developers, and regularly speaks at global conferences. She is an AWS Community Builder, a mentor, and a volunteer instructor at a nonprofit tech school.