About the author

My name is Brad Karels (@bkarels).  I've been developing software since 1999 and have morphed from a Java guy, to Grails and Groovy, to Scala/Akka/Spray, and into the world of 'Big Data' with my focus now shifting to Apache Spark on Cassandra.

Core priciples:

• Share everything
• Fail fast
• Learn from mistakes
• Celebrate success
• Innovate always (except when innovation is overkill)

Still reading this page and are looking to learn more about me?  Hit me up on FB, LinkedIn, or twitter - maybe we'll grab a coffee or something. I've also been know to drink beer from time to time.

Cheers.