Jason Plurad is a software developer for IBM Cognitive Applications. He develops open source software and builds open communities in the big data and analytics space. His focus has been on graph databases and graph analytics. He is a Technical Steering Committee member and committer on JanusGraph (scalable graph database) and Apache TinkerPop (graph computing platform). He has spoken previously at Apache: Big Data, DataWorks Summit, Graph Day, HBaseCon, Open Camps, Scylla Summit, IBM Insight, IBM InterConnect, IBM World of Watson, and local meetups.