Karl Eklund is a seasoned technology consultant and principal architect currently serving at Red Hat since May 2021, where expertise encompasses big data analytics, cloud solution architecture, and artificial intelligence. Prior experience includes a senior technology consultant role at Elicit, LLC, focusing on advising industries such as travel, retail, and healthcare on big data analytics and technology strategy. Additionally, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eklund contributed as a research associate, providing high-performance computing systems for research and developing bioinformatics applications. Eklund holds a B.S. in Applied Science with a concentration in Biomedical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.