Chris Larsen

Chris Larsen has extensive experience in technology and data engineering, currently serving as the Director of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances and Principal Solutions Architect at Redpanda Data since March 2022, focusing on next-generation event streaming. Prior roles include Senior Solutions Engineer at Confluent, where efforts were centered around modernizing enterprise data pipelines with Apache Kafka, and Principal Solutions Architect at Qlik, emphasizing technology partner integrations and emerging technologies. Chris also held positions as a Senior Consultant for Analytics and Data Engineering, Supervisor of Application Delivery at Stericycle, IT Director at both High Sierra, Inc. and Chicago Gear, and played a foundational role as an I.T. Engineer at Orbit Commerce, Inc. and Network Engineer at Shedd Aquarium.