Video interview by Terry Coatta, Kate Matsudaira discusses key architectural choices in the design of systems and data partitioning

Kate Matsudaira has just recently made a foray into novel territory as founder of her own company Pop Forms. Prior to that she worked in engineering leadership roles at companies such as Decide, SEOmoz, and Amazon. Her technical experience spans a wealth of areas, but she has consistently been involved with the construction of high performance distributed systems and systems addressing data collection and analysis. Kate is also well-known for her blog on which deals with issues in leadership and management. In this video, she discusses her experience in building and scaling out systems that collect and analyze large volumes of data. She covers key architectural choices in the design of these systems, delving into data partitioning in particular.

Earlier, an interview with noted developer and architect, Terry Coatta appeared here in IT Manager Connection. Terry and I serve on the ACM Practitioner Board.