Francesco Tisiot's profile

Francesco Tisiot

Senior Product Marketing Manager, AI Services, Aiven

Based in Verona, Italy

Francesco comes from Verona, Italy and works as a Senior Product Marketing Manager, AI Services at Aiven. With his many years of experience as a data engineer, he has stories to tell and advice for data-wranglers everywhere. Francesco loves sharing knowledge with others as a speaker and writer, and is on a mission to defend the world from bad Italian food!

Superpowers

Kafka

Flink

Stream processing

PostgreSQL

Databases

Analytics

Data pipelines

Data security

Data governance

Data observability

Machine learning

Public speaking

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Speaking activities

Past

Kafka Summit London 2024
Attacking (and defending) Apache Kafka
Whether you’re directly managing Apache Kafka or it’s part of your data infrastructure, this talk will give you an idea of the security threats involved and how to be ready for them.
Mar 19, 2024 - Mar 20, 2024
Kafka Summit London
Attacking (and defending) Apache Kafka
Whether you’re directly managing Apache Kafka or it’s part of your data infrastructure, this talk will give you an idea of the security threats involved and how to be ready for them.
Mar 19, 2024 - Mar 20, 2024
CloudGen
Attacking (and Defending) Apache Kafka
Whether you’re directly managing Apache Kafka or it’s part of your data infrastructure, this talk will give you an idea of the security threats involved and how to be ready for them.
Feb 16, 2024
PGConf EU
Finding PostgreSQL’s fit in the AI space
As AI continues to become a bigger part of every company, this session will help you to make sure PostgreSQL and your implementations remain relevant on this journey.
Dec 12, 2023 - Dec 15, 2023
Big Data Conference
Attacking (and defending) Apache Kafka
Whether you’re directly managing Apache Kafka or it’s part of your data infrastructure, this talk will give you an idea of the security threats involved and how to be ready for them!
- Slides
Nov 22, 2023 - Nov 24, 2023
Current 2023
From 🐛 to 🦋: Data Pipelines Evolution from Batch to Streaming
If you’re thinking about migrating from batch to streaming, but are afraid of any disruption the process may cause in your organization, this session is for you!
- Talk recording
Sep 26, 2023 - Sep 27, 2023
pgDay Paris 2023
Fix your Strings
This session is recommended for anyone who deeply cares about their (string) data quality.
- Link to slides
Mar 23, 2023
PGConf EU 2022
Put PostgreSQL at the center of your (meta)data universe!
This talk is about the hidden treasure stored in the metadata: starting by defining use cases, we'll then focus on how we can design a system, based on PostgreSQL and some graph theory, that collects, merges and exposes metadata coming from a variety of tools.

- Slides
Oct 25, 2022 - Oct 28, 2022
Current 2022
Breathe In, Breathe Out: Get Kafka Connect Configs Right!
If you are ready to make magic with Kafka Connect and the Apache Kafka ecosystem, this is the talk for you!

- Slides
- Recording
Oct 4, 2022 - Oct 5, 2022
Uptime 2022
No pineapple on pizza! Streaming anomaly detection with Apache Kafka and Apache Flink
Check out this creation of a streaming data pipeline for anomaly detection in 10 minutes!

- Slides
- Recording
Sep 14, 2022 - Sep 15, 2022
Uptime 2022
Don't get lost in data: metadata to the rescue!
If you want to programmatically keep control over your dynamic data assets, this session is for you!

- Slides
- Recording
Sep 14, 2022 - Sep 15, 2022
Berlin Buzzwords 2022
Solving the Knapsack Problem with Recursive Queries and PostgreSQL
If you're into PostgreSQL and eager to understand how recursion works, this session is for you!
- Slides
- Recording
Jun 12, 2022 - Jun 14, 2022
PyCon Italy 2022
Event Driven Applications with Flask and Kafka
If you're using Flask, and want to understand how to make your application event driven by integrating it with the most used streaming technology, this session is for you!

- Slides
- Recording
Jun 2, 2022 - Jun 5, 2022
Kafka Summit 2022
JDBC Source Connector: What Could Go Wrong?
Want to reliably take your Database events into Apache Kafka? Look no further:
- Slides
- Recording
Apr 25, 2022

Blogs by Francesco Tisiot

Mar 21, 2023
Does Apache Kafka® really preserve message ordering?
We’re told that Apache Kafka® preserves message ordering per topic/partition, but how true is that, and how close can we come to making it true?
Francesco
Mar 2, 2023
Aiven's journey to enable a better Apache Flink® experience
SQL, integrations, autocompletion, data preview and more - Aiven’s bringing good things to your Apache Flink® workflow
Filip & Francesco
Dec 8, 2022
A SOFT methodology to define robust data platforms
Making robust and future-proof decisions about your data setup can be complex. The SOFT methodology is here to guide you to the right choices for your needs.
Francesco
Nov 29, 2022
8 tips to speed up Apache Kafka® Connect development
Apache Kafka® Connect configuration might seem like dark magic at times. Read on to learn a few tips and take your developer experience to the next level.
Francesco
Nov 8, 2022
Using PostgreSQL® JSON functions to navigate reviews of restaurants in India
Parsing semi-structured dataset in a relational database seems scary. Read on for how PostgreSQL® JSON functions allow your SQL queries to work with json and jsonb data.
Francesco
Nov 3, 2022
PG Conf EU 2022 in a nutshell
PG Conf EU 2022 was a blast! Our team wrote this recap highlighting our favorite sessions and trends in the PostgreSQL® community we observed.
Ronan & Francesco & Ana
Oct 14, 2022
What is 'Current' with data streaming?
Current 2022 was this year's successor to the Kafka Summit series of conferences. Read on to find out what our Aiven colleagues thought of this new event (hint: it was very good!).
Francesco & Ben & Olena & Markos
Aug 4, 2022
Use Aiven's metadata parser to understand how your data flows
As the number of data assets and related technologies grows, figuring out how they relate gets harder. Find out about a new tool that can give useful insights.
Francesco
May 24, 2022
Use your own connector with Twitter and Aiven for Apache Kafka®
What if Aiven doesn't provide the Apache Kafka® connector you want? Read on to learn how to use an external connector, to gather Twitter messages into Kafka.
Francesco