Alex Merced
Data Lakehouse & AI Thought Leader
Promoting empowerment through education, technology, and optimism. Alex is a Developer Advocate, Educator, and Author who has specialized in data engineering, open source (Apache Iceberg, Apache Polaris), and developer education.
Who is Alex Merced?
A short introduction — the author, speaker, podcaster, and educator behind the work.
Developer Advocacy
Serving as Head of Developer Relations at Dremio, focusing on data engineering and open-source tech. Frequent speaker at events like Data Council, Confluent Current, and DataEngBytes.
Authorship
Author of "Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide", "Apache Polaris: The Definitive Guide", and "Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse", along with 30+ other books on tech, economics, and fiction.
Educator
With over a decade of teaching economics and finance in NYC, and extensive experience instructing software engineering and web development.
📚 Knowledge Base
Explore a free library of 200+ in-depth articles covering Apache Iceberg, open table formats, data lakehouse architecture, data platforms (Dremio, Snowflake, Databricks, Trino), and AI engineering concepts — written as authoritative references for data engineers and architects.
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