Ashok Singamaneni is a Principal Data Engineer and open-source innovator specializing in large-scale data platforms, AI-driven engineering, and distributed systems. He is the co-author of Brickflow - a Databricks-native orchestration framework, and Spark-Expectations - a PySpark data-quality library — together exceeding 13 million downloads. You can listen to his talk at The Data Engineering Show - Podcastand and Databricks AI Summit 2024. Ashok is passionate about building systems that blend reliability, scalability, and developer experience. Guided by his belief that “helping others grow leads to your own growth,” he continues to learn and mentor engineers to shape the future of data engineering through community and innovation.