Michael Manoochehri is an entrepreneur, writer, and optimist. With many years of experience working with enterprise, research, and non-profit organizations, his goal is to help make scalable data analytics more affordable and accessible. Michael has been a member of Google's Cloud Platform developer relations team, focusing on cloud computing and data developer products such as Google BigQuery. In addition, Michael has written for the tech blog ProgrammableWeb.com, has spent time in rural Uganda researching mobile phone use, and holds a master's degree in information management and systems from UC Berkeley's School of Information.