Arun is the architect/lead of the next generation MapReduce project in Apache Hadoop. Arun is VP, Apache Hadoop, at the Apache Software Foundation i.e. the Chair of the Apache Hadoop PMC. He jointly holds the current world sorting record using Apache Hadoop. Prior to co-founding Hortonworks, Arun was responsible for all MapReduce code and configuration deployed across the 42,000+ servers at Yahoo!. In essence, he was responsible for running Apache Hadoop’s MapReduce as a service for Yahoo!. Follow Arun on Twitter: @acmurthy.