University of Waterloo
Ali GhodsiCo-founder and CEO · DatabricksResearcher↗
Researcher · Academic · Founder · Executive
Matei Zaharia
UC BerkeleyAssociate Professor of EECS
DatabricksCo-founder and CTO
Zaharia created Apache Spark, the open-source engine that made large-scale data processing faster and easier to program. He later co-founded Databricks and helped build MLflow and Delta Lake, while his Berkeley group develops systems such as DSPy that make AI programs easier to optimize and operate.
Career & education
Current rolesUC Berkeley2023-presentAssociate Professor of EECSDatabricks2013-presentCo-founder and CTO
UC Berkeley2023-presentDatabricks2013-presentPreviously
Stanford University2016-2023
Stanford University2016-2023Education
Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations122,612As of Nov 1, '26
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