Champion
Olena Kutsenko
Confluent
Olena is a Staff Developer Advocate at Confluent and a recognized expert in data streaming and analytics. With two decades of experience in software engineering, she has built mission-critical applications, led high-performing teams, and driven large-scale technology adoption at industry leaders like Nokia, HERE Technologies, AWS, and Aiven.
A passionate advocate for real-time data processing and AI-driven applications, Olena empowers developers and organizations to use the power of streaming data. She is an AWS Community Builder, a dedicated mentor, and a volunteer instructor at a nonprofit tech school, helping to shape the next generation of engineers.
As an international speaker and thought leader, Olena regularly presents at top global conferences, sharing deep technical insights and hands-on expertise. Whether through her talks, workshops, or content, she is committed to making complex technologies accessible and inspiring innovation in the developer community.
A passionate advocate for real-time data processing and AI-driven applications, Olena empowers developers and organizations to use the power of streaming data. She is an AWS Community Builder, a dedicated mentor, and a volunteer instructor at a nonprofit tech school, helping to shape the next generation of engineers.
As an international speaker and thought leader, Olena regularly presents at top global conferences, sharing deep technical insights and hands-on expertise. Whether through her talks, workshops, or content, she is committed to making complex technologies accessible and inspiring innovation in the developer community.
Badges 10
Talks 11
- Devoxx UK 2026
Deep dive into data streaming security
- Devoxx UK 2026
Building Secure Software(Panel) : Practical Strategies for Developers
- Voxxed Days CERN 2026
Keeping data private in real-time pipelines
- Devoxx Poland 2025
The art of structuring real-time data streams into actionable insights
- Devoxx UK 2025
Mastering real-time anomaly detection with open source tools
- Devoxx UK 2025
The art of structuring real-time data streams into actionable insights
- Devoxx Morocco 2024
A deep dive into vector search technology and tools
- Devoxx Belgium 2023
Beginners guide to balance your data across Apache Kafka partitions
- Devoxx Ukraine 2023
ClickHouse: what is behind the fastest columnar database
- Devoxx UK 2023
Using Apache Kafka and OpenSearch to explore Mastodon
- Devoxx UK 2022
Optimal Data Lake for analytics: Apache Kafka and ClickHouse