Alex Merced

Alex Merced is an experienced technologist and Head of Developer Relations at Dremio, awarded the CEO Award in 2025. He is the creator of the DataLakehouseHub.com community and a LinkedIn Learning instructor. With extensive experience in full-stack development and technical teaching (including teaching at General Assembly), Alex specializes in the Data Lakehouse ecosystem and technologies such as Apache Iceberg and Apache Polaris. He is the author of books for O’Reilly and Manning, the host of the podcasts Datanation and Web Dev 101, and an active creator of educational content that helps developers master modern data infrastructure.