Welcome to the Databricks User Group! We plan to meet quarterly in person, and this space allows us to continue the conversation and ask questions/share ideas. Feel free to ask questions or share thoughts, this space is moderated by the local St. Louis Databricks team. Also please remember that everyone is at a different stage/skill level in their journey, all questions are welcome and our members commit to treating each other with respect. We encourage everyone who joins to please introduce yourself if you feel comfortable. Thank you! ... View more

Some really amazing notebook features have been recently released. My favorite so far is the Run Selected functionality. This allows you to highlight code in a cell and run only that portion instead of the entire cell. Check out all of the new features here: https://www.databricks.com/blog/2022/01/30/introducing-upgrades-databricks-notebooks-new-editor-python-formatting-and-more ... View more

Hey everyone! I'm a Solutions Architect near St. Louis and love helping all of my customers in the area. I have been in the big data space for nearly a decade and started out in on-premise systems. I moved on to the AWS ecosystem and started doing consulting work helping people implement data pipelines. This quickly pivoted into exclusively working on migration projects from legacy systems to Databricks. I knew immediately that Databricks was an amazing technology and after a couple of years, I was able to come over and work directly for them helping organizations realize the potential of their data. I'm looking forward to collaborating with everyone on this community page and in person! ... View more