WANdisco has appointed Konstantin Boudnik as Director of Big Data Distribution, the software company announced Thursday.

Boudnik will lead WANdisco's Big Data team in the rollout of its certified Hadoop computer file and graphical user interface.

He is one of the original developers of Hadoop and founder of Apache BigTop, a project for the development of packaging and tests of the Hadoop ecosystem.

"In building our Big Data team, we've been seeking Hadoop visionaries and authorities who demonstrate leadership and originality," said David Richards, CEO of WANdisco.

"Konstantin Boudnik clearly fits that description, and we're honoured that he's chosen to join our team. He brings great professionalism and distribution expertise to WANdisco."

With experience in software development, analytics, Git and distributed systems, the company said Boudnik is more than qualified for the job.

He has also held position as at Cloudera, Yahoo! and Sun Microsystems.

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