Biography
Lena Hall is an expert in practical AI adoption, data engineering, cloud and pragmatic architecture, driving strategic AI integration at scale combined with extensive experience leading large, high-performing technical teams. She helps developers get real results from AI, defining Data + AI strategies, integrating LLMs into complex systems, connecting AI solutions with custom data and business tools, and optimizing outcomes through proven and innovative architectures. Lena has 15+ years of deeply technical background as a solution architect, technical leader in large-scale data, analytics, machine learning, and cloud computing. Lena is currently a Senior Director of Developer Relations at Akamai. Prior to that, she worked as Head of Developer Experience, North America at Amazon Web Services, led Big Data DevRel at Microsoft, and was a Senior Engineer at Microsoft Research. She frequently shares practical knowledge on her YouTube channel (youtube.com/@lena-hall) and at industry conferences as an international keynote speaker.