Congratulations Hang! Best, Swapnal
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026, 14:35 Leonard Xu, <[email protected]> wrote: > On behalf of the PMC, I’m pleased to announce that Hang Ruan has been > elected as a new member of the Apache Flink Project Management Committee > (PMC)! > Hang has been a dedicated and impactful contributor to the Apache Flink > community for many years. He has made substantial contributions across all > key areas of the project: he authored 188 commits and reviewed 427 pull > requests across core repositories—including Flink, Flink CDC, the Kafka > connector, RabbitMQ connector, and numerous other connector projects; > served as Release Manager for 7 releases, including two big version: Flink > 2.2.0 and Flink CDC 3.3.0 (both delivered solo with high quality and on > schedule); and participated in 25 release verification votes spanning > Flink, Flink CDC, and more than 13 connector projects. > Beyond code and releases, Hang has actively engaged with the > community—contributing to 236 threads on the dev mailing list, responding > to over 142 user questions on the user and user-zh mailing lists, and > sharing deep technical insights through talks at Flink Forward Asia 2022 > and 2024, as well as widely read articles on building reliable CDC > pipelines, optimizing Kafka Connector performance, and exploring the > internals of Flink 2.2.0. > Hang’s consistent technical leadership, collaborative spirit, and > commitment to the health and growth of the Flink ecosystem make him an > excellent addition to the PMC. > > Please join me in congratulating Hang on this well-deserved recognition! > > Best regards, > Leonard(on behalf of the Apache Flink PMC)
