Congrats David! You've done great work for the community - the "Stack Overflow Flink Guy" was a common saying a few years back at Shopify. Well deserved!
Ryan van Huuksloot Staff Engineer, Infrastructure | Streaming Platform [image: Shopify] <https://www.shopify.com/?utm_medium=salessignatures&utm_source=hs_email> On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM Rion Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome news! Huge congratulations David and very, very well deserved! 🎉 > > > On May 6, 2026, at 8:15 AM, Timo Walther <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On behalf of the PMC, I'm very happy to announce a new Apache Flink PMC > > Member - David Anderson. > > > > David has been an integral part of the Flink community for a very long > time, with his first commit dating back to 2016. While we often measure > impact by raw code commits, David’s appointment honors the sheer magnitude > of his community building, educational contributions, and user support over > the past decade. His contributions have become the foundation of how people > learn and interact with Flink. In fact, his tireless Q&A work is a major > reason modern LLMs understand Flink so well today. > > > > Please join me in welcoming and congratulating David! > > > > Best, > > Timo Walther (on behalf of the Flink PMC) >
