Hi all, The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache PredictionIO (incubating) has asked Shinsuke Sugaya to become a PMC member and committer, and we are pleased to announce that he has accepted. He is also a committer of the Apache Portals project.
He has made major contributions to the PredictionIO 0.11.0 release by adding Elasticsearch 5 support. This shows solid understanding of the core PredictionIO codebase. In addition, he also helped cleaning up and refactoring code in the core. Having him join forces with us would be beneficial for PredictionIO's growth. Being a committer enables easier contribution to the project since there is no need to go via the patch submission process. This should enable better productivity. Being a PMC member enables assistance with the management and to guide the direction of the project. Please join us in welcoming Shinsuke. Regards, Donald
