Maxwell D Da Silva

Maxwell Dayvson Da Silva, a self-taught programmer, is the director of technology at The New York Times. Born in Recife, Brazil, he is a video specialist and is most interested in bringing technology to a global audience. His work has ranged from developing and delivering highly scalable products to innovating and implementing large-scale video solutions. Prior to joining the Times, he worked for Globo, Brazil's leading media network, and Terra, a global digital media company. Additionally, he has spoken at conferences such as Campus Party, FISL, SET Broadcast and Cable, Streaming Media East, and Streaming Media West. Maxwell has also devoted time to speaking at several Brazilian universities, including UFGRS, IFRS, UDESC, and FEEVALE-RS. He is a contributor to and creator of some open source projects. You can find them at https://github.com/dayvson. Outside of his professional work, Maxwell regularly combines his passion for art and science to create games and interactive art installations. His son, Arthur, inspires him to seek opportunities to bring science into the lives of young people, both in New York and abroad. Although Redis Essentials is Maxwell's first book, he has done technical reviewing for two others, Extending Bootstrap and Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms. You can contact him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dayvson.