About InfluxData
InfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB, the leading open source time series database. They offer a cloud service, InfluxDB Cloud, and a commercial on-premise product, InfluxDB Enterprise (https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb-enterprise/).

About Paul Dix
Paul Dix is the founder and CTO of InfluxData (https://www.influxdata.com/). He has helped build software for startups, large companies and organizations like Microsoft, Google, McAfee, Thomson Reuters, and Air Force Space Command. He is the series editor for Addison Wesley's Data & Analytics book and video series (https://www.informit.com/imprint/series_detail.aspx?ser=4255387). In 2010 Paul wrote the book "Service Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails" (https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/service-oriented-design-with/9780321700124/) for Addison Wesley's Professional Ruby Series. In 2009 he started the NYC Machine Learning Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/nyc-machine-learning/), which now has over 13,000 members. Paul holds a degree in computer science from Columbia University. You can find Paul on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pauldix) and GitHub (https://github.com/pauldix).

Links
- InfluxData: https://www.influxdata.com/
- Careers at InfluxData: https://www.influxdata.com/careers/
- Blog post: Meet the Founders Who Rewrote in Rust: https://www.influxdata.com/blog/meet-founders-who-rewrote-in-rust/
- Reddit: Details and discussion on the Rust rewrite: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/16v13l5/influxdb_officially_made_the_switch_from_go_rust/
- Blog post: The Plan for InfluxDB 3.0 Open Source: https://www.influxdata.com/blog/the-plan-for-influxdb-3-0-open-source/