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# Chia-Ping Tsai

- **Email:** chia7712@gmail.com

- **GitHub:** [github.com/chia7712](https://github.com/chia7712)

- **Location:** Tainan, Taiwan

## Profile

**Open Source Leader & Distributed Systems Expert**

Accomplished engineer and community builder with a PhD in Computer Science. Proven track record in building high-performance distributed systems and fostering open-source ecosystems. As an Apache Member and PMC/Committer for multiple top-level projects, I specialize in bridging the gap between complex technical architectures and engineering talent, having mentored countless developers into becoming open-source contributors.

## Technical Skills

- **Big Data & Distributed Systems:** Apache Kafka, Apache HBase, Apache YuniKorn, Apache Hadoop

- **Core Competencies:** System Architecture, Performance Tuning, Open Source Governance, Technical Mentoring

## Experience

### Lead | Apache Taipei (ALC Taipei)

*2025 - Present*

- **Founded and lead** the first official Apache Local Community in Taiwan, serving as the primary bridge between the local developer ecosystem and the global Apache Software Foundation.

- **Strategic Alliances:** **Partnered with** the Ministry of Digital Affairs and international tech giants to **co-host** high-impact events like the "AI International Tech Day."

- **Global Visibility:** Spearheading initiatives to elevate Taiwanese open-source talent on the world stage.

### Maintainer | Apache Kafka

*2024 - Present*

- **Core Maintainer:** **Orchestrated major architectural changes** and drove the project roadmap to ensure long-term stability and scalability.

- **Code Quality:** Reviewed over **2,000 commits** across all modules, ensuring high standards for code quality and system reliability.

- **Mentorship:** Mentored contributors who have collectively delivered more than **1,000 commits**, significantly expanding the project's contributor base.

### Technical Consultant, Big Data & Open Source

*2023 - Present*

- **Performance Engineering:** Led an engineering team to optimize Apache Kafka's data infrastructure.

- **Measurable Success:** Achieved a **30% improvement in write speed** through custom algorithmic optimizations.

- **Academic Contribution:** The optimization algorithm was published in **IEEE BigData**, validating the industrial solution with academic rigor.

### Founder & Host | OpenSource4You

*2023 - Present*

- **Community Building:** Established a vibrant open-source community in Taiwan dedicated to mentoring engineers.

- **Impact:** Built a network of over **5,000 engineers**, fostering **10+ new open-source committers** and hosting **80+ technical talks**.

### Engineer and Consultant | Is-Land

*2018 - 2022*

- **Solution Architecture:** Guided over **10 enterprise customers** in adopting open-source architectures, reducing vendor lock-in.

- **Product Development:** Designed and implemented a streaming platform that streamlined Kafka deployment and development workflows.

## Open Source Leadership & Governance

- **Apache Member** (The Apache Software Foundation)

- **PMC Member:** Apache HBase, Apache Kafka, Apache YuniKorn

- **Program Committee Member:** HBaseConAsia, Kafka Summit

## Education

- **National Cheng Kung University**, PhD in Computer Science (*2012 - 2020*)

## Selected Publications

- H.-C. Hsiao, **C.-P. Tsai**, et al. *"Load Balancing Algorithms and Their Impacts on Apache Kafka,"* IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData), 2023.

- **Chia-Ping Tsai** and Hung-Chang Hsiao. *"The Data Recovery Service in NoSQL,"* IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData), 2022.

- **C.-P. Tsai**, et al. *"The Time Machine in Columnar NoSQL Databases: The Case of Apache HBase,"* Future Internet, 2022.