Tristen Wentling is a Solutions Architect at Databricks where he works with customers in the retail industry. Formerly a data scientist, he also has authored several blog posts covering topics like best practices for production stream applications and building generative AI applications for e-commerce. Outside of technical work, Tristen spends a great deal of free time reading or heading to the beach. Tristen holds an M.S. in Mathematics and B.S. in Applied Mathematics and lives in Clearwater, FL.