Latin America and the Caribbean. Ouro Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ËoÉ¾u ËpÉ¾etu], Black Gold) is a city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a former colonial mining town located in the Serra do EspinhaÃ§o mountains and designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of its outstanding Baroque architecture.
Alexis Ohanian. Alexis Kerry Ohanian (born April 24, 1983) is an American internet entrepreneur and investor, known for co-founding the social news website Reddit, where he is currently serving as executive chairman.
Matei Zaharia, the creator of Spark and CTO of commercial Spark developer Databricks, shared his views on the Spark phenomena, as well as several real-world use cases, during his presentation at the recent Strata conference in Santa Clara, California.