Ben Gamble is Field CTO at Ververica—the original creators of Apache Flink®—where he helps enterprises convert “data-in-motion” into real-time business advantage. A former founder, game-developer, and AR pioneer, Ben has spent the past decade turning fast data and applied AI into production realities across finance, logistics, and immersive tech. Today he advises multiple start-ups, contributes to open-source projects, all while championing a simple idea: real-time data should be as easy to use as REST.