Byron Voorbach

Byron Voorbach has spent over a decade in the search domain, providing consultation to companies and aiding in implementing large-scale search systems. As the current Head of Sales Engineering at Weaviate, he collaborates with customers globally to harness the power of semantic search in their operations.
A regular conference speaker and active contributor to open-source projects, Byron enjoys tackling complex problems and venturing into diverse domains. His work also includes building projects demonstrating cutting-edge search technologies’ potential and functionality and committing new functionality to Weaviate.


Company/Organisation

Weaviate


Session

06-20
11:00
20min
From keyword to vector
Byron Voorbach

During this talk, I will take you on my over-a-decade-long journey in search. Starting from having witnessed the inception of Elasticsearch to my current endeavors with Weaviate, I will share my first-hand experience of the evolution, challenges, and lessons learned along the way.

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