Mike Barretta is a Solutions Architect for Elastic focused on helping ensure the federal government receives its fair share of the future. The past five years of his efforts have primarily revolved around technologies and techniques for deriving value from big data: distributed computing, natural language processing, machine learning, and mission-driven analytics.

Along with a penchant for quoting movies, Mike attempts to find time to play chess, collect (and usually read) books, and sit in the sun (not “in” like Superman Prime; more human-like)