Andrew Madson is a leading data and AI educator and practitioner known for his deep expertise in modern data lakehouse architectures—especially Apache Iceberg—and enterprise analytics at scale. As a LinkedIn Learning Instructor, he has built and taught highly practical courses including Hands-On Apache Iceberg, Apache Iceberg Fundamentals, and Iceberg for Analytics and ML, helping thousands of professionals move from legacy data stacks to cloud-native, open lakehouse platforms. His work spans Iceberg, SQL-based analytics, ML-ready data pipelines, and governance-ready architectures, informed by senior roles at Fivetran, Dremio, JPMorgan Chase, and Fidelity, and reinforced by his authorship with Wiley and O’Reilly on next-generation data systems. Equally impactful in academia, Andrew teaches data and AI across multiple universities, uniquely bridging cutting-edge industry practice with accessible, real-world instruction—making him a trusted voice for organizations modernizing their data foundations and analytics capabilities.