Maxwell Dayvson Da Silva

Maxwell Dayvson Da Silva, a self-taught programmer, is the Director of Technology at the New York Times. Born in Recife, Brazil, Maxwell is a video specialist most interested in bringing technology to a global audience. His work has ranged from developing and delivering high-scalable products to innovating and implementing large-scale video solutions. Prior to joining the Times, he worked for Globo, Brazil’s leading media network, and Terra, a global digital media company. Additionally, he has spoken at conferences such as Campus Party, FISL, SET Broadcast and Cable, Streaming Media East, and Streaming Media West. Maxwell has also devoted time to speaking at several Brazilian universities, including UFGRS, IFRS, UDESC, and FEEVALE-RS. He is also a contributor and creator of some open source projects that you can find at https://github.com/dayvson. Outside of his professional work, Maxwell regularly combines his passions for Art and Science to create games and interactive art installations. His son, Arthur, inspires him to seek out opportunities to bring science into the lives of young people both in New York and abroad. Although Redis Essentials is Maxwell’s first book, he was a technical reviewer for two other books, Extending Bootstrap and Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms, for Packt Publishing. You can connect with him on LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/in/dayvson).