Russell Spitzer
Open source maintainer and principal engineer at Snowflake, serving on the Apache Iceberg and Apache Polaris PMCs with expertise in table formats, catalogs, and data infrastructure.
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Jan 25, 2026 • 53min
Apache Iceberg and the catalog layer (w/ Russell Spitzer)
Russell Spitzer, principal engineer at Snowflake and Apache Iceberg maintainer, brings deep expertise in table formats and catalogs. He discusses why Iceberg simplifies data infrastructure. He explores catalog design choices, identity and access at the catalog layer. He outlines v1–v4 milestones and how catalog standards enable interoperability.
