TORRES

Zeke is a Chicago born and raised single dad of teen twins. His parents were Mexican immigrants who worked hard to give him a solid education. He worked hard to convince them to buy him a computer and started learning to code in the 7th grade. The Logan Square neighborhood he was raised in was always "tough" before he was a teenager. It only got tougher and harder to avoid the various aspects of the city that had no solid future. Fortunately he found that "running" was a sport just in time during HS. The coach observed Zeke - running from trouble and convinced him to join the Cross Country team. Zeke focused on his athleticism and indirectly continued with his hobby of "code"... Zeke has shared his technical but also personal journey and adventures with others including speaking and lecturing at University Campuses and Global Technical Conferences... Career Related: From resume and interviewing to current trends in data engineering