# John Kutay - Director of Engineering at Rippling

> Change Data Capture (CDC) is a crucial topic for data engineers, and this session features John Kutay, Director of Engineering at Rippling, who shares his extensive experience with CDC. Learn how CDC works by mining database logs to efficiently replicate data changes in real-time, which is essentia…

- Web page: https://www.dataexpert.io/lesson/tech-talk-4-john-kutay-april2025-p735-l1006
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- Module: Tech Talks
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- Length: 57 min video
- Skills: MLOps, ETL/ELT, Apache Spark, Data Warehousing, Kafka
- Academy: DataExpert.io Academy

## About this lesson

Change Data Capture (CDC) is a crucial topic for data engineers, and this session features John Kutay, Director of Engineering at Rippling, who shares his extensive experience with CDC. Learn how CDC works by mining database logs to efficiently replicate data changes in real-time, which is essential for maintaining data integrity and performance in transactional systems. This lesson is ideal for data engineers and analytics professionals looking to enhance their understanding of CDC implementations and best practices.

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