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Apparent Instagram video of escaped New Orleans inmate could be a big break, experts say
Apparent Instagram video of escaped New Orleans inmate could be a big break, experts say

USA Today

time3 days ago

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  • USA Today

Apparent Instagram video of escaped New Orleans inmate could be a big break, experts say

Apparent Instagram video of escaped New Orleans inmate could be a big break, experts say Show Caption Hide Caption New Orleans resident says sheriff 'failed us' after jail escape New Orleans resident Lakisha Catchings lives near where one of 10 escaped inmates was apprehended. She says the sheriff failed to protect the city. Authorities searching for two of the inmates who escaped a New Orleans jail last month may have gotten their biggest break yet: A video apparently posted to social media by one of the fugitives. On May 16, a group of 10 inmates escaped the Orleans Parish jail through a hole behind a toilet, officials said. Law enforcement has since captured eight of the men, leaving only Antoine Massey, 32, and Derrick Groves, 27, on the run. The video posted to Instagram on June 1 shows a man who identifies himself as Massey in what appears to be an apartment. The man in the video denies claims he was the mastermind of the jailbreak, saying "I didn't break out. I was let out." He also proclaimed his innocence, solicited help from a litany of celebrities – including President Donald Trump and rapper Meek Mill – and said he fled to avoid being charged for a crime he did not commit. Experts who reviewed the video told USA TODAY it could be the break investigators were looking for. The Instagram post, they said, could lead authorities to a location where Massey is holed up, or to a person who's helping him. The video itself gives law enforcement a look at his most recent appearance and provides insights into his current frame of mind. "Posting a video is great for law enforcement," said Scott Duffey, co-director for the Criminal Justice Institute at Wilmington University and a retired FBI agent. "Anytime a fugitive who's on the lam put his head above water, it's helpful." How does the video help law enforcement? Duffey said the first thing law enforcement will do is investigate whether the video is real or not – an increasingly prevalent challenge in the age of artificial intelligence. Once its validity is confirmed, there's a trove of information authorities can glean from it. On June 2, the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office released a statement saying they are aware of the video and urged Massey to turn himself in. Authorities have not publicly confirmed whether Massey is the man in the video. They've not denied it either. But what information can investigators get from a Instagram that has been deleted? A lot, said Donald Lane, a former U.S. Secret Service agent with decades of experience in fugitive manhunts. Lane said investigators will try to determine who the account belongs to. If the account that posted the video is linked to a real person, law enforcement will attempt to interview them or obtain a search warrant. If a dummy account was created to upload the video – meaning there's no account information tying it to Massey or an associate – there are still opportunities for solid leads. For example, electronic crime experts could track the use of the social media app – including the action of signing up for an account – to an IP address. Once investigators locate the computer network the device is tied to, they can quickly ascertain a physical address. "Anytime you have a person doing something like this, it's a break in the investigation," Lane said. Is Massey feeling the heat? Duffey and Lane both said Massey appears to be "desperate to prove his case" and anticipating his eventual capture. "He knows he's going to be caught," Lane said. "He's pleading his case in the public forum. ... It shows a bit of desperation." The odds are certainly against Massey, who is charged with domestic abuse involving strangulation as well as theft of a motor vehicle. According to Bryce Peterson, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice who has conducted extensive research on inmate escapes, well over 90% of inmates who escape will be recaptured. This is because the life of a fugitive is unsustainable for most people. "It's very tough," Duffey said. "You're always overlooking your shoulder." The eight other fugitives who fled with Massey and Groves were arrested following high-speed chases, facial recognition technology and tips from the public. Over a dozen people have also been arrested and accused of aiding the escapees. Authorities are currently offering $50,000 for tips leading to the arrest of Massey and Groves. Citing the video, Duffey said there could be an opportunity for law enforcement to open up a line of communication and facilitate Massey's surrender. "He's not looking at life in prison and there's some room to play with," Duffey said. "Law enforcement could get him to turn himself in to fight his case in custody. That would be a good thing for him and a good thing for law enforcement." Search continues for escaped 'Devil in the Ozarks' murderer Grant Hardin Meanwhile in Arkansas, authorities have been searching for escaped murderer Grant Hardin, who impersonated a corrections officer to escape a medium-security state prison on May 25. Hardin, 56, dressed up in a makeshift outfit to look like a prison guard and walked out of a gate over a week ago, court records show. Authorities have followed several leads and used drones, aircraft and dogs to hunt for him, with no success, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The convicted murderer and rapist is known as the 'Devil in the Ozarks,' the name of a TV documentary program made about his cases in 2023. Hardin was briefly the police chief in Gateway, Arkansas, and had prior law enforcement experience, officials have said. He pleaded guilty to the 2017 murder of James Appleton, a water department worker in Gateway, and the 1997 rape of a school teacher in nearby Rogers, Arkansas. Authorities have offered an up to $20,000 reward for information leading to his recapture. Contributing: Jeanine Santucci

What does it take to catch a fugitive? How NOLA, Ark. escapees are being tracked
What does it take to catch a fugitive? How NOLA, Ark. escapees are being tracked

USA Today

time29-05-2025

  • USA Today

What does it take to catch a fugitive? How NOLA, Ark. escapees are being tracked

What does it take to catch a fugitive? How NOLA, Ark. escapees are being tracked An inmate on the run 'can't show up at his mom's house to take a shower and get some meatloaf,' one expert says. Show Caption Hide Caption Ex-Arkansas police chief imprisoned for murder escapes prison Grant Hardin, a former Gateway, Arkansas, police chief serving time for murder and rape, escaped from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock on May 25. unbranded - Newsworthy For fugitives, the odds are stacked against them. With advances in surveillance technology and the proliferation of cameras and drones, today's jail escapees have much more to overcome than their predecessors even a decade ago. Still, the work of law enforcement is meticulous and patience is a key factor as they chase down inmates on the lam. Such sweeping manhunts are currently active in New Orleans and rural Arkansas. Police in Louisiana are searching for two of the 10 men who fled jail custody by climbing through a hole behind a toilet on May 10. In the rugged Ozark Mountains, search teams are hunting Grant Hardin, an ex-police chief and convicted murderer known as the "Devil in the Ozarks," who impersonated a guard and walked out of a medium-security prison on May 25. These breakouts have put residents who live near the facilities on edge and placed a spotlight on inmate escapes, leading many to wonder how the fugitives have managed to evade arrest and what it will take for law enforcement to catch them. Scott Duffey, co-director for the Criminal Justice Institute at Wilmington University and a retired FBI agent who spent a decade focused on fugitive apprehensions, said while the amount of time it takes for authorities to apprehend an escapee is different in each case, the end result is often the same – capture. "I would say higher than 90% of fugitives are caught," Duffey told USA TODAY. "It's a very, very rare occurrence for someone to be able to stay out on the loose. It's not impossible, it's just very difficult." Getting away with murder: These fugitives fled prisons – and were never caught How do investigators track a fugitive? Following a breakout, authorities will notify all law enforcement agencies in the area and establish a perimeter, scouring surveillance footage to identify in what direction the fugitives fled and what areas to cordon off, Duffey said. While on-the-ground-resources take up the search effort, investigators will dig into the background of the fugitives, focusing on their most recent contacts, family members and known criminal associates. "Normally what they do is head immediately to a known associate and try and hole up somewhere they can hide and have food and other resources brought to them," said Donald Lane, a former U.S. Secret Service agent with decades of experience in fugitive manhunts. In addition to interviewing a fugitive's friends and relatives, authorities may also place them under surveillance – a tactic that has often led to apprehensions, Lane said. "This is done in many cases because people lie to protect their family members and close friends," he said. Like True Crime? Check out Witness: A library of true crimes How time works against fugitives As the days go on, authorities will likely set up a tip line and flood the public with information about the fugitive. With the omnipresence of smartphones and doorbell cameras, the public plays a vital role in high-profile searches. Potential leads also come in the form of local crimes such as burglaries or carjackings, which could provide police with crucial information such as the fugitive's last known location, latest appearance and, in some cases, the license plate of a stolen vehicle. "When they're resorting to crimes, it gives law enforcement a bread crumb trail and usually brings them much closer" to an arrest, Duffey said. Both Duffey and Lane emphasized that time is on the side of law enforcement as the escapee burns through resources while trying to stay hidden. "The longer things go on, the harder it becomes for a fugitive," Lane said. "It becomes extremely difficult to get shelter, food, water and avoid human contact." Catching 2 fugitives is easier than finding 10 The breakouts in New Orleans and Arkansas have several stark differences that impact the ongoing searches. In New Orleans, a group of 10 prisoners fled the jail at the same time, which forced law enforcement to divide their resources and attention. "The large amount of individuals that escaped was totally and completely astonishing, and that worked to their advantage," Lane said. "But now that it's narrowed down to two individuals, all those resources are much more focused." Currently on the run are Antoine Massey, 32, and Derrick Groves, 27. Massey was in jail on charges of domestic abuse involving strangulation and motor vehicle theft; he is also the subject of active warrants on charges including rape and kidnapping. Groves has been convicted of two counts of murder and a pair of attempted murder charges. The eight other fugitives were arrested following high speed chases, facial recognition technology flags and tips from the public. Police have also announced the arrests of six people accused of aiding the escapees. The 'Devil in the Ozarks' poses challenges to authorities The escape in Arkansas involves a former police chief who is familiar with law enforcement procedure and the mountainous terrain into which he fled, posing several rare challenges for the investigators looking for Hardin. "If you have a former police chief, he's going to know exactly what law enforcement is looking for, and he's going to know how to avoid as much human contact as possible," Lane said. Still, the odds are in investigators' favor, Lane said. He highlighted the apprehension of Danelo Cavalcante, a murder who escaped a Pennsylvania prison in September 2023 and evaded capture for two weeks. He was taken into custody in a wooded area after a thermal imaging camera picked up his heat signal. "Ultimately, it comes down to the same thing – (Hardin) is a fugitive and he's still on the run," Lane said. "He still can't show up at his mom's house to take a shower and get some meatloaf, you know. He's still likely to get caught over time, even though initially he may be hard to apprehend." Experts say people should stay vigilant Duffey and Lane said those living near the jailbreaks should take precautions such as locking their doors, but should not outright panic. "People in the immediate vicinity of the jail or prison should be vigilant and lock everything – the car, the garage, the house," Duffey said. "All of these can become places to hide or somewhere to look for something to steal." He added that people can help law enforcement by reporting anything suspicious and checking their surveillance cameras and Ring doorbells. Bryce Peterson, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said he's found in his research that 19% of inmate escapes result in some form of violence. That violence most often occurs while inmates are making their initial escape and usually involve relatively minor offenses, like shoving a correctional officer. If crimes are committed while on-the-run, they are typically theft crimes, said Peterson, a senior research scientist in CNA's Center for Justice Research and Innovation. Ultimately, fugitives want to avoid attention, especially any that could put investigators on their trail, Peterson said. He and other experts noted however that as time goes on, there are risks that escaped inmates could become increasingly desperate and potentially turn to violence, especially those already convicted of a major offense like murder. "I have no doubt they'll all be caught," Lane said. "I just hope it's sooner rather than later." Contributing: Terry Collins

Massive jail break in New Orleans 'impossible' without staff involvement, says ex-FBI fugitive hunter
Massive jail break in New Orleans 'impossible' without staff involvement, says ex-FBI fugitive hunter

Fox News

time20-05-2025

  • Fox News

Massive jail break in New Orleans 'impossible' without staff involvement, says ex-FBI fugitive hunter

A former FBI agent who spent 10 years hunting fugitives says employees of the Orleans Parish Jail almost certainly knew about and assisted the massive 10-person escape last Friday. Scott Duffey spent 22 years in the FBI, including a decade hunting fugitives, before retiring as a supervisory special agent. He is now the director of the Wilmington University Criminal Justice Institute in Delaware. He said it would be nearly impossible for 10 people to escape from a jail without help from the inside, or at least without people on the inside knowing about a planned escape. "If 10 people did it, that means at least double that number knew about it," he told Fox News Digital. "So that's a big intel breach. And how can that happen without somebody on the inside not assisting?" Authorities said they are investigating whether the inmates, many of whom have been charged with heinous violent crimes, had help from jail staff. Three employees have been suspended pending the ongoing investigation. "How could there not be somebody on the inside?" Duffey said. "That would be such a major intel [and] physical security breach that I would say everybody needs to be looked at there, because that's a huge number [of escapees]." As for why a corrections officer might help a prisoner escape, Duffey said there are a number of reasons, but he specifically mentioned that a romantic relationship with an inmate could be plausible. From an investigatory standpoint, Duffey said it is likely that the fugitives are still in the New Orleans area and likely couch-surfing with friends and family to avoid detection. He said he would be applying maximum pressure to those family and friends to get them to turn the inmates in. "So everybody in the family is immediately being interviewed and probably given the riot act with regards to, OK, we determined he's definitely not here. Now we want to know when's the last time you had contact?" Duffey said. "Did you get contacted by the fugitive since he escaped? And here's what can happen if you aid a fugitive." A romantic relationship was at the center of one of America's more recent high-profile escape cases. Casey White, an inmate at the Lauderdale County, Alabama, jail, was awaiting a capital murder trial while already serving a 75-year sentence for attempted murder and kidnapping when he broke out of jail with the help of a guard. His accomplice was Vicky White, a high-ranking corrections officer at the jail, who allowed him to walk out and then fled alongside him. The pair, who were lovers, led authorities on an 11-day manhunt across Tennessee and Indiana, which eventually culminated in a confrontation outside an Evansville, Indiana, motel room. The pair jumped into a black Cadillac and attempted to flee but were rammed off the road by police, causing a crash. Vicky White died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, and Casey White was captured and extradited back to Alabama. In 2015, another alleged sexual relationship led to a high-profile prison escape. Two inmates at the Clinton Correctional Facility, Richard Matt and David Sweat, escaped from the maximum security facility that bordered the tiny upstate New York town of Dannemora. Both were serving life sentences for murder, but with the help of prison worker Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell, the pair escaped. Matt and Sweat allegedly had sexual relationships with Mitchell, who provided the inmates with tools to hack away at the walls in their cell for three months straight during time normally reserved for eating and recreation. An inspector general's report later noted the institution's culpability in failing to supervise the duo. After a 20-day manhunt, Matt was shot and killed by police about 30 miles from the prison. Days later, Sweat was found by authorities jogging on a road just south of the Canadian border. He was also shot, but he survived his injuries and was returned to prison. Mitchell was sentenced to seven years in prison for her role in the escape. In the same year, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Mexican drug lord and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, escaped from a maximum-security Mexican jail via a mile-long tunnel that led from his cell to a construction yard. It was later determined that his cartel associates dug the tunnel. Fourteen years earlier, he had escaped from a Mexican prison after bribing guards and being wheeled out in a laundry basket. Guzman was recaptured by Mexican authorities in 2016, extradited to the U.S. the following year and found guilty in 2019 of numerous criminal charges related to his cartel activities. He was sentenced to life in prison in Colorado's ADX Florence, a supermax facility in Colorado. On Dec. 13, 2000, seven men, later dubbed the "Texas 7," escaped from the John B. Connally Unit, a maximum-security prison near Kenedy, Texas, by overpowering the guards. They stole a cache of weapons on their way out of the facility and went on a vicious crime spree. Two of the men were serving life sentences for murder at the time of the escape. On Christmas Eve of that year, the men held up a sporting goods store and shot and killed responding Irving Police Officer Aubry Wright Hawkins. Between Jan. 22–24, 2001, after the airing of an episode of "America's Most Wanted" that featured the men, six of them were captured. The seventh committed suicide before he could be taken into custody. They were all tried and convicted of Hawkins' murder and sentenced to death. Michael Anthony Rodriguez, one of the seven, waived his appeals after his conviction and was executed in 2008. In 2012, the ringleader of the escaped prison gang, George Rivas, was put to death for the murder. Another escapee, Donald Newbury, was executed in 2015. A fourth, Joseph Garcia, was executed in 2018. In 2019, the executions of the last two escapees were stayed. Perhaps the most storied prison escape in American history occurred on June 11, 1962, from the infamous Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. On that day, Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin, all convicted bank robbers, escaped from the prison through air ducts and an unguarded hallway after they placed papier-mâché model heads bearing their likenesses inside their own beds, tricking the guards. They boarded a makeshift raft and paddled away from the island, never to be seen again. It is believed they drowned in San Francisco Bay. A fourth potential escapee, Allen West, did not make it off the island. Alcatraz has recently been in the news as President Donald Trump floated the idea of reopening the island prison.

Transforming Data Landscapes: A Conversation with Raghu Gopa
Transforming Data Landscapes: A Conversation with Raghu Gopa

India.com

time26-04-2025

  • Business
  • India.com

Transforming Data Landscapes: A Conversation with Raghu Gopa

Raghu Gopa is a seasoned data engineering professional with over 12 years of experience in data warehousing and ETL development. With a Master's in Information Assurance from Wilmington University, Raghu balances rich theoretical knowledge with hands-on experience. Raghu's impressive career has spanned diverse domains where he has showcased his expertise at the highest levels in the design, development, and implementation of cutting-edge data solutions. Q 1: Why data engineering and cloud technologies? A: I am interested in how organizations extract insights from data and make strategic decisions. Then, raw data being transformed into actionable insights for business value fascinated me. During that time, cloud technology was becoming prevalent in managing and processing data. Combined with lower infrastructure costs and being able to build scalable, flexible data solutions processing petabyte-scale information, these were things I wanted to pursue. I'm really excited about creating that synergy between technology and business needs to create solutions that allow organizations to be data-driven. Q2: What methodology would you apply to migrating an on-premise data warehouse to that of a Cloud platform? A: On all fronts, it takes a balancing act of technical and business understanding. I begin with a deep analysis of the current data architecture in terms of mapping dependencies, performance bottlenecks, and business-critical processes. I work out a phased migration plan to minimize disruption while bringing in the maximum benefits from cloud services. The on-premises function is replicated, and AWS services such as Lambda, Step Functions, Glue, and EMR are used to enhance the design of pipelines. One of my most successful projects was creating direct loading from a PySpark framework to Snowflake, increasing data management operational efficiency by 90%. Migration should be viewed more as modernization and optimization of the entire data ecosystem than just a lift-and-shift exercise. Q 3: How do you ensure data quality and governance for a large-scale data project? A: Data quality and governance are 'must-haves' for all successful data projects. I put in place the validation framework at different levels of the data pipeline. For example, I perform thorough data quality checks for things like structure, business rules, and so on, referend checks on constraints. As for governance, I enact data lineage tracking and access control mechanisms, plus audit mechanisms, while ensuring encryption and masking schemes of sensitive info like PII data. One project was able to achieve 100% data accuracy and consistency by effectively integrating our good data quality and governance practices directly into the PySpark framework. I truly believe that one needs to build in quality and governance in the beginning rather than tried on later. Q 4: What challenges have you faced when working with big data technologies, and how did you overcome them? A: One of the biggest challenges has been optimizing performance while managing costs. Big data systems can quickly become inefficient without careful architecture. I've addressed this by implementing partitioning strategies in Hive and Snowflake, push-down computations using Snowpark, and optimizing Spark applications with proper resource allocation. Another significant challenge was integrating real-time and batch processing systems. To solve this, I implemented solutions using Kafka and Spark Streaming, creating a unified data processing framework. By converting streaming data into RDDs and processing them in near real-time, we were able to provide up-to-date insights while maintaining system reliability. The key to overcoming these challenges has been continual learning and experimentation. The big data landscape evolves rapidly, and staying ahead requires a commitment to testing new approaches and refining existing solutions. Q 5: How do you collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data solutions meet business requirements? A: Effective collaboration begins with establishing a common language between technical and business teams. I serve as a translator, helping business stakeholders articulate their needs in terms that can guide technical implementation while explaining technical constraints in business-relevant terms. Regular communication is essential. I establish structured feedback loops through agile methodologies, including sprint reviews and demonstrations of incremental progress. This helps maintain alignment and allows for course correction when needed. One of my key achievements has been developing Power BI and Tableau dashboards that connect to Snowflake, providing business users with intuitive access to complex data insights. By involving stakeholders in the design process, we ensured the dashboards addressed their actual needs rather than what we assumed they wanted. This approach has consistently resulted in higher user adoption and satisfaction. Q6: What tools and technologies do you find most impactful in your data engineering toolkit? A: Great question; my toolkit has seen constant changes, and many technical solutions have almost always remained in my toolbox. In the AWS ecosystem, Glue for ETL, Lambda for serverless execution, and S3 for cost-effective storage pretty much form the backbone of many solutions I build. For data processing, PySpark would be the most flexible tool, with its scalability and flexible APIs helping me efficiently process both structured and semi-structured data. Snowflake leads innovations in the data warehouse industry by separating compute from storage, allowing scaling of resources dynamically according to workload. Airflow and Control-M are my tools for orchestrating and scheduling pipelines through complex dependencies to guarantee execution. From there, it is on to visualization: Power BI and Tableau convey sophisticated data into operational insights for business users. It's not really about specific tools but whether you can put the right technology combination together to solve a business problem while leaving yourself options for the future. Optimization is the domain of art and a science at the same time. I would begin with a data-driven approach where I fix baselines and identify bottlenecks through profiling and monitoring. This would include reviewing query execution plans, resource utilization, and data flow tracking of the various stages of the pipeline. For Spark programs, optimization of partition sizes, minimizing data shuffling, and tagging executor resources correctly would be important. In database-type setups, we would implement the right indexing strategy, query optimization, and cache mechanisms. One of the trickiest optimizations I've done is actually using Snowpark to push down computations to Snowflake's processing engine to minimize data movement. I also design data models around the expected access patterns-whether it means denormalizing for analytic workloads or leveraging strategic partitioning for faster query response. Performance optimization is a continuum and not an end-in-itself. We set up monitoring solutions to catch early signs of performance degradation so that we can proactively tune rather than troubleshoot reactively. Q 7: Do you have any advice for someone wanting to become a data engineer? A: There are a few basic principles that should be mastered: database design, SQL, and programming. However, the accompanying technologies will change from time to time and the value of these core skills will remain. Learn the concepts such as data modeling, ETL, and data quality before stepping into the big data frameworks. You must master at least one of the most popular programming languages in data engineering, such as Python or Scala. Get hands-on experience in real projects; you can use open data available online. Be curious and keep expanding your knowledge because the field is growing fast; be ready to spend time exploring new technologies and the latest in the field. Subscribe to industry blogs or communities; you might also consider pursuing certificates like the AWS Solutions Architect. Then, work on communications. The best data engineers connect the dots between the technical implementation and the value for a business by articulating to all stakeholders the complex concepts within an organization in simple terms. Q 8: How will this field be changing in the next years of data engineering? A: In fact, it would be transformational trends regarding an increasingly blended world of traditional data warehouse approaches and data lake approaches integrated in what would now be called hybrid architectures like data lakehouses, which incorporate all that structure, performance of warehouses, and also flexibility, scalability of lakes. Then, there will be several more changes. The space fiber will be smart where much of the superficial routine work will be managed by the smart machines-cum-flies around in data pipeline development, optimization, and maintenance. So, the real change occurring in the lives of data engineers would be shifting their work profile toward higher-valued activities such as architecture design and business enablement. Batch and real-time separation continues to fade away, and a common processing framework is the norm. Added will be the deep embedding of AI/ML capabilities directly within these platforms. This is all meant to enable even further sophisticated analysis and predictions on said data. Last but not least, as they mature in use, and companies become increasingly aware of what really means 'better' data governance, security, and privacy are likely to become even bigger aspects of how they do data engineering. Q 9: What has been your most challenging project, and what did you learn from it? A: Among several difficult projects, one dealing with the AWS migration of a complex on-premise data warehouse while simultaneously modernizing that architecture for real-time analysis has been truly challenging. The system was then supporting key business functions, wherein extended downtimes were to be avoided and dual environments were required to be maintained throughout the migration. We would face many technical challenges involving data type incompatibilities and performance issues with early designs for pipelines. The hardware lease expiration gave us the pressure to add more stress because it effectively squeezed the project timeline. Our successful migration strategies were all methodical: prioritizing critical data flows, building adequate testing frameworks, and observing with fine granularity. We never stopped communicating with stakeholders about what was reasonable and what we did on a timely basis. The overall lesson was how critically important it is to remain resilient and adaptable. Irrespective of how well your planning has gone, something unexpected will definitely come along. Therefore, building architecture that is flexible to modification and a mindset that generates problem-solving solutions is extremely critical. I also took home a lesson about `incremental delivery' i.e., making sure you focus on bringing business value in incremental chunks instead of going for a 'big bang' style migration. This experience taught me that an excellent technical solution is not enough; a crystal-clear stakeholder management strategy is essential, with proper communications and a process for balancing the ideal solution against, often, the practical constraints. About Raghu Gopa Raghu Gopa is a data engineering professional with over 12 years of experience across multiple industries. Holding a Master's In Information Assurance from Wilmington University, he specializes in areas such as data warehousing, ETL process, and cloud migration strategy. Having good knowledge of AWS Services, Hadoop Ecosystem Technologies, and New Data Processing Frameworks, such as Spark, Raghu, an AWS Solutions Architect, combines his technical prowess with business sense to bring about data solutions for organizational success.

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