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Posted to dev@flink.apache.org by Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org> on 2026/10/21 10:05:44 UTC
[ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Hello everyone,
On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib has
accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over the
past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored 89
PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas of
Flink SQL:
Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has
been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He
introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement that
creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS clause
optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a
table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular
tables to Materialized Tables.
VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to make
VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for
VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules, adding
built-in functions. Overall many type system related improvements to the
semantics of Flink SQL.
He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the
OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community Over
Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade Data
Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink
committer!
Best,
Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Peter Huang <hu...@gmail.com>.
Congratulations, Ramin!
Best Regards
Peter Huang
On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 6:51 PM Leonard Xu <xb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Congratulations, Ramin!
>
> Best,
> Leonard
>
> > 2026 10月 29 7:57 上午，Roman Khachatryan <ro...@apache.org> 写道：
> >
> > Congratulations, Ramin!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Roman
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 8:06 AM Xuyang <xy...@163.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Congratulations, Ramin!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Best！
> >> Xuyang
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 在 2026-10-25 16:46:15，"dylanhz" <dy...@163.com> 写道：
> >>> Congratulations Ramin, well deserved!
> >>>
> >>> ----------
> >>> Best regards,
> >>> dylanhz
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> 2026年10月21日 18:05，Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org> 写道：
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello everyone,
> >>>>
> >>>> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib has
> >> accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
> >>>>
> >>>> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over the
> >> past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored 89
> PRs,
> >> commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas of Flink
> SQL:
> >>>>
> >>>> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has
> >> been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He
> >> introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement that
> >> creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS clause
> >> optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a
> table’s
> >> query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular tables to
> >> Materialized Tables.
> >>>>
> >>>> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to make
> >> VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for
> VARIANT
> >> by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules, adding
> built-in
> >> functions. Overall many type system related improvements to the
> semantics
> >> of Flink SQL.
> >>>>
> >>>> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the
> >> OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
> >>>>
> >>>> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community
> >> Over Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade
> Data
> >> Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
> >>>>
> >>>> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink
> >> committer!
> >>>>
> >>>> Best,
> >>>> Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
> >>>
> >>
>
>
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Leonard Xu <xb...@gmail.com>.
Congratulations, Ramin!
Best,
Leonard
> 2026 10月 29 7:57 上午，Roman Khachatryan <ro...@apache.org> 写道：
>
> Congratulations, Ramin!
>
> Regards,
> Roman
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 8:06 AM Xuyang <xy...@163.com> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations, Ramin!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Best！
>> Xuyang
>>
>>
>>
>> 在 2026-10-25 16:46:15，"dylanhz" <dy...@163.com> 写道：
>>> Congratulations Ramin, well deserved!
>>>
>>> ----------
>>> Best regards,
>>> dylanhz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> 2026年10月21日 18:05，Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org> 写道：
>>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib has
>> accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
>>>>
>>>> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over the
>> past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored 89 PRs,
>> commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas of Flink SQL:
>>>>
>>>> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has
>> been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He
>> introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement that
>> creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS clause
>> optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a table’s
>> query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular tables to
>> Materialized Tables.
>>>>
>>>> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to make
>> VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for VARIANT
>> by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules, adding built-in
>> functions. Overall many type system related improvements to the semantics
>> of Flink SQL.
>>>>
>>>> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the
>> OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
>>>>
>>>> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community
>> Over Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade Data
>> Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
>>>>
>>>> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink
>> committer!
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
>>>
>>
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Leonard Xu <xb...@gmail.com>.
Congratulations, Ramin!
Best,
Leonard
> 2026 10月 29 7:57 上午，Roman Khachatryan <ro...@apache.org> 写道：
>
> Congratulations, Ramin!
>
> Regards,
> Roman
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 8:06 AM Xuyang <xy...@163.com> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations, Ramin!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Best！
>> Xuyang
>>
>>
>>
>> 在 2026-10-25 16:46:15，"dylanhz" <dy...@163.com> 写道：
>>> Congratulations Ramin, well deserved!
>>>
>>> ----------
>>> Best regards,
>>> dylanhz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> 2026年10月21日 18:05，Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org> 写道：
>>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib has
>> accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
>>>>
>>>> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over the
>> past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored 89 PRs,
>> commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas of Flink SQL:
>>>>
>>>> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has
>> been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He
>> introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement that
>> creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS clause
>> optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a table’s
>> query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular tables to
>> Materialized Tables.
>>>>
>>>> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to make
>> VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for VARIANT
>> by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules, adding built-in
>> functions. Overall many type system related improvements to the semantics
>> of Flink SQL.
>>>>
>>>> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the
>> OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
>>>>
>>>> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community
>> Over Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade Data
>> Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
>>>>
>>>> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink
>> committer!
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
>>>
>>
Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Roman Khachatryan <ro...@apache.org>.
Congratulations, Ramin!
Regards,
Roman
On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 8:06 AM Xuyang <xy...@163.com> wrote:
> Congratulations, Ramin!
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Best！
> Xuyang
>
>
>
> 在 2026-10-25 16:46:15，"dylanhz" <dy...@163.com> 写道：
> >Congratulations Ramin, well deserved!
> >
> >----------
> >Best regards,
> >dylanhz
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> 2026年10月21日 18:05，Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org> 写道：
> >>
> >> Hello everyone,
> >>
> >> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib has
> accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
> >>
> >> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over the
> past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored 89 PRs,
> commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas of Flink SQL:
> >>
> >> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has
> been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He
> introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement that
> creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS clause
> optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a table’s
> query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular tables to
> Materialized Tables.
> >>
> >> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to make
> VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for VARIANT
> by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules, adding built-in
> functions. Overall many type system related improvements to the semantics
> of Flink SQL.
> >>
> >> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the
> OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
> >>
> >> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community
> Over Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade Data
> Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
> >>
> >> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink
> committer!
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
> >
>
Re:Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Xuyang <xy...@163.com>.
Congratulations, Ramin!
--
Best！
Xuyang
在 2026-10-25 16:46:15，"dylanhz" <dy...@163.com> 写道：
>Congratulations Ramin, well deserved!
>
>----------
>Best regards,
>dylanhz
>
>
>
>
>> 2026年10月21日 18:05，Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org> 写道：
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib has accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
>>
>> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over the past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored 89 PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas of Flink SQL:
>>
>> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement that creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS clause optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular tables to Materialized Tables.
>>
>> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to make VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules, adding built-in functions. Overall many type system related improvements to the semantics of Flink SQL.
>>
>> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
>>
>> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community Over Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade Data Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
>>
>> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink committer!
>>
>> Best,
>> Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
>
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by dylanhz <dy...@163.com>.
Congratulations Ramin, well deserved!
----------
Best regards,
dylanhz
> 2026年10月21日 18:05，Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org> 写道：
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib has accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
>
> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over the past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored 89 PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas of Flink SQL:
>
> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement that creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS clause optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular tables to Materialized Tables.
>
> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to make VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules, adding built-in functions. Overall many type system related improvements to the semantics of Flink SQL.
>
> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
>
> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community Over Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade Data Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
>
> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink committer!
>
> Best,
> Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Aleksandr Savonin <sa...@gmail.com>.
Congratulations, Ramin!
On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 at 12:14, Gustavo de Morais <gu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Congratulations, Ramin!
>
> It's nice to see the community growing. Very well deserved. Looking forward
> to all the contributions to come.
>
> Kind regards,
> Gustavo
>
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 at 12:06, Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib has
> > accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
> >
> > Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over the
> > past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored 89
> > PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas of
> > Flink SQL:
> >
> > Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has
> > been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He
> > introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement that
> > creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS clause
> > optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a
> > table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular
> > tables to Materialized Tables.
> >
> > VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to make
> > VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for
> > VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules, adding
> > built-in functions. Overall many type system related improvements to the
> > semantics of Flink SQL.
> >
> > He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the
> > OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
> >
> > Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community Over
> > Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade Data
> > Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
> >
> > Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink
> > committer!
> >
> > Best, Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
> >
--
Kind regards,
Aleksandr
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Gustavo de Morais <gu...@gmail.com>.
Congratulations, Ramin!
It's nice to see the community growing. Very well deserved. Looking forward
to all the contributions to come.
Kind regards,
Gustavo
On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 at 12:06, Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib has
> accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
>
> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over the
> past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored 89
> PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas of
> Flink SQL:
>
> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has
> been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He
> introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement that
> creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS clause
> optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a
> table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular
> tables to Materialized Tables.
>
> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to make
> VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for
> VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules, adding
> built-in functions. Overall many type system related improvements to the
> semantics of Flink SQL.
>
> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the
> OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
>
> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community Over
> Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade Data
> Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
>
> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink
> committer!
>
> Best, Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
>
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Aleksandr Iushmanov <iz...@gmail.com>.
Congratulations Ramin, well deserved!
Kind regards,
Aleksandr Iushmanov
On Sat, 24 Oct 2026, 22:03 Weiqing Yang, <ya...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Congratulations, Ramin!
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:30 AM Maximilian Michels <mx...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > Congrats Ramin! Thank you for your contributions!
> >
> > -Max
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 23, 2026 at 4:47 AM Yuepeng Pan <pa...@apache.org>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Congratulations, Ramin !
> > > Well deserved.
> > >
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Yuepeng Pan
> > >
> > > Samrat Deb <de...@gmail.com> 于2026年10月22日周四 21:59写道：
> > >
> > > > congratulation Ramin !
> > > > well deserved.
> > > >
> > > > Bests,
> > > > Samrat
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 at 6:34 PM, Austin Cawley-Edwards <
> > > > austin.cawley@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Congrats Ramin!!
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 15:18 Efrat Levitan <efrat890089@gmail.com
> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Congratulations, Ramin!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > Efrat
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 at 20:31, Mika Naylor via dev <
> > > > dev@flink.apache.org>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Congratulations Ramin! Well deserved news :D
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Kind regards,
> > > > > > > Mika
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 21. Oct 2026, at 19:04, Purushottam Sinha <
> > > > > > > sinhapurushottam911@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Congratulations, Ramin 🙌
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM Sangkyoon Nam <
> > > > > > sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >> Congratulations, Ramin!
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> Best,
> > > > > > > >> Sangkyoon
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> 2026년 10월 22일 (목) 오전 1:51, David Anderson <
> > danderson@apache.org
> > > > >님이
> > > > > > 작성:
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >>> Congrats, Ramin! Richly deserved.
> > > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > > >>> David
> > > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > > >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM Timo Walther <
> > twalthr@apache.org
> > > > >
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > > >>>> Hello everyone,
> > > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > > >>>> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin
> > > > Gharib
> > > > > > has
> > > > > > > >>>> accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
> > > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > > >>>> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink
> > ecosystem
> > > > over
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > >>>> past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has
> > > > > authored
> > > > > > 89
> > > > > > > >>>> PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning
> > key
> > > > > areas
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > > >>>> Flink SQL:
> > > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > > >>>> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557,
> > FLIP-578): He
> > > > > has
> > > > > > > >>>> been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized
> > > > Tables.
> > > > > He
> > > > > > > >>>> introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE
> > statement
> > > > > > that
> > > > > > > >>>> creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the
> > FRESHNESS
> > > > > > clause
> > > > > > > >>>> optional, gave users granular control over data
> reprocessing
> > > > when
> > > > > a
> > > > > > > >>>> table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of
> > > > regular
> > > > > > > >>>> tables to Materialized Tables.
> > > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > > >>>> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many
> > improvements to
> > > > > > make
> > > > > > > >>>> VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type
> > coverage
> > > > > for
> > > > > > > >>>> VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast
> > > > rules,
> > > > > > > >> adding
> > > > > > > >>>> built-in functions. Overall many type system related
> > > > improvements
> > > > > to
> > > > > > > >> the
> > > > > > > >>>> semantics of Flink SQL.
> > > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > > >>>> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and
> > implemented
> > > > the
> > > > > > > >>>> OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
> > > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > > >>>> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at
> > > > > Community
> > > > > > > >> Over
> > > > > > > >>>> Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about
> > “Enterprise-Grade
> > > > > > Data
> > > > > > > >>>> Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
> > > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > > >>>> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an
> > Apache
> > > > > Flink
> > > > > > > >>>> committer!
> > > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > > >>>> Best, Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
> > > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> --
> > > > > > > >> *남상균 | Sangkyoon Nam*
> > > > > > > >> Staff Engineer, AI-Native Engineering | Building systems
> that
> > > > > connect
> > > > > > > >> products to people
> > > > > > > >> sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > Best Regards,
> > > > > > > > Purushottam Sinha
> > > > > > > > शुभकामनाएं
> > > > > > > > पुरूषोत्तम सिन्हा
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> >
>
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Weiqing Yang <ya...@gmail.com>.
Congratulations, Ramin!
On Fri, Oct 23, 2026 at 1:30 AM Maximilian Michels <mx...@apache.org> wrote:
> Congrats Ramin! Thank you for your contributions!
>
> -Max
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2026 at 4:47 AM Yuepeng Pan <pa...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > Congratulations, Ramin !
> > Well deserved.
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Yuepeng Pan
> >
> > Samrat Deb <de...@gmail.com> 于2026年10月22日周四 21:59写道：
> >
> > > congratulation Ramin !
> > > well deserved.
> > >
> > > Bests,
> > > Samrat
> > >
> > > On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 at 6:34 PM, Austin Cawley-Edwards <
> > > austin.cawley@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Congrats Ramin!!
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 15:18 Efrat Levitan <ef...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Congratulations, Ramin!
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Efrat
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 at 20:31, Mika Naylor via dev <
> > > dev@flink.apache.org>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Congratulations Ramin! Well deserved news :D
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Kind regards,
> > > > > > Mika
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 21. Oct 2026, at 19:04, Purushottam Sinha <
> > > > > > sinhapurushottam911@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Congratulations, Ramin 🙌
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM Sangkyoon Nam <
> > > > > sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> Congratulations, Ramin!
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Best,
> > > > > > >> Sangkyoon
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> 2026년 10월 22일 (목) 오전 1:51, David Anderson <
> danderson@apache.org
> > > >님이
> > > > > 작성:
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>> Congrats, Ramin! Richly deserved.
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>> David
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM Timo Walther <
> twalthr@apache.org
> > > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>>> Hello everyone,
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin
> > > Gharib
> > > > > has
> > > > > > >>>> accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink
> ecosystem
> > > over
> > > > > the
> > > > > > >>>> past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has
> > > > authored
> > > > > 89
> > > > > > >>>> PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning
> key
> > > > areas
> > > > > of
> > > > > > >>>> Flink SQL:
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557,
> FLIP-578): He
> > > > has
> > > > > > >>>> been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized
> > > Tables.
> > > > He
> > > > > > >>>> introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE
> statement
> > > > > that
> > > > > > >>>> creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the
> FRESHNESS
> > > > > clause
> > > > > > >>>> optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing
> > > when
> > > > a
> > > > > > >>>> table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of
> > > regular
> > > > > > >>>> tables to Materialized Tables.
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many
> improvements to
> > > > > make
> > > > > > >>>> VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type
> coverage
> > > > for
> > > > > > >>>> VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast
> > > rules,
> > > > > > >> adding
> > > > > > >>>> built-in functions. Overall many type system related
> > > improvements
> > > > to
> > > > > > >> the
> > > > > > >>>> semantics of Flink SQL.
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and
> implemented
> > > the
> > > > > > >>>> OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at
> > > > Community
> > > > > > >> Over
> > > > > > >>>> Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about
> “Enterprise-Grade
> > > > > Data
> > > > > > >>>> Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an
> Apache
> > > > Flink
> > > > > > >>>> committer!
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> Best, Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> --
> > > > > > >> *남상균 | Sangkyoon Nam*
> > > > > > >> Staff Engineer, AI-Native Engineering | Building systems that
> > > > connect
> > > > > > >> products to people
> > > > > > >> sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Best Regards,
> > > > > > > Purushottam Sinha
> > > > > > > शुभकामनाएं
> > > > > > > पुरूषोत्तम सिन्हा
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
>
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Maximilian Michels <mx...@apache.org>.
Congrats Ramin! Thank you for your contributions!
-Max
On Fri, Oct 23, 2026 at 4:47 AM Yuepeng Pan <pa...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Congratulations, Ramin !
> Well deserved.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Yuepeng Pan
>
> Samrat Deb <de...@gmail.com> 于2026年10月22日周四 21:59写道：
>
> > congratulation Ramin !
> > well deserved.
> >
> > Bests,
> > Samrat
> >
> > On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 at 6:34 PM, Austin Cawley-Edwards <
> > austin.cawley@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Congrats Ramin!!
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 15:18 Efrat Levitan <ef...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Congratulations, Ramin!
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Efrat
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 at 20:31, Mika Naylor via dev <
> > dev@flink.apache.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Congratulations Ramin! Well deserved news :D
> > > > >
> > > > > Kind regards,
> > > > > Mika
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 21. Oct 2026, at 19:04, Purushottam Sinha <
> > > > > sinhapurushottam911@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Congratulations, Ramin 🙌
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM Sangkyoon Nam <
> > > > sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
> > > > > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> Congratulations, Ramin!
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Best,
> > > > > >> Sangkyoon
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> 2026년 10월 22일 (목) 오전 1:51, David Anderson <danderson@apache.org
> > >님이
> > > > 작성:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>> Congrats, Ramin! Richly deserved.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> David
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM Timo Walther <twalthr@apache.org
> > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>> Hello everyone,
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin
> > Gharib
> > > > has
> > > > > >>>> accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem
> > over
> > > > the
> > > > > >>>> past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has
> > > authored
> > > > 89
> > > > > >>>> PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key
> > > areas
> > > > of
> > > > > >>>> Flink SQL:
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He
> > > has
> > > > > >>>> been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized
> > Tables.
> > > He
> > > > > >>>> introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement
> > > > that
> > > > > >>>> creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS
> > > > clause
> > > > > >>>> optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing
> > when
> > > a
> > > > > >>>> table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of
> > regular
> > > > > >>>> tables to Materialized Tables.
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to
> > > > make
> > > > > >>>> VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage
> > > for
> > > > > >>>> VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast
> > rules,
> > > > > >> adding
> > > > > >>>> built-in functions. Overall many type system related
> > improvements
> > > to
> > > > > >> the
> > > > > >>>> semantics of Flink SQL.
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented
> > the
> > > > > >>>> OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at
> > > Community
> > > > > >> Over
> > > > > >>>> Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade
> > > > Data
> > > > > >>>> Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache
> > > Flink
> > > > > >>>> committer!
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> Best, Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> --
> > > > > >> *남상균 | Sangkyoon Nam*
> > > > > >> Staff Engineer, AI-Native Engineering | Building systems that
> > > connect
> > > > > >> products to people
> > > > > >> sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Best Regards,
> > > > > > Purushottam Sinha
> > > > > > शुभकामनाएं
> > > > > > पुरूषोत्तम सिन्हा
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Yuepeng Pan <pa...@apache.org>.
Congratulations, Ramin !
Well deserved.
Best regards,
Yuepeng Pan
Samrat Deb <de...@gmail.com> 于2026年10月22日周四 21:59写道：
> congratulation Ramin !
> well deserved.
>
> Bests,
> Samrat
>
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 at 6:34 PM, Austin Cawley-Edwards <
> austin.cawley@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Congrats Ramin!!
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 15:18 Efrat Levitan <ef...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Congratulations, Ramin!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Efrat
> > >
> > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 at 20:31, Mika Naylor via dev <
> dev@flink.apache.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Congratulations Ramin! Well deserved news :D
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards,
> > > > Mika
> > > >
> > > > > On 21. Oct 2026, at 19:04, Purushottam Sinha <
> > > > sinhapurushottam911@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Congratulations, Ramin 🙌
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM Sangkyoon Nam <
> > > sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
> > > > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Congratulations, Ramin!
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Best,
> > > > >> Sangkyoon
> > > > >>
> > > > >> 2026년 10월 22일 (목) 오전 1:51, David Anderson <danderson@apache.org
> >님이
> > > 작성:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> Congrats, Ramin! Richly deserved.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> David
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM Timo Walther <twalthr@apache.org
> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> Hello everyone,
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin
> Gharib
> > > has
> > > > >>>> accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem
> over
> > > the
> > > > >>>> past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has
> > authored
> > > 89
> > > > >>>> PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key
> > areas
> > > of
> > > > >>>> Flink SQL:
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He
> > has
> > > > >>>> been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized
> Tables.
> > He
> > > > >>>> introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement
> > > that
> > > > >>>> creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS
> > > clause
> > > > >>>> optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing
> when
> > a
> > > > >>>> table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of
> regular
> > > > >>>> tables to Materialized Tables.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to
> > > make
> > > > >>>> VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage
> > for
> > > > >>>> VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast
> rules,
> > > > >> adding
> > > > >>>> built-in functions. Overall many type system related
> improvements
> > to
> > > > >> the
> > > > >>>> semantics of Flink SQL.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented
> the
> > > > >>>> OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at
> > Community
> > > > >> Over
> > > > >>>> Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade
> > > Data
> > > > >>>> Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache
> > Flink
> > > > >>>> committer!
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Best, Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> --
> > > > >> *남상균 | Sangkyoon Nam*
> > > > >> Staff Engineer, AI-Native Engineering | Building systems that
> > connect
> > > > >> products to people
> > > > >> sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Best Regards,
> > > > > Purushottam Sinha
> > > > > शुभकामनाएं
> > > > > पुरूषोत्तम सिन्हा
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Samrat Deb <de...@gmail.com>.
congratulation Ramin !
well deserved.
Bests,
Samrat
On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 at 6:34 PM, Austin Cawley-Edwards <
austin.cawley@gmail.com> wrote:
> Congrats Ramin!!
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 15:18 Efrat Levitan <ef...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations, Ramin!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Efrat
> >
> > On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 at 20:31, Mika Naylor via dev <de...@flink.apache.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Congratulations Ramin! Well deserved news :D
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Mika
> > >
> > > > On 21. Oct 2026, at 19:04, Purushottam Sinha <
> > > sinhapurushottam911@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Congratulations, Ramin 🙌
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM Sangkyoon Nam <
> > sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Congratulations, Ramin!
> > > >>
> > > >> Best,
> > > >> Sangkyoon
> > > >>
> > > >> 2026년 10월 22일 (목) 오전 1:51, David Anderson <da...@apache.org>님이
> > 작성:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Congrats, Ramin! Richly deserved.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> David
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org>
> > > wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> Hello everyone,
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib
> > has
> > > >>>> accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over
> > the
> > > >>>> past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has
> authored
> > 89
> > > >>>> PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key
> areas
> > of
> > > >>>> Flink SQL:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He
> has
> > > >>>> been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables.
> He
> > > >>>> introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement
> > that
> > > >>>> creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS
> > clause
> > > >>>> optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when
> a
> > > >>>> table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular
> > > >>>> tables to Materialized Tables.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to
> > make
> > > >>>> VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage
> for
> > > >>>> VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules,
> > > >> adding
> > > >>>> built-in functions. Overall many type system related improvements
> to
> > > >> the
> > > >>>> semantics of Flink SQL.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the
> > > >>>> OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at
> Community
> > > >> Over
> > > >>>> Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade
> > Data
> > > >>>> Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache
> Flink
> > > >>>> committer!
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Best, Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> *남상균 | Sangkyoon Nam*
> > > >> Staff Engineer, AI-Native Engineering | Building systems that
> connect
> > > >> products to people
> > > >> sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Best Regards,
> > > > Purushottam Sinha
> > > > शुभकामनाएं
> > > > पुरूषोत्तम सिन्हा
> > >
> > >
> >
>
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Austin Cawley-Edwards <au...@gmail.com>.
Congrats Ramin!!
On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 15:18 Efrat Levitan <ef...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Congratulations, Ramin!
>
> Regards,
> Efrat
>
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 at 20:31, Mika Naylor via dev <de...@flink.apache.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations Ramin! Well deserved news :D
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Mika
> >
> > > On 21. Oct 2026, at 19:04, Purushottam Sinha <
> > sinhapurushottam911@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Congratulations, Ramin 🙌
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM Sangkyoon Nam <
> sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Congratulations, Ramin!
> > >>
> > >> Best,
> > >> Sangkyoon
> > >>
> > >> 2026년 10월 22일 (목) 오전 1:51, David Anderson <da...@apache.org>님이
> 작성:
> > >>
> > >>> Congrats, Ramin! Richly deserved.
> > >>>
> > >>> David
> > >>>
> > >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org>
> > wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Hello everyone,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib
> has
> > >>>> accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over
> the
> > >>>> past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored
> 89
> > >>>> PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas
> of
> > >>>> Flink SQL:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has
> > >>>> been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He
> > >>>> introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement
> that
> > >>>> creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS
> clause
> > >>>> optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a
> > >>>> table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular
> > >>>> tables to Materialized Tables.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to
> make
> > >>>> VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for
> > >>>> VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules,
> > >> adding
> > >>>> built-in functions. Overall many type system related improvements to
> > >> the
> > >>>> semantics of Flink SQL.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the
> > >>>> OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community
> > >> Over
> > >>>> Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade
> Data
> > >>>> Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink
> > >>>> committer!
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Best, Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> *남상균 | Sangkyoon Nam*
> > >> Staff Engineer, AI-Native Engineering | Building systems that connect
> > >> products to people
> > >> sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Purushottam Sinha
> > > शुभकामनाएं
> > > पुरूषोत्तम सिन्हा
> >
> >
>
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Efrat Levitan <ef...@gmail.com>.
Congratulations, Ramin!
Regards,
Efrat
On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 at 20:31, Mika Naylor via dev <de...@flink.apache.org>
wrote:
> Congratulations Ramin! Well deserved news :D
>
> Kind regards,
> Mika
>
> > On 21. Oct 2026, at 19:04, Purushottam Sinha <
> sinhapurushottam911@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Congratulations, Ramin 🙌
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM Sangkyoon Nam <sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Congratulations, Ramin!
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Sangkyoon
> >>
> >> 2026년 10월 22일 (목) 오전 1:51, David Anderson <da...@apache.org>님이 작성:
> >>
> >>> Congrats, Ramin! Richly deserved.
> >>>
> >>> David
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hello everyone,
> >>>>
> >>>> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib has
> >>>> accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
> >>>>
> >>>> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over the
> >>>> past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored 89
> >>>> PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas of
> >>>> Flink SQL:
> >>>>
> >>>> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has
> >>>> been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He
> >>>> introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement that
> >>>> creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS clause
> >>>> optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a
> >>>> table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular
> >>>> tables to Materialized Tables.
> >>>>
> >>>> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to make
> >>>> VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for
> >>>> VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules,
> >> adding
> >>>> built-in functions. Overall many type system related improvements to
> >> the
> >>>> semantics of Flink SQL.
> >>>>
> >>>> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the
> >>>> OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
> >>>>
> >>>> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community
> >> Over
> >>>> Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade Data
> >>>> Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
> >>>>
> >>>> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink
> >>>> committer!
> >>>>
> >>>> Best, Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> *남상균 | Sangkyoon Nam*
> >> Staff Engineer, AI-Native Engineering | Building systems that connect
> >> products to people
> >> sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards,
> > Purushottam Sinha
> > शुभकामनाएं
> > पुरूषोत्तम सिन्हा
>
>
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Mika Naylor via dev <de...@flink.apache.org>.
Congratulations Ramin! Well deserved news :D
Kind regards,
Mika
> On 21. Oct 2026, at 19:04, Purushottam Sinha <si...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Congratulations, Ramin 🙌
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM Sangkyoon Nam <sa...@namsang.co>
> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations, Ramin!
>>
>> Best,
>> Sangkyoon
>>
>> 2026년 10월 22일 (목) 오전 1:51, David Anderson <da...@apache.org>님이 작성:
>>
>>> Congrats, Ramin! Richly deserved.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib has
>>>> accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
>>>>
>>>> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over the
>>>> past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored 89
>>>> PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas of
>>>> Flink SQL:
>>>>
>>>> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has
>>>> been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He
>>>> introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement that
>>>> creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS clause
>>>> optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a
>>>> table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular
>>>> tables to Materialized Tables.
>>>>
>>>> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to make
>>>> VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for
>>>> VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules,
>> adding
>>>> built-in functions. Overall many type system related improvements to
>> the
>>>> semantics of Flink SQL.
>>>>
>>>> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the
>>>> OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
>>>>
>>>> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community
>> Over
>>>> Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade Data
>>>> Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
>>>>
>>>> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink
>>>> committer!
>>>>
>>>> Best, Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *남상균 | Sangkyoon Nam*
>> Staff Engineer, AI-Native Engineering | Building systems that connect
>> products to people
>> sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
>>
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Purushottam Sinha
> शुभकामनाएं
> पुरूषोत्तम सिन्हा
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Purushottam Sinha <si...@gmail.com>.
Congratulations, Ramin 🙌
On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM Sangkyoon Nam <sa...@namsang.co>
wrote:
> Congratulations, Ramin!
>
> Best,
> Sangkyoon
>
> 2026년 10월 22일 (목) 오전 1:51, David Anderson <da...@apache.org>님이 작성:
>
> > Congrats, Ramin! Richly deserved.
> >
> > David
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib has
> > > accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
> > >
> > > Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over the
> > > past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored 89
> > > PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas of
> > > Flink SQL:
> > >
> > > Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has
> > > been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He
> > > introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement that
> > > creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS clause
> > > optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a
> > > table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular
> > > tables to Materialized Tables.
> > >
> > > VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to make
> > > VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for
> > > VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules,
> adding
> > > built-in functions. Overall many type system related improvements to
> the
> > > semantics of Flink SQL.
> > >
> > > He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the
> > > OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
> > >
> > > Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community
> Over
> > > Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade Data
> > > Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
> > >
> > > Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink
> > > committer!
> > >
> > > Best, Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> *남상균 | Sangkyoon Nam*
> Staff Engineer, AI-Native Engineering | Building systems that connect
> products to people
> sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
>
--
Best Regards,
Purushottam Sinha
शुभकामनाएं
पुरूषोत्तम सिन्हा
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by Sangkyoon Nam <sa...@namsang.co>.
Congratulations, Ramin!
Best,
Sangkyoon
2026년 10월 22일 (목) 오전 1:51, David Anderson <da...@apache.org>님이 작성:
> Congrats, Ramin! Richly deserved.
>
> David
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib has
> > accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
> >
> > Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over the
> > past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored 89
> > PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas of
> > Flink SQL:
> >
> > Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has
> > been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He
> > introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement that
> > creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS clause
> > optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a
> > table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular
> > tables to Materialized Tables.
> >
> > VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to make
> > VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for
> > VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules, adding
> > built-in functions. Overall many type system related improvements to the
> > semantics of Flink SQL.
> >
> > He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the
> > OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
> >
> > Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community Over
> > Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade Data
> > Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
> >
> > Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink
> > committer!
> >
> > Best, Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
> >
>
--
*남상균 | Sangkyoon Nam*
Staff Engineer, AI-Native Engineering | Building systems that connect
products to people
sangkyoon.nam@namsang.co
Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Apache Flink Committer - Ramin Gharib
Posted by David Anderson <da...@apache.org>.
Congrats, Ramin! Richly deserved.
David
On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM Timo Walther <tw...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> On behalf of the PMC, I’m happy to let you know that Ramin Gharib has
> accepted the invitation to become a Flink Committer.
>
> Ramin has been a dedicated contributor to the Flink ecosystem over the
> past two years. Based on the project statistics, Ramin has authored 89
> PRs, commented on 279 PRs, and worked on 6 FLIPs spanning key areas of
> Flink SQL:
>
> Materialized Tables (FLIP-546, FLIP-551, FLIP-557, FLIP-578): He has
> been a driving force behind the evolution of Materialized Tables. He
> introduced a single CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement that
> creates a table or evolves an existing one, made the FRESHNESS clause
> optional, gave users granular control over data reprocessing when a
> table’s query changes, and proposed in-place conversion of regular
> tables to Materialized Tables.
>
> VARIANT type hardening (FLIP-604): He added many improvements to make
> VARIANT production ready: completed the primitive type coverage for
> VARIANT by adding UUID and TIMESTAMP(3) types, fixing cast rules, adding
> built-in functions. Overall many type system related improvements to the
> semantics of Flink SQL.
>
> He also contributed to the new CHANGELOG PTFs and implemented the
> OBJECT_OF and OBJECT_UPDATE built-in functions.
>
> Beyond his code contributions, Ramin represented Flink at Community Over
> Code 2026 together with Sergey Nuyanzin, about “Enterprise-Grade Data
> Pipelines: The Evolution of Flink Materialized Tables”.
>
> Please join me in congratulating Ramin for becoming an Apache Flink
> committer!
>
> Best, Timo (on behalf of the Flink PMC)
>