The Future of the Modern Data Stack
May 24, 2022
Speakers
Ali Ghodsi
CEO and Co-Founder Databricks
Tristan Handy
Founder and CEO dbt Labs
George Fraser
CEO Fivetran + dbt Labs
Elissa Fink
Former CMO of Tableau; Board Member and Advisor
Ali Ghodsi is the President, CEO and co-founder of Databricks, the Data and AI company. Under Ali’s leadership, Databricks has pioneered the Data Intelligence Platform built on a Lakehouse architecture to simplify and scale analytics and AI for thousands of global organizations. Ali’s experience as a data and AI leader spans more than 20 years, with deep roots in AI research and open source software. He was one of the creators of open source project, Apache Spark. Ideas from his academic research in the areas of resource management and scheduling and data caching have been applied to Apache Mesos and Apache Hadoop. Before being named CEO in 2016, he served as the VP of Engineering and Product Management. Ali also sits on the Databricks Board of Directors. In addition to his role at Databricks, Ali continues to be involved in academia. He is an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where he focuses on research in the areas of computer systems and AI, and is on the board of UC Berkeley’s RiseLab. Originally from Iran and Sweden, Ali resides in Berkeley, CA with his family. Ali received his MBA from Mid-Sweden University in 2003 and PhD from KTH/Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden in 2006 in the area of Distributed Computing.
Ali's Sessions
Introductions and Panel Discussion
The CEOs of Databricks, dbt Labs, and Fivetran will participate in a panel discussion on how data teams and tools are evolving across analytics and AI. They’ll share their views on current trends and possible future trajectories of the modern data stack. Moderated by Elissa Fink.
Tristan Handy is the Founder and CEO of dbt Labs (formerly Fishtown Analytics), a Philadelphia startup pioneering the practice of modern analytics engineering. dbt is used by over 9,000 companies to organize, catalog, and distill knowledge from the data in their data warehouses, including companies like JetBlue, HubSpot, Vodafone New Zealand, Canva, and Dunelm. Tristan has been working in data for two decades in both in-house and consulting roles with both large enterprises and small startups.
Tristan's Sessions
Introductions and Panel Discussion
The CEOs of Databricks, dbt Labs, and Fivetran will participate in a panel discussion on how data teams and tools are evolving across analytics and AI. They’ll share their views on current trends and possible future trajectories of the modern data stack. Moderated by Elissa Fink.
George Fraser is the CEO and co-founder of Fivetran, the global leader in the modern data movement. George founded Fivetran with Taylor Brown, the company’s Chief Operating Officer, in 2012 after completing the prestigious Y Combinator accelerator program. Under his leadership, Fivetran has grown from a startup into a global enterprise valued at $5.6 billion, serving thousands of companies worldwide to automate data workflows and drive innovation. He holds a PhD in Neurobiology from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science and Biology from Carnegie Mellon University.
George's Sessions
Introductions and Panel Discussion
The CEOs of Databricks, dbt Labs, and Fivetran will participate in a panel discussion on how data teams and tools are evolving across analytics and AI. They’ll share their views on current trends and possible future trajectories of the modern data stack. Moderated by Elissa Fink.
Elissa Fink serves on several boards and advises fast-growing technology companies, including Dataiku, Pantheon, Qumulo, Seekout, Uberflip and Intellimize. A data-driven marketer with experience in virtually every marketing function, she was Tableau Software’s CMO for 11+ years. She led all aspects of marketing at Tableau including building a consumer-like brand and pioneering the use of community in B2B marketing. She helped drive the company from a ~$5 million run rate startup to a public company generating over $1 billion in revenue annually. Fink also serves on not-for-profit boards, helping environmental, women’s health and low-income housing causes.
Elissa's Sessions
Introductions and Panel Discussion
The CEOs of Databricks, dbt Labs, and Fivetran will participate in a panel discussion on how data teams and tools are evolving across analytics and AI. They’ll share their views on current trends and possible future trajectories of the modern data stack. Moderated by Elissa Fink.