Join Kent Graziano, The Data Warrior and Dan Galavan, an Independant Data Architecture Consultant for the latest #TrueDataOps podcast episode.

Dan has been advising clients & leading the delivery of data solutions for 26 years. This includes working with European, North American, and Middle Eastern clients in both the public & private sector within Healthcare, Telecoms, and Financial Services.

He provides a holistic approach to Data Management with his independent advisory services spanning all aspects of Data Governance.

As an Associate Faculty Lecturer in Data Management at the National College of Ireland, Dan enjoys sharing his expertise both with industry leaders and upcoming scholars alike.

He's a certified Enterprise Architect, Snowflake Data Cloud Architect, and completed a Diploma in AI Governance (Distinction) at University College Dublin.

Prof. Barzan Mozafari is the co-founder and CEO of Keebo, a turn-key data learning platform for automating and accelerating enterprise analytics. He is also an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Michigan, and has won several awards for his research at the intersection of machine learning and database systems.

A former Research VP, Data & Analytics for Gartner, Sanjeev was bitten by the data bug 30 years ago, and it's never let go. It started with an accidental introduction to dBASE III+ and years of being an Oracle evangelist, and he's now deep into Big Data and the plethora of technologies that complement the Data Science space.

In between, he's helped the world's largest companies select the right cloud platforms, has run large mission-critical projects, and assisted senior management executives in making tough strategic decisions to ensure optimal solutions to complex problems such as the Wells Fargo / Wachovia merger.

On top of all that, Sanjeev has published many white papers and has been among the top 10 speakers at numerous conferences such as Oracle World, BI Brain Trust and Informatica World. He created University of California, Berkeley Extension's advanced Oracle training curriculum.

Scott Ambler is a Data Methodologist with Ambysoft Inc., leading the evolution of the Agile Data and Agile Modeling methods.

Scott was the (co)-creator of PMI’s Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit and helps organizations around the world to improve their way of working (WoW) and ways of thinking (WoT).

Scott is an international keynote speaker and the (co-)author of 30 books, including Choose Your WoW!, Refactoring Databases, Agile Modeling, Agile Database Techniques, and The Object Primer 3rd Edition.

Wayne has been a thought leader in the business intelligence and analytics field since the early 1990s. He is a sought-after consultant, noted speaker and bestselling author who thinks critically, writes clearly and presents persuasively about complex topics.

Wayne has written two books: “The Secrets of Analytical Leaders: Insights from Information Insiders” (2012) and “Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Your Business” (2005/2010), as well as dozens of reports and hundreds of articles during his 25 years in the field.

Matt leads the software research and advisory for the Analytics and Data expertise at ISG Software Research, covering software that improves the utilization of information across business and IT. His focus areas of coverage include analytics, data intelligence, data operations, data platforms, and streaming and events.

Matt’s specialization is in the operational and analytical use of data and the use of AI where enterprises can modernize their approaches to accelerate the value realization of technology investments in support of hybrid and multi-cloud architecture. Matt has been an industry analyst for more than a decade and has pioneered the coverage of emerging data platforms including NoSQL and NewSQL databases, data lakes, and cloud-based data processing. He is a graduate of Bournemouth University.

Paul is a Senior Data Architect, BI and Analytics Solutions Specialist with a focus on cloud architecture and the data management ecosystem. He has over fifteen years of experience designing and delivering data integration and BI solutions for a large number of national and international organizations. Paul currently lives and works in Switzerland, where he recently wrapped up his role as Head of Data Management Platforms with Roche Diagnostics and now consults with other enterprise data teams.

Start 2025 off with Guy's predictions for the year in data. An experienced CTO and VP, Guy is passionate about DataOps. He's spent 20+ years running software development organizations and now his focus is on bringing the principles and business value from DevOps and CI/CD to data. Co-founder of the truedataops.org movement. He's also a dad, technologist, (over) engineer, amateur inventor, skier, and mildly eccentric.