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Welcome to the #TrueDataOps podcast with your new host Keith Belanger, Field CTO, DataOps.live & Snowflake SuperHero!
Keith has nearly 30 years in data. He's led multiple Snowflake cloud modernization initiatives at Fortune 100 companies and across diverse industries; specializing in Kimball, Data Vault 2.0, with both centralized and decentralized data strategies.
With a deep expertise in data architecture, data strategy and data product evangelism, Keith has spent his career bridging the gap between business goals, technology execution, and community influence. He blends foundational principles with modern innovation to help organizations transform messy data into scalable, governed, and AI-ready solutions.
As a Snowflake Data Superhero, Keith contributes actively to the data community through conference talks, blogs, webinars, and user groups.
Series 4 kicks off with Sanjeev Mohan, Principal at Sanjmo, talking all things data and how to ensure your data is AI-ready in the ever changing data world.
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DataOps.live is the DataOps automation platform that helps enterprises operationalize data for trusted AI. With built-in automation, observability, and governance, DataOps.live enables data teams to deliver reusable AI data products and scale their impact across the business. Backed by Snowflake Ventures, Anthos Capital and Notion Capital, DataOps.live partners with global enterprises to make their data AI-ready.
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Keith has nearly 30 years in data. He's led multiple Snowflake cloud modernization initiatives at Fortune 100 companies and across diverse industries; specializing in Kimball, Data Vault 2.0, with both centralized and decentralized data strategies.
With a deep expertise in data architecture, data strategy and data product evangelism, Keith has spent his career bridging the gap between business goals, technology execution, and community influence. He blends foundational principles with modern innovation to help organizations transform messy data into scalable, governed, and AI-ready solutions.
As a Snowflake Data Superhero, Keith contributes actively to the data community through conference talks, blogs, webinars, and user groups.
Series 4 kicks off with Sanjeev Mohan, Principal at Sanjmo, talking all things data and how to ensure your data is AI-ready in the ever changing data world.
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DataOps.live is the DataOps automation platform that helps enterprises operationalize data for trusted AI. With built-in automation, observability, and governance, DataOps.live enables data teams to deliver reusable AI data products and scale their impact across the business. Backed by Snowflake Ventures, Anthos Capital and Notion Capital, DataOps.live partners with global enterprises to make their data AI-ready.
Theme music by PointBender - https://www.pointbender.com/
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Join Keith Belanger, Field CTO at DataOps.live & Snowflake Data Superhero as he discusses 'Getting back to Basics' with his guest Doug Needham, 'The Data Guy'. Doug,
Principal Solutions Architect for DataOps.live is a seasoned data scientist with a proven track record of success, possessing extensive expertise in enhancing, automating, and analyzing data processes to drive business growth.
His journey began in the US Marine Corps, where he honed his data management skills and developed a deep understanding of data integrity and protection. Since then, Doug has consistently delivered exceptional results for businesses of all sizes & is instrumental in driving customer adoption at DataOps.live & whose most recent book, "Data Structure Synthesis: Boosting Productivity through Data Structure reuse, focuses on leveraging Data Structure fundamentals to speed up productivity.
DataOps.live is the DataOps automation platform that helps enterprises operationalize data for trusted AI. With built-in automation, observability, and governance, DataOps.live enables data teams to deliver reusable AI data products and scale their impact across the business. Backed by Snowflake Ventures, Anthos Capital and Notion Capital, DataOps.live partners with global enterprises to make their data AI-ready.
Find out more at www.dataops.live
Keith Belanger's guest is Angela Harney, a fellow Snowflake Data Superhero to talk about the topic of the year, 'AI Ready Data'. Angela Harney has 30+ years of IT experience spanning data engineering, architecture, and teaching. A four-time Snowflake certified expert, she’s worked with Snowflake on AWS and Azure while focusing on Cortex AI, AISQL, Cortex Agents, and Snowflake Intelligence solutions. She's passionate about SQL-driven design, Python-based ETL, and using code generation to build scalable, high-performance data solutions. Angela is author of Snowflake How-To, with articles on Medium.com as well as the chapter leader of the Snowflake Seattle User Group, and creating Snowflake training videos on her YouTube channel.
You can also find Angela on LinkedIn & YouTube. Click the links for access.
Join Keith Belanger, our very own Field CTO & a Snowflake Data Superhero as he meets & discusses everything data with a range of guests for our third episode on Season 4.
Today Keith is joined by Ronny Steelman, author & CEO of Quadrabyte LLC. His latest book, published on 21st Nov 25, is titled Mastering Snowflake DataOps with DataOps.live: An End-to-End Guide to Modern Data Management. They discuss how all things data, Ronny's background and the motivation behind his new book.
His new book is available on Amazon & other outlets from November 21st.
Join Keith Belanger, DataOps.live very own Field CTO & Snowflake Data Superhero as he meets & discusses everything data with a range of guests for our second episode on Season 4.
Nadia is Lead Data Engineer in the Self-Service Data Hub at Eutelsat.
She has an MSc in Data Science & a BSc in Mathematics. Having joined Eutelsat over 4yrs ago, Nadia now plays a key role in mentoring data engineers and shaping the data platform to support global connectivity.
Keith has over 30 years in data, leading multiple Snowflake cloud modernization initiatives at Fortune 100 companies and across diverse industries, specializing in Kimball, Data Vault 2.0, and both centralized and decentralized data strategies.
Sign up for one of our Hands On Labs today - see www.dataops.live website for info.
"Good enough" data is not AI ready. So says Keith Belanger, Field CTO DataOps.live and the new host of the hashtag#TrueDataOps podcast.
Join Keith & Sanjeev Mohan, Principal at Sanjmo and former Gartner Research VP, for the opening episode of Season 4 to discuss what it takes for enterprise data teams to change that. 30 minutes of data talk that can change how you do business.
Listen now!
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DataOps.live is the DataOps automation platform that helps enterprises operationalize data for trusted AI. With built-in automation, observability, and governance, DataOps.live enables data teams to deliver reusable AI data products and scale their impact across the business. Backed by Snowflake Ventures, Anthos Capital and Notion Capital, DataOps.live partners with global enterprises to make their data AI-ready.
Join Kent Graziano, the Data Warrior for his final #TrueDataOps podcast of this series & as host. He is joined by Guy Adams, CTO & Co-Founder of DataOps.live and Keith Belanger, Field CTO, DataOps.live.
Guy's a Snowflake Global #1 Data SuperHero, an experienced CTO and VP, & is passionate about DataOps. He's spent 20+ years running software development organisations and now his focus is bringing the principles and business value from DevOps and CI/CD to data. Guy is a co-founder of the truedataops.org movement. He's dad, technologist, (over) engineer, amateur inventor, skier, mild eccentric.
Keith is an innovative and results-driven Data & Technology Leader with a strong background in data architecture, cloud data strategy, AI/ML initiatives, and data product evangelism. Passionate about bridging the gap between business needs, technology, and customer engagement.
He specializes in data warehousing (Kimball & Data Vault 2.0), cloud modernization, AI/ML-driven analytics, data governance, and data modeling advocacy, driving industry-wide conversations through conference speaking, webinars, blogs, podcasts, and community engagement. His experience spans leading data practices, developing customer-centric strategies, and evangelizing SaaS solutions in the data modeling, AI/ML, governance, and analytics space.
Keith will be hosting the podcasts going forward; so be ready to join us later this year for the new series.
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.
Carl is a Chief Technology Officer with over 20 years of IT industry experience in the UK, EMEA, APAC, and the Americas. He has experience providing high-level DataOps, governance, and messaging solutions to enterprise environments in both the public and private sectors. Carl specializes in Delphix Architecture and Big Data integration and has integrated Delphix into infrastructures from a top 5 global financial organization to a leading manufacturer.
Kent interviews Chris Hastie, Data Practice Lead at InterWorks. Chris’s passion is not only to personally provide elegant and simple solutions to complex problems but also to provide others with the knowledge and tools to do this themselves.He has been engineering data since 2014 and using Snowflake since 2018 to solve customer challenges and drive value, becoming a Data Superhero in 2019 following a series of blog posts and other community engagement.He is also a SnowPro Subject Matter Expert and has been involved in most current SnowPro exams.At InterWorks, he leads a practice of experienced data engineers and architects who share a love for helping customers unlock the value of their data.
In this episode, Kent interviews Inna Tokarev Sela, founder and CEO of illumex.ai, a company revolutionizing data potential with its Generative Semantic Fabric. Recognizing the complexities of unifying business data semantics—essential for GenAI readiness—illumex created a platform that simplifies semantic mapping and alignment. illumex is widely used by data-intensive enterprises for GenAI, Data Governance, and multi-cloud initiatives, ensuring swift and error-free data-driven decisions.Inna's career reveals a consistent theme: bridging the gap between data investments and decision-making. She previously held roles as VP of AI at Sisense and Senior Director of Machine Learning at SAP. An inventor with multiple patents, she speaks frequently at top data and AI conferences. Inna holds an MSc in Information Systems focused on neural networks and completed the Stanford MBA executive program. She also leads the Women in Data Israel chapter.
In the season 3 opener, Kent welcomes Mike Ferguson, CEO Intelligent Business Strategies.
Kevin Bair, VP of Data Cloud Architecture at Snowflake, discusses his 35-year career journey from federal systems to IBM and then Snowflake, where he's spent the last decade. He and Kent explore how data architecture and operations have evolved with cloud computing and AI, emphasizing the continued relevance of the Seven Pillars of True DataOps (www.truedataops.org/7-pillars).
Kevin highlights the growing importance of metadata, data quality, and governed democratization in the age of AI, while stressing that proper data management fundamentals are more crucial than ever.
Data Warrior and host of the #TrueDataOps podcast talks to David Garrison, Snowflake Data Superhero and Principal Data Architect at National Grid.
Frank Bell, a Snowflake Data Superhero and Evangelist, talks about his journey from the Air Force to becoming a top Snowflake partner, sharing lessons from his extensive experience in data operations and his take on Snowflake’s transformative impact on the industry.
Frank and host Kent Graziano discuss:
The critical role of DataOps in managing the rapid pace of innovation, especially with the rise of AI and machine learning.
The concept of data products and DataOps impact on delivering reliable, scalable solutions
The need for automated monitoring and testing to maintain data quality
And more!
In this episode of the #TrueDataOps Podcast, host Kent Graziano, the Data Warrior, interviews Armon Petrossian and Satish Jayanthi, co-founders of Coalesce.io. They discuss their backgrounds in data management and the creation of Coalesce.io, a platform focused on resolving issues in the data transformation layer with metadata-driven automation.
Armon and Satish emphasize the importance of dataops, describing it as a set of best practices from development to deployment, with a strong focus on automation to reduce errors and improve data quality. They discuss their partnership with dataops.Live and how both organizations aim to promote dataops best practices within the Snowflake ecosystem.
The conversation also covers the concept of data products, advocating for high-quality, self-service data outputs that are well-documented and reliable. They highlight the need for a unified vision and cultural alignment within organizations to implement dataops and build effective data products successfully.
In this episode of the TrueData Ops podcast, host Kent Graziano speaks with Carsten Bange, founder and CEO of BARC (Business Application Research Center), who shares insights into BARC's role in technology selection and data strategy, emphasizing its specialization in data and analytics. Carsten discusses the evolution and importance of data products, boosted by the data mesh concept, highlighting the necessity of continuous processes over traditional project-oriented approaches in data operations.
The episode also explores DataOps, focusing on the challenges of operationalizing data projects and the crucial role of automation in managing data complexities and ensuring quality. Carsten also touches on the growing importance of ethical considerations in data management and the need for a robust data culture to support effective and responsible data usage. The episode ends with a look forward to the impacts of generative AI on the industry and the ongoing need for innovation in data practices.
In this episode of the #TrueDataOps podcast, host Kent Graziano talks with Santona Tuli, a physicist turned data scientist. Santona discusses her transition from analyzing nuclear collisions at CERN to her role in the tech industry, emphasizing the challenges and innovations in managing large-scale data. She explores the concept of data products and the importance of a product mindset in data operations, stressing the need to understand user needs and maintain service level agreements. The episode also covers the role of AI in automating data processes and the necessity of continuous monitoring and testing to ensure operational efficiency and reliability.
In this episode of the #TrueDataOps Podcast, host Kent Graziano, also known as The Data Warrior, is joined by Dr. Jennifer Daniell Belissent, the principal data strategist at Snowflake. This episode takes us through Jennifer's intriguing journey from econometrics to her significant role in shaping data strategy at Snowflake. Also, delves into the critical importance of a solid data foundation for successful AI initiatives, highlighting the motto "no AI strategy without a data strategy." Explore the concept of data products, their significance, and the shift in mindset required for organizations to create and utilize these assets effectively. The discussion also touches upon the crucial role of governance in fostering collaboration and innovation in the data space, enabling organizations to unlock the true value of their data securely. Furthermore, insights into the rapid evolution of AI, the democratization of AI technologies, and the importance of data diversity and responsible AI practices are shared, providing a comprehensive overview of the current state and future of data and AI.
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