Data Council

?? TRACK HOST SPOTLIGHT: Delighted to welcome Maggie Hays, Founding Community Product Manager of Acryl Data hosting our AI & Data Culture track at Data Council 2025. Her community-building expertise makes this track essential for anyone building or scaling data teams. Attendees can expect sessions where data leaders will share stories on how they've built vibrant, cross-functional and collaborative team spaces. Whether you're building a data team from scratch, establishing a strong data culture within your organization or rallying a global network of developers around your software, you’ll have plenty to learn from our speakers who have done it all. Featuring: Colleen Tartow, Ph.D. or VAST Data Lindsay Murphy of Hiive Josh Curl of Hightouch Eevamaija Virtanen of Invinite & Helsinki Data Week Beto Dealmeida of Preset Doron Porat of Lakeway Oriol Mirosa of Brooklyn Data (Velir's data studio) -- See you at Data Council 2025 in Oakland, April 22-24! ??? datacouncil.ai

?? TRACK HOST SPOTLIGHT: We're beyond excited to have Daniel Francisco, Director of Product at Meta host this year's GenAI Applications track at Data Council 2025! Daniel has assembled a top-notch group of data & AI experts to explore practical GenAI applications across industries. Attendees will learn how orgs can innovate in content creation, automation, customer engagement, and product development -- with real-world case studies of AI architectures, best practices for integrating GenAI into existing workflows and the ethical considerations surrounding its use. Check out this stellar lineup: Joseph Gonzalez of RunLLM & University of California, Berkeley Mitul Tiwari, formerly LinkedIn & ServiceNow Lin Qiao of Fireworks AI Ethan Brown of Twitch / Amazon Web Services (AWS) David Wilson of Hunch Skyler Thomas of Cake -- ??? Buy tickets for Data Council 2025 | Apr 22-24 | Oakland: https://lnkd.in/gnhX35Ar

?? SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: Staff Engineer Saif U. of Basecamp Research will discuss "Engineering Earth's Largest Biological Data Pipeline" in our Lightning Talks track! Saif's work on massive-scale biological data processing is pushing scientific boundaries and this talk is designed to show Data Council attendees how cutting-edge data engineering can enable practical scientific discovery. -- ??? About the talk: https://lnkd.in/g8hUBrnj ??? Buy tickets for Data Council 2025 | Apr 22-24 | Oakland! https://lnkd.in/gnhX35Ar

?? SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: Beto Dealmeida of Preset will present "Data Should be Invisible" in our AI & Data Culture track! Beto's journey from oceanography PhD to data infrastructure is transforming how organizations interact with data. Join us to discover how making data "invisible" through meaningful abstractions enables faster decisions and better insights for everyone—regardless of technical expertise. ??? About the talk: https://lnkd.in/gufDeTc7 ??? Buy tickets for DC2025, Apr 22-24 in Oakland! https://lnkd.in/gnhX35Ar

?? SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: We're excited to watch Anant Agarwal of Instacart present his talk titled: "Orchestrating at Scale: How Instacart Manages 20M+ Daily Workflows" on our Data Engineering & Infra track! In Anant's upcoming talk, this year's Data Council attendees will learn how one of Instacart's top staff software engineers handle orchestration at truly mind-blowing scales. A must watch for any data engineering pro. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g_2fVGEh -- ??? Buy tickets for Data Council 2025 | Apr 22-24 | Oakland: https://lnkd.in/gnhX35Ar

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?? SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: Today, we're featuring Jake Thomas, Data Foundations Manager at Okta as he plans to discuss "Embedding OLAP, Everywhere: Lessons from Okta" on our ML Ops & Platforms track at Data Council 2025. Jake's approach to embedding analytical processing throughout systems has been transformational to Okta's data capabilities and in his session, he'll provide practical architecture patterns that data professional can apply immediately to their work. You won't want to miss this! Click here to learn more about Jake's session and to pick up your DC25 tickets: https://lnkd.in/gEUq5die

?? SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: This year at Data Council 2025, we welcome Lin Qiao, CEO of Fireworks AI, presenting "Compound AI Systems for Modern Application Development" on our GenAI Applications track! Lin's vision for layered AI systems offers a blueprint for more sophisticated applications. If you're an AI developer, this is your chance to learn from one of the AI industry's most innovative leaders. To learn more and purchase DC25 tickets, click here: https://lnkd.in/gugRPwgW

?? SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: We're looking forward to seeing Tengyu Ma of Voyage AI (part of MongoDB) present "RAG in 2025: State of the Art and the Road Forward" on our AI Engineering track! Tengyu brings exceptional expertise as both Co-founder & CEO of Voyage AI and Stanford CS professor. In this session, attendees will learn how to master advanced RAG techniques, overcome common pipeline challenges and build production-ready systems that deliver consistent results at enterprise scale. AI practitioners won't want to miss out! Click here to learn more and purchase your DC25 tickets: https://lnkd.in/gMteA2t7

?? SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: We're excited to have Joseph Powers, PhD, Data Scientist at Intuit, presenting "Going Bayes: Shifting Our Testing Methods to Reflect Our Priorities" on our Data Science & Algos track! Joseph's practical approach to Bayesian methods will revolutionize how you think about testing. Features detailed case studies of successful enterprise-wide statistical transoformation, implementation challenges and measurable outcomes. -- See you at Data Council 2025 in Oakland, April 22-24. Tickets are selling fast so buy yours today! ??? datacouncil.ai