Virtual Event: Foundations

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Foundations: Initiated by You, Supported by CData

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November 20–21, 2024  |  11am–3pm EST


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Why attend?

Join our live virtual event to learn how a modern data connectivity strategy can build a strong foundation for your company to operate faster, make better decisions, and prepare for future AI initiatives.


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Practical tips & tricks

Get practical tips on how to connect, integrate, and share data with an organization-wide data connectivity strategy.

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Inspiration for the future

Hear from fellow data leaders on how they're prioritizing data connectivity to meet their company's strategic objectives and prepare for an AI-driven future.

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Customer insights

Learn from CData customers as they discuss how they found and deployed the right product for their data integration, management, and access needs.

Speakers

Amit Sharma

Amit Sharma

Co-founder & CEO

Chai Pydimukkala

Chai Pydimukkala

Product Lead, Data Analytics & BigQuery Governance, Security and Sharing

Mike Gualtieri

Mike Gualtieri

VP & Principal Analyst

Manish Patel

Manish Patel

Chief Product Officer

Diana Scheidt

Diana Scheidt

Specialist for Data Analytics & Data Management

Satya Kunta

Satya Kunta

Chief Data Architect & Senior Director, Enterprise Data Management

Arun Mehta

Arun Mehta

GM & VP of Product Management

Ojus Bathla

Ojus Bathla

Director of Budgeting & Reporting Systems

Assad Jarrahian

Assad Jarrahian

Chief Product Officer

Allan Wille

Allan Wille

CEO

Thomas Mager

Thomas Mager

Head of Data & Analytics Platforms

Allan Pym

Allan Pym

COO

Dan Contestable

Dan Contestable

Data Analytics Manager

Eric Buxton

Eric Buxton

Lead Software Engineer

Robb Miller

Robb Miller

Director of IT

Manish Patel

Dr. Nick Golovin

SVP, Enterprise Data Platform

Sal Virgadaula

Sal Virgadaula

Head of Change & Technology

Shubham Malpani

Shubham Malpani

Associate Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics

Felix Munoz

Felix Munoz

Administrator, Data Engineering and Analytics

Ameya Narvekar

Ameya Narvekar

Data Insights Development, Supervisor

Vito Iannuzzelli

Vito Iannuzzelli

VP of Information Technology

Jack Miller

Jack Miller

Senior Product Manager

Ram Hari

Ram Hari

CEO

Devendra Bhatt

Devendra Bhatt

Technical Head - EDI

Martin Petder

Martin Petder

Data Products & Engineering

Shawn McNamee

Shawn McNamee

Manager, Data & Business Intelligence

Mike Albritton

Mike Albritton

SVP, Cloud

Dr. Muhammad Mamdani

Dr. Muhammad Mamdani

VP - Data Science & Advanced Analytics

Peter Wilke

Peter Wilke

Systems Architect

Nathan Thompson

Nathan Thompson

VP of Finance

Gregory Morris

Gregory Morris

Chief Technology Officer

Will Davis

Will Davis

CMO

Tammie Coles

Tammie Coles

Head of Sales, CData Virtuality

Marie Forshaw

Marie Forshaw

SVP, Product Marketing

Jerod Johnson

Jerod Johnson

Sr. Technology Evangelist

Agenda


* Subject to change. Stay tuned for more session details! All times EST.

11:00 AM
Keynote

Amit Sharma, CEO, CData Software

Join Amit Sharma, CEO and co-founder of CData Software, as he kicks off the company's inaugural conference sharing his perspective on the role of data connectivity within organizations — where we've been, where we are and where we're headed in the future. With data living in an ever-increasing number of systems and needing to be accessed through a growing variety of tools, the ability to seamlessly connect and utilize data is more crucial than ever. Amit will share how CData is well-positioned to help customers of all shapes and sizes navigate the growing complexity of their data landscape and start thinking of connectivity as a foundational strategy to support their business goals.

11:55 AM
Keynote

Chai Pydimukkala, Product Lead, Data Analytics & BigQuery Governance, Security and Sharing, Google

Google Cloud product lead, Chai Pydimukkala, provides an overview of Google Cloud's journey embedding CData connectors across their portfolio and why GCP has doubled down with making CData the connectivity standard for key data platforms such as Google BigQuery. Chai will share real-world success stories and technical insights that illustrate how CData connectors can empower teams to harness the full power of their data and ensure the success of their AI initiatives.

Data Architecture for Data Architects
Extended Connectivity for Product Teams
Enterprise Data Strategy for Data & Analytics Leaders
12:25 PM
Data Architecture

Thomas Mager, Head of Data and Analytics Platforms, PartnerRE

Thomas Mager, Head of Data and Analytics Platforms for PartnerRE, shares his real-world experience navigating a modern data architecture landscape over the past five years. He'll reflect on the initial motivations that sparked this journey, the structure of his contemporary data architecture, the value he could generate, and the obstacles he faced along the way.

Additionally, Thomas will offer valuable insights into his current and future endeavors, including leveraging SaaS, advancing AI initiatives, and rapidly developing new regulatory reports, all facilitated by the robust framework of modern data architecture.

Extended Connectivity

Jack Miller, Senior Product Manager, UiPath

Data from business applications gives any company a detailed understanding of its complex business processes. Companies will therefore know what to automate, how to improve their processes and be able to prove impact, too. UiPath Process Mining provides customers with full transparency into their business processes and how they are executed. Since 2021, UiPath has embedded CData's connectors to offer a toolset for UiPath's customers to put their existing data in various systems to work. Join Jack Miller as he shares UiPath's journey with CData and the joint value it creates for UiPath's customers.

Enterprise Data Strategy

Peter Wilke, Systems Architect, Bayer

Peter Wilke, IT Solutions Architect at Bayer, shares his journey in modernizing Bayer's pharmacovigilance operations to enhance systems interoperability and regulatory compliance. By leveraging a combination of connectivity patterns to automate data processes such as adverse event routing and report submissions, Bayer reduced manual data engineering effort, cut operational costs, and ensured reliable communication with health authorities like the UK's MHRA. This transformation empowered Bayer to maintain regulatory compliance and protect Bayer's revenue streams across Europe. Join us to explore Bayer's journey towards a more agile pharmacovigilance system with CData.

12:55 PM
Data Architecture

Diana Scheidt, Specialist for Data Analytics & Data Management, Washtec

This presentation explores how a modern data infrastructure, powered by CData Virtuality, Exasol, and other technologies, has enabled more data-driven services in the car wash industry. Discover WashTec's success story, where they showcase how this robust foundation enhanced efficiency, boosted customer satisfaction, and implemented sustainable solutions.

Extended Connectivity

Allan Pym, COO, APOS Systems, Inc.

APOS is the world's only current provider of end-to-end data connectivity, data preparation, and SAP-specific data modeling to help enterprises connect their data sources to SAP Analytics Cloud. By embedding CData technology since 2019, APOS Systems has been able to relieve internal engineering burdens, focus on enterprise features, and open up more opportunities for their customers. In his session, Allan will share what lead APOS to partner with CData and the benefits his team has seen for the past 5 years.

Enterprise Data Strategy

Ram Hari, CEO, SrinSoft

Devendra Bhatt, Technical Head - EDI, SrinSoft

Will Close, Partner Program Manager, CData Software

This session will feature CData's professional services partner SrinSoft, sharing how our partnership enables businesses to rapidly implement data integrations and reduce time-to-market. SrinSoft brings deep expertise in operational systems like SAP, Dynamics365 and NetSuite, and together with CData technology, our teams have supported businesses in building scalable data architectures.

1:25 PM
Data Architecture

Satya Kunta, Chief Data Architect & Senior Director, Enterprise Data Management, NYU

Empowering business and technical users to independently access data without relying on IT or data experts has been a key priority for NYU from the outset.

In this session, Satya Kunta, Chief Data Architect & Senior Director at NYU IT, will share how data virtualization enables self-service while ensuring data security, governance, and role-based access controls. He will discuss the benefits of this approach and provide insights into future projects, including cloud-based virtualization and advanced analytics integration.

Extended Connectivity

Allan Wille, CEO, Klipfolio

When insights and analytics are your core business, ensuring your customers can easily integrate data is foundational to your product's value. By embedding CData's Drivers, Klipfolio makes integrating data into its platform as easy as its self-service reports and dashboards. Hear from Klipfolio's CEO and Co-founder, Allan Wille, on his decision to partner with CData to ensure Klipfolio's customers succeed with data.

Enterprise Data Strategy

Dr. Muhammad Mamdani, VP - Data Science and Advanced Analytics, Unity Health Toronto

As a pioneer in hospital-based AI, Unity Health Toronto has developed AI solutions aimed at reducing mortality, improving hospital efficiency, and enhancing patient outcomes. Dr. Muhammad Mamdani, leading these AI initiatives, will discuss key innovations, including the synthesis of complex patient data into actionable timelines and the continuous refinement of AI models to ensure accuracy.

This session is essential for those interested not only in the future of AI-driven healthcare but in AI's broader potential across industries.

1:55 PM
Keynote

Mike Gualtieri, VP & Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

The frenetic pace of change and innovation in business means companies must conquer intraday decisions that just can't wait. This means seamlessly integrating and analyzing diverse real-time data originating in dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of business applications. Whether data is integrated through data movement or live querying, a real-time data intelligence network is your organization's real-time brain to identify trends, detect anomalies, and anticipate threats with precision and confidence. In this session you will learn to:

  • Infuse real-time data with analytics and AI to automate data-driven decisions
  • Boost your organizational adaptiveness for high performance and speed of decisions with real-time data
11:00 AM
Keynote

Manish Patel, Chief Product Officer, CData Software

Mike Albritton, SVP, Cloud, CData Software

Join CData Software product leaders Manish Patel and Mike Albritton as they kick off day 2 of the conference with a keynote session focused on the company's product portfolio and where it's heading in the future. Manish will share trends based on what we're seeing across our customer base and the market at large and how that has informed our product direction and the investments we're making across different CData products. The session will provide an exclusive look at the product roadmap, including upcoming features, improvements, and new connectors we're planning to bring to market.

11:55 AM
Keynote

Dr. Nick Golovin, SVP, Enterprise Data Platform, CData Software

GenAI and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) are key topics in the world of AI projects. In this session, we will explore the role of AI as a mediator between data and people in CData products, highlighting its potential to reshape data landscape and revolutionize the thinking of data professionals. You will gain valuable insights into how the integration of data, GenAI, and RAG in CData creates a powerful combination that drives successful enterprise AI initiatives.

Data Engineering for Data Engineers
Business Intelligence & Reporting for Business Intelligence Leaders
Enterprise Data Strategy for Data & Analytics Leaders
12:25 PM
Data Engineering

Ojus Bathla, Director of Budgeting & Reporting Systems, World Wildlife Fund

When World Wildlife Fund adopted Workday for HR, finance, and planning, it soon realized that extracting that data and replicating into its new data warehouse caused endless aggravation. Learn from Ojus Bathla, director of budgeting and reporting systems, how WWF solved its Workday silo issues and replicates millions of data rows each month to power comprehensive business insights and reporting.

BI & Reporting

Dan Contestable, Data Analytics Manager, Advantage Investigations

Advantage Investigations offers nationwide investigative services, helping clients uncover fraudulent claims with consistency and expertise. Join Dan Contestable, Data Analytics Manager, as he presents the innovative PowerBI solutions developed to monitor and analyze vast data points across their operations, generating key insights for the business. Leveraging this advanced technology, Advantage delivers top-tier data analytics, reinforcing unmatched commitment to clients to see what's actually true.

Enterprise Data Strategy

Robb Miller, Director of IT, HealthSource Distributors

Eric Buxton, Lead Software Engineer, HealthSource Distributors

Join IT leaders at HealthSource, a pharmaceutical distributor, as they share insights on how manufacturers, distributors and retailers can implement scalable B2B automations to drive customer satisfaction, revenue growth and competitive advantage. This session is an essential primer for IT leaders seeking to automate supply chain processes.

12:55 PM
Data Engineering

Gregory Morris, Chief Technology Officer, commando llc

When Gregory Morris began his job as CIO at commando four years ago, he saw a wealth of opportunities to leverage data to help the boutique women's clothing company handle growing demand for its products without dramatically increasing overhead costs. With a two-person internal IT team, rapid time to value and minimal maintenance was essential. You'll learn how Morris built high-volume pipelines to empower self-service data consumption in order fulfillment, sales, and finance.

BI & Reporting

Sal Virgadaula, Head of Change and Technology, Kiwi Partners - A division of Arabella Advisors

Shubham Malpani, Associate Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Kiwi Partners - A division of Arabella Advisors

Join Sal Virgadaula, Senior VP Change and Technology, and Shubham Malpani, Associate Director of BI & Analytics of Kiwi Partners as we dive into how they create and ship custom built analytics dashboards and reports for their customers 5X faster using CData Connect Cloud. Serving a variety of non-profit customers requires Kiwi to build custom analytics based on unique datasets, data systems, and key metrics. Despite this variability, Kiwi has scaled their services to work across a range of data sources and BI tools to deliver better results to more clients.

Enterprise Data Strategy

Martin Petder, Data Products & Engineering, Repligen

Shawn McNamee, Manager, Data & Business Intelligence, Repligen

Repligen's BI developers used to ETL their operational data through homegrown, code-driven ETL process. Now, 80% of their Snowflake data warehousing has been automated through CData Sync — saving a year of their development team effort. Join Martin and Shawn to learn how they did it.

1:25 PM
Data Engineering

Vito Iannuzzelli, VP of Information Technology, NJM Insurance

Felix Munoz, Administrator, Data Engineering and Analytics, NJM Insurance

Ameya Narvekar, Data Insights Development, Supervisor, NJM Insurance

Join Vito Iannuzzelli, VP of IT at NJM, sharing how NJM uses CData's no-code/low-code data integration approach to drive analytics and organizational decision-making. Our discussion will focus on how NJM achieved 10X reduction in time-to-insight through CData's powerful data preparation capabilities. Vito's team shares how NJM implemented a data delivery standard to feed Databricks with disparate data sources, eliminating development effort and the need to analyze each individual data source. The team will also share how CData's capabilities unlocks data-driven value across the organization, now and in the future.

BI & Reporting

Nathan Thompson, VP of Finance, Scorpion

Spreadsheets continue to be the most popular and universal analytics solution for most companies. We all often hear the ask: "Can I see this in a spreadsheet?" Now, CData's new offering Connect Spreadsheets makes the transition from all of your data sources to Excel or Google Sheets seamless. Join Nathan Thompson, VP of Finance at Scorpion, as we explore how they've bridged the gaps between financial data in Sage Intaact, planning in monday.com, and reports needed to be built in Excel. Connect Spreadsheets has enabled them to stop constantly downloading, rearranging, and trying to force new data into existing report templates, and instead click "Refresh," then get back to work.

Enterprise Data Strategy

Assad Jarrahian, CPO, Unanet

Tammie Coles, Head of Sales, CData Virtuality

Effective data management and governance are crucial for Unanet, as their customers require secure and rapid handling of their data without risk of exposure to others. As the number of customers and data volumes grew, these processes became increasingly complex to manage.

In this Fireside Chat-style session, we will speak with Assad Jarrahian, Chief Product Officer at Unanet, about their journey to modernize their data operations, moving from manual on-premises management to an automated, real-time cloud-based solution that ensures data governance and scalability for future growth.

1:55 PM
Keynote

Closing Remarks & Surprise Guest

Will Davis, Chief Marketing Officer, CData Software


Who should attend?

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Data & Analytics Leaders

Drive a top-down data preparation and access standard for your enterprise to resolve data silos, accelerate decision-making, and reduce time-to-market.

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Data Engineers

Learn how to enhance data pipelines with a robust connectivity strategy, improving data integration, operational efficiency, and AI readiness.

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Product Teams

Learn how a solid data connectivity foundation lets your team focus on building best-in-breed features instead of focusing on integration.

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Business Intelligence Leaders

Accelerate data access so more users get the data they need to make better decisions faster and gain an edge on competition.

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Data Architects

Modernize your data architecture to meet your organization's data needs today and tomorrow.

Join us to learn how a connectivity strategy can help power your AI initiatives

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