Wasim El-Omari is a Cyber Security Field CTO at Snowflake, he is based in Melbourne Australia, working in a Global Team focusing primarily on the APJ region. Wasim has more than 20 years of experience in Cyber Security. He has a background in Security Operations, Incident Response, Digital Forensics and Cloud Security. He has Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering in Telecommunications and a Master’s Degree in Information Security with a focused interest in Data Governance, Risk Management & Incident Handling.

His career has taken him globally to different regions and has worked with Fortune 100 companies and Federal Agencies to design, implement and validate effective security programs. He is focused on the Data Cloud at Snowflake and the security that it is intrinsically built for addressing digitization challenges. He is passionate about being able to help customers address their digital challenges in the Snowflake Data Cloud.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wasim-elomari/

Ron Dunn is a Principal SE with Snowflake. He has more than 35 years of experience in data warehousing and analytics, across multiple countries, industries and platforms. Experienced in multiple data warehouse methodologies and architectures, Ron’s main interests are data engineering and performance.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rondunn/

Somesh is a ‘born in the cloud’ specialist who developed a passion for data since completing his masters where he lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.

In his career he has expanded his knowledge with real world delivery in industries including big four financial services, retail, insurance along with digital native innovators. Now part of the Snowflake team he is a passionate technologist who delights customers by making problems that looked hard with data become simple.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/someshbahuguna/

Regan is a Principal Sales Engineer at Snowflake, The Data Cloud. Regan built his first Data Warehouse over twenty years ago, and has worked with many customers across the globe to architect and implement streaming, big data, and modern data warehouse solutions both on-premises and in the cloud. Prior to Snowflake, Regan spent several years with Microsoft, with the latter spent working on modern data architectures with some of Microsoft’s largest customers across the globe.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmurphy/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/o-h-hafez/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-eastabrook-a4b18a11/

Mahdi has over two decades of dedicated experience in the dynamic landscape of the data industry. He is a seasoned software engineer recognised for his invaluable contributions to companies like Cloudera, Databricks and Snowflake.

Having honed his expertise in developing cutting-edge data solutions, Mahdi has played a pivotal role in architecting and optimising data platforms that drive business success. Mahdi specialises in leveraging advanced technologies to unlock actionable insights, empowering organisations to make data-driven decisions with confidence.

As a thought leader in the data engineering community, Mahdi is passionate about sharing his knowledge and expertise through speaking engagements, mentorship programs, and industry publications. Mahdi remains at the forefront of technological advancements, continuously expanding his skill set to stay ahead of emerging trends and developments.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blahblogh/

David has spent over 20 years as a market specialist and business leader throughout the broad Asia Pacific and Japan regions. With a background as business leader and Chief Technologist he has been instrumental in defining and building software categories previously. He is now focused on the enormous opportunity the data cloud brings to business in Asia and helping evangelise the technical and business fundamentals to the broad community.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wakemandavid/