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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/

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/

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Experienced data professional with strong technical skills from analysis, consultancy, architecture and data science. Sarita has a demonstrated history of driving engagement and projects in the Financial Services and eCommerce industries. A detail-oriented specialist with outgoing personality, motivated by the potential of technology to drive changes to people’s lives.

Day to day work involves stakeholder management, problem definition and framing, solution design, data transformation and preparation, and occasionally some machine learning. Interested in domain of Data Science, Data Engineering, Architecture and Solutions.

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Kuldeep is a Principal Sales Engineer with Snowflake, based in Singapore covering Southeast Asia region. His experience of over two decades in the area of data and analytics includes solution design, architecture, data engineering, governance, administration and deployment of medium to large scale data platforms.

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

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Fayanne is a Solutions Engineer at Snowflake, with global experience across different technological domains in end-user and vendor environments. Fayanne is passionate about designing effective solutions, architectures and ensuring customer success.

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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.

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Evangelist for Snowflake in India where I help all walks of the business understand and harness the power of the Data Cloud, drive GTM, analyst/influencer relations and build communities.

Worked as a data scientist, product owner, program manager, industry analyst and a trusted advisor in the past with more than a decade of experience working with Fortune 1000 companies, guiding them on their mission critical priorities around AI Strategy, Governance, Risk Management, end-to-end program delivery, standardisation and automation.

I’ve helped clients save over $100mn over the course of my career after working on a multitude of projects in RPA, data labeling and annotation, autonomous driving, insurance fraud, environmental monitoring, MLOps, Responsible AI, AI for Good and AI platform negotiations. I’ve provided strategic services to clients across supply chain, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, defense and intelligence, banking and financial services, transportation, law enforcement, e-commerce, legal and several government and quasi-government organizations.

Here’s a quick summary of my career:

– Worked with over 500 clients (investors, vendors and end-user clients) in a consulting, program management and advisory capacity
– Advised over 1000 CIO’s, CDO’s, CDAO’s on their most urgent priorities in AI, share insights and best practices from their peers reducing time to value by up to 10x
– Authored several Gartner Research papers (including Magic Quadrants, Critical Capabilities, Hype Cycle, Cool Vendors), created two Gartner research products – Use-Case Prism as a result of cross-functional collaboration of over 50 teams and Buyers‘ Selection Spotlight.
– Product designer, event and keynote speaker, and a contributor to open-source

With the diverse experience I have, I’m on a mission to help organisations on their technology priorities.