Data Product Thinking: Building What People Use
The concept of applying a product mindset to data is gaining traction in modern data management practices. Data Products encapsulate the activities and deliverables that promote reliability. Reliability, in turn, accelerates insight delivery and enables more successful, sustainable, and scalable artificial intelligence, machine learning, and analytics. Data Products also provide the foundation for modern analytics architectures, especially Data Mesh and Data Fabric. We will discuss the key characteristics that differentiate Data Products from other analytical artifacts, the responsibilities of a Data Product producer, and some strategic approaches for incorporating Data Products into the fabric of your organization.
Roundtable Topics & Presenters:
Mark is passionate about driving business action through the use of data. He is the Principal at The Data Brains, a data strategy consultancy. He writes a weekly mostly data-oriented blog, a monthly column for Dataversity, and is the author of the book 6 Secrets for Delivering Impossible Projects. He and John Ladley host the Rock Bottom Data Feed, an irreverent yet practical data-focused podcast that isn’t a pile of technobabble and repetition of old advice.
This all follows a 29-year career at FedEx. Mark began as a Data Warehouse Developer and later transitioned to Enterprise Architect where he served as Lead Architect for the largest single-load project in the company’s history. He then returned to data and analytics as Technical Director.
His contributions and innovations have been recognized with the highest individual and team awards as well as with a US patent. He has presented at conferences around the world and published four books.
Mark earned his B.S. from Duke University in Computer Science and Chemistry and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA, where his concentration was Artificial Intelligence.
Roundtable Host:
Senior Director at Daugherty Business Solutions
Dave has served in a wide variety of roles in his career, which started as a software engineer decades ago. In over 30 years in consulting, Dave has worked in custom application development, data warehouse design, data strategy development, ERP implementations, business analyst roles, web architecture, manufacturing system support, operations management, practice leadership, and now leads the enterprise recruiting team at Daugherty. Dave’s client base includes Anheuser-Busch/InBev, Ameren, Mercy Health, International Foods, Alaskan Brewing, Hartmarx, Emerson, HP and more. This broad experience helps Dave bring a holistic yet innovative view to solving business problems.