Data Lakehouses, Moneyball, and Raoul Wallenberg: a Journey in Data and AI
Hear first-hand how data, analytics, and AI is innovating every business industry – from “Moneyball” sports analytics, to the analytical independent investigation into the fate of Swedish hero Raoul Wallenberg. Having helped lead the adoption of data science throughout baseball, including creating the Chicago Cubs analytics department, Ari will lead a lively discussion on the importance of collaboration among humans and their data, performing analytics at scale and velocity to stay ahead of the curve. This keynote will bring you on a journey on why EVERY company will be adopting a data lakehouse.
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Ari Kaplan
Ari is Databrick’s Global Head of Evangelism, and a leading influencer in AI, databases, and sports analytics. “The Real Moneyball guy”, the popular movie was partly based on Ari’s analytical and scouting experiences innovating Major League Baseball, and later creating the Cubs and Dodgers analytics departments. He is President of the Independent Investigation into the Fate of Raoul Wallenberg, Sweden’s humanitarian hero. His background in data includes having been President of the worldwide Oracle users group when they acquired MySQL, Java, and Peoplesoft. He traveled the world with McLaren Formula 1, assisting the racing strategy team to bring AI models to production. Ari was named Caltech’s “Alumni of the Decade”, Crain Chicago’s “40 Under 40”, and IBM’s “Data Science Celebrity”.
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