Today's guest is Shayde Christian, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Cloudera. Founded in 2008, Cloudera believes that data can make what is impossible today, possible tomorrow. They empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. Cloudera delivers an enterprise data cloud for any data, anywhere, from the Edge to AI. Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world's largest enterprises.

Shayde leads all data and analytics functions at Cloudera, overseeing data science, machine learning, business intelligence, data architecture, data engineering, platform engineering and DevOps. He helps customers navigate their hybrid cloud migration and optimization journeys. Shayde has built or revitalized six enterprise data analytics organizations for Fortune 500 companies, global tech firms and startups.

In this episode, Shayde talks about:

His unique career journey, following passions and pursuing a true calling,

How Cloudera evolved beyond Hadoop, pioneering AI-driven data solutions,

Driving success through secure AI, data quality and feedback,

Scalability, ROI, killer apps and AI-driven automation,

Why attracting AI talent is hard; teams bootstrap skills internally,

Why Cloudera is a great place to work with a focus on innovation and purpose,

How his team aims to bridge the tech-business gap using AI,

Leading the software evolution, investing in generative AI for success