Lauren Anderson

In this discussion, Lauren Anderson, Senior Director for Okta's Enterprise Data Platform, shares her insights from a remarkable career in analytics. She explores the intersection of AI agents and the open data lake, advocating for central governance and a shared semantic layer. Lauren highlights the evolving roles of analytics engineers and data engineers as AI begins to automate more analytical tasks. She proposes implementing a centralized governance control plane to manage the complexities and security issues arising from these advancements.