ABOUT THE TALK: In this talk, Felipe Hoffa and Daniel Myers present an honest take of their wildly different approaches to Developer Relations and how both have been critical in building Snowflake's world-class developer community and ecosystem from the ground up. Learn how they define DevRel KPIs & metrics and daily challenges they face and lessons learned along the way. You might even get inspired to become a Developer Advocate after understanding the different ways to engage with the Snowflake community and what's next for Snowflake Developer Relations.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: Felipe Hoffa is the Data Cloud Advocate at Snowflake. Previously he worked at Google, as a Developer Advocate on Data Analytics for BigQuery, after joining as a Software Engineer. He moved from Chile to San Francisco in 2011. His goal is to inspire developers and data scientists around the world to analyze and understand their data in ways they never could before.

Daniel Myers is in Developer Relations and previously held roles at different companies, including Google, Cisco, and Fujitsu. In addition, he led and founded multiple startups.

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ABOUT THE TALK: Ever noticed the manifest.json file that dbt puts into your target folder? This little file contains rich information about your dbt project that enables numerous fun use cases! These include complex deployment configurations, quality enforcement, and streamlined development workflows. This talk will go over what the manifest is and how it is produced, along with case studies of how the manifest is used across the community and in Squarespace’s data pipelines.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Aaron Richter is a software developer with a passion for all things data. His work involves making sure data is clean and accessible, and that the tools to access it are at peak performance. Aaron is currently a data engineer at Squarespace, where he supports the company’s analytics platform. Previously, he built the data warehouse at Modernizing Medicine, and worked as a data science advocate at Saturn Cloud.

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ABOUT THE TALK: Mbue uses advanced computer vision and NLP technologies to read and understand architectural and technical drawings, catch flaws and other mistakes that cause delays and costly fixes, and ultimately automate the quality control process. Learn how they approach this complex problem, what they are doing to solve it, and where we're going next.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: Jean-Pierre Trou is the CEO and co-founder of mbue, a SaaS AI-First company focused on saving time, money and reducing liability for Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) companies with automated quality control tools. mbue's web-based application utilizes Artificial Intelligence to instantly review technical drawings. Think “autocorrect” for construction documents. Jean Pierre is also the Founding Principal of Runa Workshop, Architecture and Interior design firm, and Founding Partner at Vaast, a real estate company, all based in Austin, Texas.

Ron Green is a serial tech entrepreneur and expert in artificial intelligence. Ron is co-founder and CTO of mbue and also co-founded KUNGFU.AI, an AI consultancy that helps companies build and deploy AI and machine learning solutions. Prior to KUNGFU.AI, Ron was CEO and founder of Thrive Technologies (acquired by CLOUD), ran software development at Ziften Technologies, Powered (acquired by Dachis Group), and Visible Genetics (acquired by Bayer).

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ABOUT THE TALK: Billions spent on data have one goal: better decisions, faster. Yet, with most tools echoing Tableau and Excel, are we really unlocking data's potential? What might a more productive—and playful—data experience look like?

Hunch is crafting an ambitious user interface for data that's more visual, spatial, and fluid—a shared canvas for both analysts and business users to make faster decisions together. Tune in to the discussion about why it’s time to reimagine how we engage with data, and Hunch's journey exploring the ideas that led them to now and why some work better than others.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: David Wilson has worked with large datasets for companies across Africa and the Middle East.

David co-founded Cape Networks, combining his data and design experience to craft a SaaS tool that helped non-experts make sense of complex networking data. Aruba Networks acquired Cape to be the face of their cloud software portfolio.

Drawing from his experience at Cape, David co-founded Hunch—a data tool he’s dreamed of since his consulting days.

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