In this session we will cover the strategic and intentional tools that Workday took a bet on to create a true AI focused roadmap for data and analytics. You’ll learn about the strategy, alignment, tooling, and architecture put in place, covering both the journey & the technology.
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Dakota Kelley
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Solution Architect
phData
Dakota Kelley is a Principal Solutions Architect at phData, specializing in modern data engineering and cloud architecture. With more than a decade of experience, he has held roles including Senior Software Developer at Oklahoma State University and Senior Data Engineer and Solutions Architect at phData. He holds a Master of Science in Management Information Systems from Oklahoma State University and a Bachelor of Technology with specializations in Forensics, Assurance, and Software Development from Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. Dakota is passionate about leveraging tools like dbt and Snowflake to build scalable data solutions and actively contributes to the dbt community.
Bio from: dbt Coalesce 2023
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Join dbt experts Dustin Dorsey and Dakota Kelley from phData as they share real-world lessons from implementing dbt at some of the world’s largest enterprises. In this “tales from the field” talk, they’ll share real stories that highlight the most common challenges companies face and how they’ve helped teams solve them. Whether you’re just starting your dbt journey or looking to mature your organization, come hear from the experts and learn how to avoid the costly mistakes others have made.
Community Spotlight Honorees Bruno and Dakota from phData cover various advanced pipelines and when to implement them.
Speakers: Dakota Kelley Sr Solution Architect phData
Bruno Souza de Lima Senior Data Engineer phData
Read the blog to learn about the latest dbt Cloud features announced at Coalesce, designed to help organizations embrace analytics best practices at scale https://www.getdbt.com/blog/coalesce-2024-product-announcements
In this session, Yijun Cao and Dakota Kelley highlight how dbt plays a key role in MuleSoft’s modern data analytics framework. As MuleSoft continues to grow, the data platform engineering team encountered some challenges with the data transformations. The session dives deeper into the specific challenges faced by the team and demonstrates how dbt’s features including CI/CD, testing, documentation and lineage help overcome these challenges.
Speakers: Yijun Cao, Data Platform Engineer, Salesforce; Dakota Kelley, Solution Architect, phData
Register for Coalesce at https://coalesce.getdbt.com
In this session, phData talks through their experiences dealing with migrations: how to plan for one, how to handle refactoring code, and the difficulty of auditing. This session is especially helpful for organizations that are looking to transition to dbt Cloud, as it provides helpful tips for laying the foundations for a new system and doing the migration right.
Speakers: Dakota Kelley, Solution Architect, phData; Chris Johnson, Solutions Architect, phData
Register for Coalesce at https://coalesce.getdbt.com