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Barry McCardel

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Co-founder and CEO Hex

Barry McCardel is the CEO and co-founder of Hex, the world’s most popular platform for collaborative data analysis. Prior to Hex, he led deployment and product teams at Palantir, working on data solutions across the globe, and previously served as Senior Director of Operations & Strategy at TrialSpark, where he helped stand up their clinical trial platform. He holds a B.S. from Northwestern University with a focus on network science.

Bio from: Data Council 2023

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How to measure your data team’s ROI in the age of AI

2025-10-15 · dbt Coalesce 2025 Watch

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Spoiler alert: you can’t! But new approaches to teaming, tracking, and tech are helping data teams shift from cost centers to strategic powerhouses. We’ll share how Hex customers are leading this change, how AI is evolving the space, and actionable takeaways for all data roles.