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Sadhana Bala

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Sadhana Bala

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Product Manager Databricks

Sadhana is a Product Manager at Databricks, focused on cost observability & management across the platform. She holds a Bachelors in Applied Mathematics from Brown University, and a MBA from Harvard.

Bio from: Data + AI Summit 2025

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Cost Management Foundations: The First 100 Days Checklist

In this session you'll learn how to onboard to Databricks in a way that ensures you can effectively measure and manage ROI of using Databricks down the line. We will show you how to set-up workspaces and compute, decide on a tagging strategy and how to utilize policies to enforce best practices and make future you a happy camper.

FinOps at Scale: Best Practices for Cost-Efficient Growth on Databricks

This session is repeated. You’ve seen your usage grow on Databricks, across departments, use cases, product lines and users. What can you do to ensure your end-users (data practitioners) of the platform remain cost-efficient and productive, while staying accountable to your budget? We’ll discuss spend monitoring, chargeback models and developing a culture of cost efficiency by using Databricks tools.