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Brendon Allen

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Principal Data Engineer Health Catalyst

Brendon Allen has spent his career building data and analytics systems that drive real, measurable impact in healthcare. He’s passionate about learning, teaching, and making data more useful for everyone. Grateful for the teams, mentors, and communities who’ve supported him, he’s always looking to pay it forward. He’s especially thankful to the those who made this opportunity possible. In winter, you’ll find him skiing any chance he can get; this year, he’s trying mountain biking to fill the long warm void that is summer. Brendon’s excited to connect and contribute. Continuing technical interests include blending the spectrum of data and software engineering, ML/AI, & all things data governance.

Bio from: Data + AI Summit 2025

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A Prescription for Success: Leveraging DABs for Faster Deployment and Better Patient Outcomes

Health Catalyst (HCAT) transformed its CI/CD strategy by replacing a rigid, internal deployment tool with Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs), unlocking greater agility and efficiency. This shift streamlined deployments across both customer workspaces and HCAT's core platform, accelerating time to insights and driving continuous innovation. By adopting DABs, HCAT ensures feature parity, standardizes metric stores across clients, and rapidly delivers tailored analytics solutions. Attendees will gain practical insights into modernizing CI/CD pipelines for healthcare analytics, leveraging Databricks to scale data-driven improvements. HCAT's next-generation platform, Health Catalyst Ignite™, integrates healthcare-specific data models, self-service analytics, and domain expertise—powering faster, smarter decision-making.