Peter(Pete) Lydon is the EMEA & APAC Director of Sales Engineering at Actian where he leads a team that specializes in data warehousing and analytics both in the cloud and on-premises. With more than 30 years of experience in both programming and consulting, Pete has a wealth of knowledge in all things data after having worked for Barclays PLC and a database consultancy, Sandyx Systems where he supported and maintained business systems for large blue chip global institutions and government. Pete is passionate about the opportunities that the adoption of data and analytics technology offer to companies of all sizes and works to transform businesses to become more data driven.