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Arthur Dooner

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Arthur Dooner

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Senior Specialist Solutions Architect Databricks

I am an SSA at Databricks specializing in Enterprise Data Science: distilling real world applications of emerging technologies in AI and ML to apply them for Enterprise scale, value, security, and quality. My strongest specialization is in building Generative AI Enterprise Applications, but other specializations of mine include: - Compound AI System Design - MLOps - Advanced ML Evaluation and Testing - Azure Infrastructure (I was a Microsoft CSA before Databricks) - Delta Table Optimization

Bio from: Data + AI Summit 2025

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Evaluation-Driven Development Workflows: Best Practices and Real-World Scenarios

In enterprise AI, Evaluation-Driven Development (EDD) ensures reliable, efficient systems by embedding continuous assessment and improvement into the AI development lifecycle. High-quality evaluation datasets are created using techniques like document analysis, synthetic data generation via Mosaic AI’s synthetic data generation API, SME validation, and relevance filtering, reducing manual effort and accelerating workflows. EDD focuses on metrics such as context relevance, groundedness, and response accuracy to identify and address issues like retrieval errors or model limitations. Custom LLM judges, tailored to domain-specific needs like PII detection or tone assessment, enhance evaluations. By leveraging tools like Mosaic AI Agent Framework and Agent Evaluation, MLflow, EDD automates data tracking, streamlines workflows, and quantifies improvements, transforming AI development for delivering scalable, high-performing systems that drive measurable organizational value.

Best Practices for Building User-Facing AI Systems on Databricks

This session is repeated. Integrating AI agents into business systems requires tailored approaches for different maturity levels (crawl-walk-run) that balance scalability, accuracy and usability. This session addresses the critical challenge of making AI agents accessible to business users. We will explore four key integration methods: Databricks apps: The fastest way to build and run applications that leverage your data, with the full security and governance of Databricks Genie: Tool enabling non-technical users to gain data insights on Structured Data through natural language queries Chatbots: Combine real-time data retrieval with generative AI for contextual responses and process automation Batch inference: Scalable, asynchronous processing for large-scale AI tasks, optimizing efficiency and cost We'll compare these approaches, discussing their strengths, challenges and ideal use cases to help businesses select the most suitable integration strategy for their specific needs.