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Manager, Data Engineering BDO Canada

Rob Young is a seasoned data professional with 14+ years of experience helping organizations transform how they leverage data to drive value. He brings a strategic yet hands-on approach to building modern data platforms and has guided clients through cloud migration, data lakehouse adoption, and enterprise-wide data quality initiatives. His work spans the full data lifecycle, from discovery and architecture to implementation. At BDO, Rob leads cross-functional teams delivering impactful solutions that ensure data is accessible, trusted, and actionable—bridging engineering excellence with real-world outcomes.

Bio from: Data + AI Summit 2025

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Sponsored by: Soda Data Inc. | Clean Energy, Clean Data: How Data Quality Powers Decarbonization

Drawing on BDO Canada’s deep expertise in the electricity sector, this session explores how clean energy innovation can be accelerated through a holistic approach to data quality. Discover BDO’s practical framework for implementing data quality and rebuilding trust in data through a structured, scalable approach. BDO will share a real-world example of monitoring data at scale—from high-level executive dashboards to the details of daily ETL and ELT pipelines. Learn how they leveraged Soda’s data observability platform to unlock near-instant insights, and how they moved beyond legacy validation pipelines with built-in checks across their production Lakehouse. Whether you're a business leader defining data strategy or a data engineer building robust data products, this talk connects the strategic value of clean data with actionable techniques to make it a reality.