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David Rogers

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David Rogers

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Solutions Architect Databricks

David leads Databricks' technical solutions for the manufacturing, transportation, and energy sectors, ensuring value realization through the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. He has a distinguished track record designing and delivering innovative data and AI solutions within industrial enterprises, with roles at Booz Allen Hamilton, Sight Machine, and Boeing. A recognized voice in emerging industrial technologies across production and supply chains, he speaks at major conferences and holds a Master’s in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering from Michigan State University.

Bio from: Data + AI Summit 2025

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AI-Powered Profits: Smarter Order and Inventory Management

Join this session to hear from two incredible companies, Xylem and Joby Aviation. Xylem shares their successful journey from fragmented legacy systems to a unified Enterprise Data Platform, demonstrating how they integrated complex ERP data across four business segments to achieve breakthrough improvements in parts management and operational efficiency. Following Xylem's story, learn how Joby Aviation leveraged Databricks to automate and accelerate flight test data checks, cutting processing times from over two hours to under thirty minutes. This session highlights how advanced cloud tools empower engineers to quickly build and run custom data checks, improving both speed and safety in flight test operations.

Smart Data, Smarter Vehicles: Building the Foundation for the Future of Transportation

Join industry pioneers Boeing and CARIAD (Volkswagen Group) as they showcase how advanced data platforms are revolutionizing mobility across air and ground transportation. Boeing's Jeppesen Smart NOTAMs system demonstrates the power of compound AI in aviation safety, processing over 4.5M critical flight notices annually and serving 75% of commercial aviation through an innovative combination of MLflow, GenAI, and Delta Sharing technologies. CARIAD follows with insights into their groundbreaking Unified Data Ecosystem (UDE), the singular data platform powering Volkswagen Group's global mobility transformation across all brands and markets. Together, these leaders illustrate how smart data architecture is building the foundation for the future of transportation, from the skies to the streets.