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CEO and Founder dbt Labs

Tristan Handy is the Founder and CEO of dbt Labs, a leading player in the data transformation space used by 60,000 companies including JetBlue, HubSpot, Dunelm, and SunRun. He has over two decades of experience as a data practitioner spanning large enterprises and startups. Handy’s expertise and data industry best practices reach thousands of subscribers and listeners weekly through his newsletter and podcast on analytics engineering.

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Tristan Handy - Balancing Competing Tensions and Handling Complexity

2023-07-06 · The Joe Reis Show Listen

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with Tristan Handy (dbt Labs) , Joe Reis (DeepLearning.AI)

Data Engineering dbt

Tristan Handy and I chat about balancing competing tensions, both personally and leading dbt Labs. We also discuss the power of organizational behavior, naming problems to solve, and home remodeling.

This is different from the normal interviews you'll hear with Tristan, and I hope you enjoy it!

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