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Holly Smith

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Sr Resident Solutions Architect Databricks

Holly Smith is a Staff Developer Advocate at Databricks, where she specializes in Data and AI, developer advocacy, and tech education. With over a decade of experience and her status as one of the company’s earliest employees, she is a renowned public speaker and educator, known for her YouTube series on AI and data engineering. She is an award-winning expert in Data and AI, recognized for translating complex technologies into accessible learning experiences.

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Summit Live: Women In Data and AI Conversation

2025-06-12 · Data + AI Summit 2025 Watch

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with Lisa Cohen (Anthropic) , Kate Ostbye (Pfizer) , Pallavi Koppol (Databricks) , Holly Smith (Databricks)

AI/ML Databricks

Each year at Summit, Women in Data and AI have a half day for in-person discussions on empowering Women in Data and AI Breakfast, and networking with like-minded professionals and trailblazers. For this virtual discussion, hear from Kate Ostbye (Pfizer), Lisa Cohen (Anthropic), Pallavi Koppol and Holly Smith (Databricks) about navigating challenges, celebrating successes, and inspire one another as we champion diversity and innovation in data together. And how to get involved year-round.

Wednesday Keynote

2025-06-11 · Data + AI Summit 2025

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with Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase) , Kasey Uhlenhuth (Databricks) , Justin DeBrabant (Databricks) , Greg Ulrich (Mastercard) , Richard Masters (Virgin Atlantic Airways) , Ali Ghodsi (Databricks) , Reynold Xin (Databricks) , Nikita Shamgunov (Neon) , Dario Amodei (Anthropic) , Holly Smith (Databricks) , Hanlin Tang (Databricks)

AI/ML Databricks

Be first to witness the latest breakthroughs from Databricks and share the success of innovative data and AI companies.

Over Architected: LIVE

2025-06-11 · Data + AI Summit 2025

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with Nick Karpov (Databricks) , Holly Smith (Databricks)

Databricks

Join a live recording of the Over Architected Databricks podcast with Nick and Holly as they take the hottest features for the coming week and try to shoehorn them into one architecture. Audio for this session is delivered in the conference mobile app, you must bring your own headphones to listen.

Databricks, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

2025-06-10 · Data + AI Summit 2025 Watch

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Databricks

Databricks is the bestest platform ever where everything is perfect and nothing else could ever make it any better, right? …right? You and I know, this is not true. Don’t get me wrong, there are features that I absolutely love, but there are also some that require powering through the papercuts. And then there are those that I pretend don’t exist. I’ll be opening up to give my honest take on three of each category, why I do (or don’t) like them, and then telling you which talks to attend to find out more.