The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Amy is a Senior Data Solutions and Integration Manager at Bay Wa r.e. Her responsibility was enabling Data Governance, Data Products and Data Mesh. The challenge was building a unified data decentralization framework for dozens of organizations that historically used different stacks, metrics, and processes. Data Mesh is a complex concept, and every organisation views it differently. Amy will share the framework she had implemented for which her team gained leadership buy-in. She will discuss what Amy?s team managed to execute, what they've achieved, and what's on their roadmap. She will also share her learnings from this exciting journey, including securing buy-in from different business units. At 'Journey Building Data Mesh: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,' Amynwill focus on: Why Data Mesh, and when it is the right time to start prioritizing it? How did they implement data contracts at the scale, and what is the current progress? What Amy?s team would do differently today on their journey to Data Mesh.

In this session, Chad Sanderson, CEO of Gable.ai and author of the upcoming O’Reilly book: "Data Contracts," tackles the necessity of modern data management in an age of hyper iteration, experimentation, and AI. He will explore why traditional data management practices fail and how the cloud has fundamentally changed data development. The talk will cover a modern application of data management best practices, including data change detection, data contracts, observability, and CI/CD tests, and outline the roles of data producers and consumers. 

Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of modern data management's components and how to leverage them for better data handling and decision-making.