Join Keith Belanger, Field CTO at DataOps.live & Snowflake Data Superhero as he discusses 'Getting back to Basics' with his guest Doug Needham, 'The Data Guy'. Doug,

Principal Solutions Architect for DataOps.live is a seasoned data scientist with a proven track record of success, possessing extensive expertise in enhancing, automating, and analyzing data processes to drive business growth.

His journey began in the US Marine Corps, where he honed his data management skills and developed a deep understanding of data integrity and protection. Since then, Doug has consistently delivered exceptional results for businesses of all sizes & is instrumental in driving customer adoption at DataOps.live & whose most recent book, "Data Structure Synthesis: Boosting Productivity through Data Structure reuse, focuses on leveraging Data Structure fundamentals to speed up productivity.

DataOps.live is the DataOps automation platform that helps enterprises operationalize data for trusted AI. With built-in automation, observability, and governance, DataOps.live enables data teams to deliver reusable AI data products and scale their impact across the business. Backed by Snowflake Ventures, Anthos Capital and Notion Capital, DataOps.live partners with global enterprises to make their data AI-ready.

Find out more at www.dataops.live

Keith Belanger's guest is Angela Harney, a fellow Snowflake Data Superhero to talk about the topic of the year, 'AI Ready Data'.

Angela Harney has 30+ years of IT experience spanning data engineering, architecture, and teaching. A four-time Snowflake certified expert, she’s worked with Snowflake on AWS and Azure while focusing on Cortex AI, AISQL, Cortex Agents, and Snowflake Intelligence solutions.

She's passionate about SQL-driven design, Python-based ETL, and using code generation to build scalable, high-performance data solutions.

Angela is author of Snowflake How-To, with articles on Medium.com as well as the chapter leader of the Snowflake Seattle User Group, and creating Snowflake training videos on her YouTube channel.

You can also find Angela on LinkedIn & YouTube. Click the links for access.

Join Keith Belanger, our very own Field CTO & a Snowflake Data Superhero as he meets & discusses everything data with a range of guests for our third episode on Season 4.

Today Keith is joined by Ronny Steelman, author & CEO of Quadrabyte LLC. His latest book, published on 21st Nov 25, is titled Mastering Snowflake DataOps with DataOps.live: An End-to-End Guide to Modern Data Management. They discuss how all things data, Ronny's background and the motivation behind his new book.

His new book is available on Amazon & other outlets from November 21st.