Too often, teams move fast to prove value, only to find themselves buried in broken pipelines, rising costs, & constant rework. What starts as momentum quickly turns into maintenance & unreliable data that can’t support AI.

In this episode of #TrueDataOps, Peter Chase from Catalyst BI, an award-winning Snowflake partner supporting over 300 clients shares lessons from years of helping organizations deliver lasting value. From early design decisions to long-term sustainability, he explains why best practices aren’t optional, they’re foundational to trusted, AI-ready data.

We’ll explore how DataOps brings structure, automation, & discipline to the data lifecycle so teams can build fast, stay fast, & be ready for what’s next.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.

AI can generate Snowflake code in seconds. But how do organizations ensure that AI-generated data pipelines still follow enterprise data architecture standards?

In this episode of the TrueDataOps podcast, Keith Belanger is joined by Mark Bartlo, Principal Sales Engineer at DataOps.live, to explore Skills and the role they play in enabling Agentic DataOps for AI-ready data. Keith and Mark discuss how Skills allow Data Architects to encode enterprise standards directly into AI-driven development and demonstrate how they work through a live example.

If you're exploring AI-assisted data engineering or looking to scale governance and automation across your Snowflake platform, this episode will show why Skills are becoming a critical building block for modern DataOps.

Mark is an experienced technology leader specializing in data engineering, AI, and cloud platforms. Known for translating complex technology into clear business value while enabling sales teams and customers to unlock AI-driven insights and modern data strategies in high-growth environments.

Amit has over 20 years of experience designing and delivering data platforms. He's worked across many industries including media & digital streaming, retail and eCommerce, healthcare, and financial services, helping organizations build scalable, governed analytics ecosystems that enable analysts and data scientists to work faster, safer, and with greater confidence.

He specializes in modern data architectures, pipeline automation, and operational excellence, blending technical rigor with practical strategy to unlock value from data.

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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

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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.

Nadia is Lead Data Engineer in the Self-Service Data Hub at Eutelsat.

She has an MSc in Data Science & a BSc in Mathematics. Having joined Eutelsat over 4yrs ago, Nadia now plays a key role in mentoring data engineers and shaping the data platform to support global connectivity.

Keith has over 30 years in data, leading multiple Snowflake cloud modernization initiatives at Fortune 100 companies and across diverse industries, specializing in Kimball, Data Vault 2.0, and both centralized and decentralized data strategies.

Sign up for one of our Hands On Labs today - see www.dataops.live website for info.

Join Keith & Sanjeev Mohan, Principal at Sanjmo and former Gartner Research VP, for the opening episode of Season 4 to discuss what it takes for enterprise data teams to change that. 30 minutes of data talk that can change how you do business.

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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.

Guy's a Snowflake Global #1 Data SuperHero, an experienced CTO and VP, & is passionate about DataOps. He's spent 20+ years running software development organisations and now his focus is bringing the principles and business value from DevOps and CI/CD to data. Guy is a co-founder of the truedataops.org movement.  He's dad, technologist, (over) engineer, amateur inventor, skier, mild eccentric.

Keith is an innovative and results-driven Data & Technology Leader with a strong background in data architecture, cloud data strategy, AI/ML initiatives, and data product evangelism. Passionate about bridging the gap between business needs, technology, and customer engagement.

He specializes in data warehousing (Kimball & Data Vault 2.0), cloud modernization, AI/ML-driven analytics, data governance, and data modeling advocacy, driving industry-wide conversations through conference speaking, webinars, blogs, podcasts, and community engagement. His experience spans leading data practices, developing customer-centric strategies, and evangelizing SaaS solutions in the data modeling, AI/ML, governance, and analytics space.

Keith will be hosting the podcasts going forward; so be ready to join us later this year for the new series.

Andrew is a Sr. Manager, ISV & Platform Data Cloud Product Partners at Snowflake. He joined in early 2022 to develop the Observability ISV partner category & now leads the Platform Alliances Organization. Platform Alliances consists of strategic, infrastructure partnerships in the BI, Data Engineering/Integration, Observability, Governance, Security, & Cyber Security spaces.

John is a dynamic executive & strategic advisor with experience leading partner ecosystems, driving go-to-market innovation & scaling global channel sales for technology & software companies. He brings a 360-degree market perspective from his prior roles across ISVs, consulting firms, and resellers. He's most recently known for driving partnership success across & with the Snowflake ecosystem.

Dan has been advising clients & leading the delivery of data solutions for 26 years. This includes working with European, North American, and Middle Eastern clients in both the public & private sector within Healthcare, Telecoms, and Financial Services.

He provides a holistic approach to Data Management with his independent advisory services spanning all aspects of Data Governance.

As an Associate Faculty Lecturer in Data Management at the National College of Ireland, Dan enjoys sharing his expertise both with industry leaders and upcoming scholars alike.

He's a certified Enterprise Architect, Snowflake Data Cloud Architect, and completed a Diploma in AI Governance (Distinction) at University College Dublin.

In between, he's helped the world's largest companies select the right cloud platforms, has run large mission-critical projects, and assisted senior management executives in making tough strategic decisions to ensure optimal solutions to complex problems such as the Wells Fargo / Wachovia merger.

On top of all that, Sanjeev has published many white papers and has been among the top 10 speakers at numerous conferences such as Oracle World, BI Brain Trust and Informatica World. He created University of California, Berkeley Extension's advanced Oracle training curriculum.

Scott was the (co)-creator of PMI’s Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit and helps organizations around the world to improve their way of working (WoW) and ways of thinking (WoT).

Scott is an international keynote speaker and the (co-)author of 30 books, including Choose Your WoW!, Refactoring Databases, Agile Modeling, Agile Database Techniques, and The Object Primer 3rd Edition.

Wayne has written two books: “The Secrets of Analytical Leaders: Insights from Information Insiders” (2012) and “Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Your Business” (2005/2010), as well as dozens of reports and hundreds of articles during his 25 years in the field.

Kevin highlights the growing importance of metadata, data quality, and governed democratization in the age of AI, while stressing that proper data management fundamentals are more crucial than ever.