The Data Stack Show - The PRQL: Navigating the Procurement Process for Data Infrastructure Tooling With Matthew Kelliher-Gibson of Rudderstack

Episode Date: May 6, 2024

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building a...nd maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hey, Data Stack Show listeners. We were so excited that we got to meet a few of you live in San Francisco at Ruddersack's Data Modeling Workshop around identity resolution. And we have another one of those events coming up in London. It's on May 15th, and we would love to see you there if you're in London or close by. The workshops are great. It's super fun. We'll have some snacks and drinks afterwards, and you'll get to meet not only other like-minded data people, but also potentially a few show listeners. So you can register at rudderstack.com slash events. See you in London in a few days. Welcome to the Data Stack Show prequel.
Starting point is 00:00:46 This is a short bonus episode where we preview the upcoming show. You'll get to meet our guest and hear about the topics we're going to cover. If they're interesting to you, you can catch the full-length show when it drops on Wednesday. Welcome back to the Data Stack Show. We are here with Matt Kelleher-Gibson, and we have so many exciting things to talk about. Matt, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me. All right. Well, I have the privilege of working with you every day, so I know a lot about you,
Starting point is 00:01:17 but our guests don't. So give us your background, your brief background, and tell us what you do today. So I've been in data and data science for a little over 10 years. I started as an analyst, data scientist. I managed data science teams, including and even ran the data science function at a public company before coming to RouterStack. And now I am a technical product marketing manager here. We'll definitely have to talk more about that career transition because I think that's definitely an interesting one. Well, very excited to chat today.
Starting point is 00:01:55 Matt, one of the things we talked about before the show was driving business value with data. So I'd love to hear more about that and then whatever other topics you want to cover. Yeah, I think that'll be a great one. with data. So I'd love to hear more about that and then whatever other topics you want to cover. Yeah, I think that'll be a great one. I think also just looking at, you know, why it's what the process is like trying to buy data tools and kind of why it's so hard and what you can do about it. I think that'll be another great topic to dig into. Yeah, definitely. All right. Well, let's, let's dig in and talk. I think the business side of the conversation is going to be really interesting. So let's dig in.
Starting point is 00:02:29 All right. That's a wrap for the prequel. The full-length episode will drop Wednesday morning. Subscribe now so you don't miss it.

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