Expert Panel: Leveraging AI-Powered Solutions for Data Management
Webinar Speaker: Evan Levy, TDWI Research Fellow
Date: Monday, July 28, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET
AI is transforming the practice of data management through tools that automate many of the more routine tasks and augment the productivity of data engineers, data stewards, data platform managers, and other technical specialists. AI-powered tools and platforms can handle larger volumes of data in real time or near real time than manual processes.
TDWI research has found that AI-powered solutions are becoming much more popular in the modern data pipeline, platform, and application management practices.
This expert panel will discuss trends in AI-powered solutions for data management. The key topics are:
- The role of AI/ML-based automation in enterprise data integration and management
- Leveraging generative AI for automation in data management
- Implementing guardrails for AI-automated data management solutions
Guest Speakers
Sean Knapp
Founder and CEO
Ascend.io
Sean Knapp is the founder and CEO of Ascend.io, the agentic data engineering platform. Prior to Ascend.io, Sean was a co-founder and CTO at Ooyala, a pioneer in online video delivery, analytics, and content personalization. At Ooyala, Sean oversaw product, engineering, and solutions, and played a key role in scaling the company to 500+ employees and Ooyala's $410m acquisition. Prior to founding Ooyala, Sean worked at Google where he was the tech lead for Google's legendary web search frontend engineering and ads UI teams, who increased Google’s revenues in excess of $1B during his tenure. Sean holds a B.S. and M.S. in computer science from Stanford University.
David Millman
Lead Partner Sales Engineer, System Integrators and GSIs
Fivetran
As a partner sales engineer at Fivetran, David works with the largest to the smallest systems integrators tasked with changing their customer’s business with data. He brings 20+ years of practical experience to the discussion, developing everything from large-scale real-time transactional systems to big data solutions—and now enabling AI implementations. He holds a degree in information management systems from Royal Military College of Science, Cranfield.
Sushant Rai
VP of Product Management
Reltio
As VP of product management at Reltio, Sushant leads the product strategy and portfolio management for the enterprise data platform that powers digital transformation and customer experience. He has over 16 years of experience in the software industry, with a focus on customer relationship management (CRM), customer success, and partner management, and holds an MBA from UCLA and NUS. Sushant is passionate about delivering innovative and scalable solutions that create value for customers and partners.
Evan Levy, CBIP