Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12pm ET / 9am PT
Data governance is evolving, fast. Gone are the days of rule-writing that slow down innovation and bottleneck downstream business teams. To compete in the age of AI, modern enterprises need a governance strategy that is agile, automated, and directly tied to business value.
Join us for an exclusive fireside discussion on the next generation of data governance, where we’ll explore themes like:
- How CDOs and Executive Data Leaders can tie governance initiatives to business value
- Why automation is the backbone of modern data governance
- How Data Governance leaders are evolving into business enablers, using Data Quality as currency
Featuring experts from Atlan, Anomalo, and Lovelytics, this session will deliver real-world insights, industry best practices, and actionable strategies to help your organization move beyond compliance-driven governance toward governance that drives measurable business impact.
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Speakers
Eric Falthzik
Data Governance Leader
Eric Falthzik is an experienced leader in data management, data governance, and data strategy and has driven client solutions for companies in utilities, healthcare, media and entertainment, and the manufacturing sector. Eric currently serves as the data governance practice leader for Lovelytics and has the privilege of working for one of the top Databricks and data governance consultancies in the US.
Prior to Lovelytics, Eric was the principal director for data and AI with Accenture. Eric is a recognized thought leader in the data management community and is a respected writer and speaker. Eric has earned a Master of Science in Information Systems from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting Information Systems from Virginia Tech.
Austin Kronz
Head of Data and AI Strategy, Field CDAO
Austin Kronz is the Director of Data and AI Strategy at Atlan, where he helps leading organizations build and scale modern data governance programs. A former Gartner Research Director, Austin now works side-by-side with Fortune 500 data teams – translating industry trends like Data Products and AI governance into practical strategies that deliver business value.
At Atlan, he plays a key role in advising customers, shaping the go-to-market strategy and connecting product teams with real-world insights from the field.
Daniel Shah
Head of SI Alliances
Daniel Shah is a seasoned alliances leader with over 15 years of experience building and scaling high-impact partner ecosystems across North America, EMEA, and APAC. As Head of SI Alliances at Anomalo, Daniel collaborates with leading consulting partners to help enterprises proactively address data quality challenges in the modern data stack.
Prior to Anomalo, he held executive roles at data.world and Matillion, where he drove international expansion, developed global alliances, and accelerated revenue through strategic partnerships. Daniel brings a unique ability to simplify complex technology landscapes into actionable go-to-market strategies. With a global perspective and deep passion for partner success, he offers practical insights on building resilient, revenue-generating alliances in today’s evolving data ecosystem.
Host
Daria Zhao
Senior Manager, Technical Product Marketing
Daria Zhao drives technical product, content, and partner marketing at Anomalo. This includes AI/ML sales enablement, Fortune 500 customer programs, joint go-to-market with Databricks, Snowflake, cloud hyperscalers and SI partners, and more. Every day, she is inspired by Anomalo’s customers: they are advancing human flourishing, global digital connectedness, and step-change innovations with data and AI.
Prior to Anomalo, Daria built and led the cloud product marketing team at Datadog, covering AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. In this role, she launched AI-native monitoring for Oracle and NVIDIA DGX while engaging enterprise IT executives on topics of cloud ROI, infrastructure modernization, and the business value of DevOps and Shift-Left observability.