Dave Mariani

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Dave is the founder of AtScale and is the Chief Technology Officer. Prior to AtScale, he was VP of Engineering at Klout & at Yahoo! where he built the world’s largest multi-dimensional cube for BI on Hadoop. Mariani is a Big Data visionary & serial entrepreneur.

January 10, 2023

Data Analytics is The Foundation of an Enterprise AI Strategy

There is a massive global investment in enterprise AI. While the potential for AI-driven value is huge, organizations are struggling with a common set of challenges to realizing this potential: Lack of data scientists, difficulty in moving more models to…

December 20, 2022

Using Augmented Analytics for Predictive and Prescriptive Analyses

There are six key areas for effectively consuming data for business insights: data, access, model, analyze, consume, and insights. For organizations looking to advance in each of these areas, AtScale’s Data and Analytics Maturity Model Workshop explains how teams can…

December 15, 2022

How to Maximize the Value of AI and BI at Scale

A few weeks ago, I spoke with two industry experts to get a first-hand view of maximizing AI and BI at scale. The panelists included Deepak Jose, Global Head of On-Demand Data and Analytics Solutions at Mars, and Jigyasa Grover,…

December 6, 2022

Deploying “Data as Code” Throughout the Entire Enterprise

How analysts consume data is a key factor in determining how quickly, accurately, and efficiently stakeholders can make data-driven decisions. Without the ability to freely and speedily share data insights, it can take a lot of time, effort, and expertise…

November 17, 2022

Making Everyone a Power Data Analyst with a Semantic Layer

The number of data analysts at your organization is a limiting factor that determines how many stakeholders are able to make data-driven decisions. To make better-informed decisions, organizations need to increase the number of people with the tools and expertise…

November 10, 2022

4 Effective Data Storytelling Elements

Effective data storytelling is integral to ensuring your organization leverages data insights. But how can you tell a meaningful data story that influences action? An analytics-driven culture doesn’t crop up overnight — it’s built through effective data storytelling.  Implementing a…

November 1, 2022

4 Key Takeaways from the Semantic Layer Summit

We recently hosted a virtual Semantic Layer Summit with our friends at Snowplow, Databricks, DAS42, and InterSystems. During the event, we gathered data leaders and top industry technologists to discuss the importance and impact of using a semantic layer for…

October 25, 2022

How to Drive Better Insights with an Analytics-Driven Culture

I recently spoke with a roundtable of data and culture industry experts about how to foster an analytics-driven culture to drive more actionable, valuable insights. We discussed how organizations can become data leaders, the importance of change management, and why…

October 13, 2022

Ways to Enhance Data Accessibility and Time-to-Insights

I recently held a panel discussion with leaders in data management to discuss ways to improve data accessibility across any organization. Our discussion centered around the idea that it’s time to move beyond descriptive and diagnostic insights — reviewing what…

October 4, 2022

Getting Started with a Semantic Layer with Snowflake and AtScale

More than 10 years after the explosion of big data analytics technologies, data scientists still spend nearly half their time on data preparation. Despite all their hard work preparing data for use, 86% of the data used to create insights…

August 11, 2022

How Trumid Enables Real-Time Analysis with BigQuery & Looker

I recently hosted a live customer webinar with a Forbes Top 50 FinTech company that uses AtScale to support their data science initiatives. Trumid’s senior data engineer Colin Reid joined me to share insights into the problems his team is…