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.

May 12, 2022

The Semantics of the Semantic Layer Part 4: Data Preparation

This is the fourth blog in my blog series, The Semantics of the Semantic Layer, where I describe the seven core capabilities of a semantic layer. In this blog, I will dive deeper into the virtualized data preparation that makes…

May 10, 2022

Accelerate Data Science and AutoML with a Semantic Layer

At AtScale, we love talking to data and analytics technologists and hearing their stories. We recently hosted a tech talk (presentation and demo) with Ben Taylor, Chief AI Evangelist at DataRobot, about how AtScale and DataRobot can help align AI…

April 26, 2022

How to Scale SSAS-Style Analytics with Databricks + AtScale

As organizations become more data-centric, companies are bringing in data from more sources and storing more volume. That's only added more fuel to the ongoing data cloud 'platform wars', particularly with Databricks and Snowflake.  With some exciting benchmark results recently…

April 21, 2022

The Semantics of the Semantic Layer

I co-founded AtScale to focus on the challenges of supporting a large number of data analysts working on disparate sets of data managed in a massive lake. We borrowed the term “semantic layer” from the folks at Business Objects who…

April 19, 2022

Combining Data Integration Styles for Improved Data Accessibility

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…

April 5, 2022

Optimizing Cloud Analytics: Actionable Insights Series Part II

Curated advice from 50+ data leaders, industry experts & customers Over the last 12 months, we've hosted 18 webinars with 50+ industry experts, data leaders, and customers reaching an audience of 25k+ data and analytics community members/professionals.  I've decided to…

March 31, 2022

Scaling Self-Service Analytics: Actionable Insights Series Part I

  Curated advice from 50+ data leaders, industry experts & customers Over the last 12 months, we've hosted 18 webinars with 50+ industry experts, data leaders, and customers reaching an audience of 25K+ data and analytics community members/professionals.  I've decided…

March 29, 2022

Developing a Data Sharing Culture with a Semantic Layer

When it comes to effectively consuming data for business insights, there are six key areas: data, access, model, analyze, consume, and insights. AtScale’s Data and Analytics Maturity Model Workshop explains how organizations can build the skills and knowledge to advance…