MEDIA ALERT: Alation CEO and Co-founder to Speak at the International MIT Chief Data Officer and Information Quality Symposium

Satyen Sangani to present at the virtual event on “How Data Intelligence Drives Data Culture and Innovation”

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Next week at the 15th annual International MIT Chief Data Officer and Information Quality Symposium, held virtually from July 20-22, Satyen Sangani, CEO and co-founder of Alation Inc., the leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions, will present “How Data Intelligence Drives Data Culture and Innovation.”

Established industries are being disrupted by companies that leverage data to drive new customer experience and operational efficiencies. However to maintain a competitive advantage organizations must innovate using data. But how? How can companies evolve culture and foster data-driven innovation? What are the barriers, pitfalls, and opportunities? What organizations have done this work successfully and what were the key learnings?

Speaking on the first day of the event, Sangani will discuss how data intelligence solutions empower data democratization and drive a cultural shift from silos to collaboration, and from bias and gut-based decision making to systems-based science and data. Specific details are as follows:

WHO:	Satyen Sangani, co-founder and CEO at Alation
WHAT:	Session 7A: “How Data Intelligence Drives Data Culture and Innovation”
WHEN:	July 20, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. PT
WHERE:	The International MIT Chief Data Officer and Information Quality Symposium

Learn More:

• Read about Sangani’s 2020 MIT CDOIQ presentation
• Download the latest GigaOm Radar Report for Data Catalogs where Alation was named a Leader

About Alation:

Alation is the leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions including data search & discovery, data governance, data stewardship, analytics, and digital transformation. Alation’s initial offering dominates the data catalog market. Thanks to its powerful Behavioral Analysis Engine, inbuilt collaboration capabilities, and open interfaces, Alation combines machine learning with human insight to successfully tackle even the most demanding challenges in data and metadata management. More than 250 enterprises drive data culture, improve decision making, and realize business outcomes with Alation including AbbVie, American Family Insurance, Cisco, Exelon, Finnair, Munich Re, New Balance, Pfizer, Scandinavian Airlines, and US Foods. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Alation was named to Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces list and is backed by leading venture capitalists including Blackstone, Costanoa, Data Collective, Dell Technologies, Icon, ISAI Cap, Riverwood, Salesforce, Sanabil, Sapphire, and Snowflake Ventures. For more information, visit alation.com.