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Episode 183:

Why Modern Data Quality Must Move Beyond Traditional Data Management Practices with Chad Sanderson of Gable.ai

March 27, 2024

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Chad Sanderson, the CEO at Gable.ai. During the episode, Chad discusses the complexities of managing the data supply chain, emphasizing the importance of data quality, feedback loops, and aligning incentives within organizations. He shares his journey from analyst to data infrastructure leader at companies like Oracle, Sephora, and Microsoft. Chad introduces his company, Gable, which tackles upstream data quality issues. He critiques traditional data catalogs and advocates for a more dynamic, decentralized approach. The conversation explores the role of metadata, the integration of data quality checks in the software development lifecycle, the need for cultural shifts towards data responsibility, the significance of full lineage graphs and semantic metadata, treating data as a product with quality gates, and more.

Notes:

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

  • Chad’s background and journey in data (0:46)
  • Importance of Data Supply Chain (2:19)
  • Challenges with Modern Data Stack (3:28)
  • Comparing Data Supply Chain to Real-world Supply Chains (4:49)
  • Overview of Gable.ai (8:05)
  • Rethinking Data Catalogs (11:42)
  • New Ideas for Managing Data (15:16)
  • Data Discovery and Governance Challenges (18:51)
  • Static Code Analysis and AI Impact on Data (24:55)
  • Creating Contracts and Defining Data Lineage (27:31)
  • Data Quality Issues and Upstream Problems (32:32)
  • Challenges with Third-Party Vendors and External Data (34:29)
  • Incentivizing Engineers for Data Quality (40:28)
  • Feedback Loops and Actionability in Data Catalogs (45:30)
  • Missing metadata (48:57)
  • Role of AI in data semantics (50:27)
  • Data as a product (54:26)
  • Slowing down to go faster (57:38)
  • Quantifying the cost of data changes (1:01:24)

 

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