#263 The Data to AI Journey with Gerrit Kazmaier, VP and GM of Data Analytics at Google Cloud

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Integrating generative AI with robust databases is becoming essential. As organizations face a plethora of database options and AI tools, making informed decisions is crucial for enhancing customer experiences and operational efficiency. How do you ensure your AI systems are powered by high-quality data? And how can these choices impact your organization's success?

Gerrit Kazmaier is the VP and GM of Data Analytics at Google Cloud. Gerrit leads the development and design of Google Cloud’s data technology, which includes data warehousing and analytics. Gerrit’s mission is to build a unified data platform for all types of data processing as the foundation for the digital enterprise. Before joining Google, Gerrit served as President of the HANA & Analytics team at SAP in Germany and led the global Product, Solution & Engineering teams for Databases, Data Warehousing and Analytics. In 2015, Gerrit served as the Vice President of SAP Analytics Cloud in Vancouver, Canada.

In this episode, Richie and Gerrit explore the transformative role of AI in data tools, the evolution of dashboards, the integration of AI with existing workflows, the challenges and opportunities in SQL code generation, the importance of a unified data platform, leveraging unstructured data, and much more.

Links Mentioned in the Show:

• Google Cloud
• Connect with Gerrit
• Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• Course: Introduction to GCP
• Related Episode: Not Only Vector Databases: Putting Databases at the Heart of AI, with Andi Gutmans, VP and GM of Databases at Google
• Rewatch sessions from RADAR: Forward Edition

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