Takashi leads the Enterprise Data and Analytics team at Elastic, focused on the democratization of trusted data across the org by driving how data is defined, consumed, delivered, and governed. As a strategic partner to the business, he is passionate about “meeting people where they are” to minimize friction, increase alignment, and enable data-driven decision making.

Austin Kronz is the Director of Data Strategy at Atlan. He works with customers on implementing modern data strategies, navigating key trends such as Data Mesh and Data Fabric, and evangelizing the active metadata category. Austin spent the last 5 years as a Gartner research Director.