Chicago Data Night: Dexter Horthy (Metalytics)

Please join us for our monthly Chicago Data Night, cohosted by ChiData and DSI. Practitioners, academics, and aficionados within the Chicago area are all invited to be part of a community at the intersection of industry and academia, brought together by a mutual interest in data. Each month, guest speakers will cover a specific data-related topic.

Hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be provided. Admission is free, and we strongly encourage an RSVP to attend.

Title: Product Principles that will Amplify the Value of your Data Projects 

Abstract: There's a lot of evolving ways to improve the quality of data pipelines and data projects.

Tools for orchestration, modeling, observability, testing, and contracts bring the best software engineering and devops techniques into the data world. These new methodologies have unlocked more velocity, better collaboration, and significantly improvements in the quality for data teams.

As teams start to implement, they generally tend to stumble into a new set of problems. It's not enough to just pick up the latest quality tools and techniques and apply them everywhere. That's where product thinking comes in - being able to quickly and understand and articulate the *very specific* ways in which data projects drive value for the business is key to realizing real impact from any data project.

In this talk we'll discuss the grounding and motivations for product thinking in data, how to get started in applying these principles to your data projects, share success stories from top-notch teams like GitLab, Netlify, ZoomInfo, and others, and explore some open source tools and techniques that can help.

Bio: Dexter Horthy is cofounder and CEO at Metalytics, where he's building tools to massively increase the business impact of data teams. His passion for data and data products comes from 7 years collaborating in a strong product-execution culture at Replicated across engineering, customer success, and product, helping B2B companies efficiently deliver their applications into the most secure enterprise datacenters. When he's not hacking up the latest new ideas, Dex enjoys overcomplicated dinner prep and running the Chicago lakefront.

Meeting Location
The Auditorium at 1871
Merchandise Mart, #1212
222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza
Chicago, IL 60654

Getting to 1871 in the MART

For easy access, guests should enter through the Orleans entrance on the west side of the Merchandise Mart and take those elevators to the 12th floor. Additionally, any elevators in the Merchandise Mart that access the 12th floor will also work.

Reserve discounted parking steps from the Merchandise Mart with SpotHero. Download the SpotHero iPhone|Android App or visit the SpotHero Website to book your spot in advance! Use code 1871 for an extra $5 off!

Parking Validation

There is also discounted parking at the 210 N. Wells, 401 N. Wells, and 437 N. Orleans Self-Park Garages for 1871 tenants and guests.

210 N. Wells Self-Park Instructions

$8.00 – Monday – Friday: enter between 3:00pm – 11:59pm, out by 8:00am

$14.00 – For up to 12 hours of parking anytime

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