#71 Adventures in Data Maturity - Creating Reliable, Scalable Data Processes - Interview w/ Ramdas Narayanan

https://www.patreon.com/datameshradio (Data Mesh Radio Patreon) - get access to interviews well before they are released Episode list and link to all available episode transcripts (most interviews from #32 on) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZmCIinVgIm0xjIVFpL9jMtCiOlBQ7LbvLmtmb0FKcQc/edit?usp=sharing (here) Provided as a free resource by DataStax https://www.datastax.com/products/datastax-astra?utm_source=DataMeshRadio (AstraDB) Transcript for this episode (https://docs.google.com/document/d/18fQai0a4y0xTBGsLz2fDay2dJ7IG0I0fnUvX60kyoIM/edit?usp=sharing (link)) provided by Starburst. See their Data Mesh Summit recordings https://www.starburst.io/learn/events-webinars/datanova-on-demand/?datameshradio (here) and their great data mesh resource center https://www.starburst.io/info/distributed-data-mesh-resource-center/?datameshradio (here) In this episode, Scott interviewed Ramdas Narayanan, Vice President Product Manager of Data Analytics and Insights at Bank of America. To be clear, he was not representing the company and was sharing his own views. Ramdas came on to discuss lessons learned from building effective data sharing at scale on the operational plane over the last 5-10 years so we can apply those to our data mesh implementations. A key output of the conversation is a guiding principle for getting data mesh right - your goal is to convert data into effective business outcomes. It doesn't matter how cool or not cool your platform is or anything else - drive business outcomes! It's easy to let that get lost in the tool talk and everything around data mesh. Per Ramdas, when looking at creating a data product, or really any data initiative, you need to align first on business objectives and that will drive funding. In the financial space, that is direct literal funding but even outside, you should have the same mindset. Make sure you get engagement and alignment across business partners, technologists, and subject matter experts. How are you using technology to address or solve the business pro