Data Leadership for Everyone

Douwe Maan was GitLab’s 10th employee and is now the founder and CEO of Meltano, GitLab’s spin-off data operations platform. His story is fascinating, and his passion for an open source approach to data ops is contagious! Enjoy this great conversation, and please share with your network!

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About Douwe Maan:

Douwe Maan is the founder and CEO of Meltano, an open source data operations platform. Born and raised in the Netherlands, Douwe has been around computers since a young age. While a college student, he began working at GitLab as their tenth employee. While working for GitLab, Douwe spent six months travelling the world, visiting colleagues in 14 countries on 5 continents.

In late 2019, Douwe joined the internal Meltano project at GitLab and quickly became its General Manager. In early 2021, Douwe led Meltano in spinning out of GitLab to become an independent startup while raising $4.2 million in seed funding, led by Alphabet’s GV. Today, Meltano is on its way to becoming the world’s first open source data operations platform.

Meltano Home: https://meltano.com

Meltano Slack Community: https://meltano.com/slack

Douwe Maan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DouweM

Episode Transcript:

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douwe_maan: So I joined GitLab as employee number

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douwe_maan: ten. No idea where it could go. And for those who haven’t seen the news,

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douwe_maan: GetLab actually went public on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange in October, So it’s

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douwe_maan: been an incredible journey that I had the privilege of seeing from the front

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douwe_maan: lines from this very early stage.

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anthony_algmin: Welcome to the Data Leadership Lessons podcast. I’m your host, Anthony J.

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anthony_algmin: Algmin. Data is everywhere in our businesses, and it takes leadership to make

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anthony_algmin: the most of it. We bring you the people stories and lessons to help you

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anthony_algmin: become a data leader. Our show is produced by Algmin Business Media, where we

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anthony_algmin: make having your own video podcast as easy as joining a call and sending an

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anthony_algmin: email. The stage is yours. Visit Algmin.com to learn more. Today on

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On this week’s Data Leadership Lessons podcast, we welcome Akash Khanolkar. Akash is a co-founder of Octane, which makes usage-based billing easier for any software-as-a-service company. We talk about the complexities of charging for variable services, and how Octane is trying to level the playing field.

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About Akash Khanolkar:

Akash is the Co-Founder of Octane, a drop-in metered billing system that gives businesses the flexibility to bill how they want. Octane is on a mission to become the cloud standard for usage-based monetization, freeing developers to focus on building the next generation of software. Octane was founded by engineers from Google and Facebook and is backed by high-profile venture capitalists. 

Octane: https://www.getoctane.io/

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akash: access to this monitoring data. Why is no one using it and that? that is when I had

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akash: the thesis. Maybe there’s uh. there’s something to unlock here converting metering

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akash: infrastructure data into financial value?

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anthony_algmin: Welcome to the Data Leadership Lessons Podcast. I’m your host, Anthony J.

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anthony_algmin: Algmin. Data is everywhere in our businesses and it takes leadership to make

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anthony_algmin: the most of it. We bring you the people stories and lessons to help you

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anthony_algmin: become a data leader. Our show is produced by Algmin Business media, where

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anthony_algmin: we make having your own video podcast as easy as joining a video call and

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anthony_algmin: sending an email. At Algmin Business Media, the stage is yours! Today on data

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anthony_algmin: sending an email. At Algmin Business Media, the stage is yours! Today on data

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anthony_algmin: leadership lessons we welcome Akash Khanolkar

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anthony_algmin: Akash is the co founder of Octane, a drop in metered billing system that

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anthony_algmin: gives businesses the flexibility to bill how they want. Octane is on a

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anthony_algmin: mission to become the cloud standard for usage based monenization, freeing

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anthony_algmin: developers to focus on building the next generation of software. a cash.

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On Data Leadership Lessons, we’re always trying to use data to improve who we are and what we do. This week’s guest spends his time taking this concept to the max! Approach this episode with an open mind and you might find exactly what you are looking for. Or maybe not what you are looking for, but exactly what you need.

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About Jonathan Varkul:

Jonathan is a facilitator and coach who helps leaders and their teams effectively resolve morale, conflict and performance related issues. He has been leading and building teams since 1998 and coaching leaders and their teams since 2010. 

His approach as a coach and facilitator is both the result and part of his ongoing journey to answer the question: “Can our deeper selves serve a practical purpose in addressing complex business challenges, and if so, how?”

Website – https://www.jonathanvarkul.com/

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanvarkul/

Episode Transcript

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jonathan_varkul: What was really weird is that the actual team that I ran started to

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jonathan_varkul: actually work more effectively. Not less

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anthony_algmin: Welcome to the data leadership Lessons podcast. I’m your host, Anthony J.

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anthony_algmin: Algmin. Data is everywhere in our businesses, and it takes leadership to

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anthony_algmin: make the most of it. We bring you the people, stories and lessons to help

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anthony_algmin: you become a data leader. Our show is produced by Algund Business Media,

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anthony_algmin: where we make having your own video podcast as easy as joining a video call

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anthony_algmin: and sending an email at Algmin Business Media. The stage is yours today. On

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anthony_algmin: and sending an email at Algmin Business Media. The stage is yours today. On

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anthony_algmin: data leadership lessons, we welcome Jonathan Varkul, Jonathan is a coach and

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anthony_algmin: facilitator who helps leaders and teams move through next level challenges.

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anthony_algmin: He has been leading and building teams since nineteen ninety eight, and

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anthony_algmin: coaching leaders and their teams since twenty ten. Jonathan. welcome to the

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This week we meet Chin-Heng Hong, the VP of Product Management at Couchbase, for a discussion about what’s new in database technologies and some of the patterns he sees in the industry. We also talk about Couchbase’s recent survey of Data Architects and some of the interesting findings it contains.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kO0jQs_O6rk

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About Chin-Heng Hong:

Chin-Heng Hong is VP Product Management at Couchbase, the modern database for enterprise applications. A senior engineering executive with more than 25 years of experience, Hong previously held roles at Hewlett Packard, Oracle, Siebel Systems and others.

Couchbase – https://couchbase.com

Episode Transcript

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anthony_algmin: Welcome to the Data Leadership Lessons Podcast. I’m your host, Anthony J.

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anthony_algmin: Algmin. Data is everywhere in our businesses and it takes leadership to make

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anthony_algmin: the most of it. We bring you the people stories and lessons to help you

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anthony_algmin: become a data leader. Our show is produced by Algmin Business Media, where we

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anthony_algmin: make having your own video podcast as easy as joining a video call and

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anthony_algmin: sending an email. At Algmin Business Media, the stage is yours! Today

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anthony_algmin: on data leadership lessons we welcome Chin Hong. Chin is V. P of product

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anthony_algmin: on data leadership lessons we welcome Chin Hong. Chin is V. P of product

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anthony_algmin: management at Couchbase, the modern database for enterprise applications, a

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anthony_algmin: senior engineering executive with more than twenty five years of experience.

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anthony_algmin: Chin previously held roles at Hewlett Packard, Oracle, Siebel systems, as well

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anthony_algmin: as others. Chin, welcome to the show!

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chin: thank you, Antony.

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anthony_algmin: So likely, do with all our first time guests. Please take a moment and

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anthony_algmin: just tell the audience a bit more about your career before Couchbase, And A.

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anthony_algmin: How that led you to what you’re doing now?

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This week on Data Leadership Lessons, we welcome Doug Laney, the author of the best-selling book, “Infonomics: How to Monetize, Manage, and Measure Information for Competitive Advantage.” This is a fascinating episode for executives and data nerds alike! Enjoy!

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/km8E5DCBexI

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About Doug Laney:

Douglas Laney is the data & analytics strategy innovation fellow with the consultancy, West Monroe. Formerly he was a vice president and distinguished analyst with Gartner’s Chief Data Officer (CDO) research and advisory practice. He is an accomplished practitioner and recognized authority on data and analytics strategy, and is a three-time recipient of Gartner’s annual Thought Leadership Award, and is regularly considered one of the top global influencers these topics. Mr. Laney specializes in and assists organizations with data monetization and valuation, open and syndicated data, data governance, and big-data based innovation. In 2001 he coined the “3Vs” of volume, velocity and variety, now commonly used in defining Big Data.

Nearly two decades ago, Mr. Laney originated the field of Infonomics, developing methods to quantify information’s economic value and apply asset management practices to information assets. He authored the book “Infonomics: Monetizing, Managing and Measuring Information as a Competitive Advantage,” and lectures at leading business schools on the topic. In addition to his dozens of Gartner research publications and blogs, Mr. Laney is a contributing author with Forbes and Information Management Magazine, and has been published in the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. He also edited and co-authored Forbes’ e-book on Big Data.

Prior to rejoining Gartner, Mr. Laney helped form and lead the Deloitte Analytics Institute, a global initiative to grow Deloitte’s multi-billion-dollar analytics business through marketing, social media, thought leadership, internal education, sales support, and recruiting. Today, Mr. Laney is also a visiting professor at the University of Illinois Gies School of Business and the Carnegie Mellon Heinz College of Business where he teaches graduate-level courses on analytics and infonomics, also available via Coursera.

Doug Laney at West Monroe – https://www.westmonroe.com/our-team/doug-laney

Infonomics Book – https://www.amazon.com/Infonomics-Monetize-Information-Competitive-Advantage/dp/1138090387

Episode Transcript

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anthony_algmin: Shoot, thirty five, forty five minutes. Um, yeah, I think you do everything.

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anthony_algmin: and uh,

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anthony_algmin: we will just take it from there. All right. Any other questions before we

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anthony_algmin: kicked us off A real.

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