2024 Recap - DATAcated

Dec 30, 2024

DATAcated was born on March 20, 2020. The company (ME) has been through a lot of fun adventures. Let’s recap what happened in 2024!

I attended MANY in-person events this year.

Hosted the DATAcated Booth Awards and worked with Deep Vibe to document the process

Data Universe in NYC. I got to speak twice (once at a Starburst Women in Analytics event and again as a DataVenger panelist). Oh and the DataVengers had a booth (10 by 20 ft) along with Deep Vibe! AND I got my very own DataVenger CAPE (thanks Herb) and got to interview a PUPPET (thanks Scott!)
Dremio Subsurface in NYC - supported the event and hung out with Gnarly (and did the gnar-walk)
LinkedIn Games - attended their games event because apparently I did well at their online games :)
Alteryx Inspire in Las Vegas - supported the event, conducted interviews, etc.
Got to spend time with awesome content creators!
Snowflake Summit in San Francisco to support some clients with promotions/ interviews. Got to hang out with some cool influencers.
Sisense Yankees in NYC - supported the event and conducted interviews. Oh and I ate hot dogs :)
AWS NYC Summit - attended this for fun and learning.
IBM US Open - in NYC, supported by conducting an interview (and worked with Deep Vibe).
Salesforce Dreamforce in San Francisco. Supported the event with Deep Vibe (and even got to interview the CMO of the company)
Precisely Trust in Philly - supported with interviews and content.

Service Now World Forum in NYC - went to learn.
Salesforce NYC Summit - supported with interviews and content creation.
NY CDO Magazine Leadership Summit - went to learn and network. Got to hang out with Valerie Logan.
AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas - supported clients onsite with interviews and other promo. Got to meet cool content creators, hang out with Cindi Howson, and spend time in the AWS certification lounge!
Salesforce Agentforce 2.0 Launch in San Francisco - supported the event and got a selfie with Marc Benioff! Oh and I had my first ride in a self-driving car (Waymo).

Hosted 30+ LinkedIn/ YouTube live interviews on the DATAcated Show
Panel discussion on Data Management Trends with Matillion.
Panel discussion: Defining & Adopting a Data Bill of Rights with Eric Kavanagh, Doug Kimball, and David Linthicum
Panel discussion: Personal Brand in Tech (Maven Analytics) with Andreas Kretz
Panel discussion: AlterNext virtual summit with Balaji, Adam, and Matthew

Hired Mignon Brooks for a few months (April 1, 2024 - December 6, 2024) as a Marketing Media Manager.
Hired a contractor to help update the DATAcated website - Still in Progress