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Panel: Insights from Founders Shaping the Industry's Future

Caitlin Colgrove Caitlin Colgrove | Founder & CTO | Hex
George Fraser George Fraser | Co-Founder & CEO | Fivetran
Leah  Weiss Leah Weiss | Co-Founder/CEO | Preql

Join founders George Fraser (Fivetran), Caitlin Colgrove (Hex) and Leah Weiss (PreQL) as they discuss their journeys and share their perspectives on data industry trends. In this all-star panel moderated by Scott Breitenother (Brooklyn Data / Velir) you’ll hear what each stage of the startup process is like, including challenges, lessons learned and what it felt like when everything clicked. We’ll also discuss where the industry is heading, including the impact of AI, data infrastructure trends and the maturing of the modern data stack. This is a rare opportunity to hear from industry leaders who are shaping the world of data.

Caitlin Colgrove
Caitlin Colgrove
Founder & CTO | Hex

Caitlin Colgrove is the CTO of Hex Technologies, a collaborative data workspace for building and sharing data projects using SQL and Python. Caitlin has spent her career as a software engineer building data analytics tools, first at Palantir and then later at startups including Remix and Hex. As CTO her focus has expanded from purely technology to include growing and developing diverse and inclusive engineering teams.

George Fraser
George Fraser
Co-Founder & CEO | Fivetran

George Fraser is the CEO and co-founder of Fivetran. George founded the company with COO Taylor Brown in 2012 after completing the prestigious Y-Combinator accelerator program. Since then he has built Fivetran, a fully managed automated data integration provider, from an idea to a rapidly growing global business valued at $5.6 billion, supported by a global team of 1000+ employees.

Leah  Weiss
Leah  Weiss
Co-Founder/CEO | Preql

Leah Weiss has a diverse work experience spanning various industries. Leah is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of Preql, a company they founded in 2022. Prior to this, she was a Co-Founder and Executive Board Member at Data Culture, starting in 2020. At WeWork, she held multiple roles including Director of Data Products, Manager of Data Products, Business Intelligence Manager, Lead Digital Analyst, and New Member Development Manager, from 2013 to 2020.

In 2013, Leah worked as a Product Manager at artnod. She started her career in 2011 as a Literary Assistant at Lukeman Literary Management, Ltd.

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