Technical Talks

Katie Hindson

Head of Product & Data | Lightdash

Data Products Aren't Just for Data Teams!

Lightning Talks

Building data tools requires us to not only think about the data team, but also about the people that the data team is serving: business users, or "non-data team people".

I want to talk about how it's super important to consider these two personas when building data tools, but it can also be a bit complicated. I'll talk through a few principles we can use to build data products that are great for everyone (not just the data team!)

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Head of Product & Data

Katie Hindson

Lightdash

As a product manager with a background in data science, Katie loves building data products. Currently, she's working at Lightdash, an open-source BI tool that instantly turns your dbt project into a full-stack BI platform. Katie is really interested in the interaction between data teams, their tools, and the rest of the company - because the best data teams are the ones that can help everyone at the company make better decisions, faster.