37: The Components of Data Governance with Dave Melillo of FanDuel
On this week's episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas talk with Dave Melillo, senior manager operational analytics at FanDuel to discuss data governance, finding a better term for reverse ETL, and talking about impending industry consolidation.
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Show Notes
Highlights from this week's episode include:
- Dave's "nerdy" interests in sports statistics and data (2:12)
- Trends in collecting, processing, and using data (4:45)
- Finding a better term for "reverse ETL" (5:48)
- The blurring of the distinction between sources and destinations (7:41)
- The role of BI is changing (13:24)
- Data governance and the physical execution behind it (19:00)
- Data governance is defining and managing data in a logical way that is actionable by the business (23:43)
- Consolidation of tools and services (28:49)
- Databricks vs. Snowflake (33:49)
- Dave's focus on regulatory data at FanDuel (45:47)
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