WEBINAR- 45 MINUTES
Future-Ready Data Engineering: Essential Strategies for the AI Era
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 10 AM PT | 1 PM ET
Join Dresner Advisory analyst Bill Hostmann and Ascend CEO Sean Knapp for an exclusive look at how data engineering is evolving and what teams must do now to prepare for the future.
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About the Webinar
Data engineering has never been more critical—or more complex. According to Dresner Advisory Services, 81% of organizations say it’s essential, but only 37% say they’re effective at it.
Join Dresner’s VP and Research Fellow, Bill Hostmann, and Ascend.io CEO, Sean Knapp, as they explore key findings from the 2025 Data Engineering Market Study and break down what separates top-performing teams from the rest. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to close the effectiveness gap and get your team ready for whatever comes next.
Join this exclusive webinar to gain:
- Research-backed insights to close the effectiveness gap — Discover what top-performing teams are doing differently.
- A practical roadmap for future-ready data engineering — Learn the essential capabilities you need to build now to support tomorrow’s AI initiatives without rebuilding your entire stack.
- Actionable frameworks that reduce complexity and cost — Walk away with concrete approaches to improve efficiency, data quality, observability, and governance.
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Featured Speakers
Bill Hostmann
VP and Research Fellow | Dresner Advisory
Bill Hostmann is a VP and Research Fellow with Dresner Advisory. His areas of focus includes trends in Analytic Data Infrastructures (ADI)—integrating and managing the information and information models used by BI, Advanced Analytics, and CPM/PM applications. Bill has more than 20 years of product management experience at the intersection of business intelligence/analytics and data analytics infrastructure, including positions in product and general management at Gemstone Systems, Informix, and Informatics. He spent 14 years as a research analyst at Gartner, including several years as a VP and Distinguished Analyst for BI/Analytics.
Sean Knapp
Founder & CEO | Ascend.io
Sean Knapp is the founder and CEO of Ascend.io. Prior to Ascend.io, Sean was a co-founder, CTO, and Chief Product Officer at Ooyala.
At Ooyala Sean oversaw Product, Engineering and Solutions, and played key roles in scaling the company to 500+ employees, Ooyala’s $410m acquisition, as well as Ooyala’s subsequent acquisitions of Videoplaza and Nativ.
Before founding Ooyala, Sean worked at Google where he was the tech lead for Google’s legendary Web Search Frontend Engineering team, helping that team increase Google’s revenues by over $1B. Sean also developed and launched iGoogle, the company’s popular, customizable home page.
