On the Importance of Data Governance with Sharad Varshney, Co-Founder & CEO at OvalEdge
Hashmap on Tap Ep. 121
“The lows are an opportunity to learn, that’s why we deal with it.”
- Sharad Varshney, Co-Founder & CEO at OvalEdge
Are you putting data governance at the top of your priority list?
On a recent episode of Hashmap on Tap, host Kelly Kohleffel was joined by Sharad Varshney, Co-Founder & CEO at OvalEdge, to discuss why data governance should be one of the first things considered in every business.
On tap for this episode is Turkish coffee from Café Intermezzo and espresso from Nespresso. Over their coffees, Kelly and Sharad get more into detail about Sharad’s time at Hortonworks, Cohesive, and other tech companies.
Sharad details how he saw the need for data governance while working at these companies and knew that people needed something to hold their data together. This realization led him to found OvalEdge, where they’ve been able to help customers achieve their data goals.
The need for data governance exists in all companies, and knowing this from the start can save them from issues that stem from bad data. As Sharad states in the episode, “humans are capable of creating bad data.” Making sure data quality doesn’t lie solely in their hands is the first step to ensuring you have usable data!
Hear Sharad’s perspectives on:
- Why business glossaries are also a must for companies
- What he’s learned about product-market fit
- Where he expects OvalEdge to be in the next two years
- How his team keeps him balanced (and his wife keeps him humble!)
- How he takes personal ownership of customers disliking a product, instead of making it the customers’ problem
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