Taking a Community-First Approach to Metadata with Swaroop Jagadish, Co-Founder & CTO of Acryl Data
Hashmap on Tap Ep. 92
“We continue to build everything in the open, we are the core maintainers of the [LinkedIn Data Hub] open-source project, and we are a very community-first company.”
— Swaroop Jagadish, Co-Founder & CTO of Acryl Data
Are you wondering what approach to take when it comes to metadata management? Are you looking for ways to get the community involved in an open-source project to collaborate and inspire data-driven solutions?
On a recent episode of Hashmap on Tap, Swaroop Jagadish, Co-Founder & CTO of Acryl Data joins Kelly Kohlleffel to talk about all things metadata and how Acryl Data’s community-first mindset has helped propel the success of their company. While sipping cappuccino, Swaroop discusses parts of his personal journey that inspired him to bring Acryl Data to life. He offers invaluable advice on how to implement metadata management strategies today without losing sight of his passion for community involvement to inspire ideas and make data available everywhere.
Before co-founding Acryl Data in 2020, Swaroop was the Head of Data Platform and Search Infrastructure at Airbnb for six years. Swaroop and his team built the foundation for data-informed decision making and built several popular tools like Apache Airflow, Apache Superset and Airbnb Dataportal.
Swaroop details how his background in open-source tools influenced the decision to base Acryl Data’s technology on LinkedIn DataHub and Apache Gobblin. Acryl Data’s vision is to bring clarity to your data through a next-generation multi-cloud metadata management platform and developer-friendly data catalog.
“The catalog should serve both humans and systems. When you want to serve systems, you want to be as close to real time as possible.”
— Swaroop Jagadish, Co-Founder & CTO of Acryl Data
Discover Swaroop’s perspectives on:
- Creating and executing an operational strategy for metadata management
- Using a community-first mindset to encourage community involvement and inspire new ideas and solutions
- Understanding approaches to data mesh
- Data assets vs. data products
- Taking a stream-first approach to metadata
- The importance of building in the open-source community to make data available everywhere
- Acryl Data’s SaaS product offering and planning for the company’s growth
- Favorite spots and activities in the Bay Area
- Why cappuccino (or espresso) is an all-day drink
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