EVOLVE 2025 London | Onsite Event | Trusted data today for tomorrow’s AI

Thank you to everyone who attended. We look forward to seeing you again next year!

Explore the Potential of Bringing AI to Your Data - Anywhere.

What you’ll hear

Abhas speaking on the main stage at Evolve

Strategies to enhance productivity in the era of generative AI
How data and AI revolutionize businesses and industries
Insights from industry visionaries and data experts
Real-world experiences and future views on the critical impact of AI

What you can expect from the EVOLVE25 experience

A woman and a man speaking about customer successes on stage

Customer sessions

Hear directly from Cloudera customers as they share fresh perspectives on market trends and technologies

A pavilion booth with on of our partners RedHat

Expo zone

Explore the sponsor pavilion to see the industry’s most innovative solutions in action with our partners and Cloudera product leaders

Frank O’Dowd speaking to a small group in a one on one session

1x1 executive meetings

Meet with Cloudera experts so we can work together to ensure you have what you need success in today’s fast-paced environment

Visionary Speakers

The futurist for leaders: Mike Walsh

Mike Walsh is the CEO of Tomorrow, a global consultancy on designing companies for the 21st century. For the past twenty years, he has been a leading authority on disruptive innovation, digital transformation and new ways of thinking. A global nomad from a diverse ethnic background, futurist and author of three bestselling books, Mike advises some of the world’s biggest organizations on reinvention and change in this new era of machine intelligence. A specialist in AI-powered transformation, he bridges the two worlds of disruptive technology and business leadership, translating deep tech into pragmatic recommendations for leaders to seize new opportunities, transform their organizations, and change their own thinking.

Wednesday, October 8

Customer Executive Forum

By Invite Only

12:00 pm

Lunch Reception

12:45 pm

Welcome & Agenda Review

12:55 PM

Executive Keynote

1:10 pm

Strategy, Product, and State of the Market Panel

1:55 pm

Break

2:10 pm

Introduction to Product Discussions

2:15 pm

Accelerate Enterprise AI - Exploring AI related topics including Private AI

3:00 pm

Data Sovereignty including Sovereign Cloud

3:45 pm

Trusted Data - Governance & Lineage

4:30 pm

Evening Reception

Thursday, October 9

Main Stage Agenda

8:00 AM

Registration & Networking

Kick off the day by picking up your badge and making valuable connections with fellow attendees, partners, and Cloudera executives.

9:30 AM

Opening Keynote

Join us at Cloudera EVOLVE25 to discover how to truly harness the power of data and AI anywhere, accelerating time-to-value and gaining real-time insights. This premier event offers exclusive access to cutting-edge strategies and transformative technologies to drive real-world data and AI transformation

Charles Sansbury: CEO, Cloudera
Frank O’Dowd: CRO, Cloudera
Leo Brunnick: Chief Product Officer, Cloudera
Sergio Gago: Chief Technology Officer, Cloudera
Martin Schirmer: GVP NEMEA, Cloudera
Mike Walsh: Visionary Speaker
Matt Aslett: Director of Research, Analytics and Data, ISG Research
Michelle Stonebank: Head of International ISV Partner Management EMEA, AWS
Xavier Moreno Aparicio: EMEA Data & GenAI Sales Executive Director, Amazon Accenture Business Group
Chris Royles: Field CTO, EMEA, Cloudera
Paul Muller: Co-Founder & Chief Strategist of Denting the Universe
Helen Davis: Service Director for Technology and Digital Services, West Midlands Police
Davin Parrott: Principal Data Scientist, West Midlands Police
Jeff Healey: SVP Product Marketing, Cloudera

1:00 PM

Recharge & Connect: Lunch and Sponsor Showcase

Enjoy a complimentary lunch before stepping into the vibrant EVOLVE Expo Hall. This is your chance to engage directly with Cloudera's leading partners, exploring their innovative solutions and real-world success stories that can elevate your data and AI initiatives.

Afternoon Sessions

Unlock insights in our Afternoon Sessions.

2:00 PM

Session 1: AI for Humanity: Accelerating Life-Saving Aid with Mercy Corps and Cloudera AI Studios

Alastair Elliott, Practice Director, Professional Services, Cloudera

Holly Topham, Director - Crisis Analysis, MercyCorps

Rob Dickens, Solution Architect, Professional Services, Cloudera

Discover how Cloudera AI Studios empowers teams to streamline complex AI projects and rapidly deploy advanced agentic workflows, all within a secure and governed environment. In this session, hear directly from our customer, Mercy Corps, about how they are using Cloudera's Agent Studio to equip frontline humanitarian teams with AI-driven tools. Learn how they are accelerating the delivery of life-saving aid through more precise decisions driven by data in the field. Their story will highlight how organizations can accelerate the entire AI lifecycle, moving from initial concept to measurable, tangible impact faster than ever.

2:30 PM

Session 2: Customer Spotlight: BPCE & MDClone: Best Practices for AI Success

Robert Hryniewicz, Director, Product Marketing, Cloudera

Navita Sood, Product Marketing Director, Cloudera

Luz Erez, Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, MDClone

Florian Caringi, Head, Data AI Platform & Architecture, BPCE

Customer Spotlight: MDClone

Customer Spotlight: BPCE

Discover how an open data lakehouse, data sharing and an active community help a financial services company deliver data driven AI across their organization

3:30 PM

Session 3: How to Enable Enterprise AI in Financial Services (and other industries) no matter where your data is.

Jeff Healey: SVP, Product Marketing, Cloudera

Chema Castillo Amo: UKI Data and AI Sales Director, IBM

Jon Gleich: VP Learning & Enablement , Protegrity

Plamen Neykov: Senior Principal, SME/Architect, GIOS Technology

Join Protegrity, IBM & GIOS for this Panel Session.

Companies are trying to improve their operations and their bottom lines through the judicious use of AI. But many face challenges in trying to break down data silos while, at the same time, protecting sensitive or proprietary data. Cloudera partners IBM, Protegrity, and GIOS Technology join us in discussing some of the significant challenges that companies, particularly those in heavily-regulated markets such as financial services, healthcare, and public sector, face in preparing for widespread AI adoption and how our offerings and the efforts in working together as partners help our joint customers achieve their far-reaching business goals for AI (as well as data management and analytics).

4:00 PM

Session 4: AI-in-a-Box: Your Path to Private AI with Dell Technologies, NVIDIA, and Cloudera

Jaidev Karthickeyan: Global Head, Value Management, Cloudera

Chris Royles, Field CTO, EMEA, Cloudera

Danny Kiernan: Sr. Director, European OEM Alliances, NVIDIA

Anthony Davies: Practice Lead - Global Transformation Office, Dell Technologies

Boards, executives, shareholders, and competitors are all driving companies to move fast on AI. AI-driven applications can lower costs, improve revenue, reduce risk, and accelerate innovation. However, there are significant challenges keeping companies from moving quickly on AI.

Data privacy is a key factor for many companies, particularly those in highly-regulated industries such as financial services and healthcare. Cloud costs are another issue many companies contend with, especially for AI workloads such as model training and scalable inferencing.

Join Dell Technologies, NVIDIA, and Cloudera for a discussion of how AI can be accelerated within your own data center. We’ll introduce a bundled solution that comprises Dell Technologies servers, NVIDIA accelerated compute and software, and Cloudera software. This integrated offering, “AI-in-a-Box”, provides an optimized architecture, giving you the most cost effective and secure foundation for your Private AI strategy.

4:30 PM

Session 5: Enhance AI trust and reliability with AI powered unified governance and metadata management

Zinette Ezra, Sr. Director, Product Management, DI, Cloudera

The Wall Street Journal highlights reliability as the top concern for AI adoption—a challenge directly linked to data quality and accessibility. The proliferation of data sources, fragmented silos, and distributed architectures, each with unique security and governance policies, significantly impact data reliability. Join this session to discover how you can restore trust in your data and eliminate quality issues with automated, multi-layer data lineage. We'll show you how to gain end-to-end visibility into your data, empowering you to tackle the data mess and deliver trusted information by intelligently activating your metadata.

Data Impact Awards Ceremony & Celebration 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Featured Speakers

Charles Sansbury

Chief Executive Officer, Cloudera

Chief Executive Officer Charles Sansbury has more than 20 years experience in strategic, financial, and operational leadership roles across the software industry. Most recently, he served as president and CEO of enterprise IT management software provider ASG Technologies from 2015 until its 2021 sale to Rocket Software. Prior to that, Charles was COO and CFO of software holding company The Attachmate Group from 2006 until its acquisition by MicroFocus in 2014 as well as CFO of Vignette from 2001 until 2006. He holds a bachelor of science degree from Georgetown University and a master of business administration degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Charles Sansbury

Chief Executive Officer, Cloudera

Chief Executive Officer Charles Sansbury has more than 20 years experience in strategic, financial, and operational leadership roles across the software industry. Most recently, he served as president and CEO of enterprise IT management software provider ASG Technologies from 2015 until its 2021 sale to Rocket Software. Prior to that, Charles was COO and CFO of software holding company The Attachmate Group from 2006 until its acquisition by MicroFocus in 2014 as well as CFO of Vignette from 2001 until 2006. He holds a bachelor of science degree from Georgetown University and a master of business administration degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Charles Sansbury

Chief Executive Officer, Cloudera

Chief Executive Officer Charles Sansbury has more than 20 years experience in strategic, financial, and operational leadership roles across the software industry. Most recently, he served as president and CEO of enterprise IT management software provider ASG Technologies from 2015 until its 2021 sale to Rocket Software. Prior to that, Charles was COO and CFO of software holding company The Attachmate Group from 2006 until its acquisition by MicroFocus in 2014 as well as CFO of Vignette from 2001 until 2006. He holds a bachelor of science degree from Georgetown University and a master of business administration degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Abhas Ricky

Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera

As chief strategy officer, Abhas leads the overall corporate strategy for Cloudera and is responsible for creating the company vision, building the business and customer target operating model, communicating that with key stakeholders via clearly defined OKRs, and executing key transformational initiatives to realize that plan. He’s also tasked with driving growth and innovation and making appropriate build/buy partner decisions, including pricing and packaging, corporate development, and Cloudera’s innovation accelerator to launch new products. Previously, he served as chief of staff and vice president for business transformation at the company. Prior to the Cloudera/Hortonworks merger, he helped scale Hortonworks’ go-to-market efforts as global head of customer innovation and value management. A management consultant by training, he is passionate about driving action and change in the society and has led projects with multiple organizations including the World Economic Forum, Founders of the Future, and other nonprofits.

Abhas Ricky

Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera

As chief strategy officer, Abhas leads the overall corporate strategy for Cloudera and is responsible for creating the company vision, building the business and customer target operating model, communicating that with key stakeholders via clearly defined OKRs, and executing key transformational initiatives to realize that plan. He’s also tasked with driving growth and innovation and making appropriate build/buy partner decisions, including pricing and packaging, corporate development, and Cloudera’s innovation accelerator to launch new products. Previously, he served as chief of staff and vice president for business transformation at the company. Prior to the Cloudera/Hortonworks merger, he helped scale Hortonworks’ go-to-market efforts as global head of customer innovation and value management. A management consultant by training, he is passionate about driving action and change in the society and has led projects with multiple organizations including the World Economic Forum, Founders of the Future, and other nonprofits.

Abhas Ricky

Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera

As chief strategy officer, Abhas leads the overall corporate strategy for Cloudera and is responsible for creating the company vision, building the business and customer target operating model, communicating that with key stakeholders via clearly defined OKRs, and executing key transformational initiatives to realize that plan. He’s also tasked with driving growth and innovation and making appropriate build/buy partner decisions, including pricing and packaging, corporate development, and Cloudera’s innovation accelerator to launch new products. Previously, he served as chief of staff and vice president for business transformation at the company. Prior to the Cloudera/Hortonworks merger, he helped scale Hortonworks’ go-to-market efforts as global head of customer innovation and value management. A management consultant by training, he is passionate about driving action and change in the society and has led projects with multiple organizations including the World Economic Forum, Founders of the Future, and other nonprofits.
Leo Brunnick

Chief Product Officer, Cloudera

Chief Product Officer Leo Brunnick has more than 30 years of experience leading high-performing technology teams. He leads Cloudera’s overall product and technology direction with an emphasis on customer success. Prior to Cloudera, he served as the Chief Operating Officer at Naviga, a software provider for content development in media, where he led a team of more than 600 product, marketing, engineering, and customer support professionals. Previously, Leo held several executive positions at Vignette–including Executive Vice President of Engineering, Chief Product Officer, and Chief Marketing Officer at Vignette–until its sale to OpenText in 2008. Leo served as an officer in the Marine Corps and received his bachelor’s degree in general engineering from Harvard University. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Georgia State University.

Leo Brunnick

Chief Product Officer, Cloudera

Chief Product Officer Leo Brunnick has more than 30 years of experience leading high-performing technology teams. He leads Cloudera’s overall product and technology direction with an emphasis on customer success. Prior to Cloudera, he served as the Chief Operating Officer at Naviga, a software provider for content development in media, where he led a team of more than 600 product, marketing, engineering, and customer support professionals. Previously, Leo held several executive positions at Vignette–including Executive Vice President of Engineering, Chief Product Officer, and Chief Marketing Officer at Vignette–until its sale to OpenText in 2008. Leo served as an officer in the Marine Corps and received his bachelor’s degree in general engineering from Harvard University. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Georgia State University.

Leo Brunnick

Chief Product Officer, Cloudera

Chief Product Officer Leo Brunnick has more than 30 years of experience leading high-performing technology teams. He leads Cloudera’s overall product and technology direction with an emphasis on customer success. Prior to Cloudera, he served as the Chief Operating Officer at Naviga, a software provider for content development in media, where he led a team of more than 600 product, marketing, engineering, and customer support professionals. Previously, Leo held several executive positions at Vignette–including Executive Vice President of Engineering, Chief Product Officer, and Chief Marketing Officer at Vignette–until its sale to OpenText in 2008. Leo served as an officer in the Marine Corps and received his bachelor’s degree in general engineering from Harvard University. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Georgia State University.
Matt Aslett

Director of Research, Analytics and Data, ISG

Matt leads the software research and advisory for the Analytics and Data expertise at Ventana Research, now part of ISG, covering software that improves the utilization of information across business and IT. His focus areas of coverage include analytics, data intelligence, data operations, data platforms, and streaming data and events. Matt’s specialization is in the operational and analytical use of data and use of AI where enterprises can modernize their approaches to accelerate the value realization of technology investments in support of hybrid and multi-cloud architecture. Matt has been an industry analyst for more than a decade and has pioneered the coverage of emerging data platforms including NoSQL and NewSQL databases, data lakes, and cloud-based data processing. He is a graduate of Bournemouth University.

Matt Aslett

Director of Research, Analytics and Data, ISG

Matt leads the software research and advisory for the Analytics and Data expertise at Ventana Research, now part of ISG, covering software that improves the utilization of information across business and IT. His focus areas of coverage include analytics, data intelligence, data operations, data platforms, and streaming data and events. Matt’s specialization is in the operational and analytical use of data and use of AI where enterprises can modernize their approaches to accelerate the value realization of technology investments in support of hybrid and multi-cloud architecture. Matt has been an industry analyst for more than a decade and has pioneered the coverage of emerging data platforms including NoSQL and NewSQL databases, data lakes, and cloud-based data processing. He is a graduate of Bournemouth University.

Matt Aslett

Director of Research, Analytics and Data, ISG

Matt leads the software research and advisory for the Analytics and Data expertise at Ventana Research, now part of ISG, covering software that improves the utilization of information across business and IT. His focus areas of coverage include analytics, data intelligence, data operations, data platforms, and streaming data and events. Matt’s specialization is in the operational and analytical use of data and use of AI where enterprises can modernize their approaches to accelerate the value realization of technology investments in support of hybrid and multi-cloud architecture. Matt has been an industry analyst for more than a decade and has pioneered the coverage of emerging data platforms including NoSQL and NewSQL databases, data lakes, and cloud-based data processing. He is a graduate of Bournemouth University.
Sergio Gago

Chief Technology Officer, Cloudera

Sergio Gago

Chief Technology Officer, Cloudera

Sergio Gago

Chief Technology Officer, Cloudera
Alexandra Gartrell

VP and EMEA Legal Lead, Cloudera

Alexandra is an experienced international lawyer and works as Cloudera's VP of Legal in our EMEA region, having worked for Cloudera for 4 years. She is a highly accomplished leader, General Counsel, Company Secretary and lawyer with over 25 years of experience specializing in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors. Alexandra has a distinguished background in negotiating high value global deals and managing teams of lawyers and legal professionals, consistently delivering exceptional results in complex legal environments in a trusted manner. Alexandra's expertise encompasses a broad range of legal areas within TMT, including employment, restructuring, M&A, divestitures, integrations, corporate governance and compliance. She is passionate about sustainability, leads Cloudera Sustainability Employee Relations Group (ERG) and is an Assessor on leadership courses at Cambridge University. She continues to foster diverse and inclusive teams, having previously been a member of IBM's Diversity Council. She is someone who enjoys lifelong learning and is spearheading the use of AI within her team. She is a qualified data privacy practitioner and has experience of coaching and mentoring those early in career as well as business leaders and CEOs.Alexandra particularly enjoys the opportunity at Cloudera to utilise AI within the legal team which significantly enhances efficiency with the automation of document reviews, legal research and contract analysis which helps her team to focus on more complex strategic tasks.

Alexandra Gartrell

VP and EMEA Legal Lead, Cloudera

Alexandra is an experienced international lawyer and works as Cloudera's VP of Legal in our EMEA region, having worked for Cloudera for 4 years. She is a highly accomplished leader, General Counsel, Company Secretary and lawyer with over 25 years of experience specializing in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors. Alexandra has a distinguished background in negotiating high value global deals and managing teams of lawyers and legal professionals, consistently delivering exceptional results in complex legal environments in a trusted manner. Alexandra's expertise encompasses a broad range of legal areas within TMT, including employment, restructuring, M&A, divestitures, integrations, corporate governance and compliance. She is passionate about sustainability, leads Cloudera Sustainability Employee Relations Group (ERG) and is an Assessor on leadership courses at Cambridge University. She continues to foster diverse and inclusive teams, having previously been a member of IBM's Diversity Council. She is someone who enjoys lifelong learning and is spearheading the use of AI within her team. She is a qualified data privacy practitioner and has experience of coaching and mentoring those early in career as well as business leaders and CEOs.Alexandra particularly enjoys the opportunity at Cloudera to utilise AI within the legal team which significantly enhances efficiency with the automation of document reviews, legal research and contract analysis which helps her team to focus on more complex strategic tasks.

Alexandra Gartrell

VP and EMEA Legal Lead, Cloudera

Alexandra is an experienced international lawyer and works as Cloudera's VP of Legal in our EMEA region, having worked for Cloudera for 4 years. She is a highly accomplished leader, General Counsel, Company Secretary and lawyer with over 25 years of experience specializing in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors. Alexandra has a distinguished background in negotiating high value global deals and managing teams of lawyers and legal professionals, consistently delivering exceptional results in complex legal environments in a trusted manner. Alexandra's expertise encompasses a broad range of legal areas within TMT, including employment, restructuring, M&A, divestitures, integrations, corporate governance and compliance. She is passionate about sustainability, leads Cloudera Sustainability Employee Relations Group (ERG) and is an Assessor on leadership courses at Cambridge University. She continues to foster diverse and inclusive teams, having previously been a member of IBM's Diversity Council. She is someone who enjoys lifelong learning and is spearheading the use of AI within her team. She is a qualified data privacy practitioner and has experience of coaching and mentoring those early in career as well as business leaders and CEOs.Alexandra particularly enjoys the opportunity at Cloudera to utilise AI within the legal team which significantly enhances efficiency with the automation of document reviews, legal research and contract analysis which helps her team to focus on more complex strategic tasks.
Nichola Hammerton

Managing Director, Deutsche Bank

Nichola is a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank AC where she leads the Group Architecture team. Her current focus is ensuring that Deutsche Bank has a well-articulated IT Strategy across all business lines and a supporting technology approach. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Nichola has had a varied career starting in consulting then setting up her own company working with clients in Manufacturing, Financial Services and later at the British Red Cross Society driving through transformational change. She has spent the majority of her career in Financial Services delivering technology solutions to achieve business goals and meet regulatory requirements.

Nichola Hammerton

Managing Director, Deutsche Bank

Nichola is a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank AC where she leads the Group Architecture team. Her current focus is ensuring that Deutsche Bank has a well-articulated IT Strategy across all business lines and a supporting technology approach. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Nichola has had a varied career starting in consulting then setting up her own company working with clients in Manufacturing, Financial Services and later at the British Red Cross Society driving through transformational change. She has spent the majority of her career in Financial Services delivering technology solutions to achieve business goals and meet regulatory requirements.

Nichola Hammerton

Managing Director, Deutsche Bank

Nichola is a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank AC where she leads the Group Architecture team. Her current focus is ensuring that Deutsche Bank has a well-articulated IT Strategy across all business lines and a supporting technology approach. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Nichola has had a varied career starting in consulting then setting up her own company working with clients in Manufacturing, Financial Services and later at the British Red Cross Society driving through transformational change. She has spent the majority of her career in Financial Services delivering technology solutions to achieve business goals and meet regulatory requirements.
Helen Davis

Service Director for Technology and Digital Services for West Midlands Police

Helen has worked within IT transformational change programmes across the public sector for over 20 years and became the Service Director for Technology and Digital Services for West Midlands Police in June 2017. Helen is currently leading West Midland Police through the implementation of their technology strategy ‘Synergy’ which is designed to maximise the benefits of large-scale technical investments, including the adoption of cutting-edge technology across a number of core business areas, focussed around a Big Data Platform. In January 2024 Helen also became the Service Director for Information Management at West Midlands Police; reinforcing her interest in the effective use of data across policing, making improved data accuracy and quality her passion.

Helen Davis

Service Director for Technology and Digital Services for West Midlands Police

Helen has worked within IT transformational change programmes across the public sector for over 20 years and became the Service Director for Technology and Digital Services for West Midlands Police in June 2017. Helen is currently leading West Midland Police through the implementation of their technology strategy ‘Synergy’ which is designed to maximise the benefits of large-scale technical investments, including the adoption of cutting-edge technology across a number of core business areas, focussed around a Big Data Platform. In January 2024 Helen also became the Service Director for Information Management at West Midlands Police; reinforcing her interest in the effective use of data across policing, making improved data accuracy and quality her passion.

Helen Davis

Service Director for Technology and Digital Services for West Midlands Police

Helen has worked within IT transformational change programmes across the public sector for over 20 years and became the Service Director for Technology and Digital Services for West Midlands Police in June 2017. Helen is currently leading West Midland Police through the implementation of their technology strategy ‘Synergy’ which is designed to maximise the benefits of large-scale technical investments, including the adoption of cutting-edge technology across a number of core business areas, focussed around a Big Data Platform. In January 2024 Helen also became the Service Director for Information Management at West Midlands Police; reinforcing her interest in the effective use of data across policing, making improved data accuracy and quality her passion.
Preetha Bedi

UKIA Sovereign Cloud Lead and Cloud Trust Matters

Preetha leads the Sovereign Cloud Capability for UKIA and shapes sovereign - cloud and AI architectures and solutions to help clients with sovereignty matters across industries. Preetha has over 20+ years’ experience in technology and has been focussed on driving resilience in technologies to help clients become sovereign.

Preetha believes in bringing Sovereignty into daily life and drives her own charity initiatives using this concept of building our own sovereign selves, developing our talents, changing mindsets and enabling transformation. Preetha goes by - The courage to try what one is passionate about is more important than the success of being perfect.

Preetha Bedi

UKIA Sovereign Cloud Lead and Cloud Trust Matters

Preetha leads the Sovereign Cloud Capability for UKIA and shapes sovereign - cloud and AI architectures and solutions to help clients with sovereignty matters across industries. Preetha has over 20+ years’ experience in technology and has been focussed on driving resilience in technologies to help clients become sovereign. Preetha believes in bringing Sovereignty into daily life and drives her own charity initiatives using this concept of building our own sovereign selves, developing our talents, changing mindsets and enabling transformation. Preetha goes by - The courage to try what one is passionate about is more important than the success of being perfect.

Preetha Bedi

UKIA Sovereign Cloud Lead and Cloud Trust Matters

Preetha leads the Sovereign Cloud Capability for UKIA and shapes sovereign - cloud and AI architectures and solutions to help clients with sovereignty matters across industries. Preetha has over 20+ years’ experience in technology and has been focussed on driving resilience in technologies to help clients become sovereign.

Preetha believes in bringing Sovereignty into daily life and drives her own charity initiatives using this concept of building our own sovereign selves, developing our talents, changing mindsets and enabling transformation. Preetha goes by - The courage to try what one is passionate about is more important than the success of being perfect.
Chris Royles

Field CTO EMEA, Cloudera

A Senior Thought Leader in Technical Strategy, Chris’ career spans experience in complex systems, data and analytics, organisation and skills development. Chris heads up the EMEA Technical team and he will be skillfully guiding us through the Cloudera product roadmap in this live session.

Chris Royles

Field CTO EMEA, Cloudera

A Senior Thought Leader in Technical Strategy, Chris’ career spans experience in complex systems, data and analytics, organisation and skills development. Chris heads up the EMEA Technical team and he will be skillfully guiding us through the Cloudera product roadmap in this live session.

Chris Royles

Field CTO EMEA, Cloudera

A Senior Thought Leader in Technical Strategy, Chris’ career spans experience in complex systems, data and analytics, organisation and skills development. Chris heads up the EMEA Technical team and he will be skillfully guiding us through the Cloudera product roadmap in this live session.
Francisco Mateo-Sidron

SVP, EMEA, Cloudera

Francisco Mateo-Sidron

SVP, EMEA, Cloudera

Francisco Mateo-Sidron

SVP, EMEA, Cloudera
Jeff Healey

SVP, Product Marketing, Cloudera

Jeff Healey

SVP, Product Marketing, Cloudera

Jeff Healey

SVP, Product Marketing, Cloudera
David Parrott

Principal Data Scientist, West Midlands Police

Davin is Principal Data Scientist at West Midlands Police with a background in Data Science gained in a variety of organisations in both the public and private sectors. He has been involved in a variety of machine learning / AI related projects building explanatory and predictive models. Davin’s interests include evidence-based decision making, topological data analysis and resource optimisation.

David Parrott

Principal Data Scientist, West Midlands Police

Davin is Principal Data Scientist at West Midlands Police with a background in Data Science gained in a variety of organisations in both the public and private sectors. He has been involved in a variety of machine learning / AI related projects building explanatory and predictive models. Davin’s interests include evidence-based decision making, topological data analysis and resource optimisation.

David Parrott

Principal Data Scientist, West Midlands Police

Davin is Principal Data Scientist at West Midlands Police with a background in Data Science gained in a variety of organisations in both the public and private sectors. He has been involved in a variety of machine learning / AI related projects building explanatory and predictive models. Davin’s interests include evidence-based decision making, topological data analysis and resource optimisation.
Jaidev Karthickeyan

Global Head, Value Management, Cloudera

Jaidev Karthickeyan

Global Head, Value Management, Cloudera

Jaidev Karthickeyan

Global Head, Value Management, Cloudera
Chema Castillo Amo

UKI Data and AI Sales Director, IBM

Chema Castillo leads the Data and AI Platform at IBM across the UKI region. He joined the UKI leadership team as Security Sales Director for IBM Technology in January 2024, following his role as Director Technical Sales for the Expert Labs AI Engineering Innovation Team, where he managed the technical organization across Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Israel. A seasoned IBMer with 24 years in the IT industry, Chema brings 17 successful years in sales and over a decade managing high-performance technology sales teams.

As a leader in Data and AI platforms at IBM in 2025, the role involves steering enterprise-wide adoption of AI-powered data solutions that enhance decision-making, operational efficiency, and innovation. This includes overseeing data governance, Agentic AI, managing AI model deployment and observability, and fostering a data-driven culture across business units. With a proven track record of cross-brand leadership, Chema excels in driving critical outcomes in data and AI sales, forging strong customer relationships and delivering impactful business value

Chema Castillo Amo

UKI Data and AI Sales Director, IBM

Chema Castillo leads the Data and AI Platform at IBM across the UKI region. He joined the UKI leadership team as Security Sales Director for IBM Technology in January 2024, following his role as Director Technical Sales for the Expert Labs AI Engineering Innovation Team, where he managed the technical organization across Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Israel. A seasoned IBMer with 24 years in the IT industry, Chema brings 17 successful years in sales and over a decade managing high-performance technology sales teams. As a leader in Data and AI platforms at IBM in 2025, the role involves steering enterprise-wide adoption of AI-powered data solutions that enhance decision-making, operational efficiency, and innovation. This includes overseeing data governance, Agentic AI, managing AI model deployment and observability, and fostering a data-driven culture across business units. With a proven track record of cross-brand leadership, Chema excels in driving critical outcomes in data and AI sales, forging strong customer relationships and delivering impactful business value

Chema Castillo Amo

UKI Data and AI Sales Director, IBM

Chema Castillo leads the Data and AI Platform at IBM across the UKI region. He joined the UKI leadership team as Security Sales Director for IBM Technology in January 2024, following his role as Director Technical Sales for the Expert Labs AI Engineering Innovation Team, where he managed the technical organization across Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Israel. A seasoned IBMer with 24 years in the IT industry, Chema brings 17 successful years in sales and over a decade managing high-performance technology sales teams.

As a leader in Data and AI platforms at IBM in 2025, the role involves steering enterprise-wide adoption of AI-powered data solutions that enhance decision-making, operational efficiency, and innovation. This includes overseeing data governance, Agentic AI, managing AI model deployment and observability, and fostering a data-driven culture across business units. With a proven track record of cross-brand leadership, Chema excels in driving critical outcomes in data and AI sales, forging strong customer relationships and delivering impactful business value
Luz Erez

Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer MDClone

Luz Erez, Chief Innovation Officer and Co-Founder, MDClone Engineer and scientist Luz Erez served in a series of firms as CTO, VP Development, and Chief Engineer. Luz specializes in complex data initiatives, including big data projects, unique software and hardware technologies, RFID development, retail infrastructure, and more. He has also served as a member of numerous open-source projects such as IUI and Ghostscript.

Luz Erez

Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer MDClone

Luz Erez, Chief Innovation Officer and Co-Founder, MDClone Engineer and scientist Luz Erez served in a series of firms as CTO, VP Development, and Chief Engineer. Luz specializes in complex data initiatives, including big data projects, unique software and hardware technologies, RFID development, retail infrastructure, and more. He has also served as a member of numerous open-source projects such as IUI and Ghostscript.

Luz Erez

Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer MDClone

Luz Erez, Chief Innovation Officer and Co-Founder, MDClone Engineer and scientist Luz Erez served in a series of firms as CTO, VP Development, and Chief Engineer. Luz specializes in complex data initiatives, including big data projects, unique software and hardware technologies, RFID development, retail infrastructure, and more. He has also served as a member of numerous open-source projects such as IUI and Ghostscript.
Martin Schirmer

GVP NEMEA, Cloudera

Martin Schirmer

GVP NEMEA, Cloudera

Martin Schirmer

GVP NEMEA, Cloudera
Florian Caringi

Head, Data AI Platform & Architecture, BPCE

Florian Caringi

Head, Data AI Platform & Architecture, BPCE

Florian Caringi

Head, Data AI Platform & Architecture, BPCE
Anthony Davies

Practice Lead - Global Transformation Office, Dell Technologies

Anthony Davies

Practice Lead - Global Transformation Office, Dell Technologies

Anthony Davies

Practice Lead - Global Transformation Office, Dell Technologies
Michelle Stonebank

Head of International ISV Partner Management EMEA, AWS

Michelle Stonebank

Head of International ISV Partner Management EMEA, AWS

Michelle Stonebank

Head of International ISV Partner Management EMEA, AWS
Rob Dickens

Solutions Architect Cloudera Professional Services

Rob Dickens

Solutions Architect Cloudera Professional Services

Rob Dickens

Solutions Architect Cloudera Professional Services
Alastair Elliott

Practice Director, Professional Services, Cloudera

Alastair Elliott

Practice Director, Professional Services, Cloudera

Alastair Elliott

Practice Director, Professional Services, Cloudera
Holly Topham

Director - Crisis Analysis, Mercy Corps

Holly Topham

Director - Crisis Analysis, Mercy Corps

Holly Topham

Director - Crisis Analysis, Mercy Corps
Jon Gleich

VP Learning & Enablement, Protegrity

Jon Gleich

VP Learning & Enablement, Protegrity

Jon Gleich

VP Learning & Enablement, Protegrity
Zinette Ezra

Sr. Director, Product Management, DI, Cloudera

Zinette Ezra

Sr. Director, Product Management, DI, Cloudera

Zinette Ezra

Sr. Director, Product Management, DI, Cloudera
Danny Kiernan

Senior Director OEM Alliances, NVIDIA

Danny Kiernan

Senior Director OEM Alliances, NVIDIA

Danny Kiernan

Senior Director OEM Alliances, NVIDIA
James Rice

Vice President, Product Marketing, Protegrity

James Rice

Vice President, Product Marketing, Protegrity

James Rice

Vice President, Product Marketing, Protegrity
Plamen Neykov

Senior Principal - SME Architect, GIOS

Plamen Neykov

Senior Principal - SME Architect, GIOS

Plamen Neykov

Senior Principal - SME Architect, GIOS

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Chief Executive Officer Charles Sansbury giving the Evolve Keynote in Paris

Group photo of Data Impact award winners in Paris

Alex Bellini speaking at the the main stage in Milan

Award winner receiving award in Evolve Madrid

Nominations are open for Cloudera's Data Impact Awards

These prestigious awards recognize outstanding data-driven projects that have had significant business impact within organizations, across industries, and globally.

Nominate teams who are driving meaningful change by innovating in one of the following categories:

Analytics, ML, and AI Advantages

Spotlighting enterprises that harness Cloudera to power analytics, business intelligence, ML, AI, LLMs, and RAGs.

Hybrid and Infrastructure Modernization

Highlighting the impact of infrastructure on data and AI—from public cloud migrations to hybrid expansions to on-premises optimization.

Open Data Lakehouse and Iceberg Innovation

Championing the use of open, scalable data lakehouses for seamless data interoperability across on premises, hybrid, and cloud.

Data Governance and Fabric Excellence

Recognizing organizations transforming data governance with an intelligent data fabric for enterprise-wide data and metadata control.

Data in Motion and Streaming Success

Celebrating excellence in harnessing the power of data in motion to process and analyze data across all environments to drive faster responses.

Become a sponsor

Become a sponsor of EVOLVE25, Cloudera’s premier customer event - Trusted data today for tomorrow’s AI. Join today for promotional opportunities and to gain access to Cloudera’s most engaged and successful customers.

Women Leaders in Technology at EVOLVE25

Each EVOLVE event will feature a Women Leaders in Technology session—all EVOLVE attendees welcome! Under the theme Accelerate Action, Accelerate Innovation—Anywhere, this session features leading voices from across industries–exploring everything from cutting-edge technical innovation to bold leadership strategies in the age of AI.

Don’t miss this dynamic opportunity to connect, network, and be inspired by the people shaping the future of technology.

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Thursday, August 7

Main Stage Agenda

8:55 AM

Opening & Welcome to EVOLVE25

Remus Lim: SVP, Cloudera APAC

Today’s Cloudera

Charles Sansbury: CEO, Cloudera

Your Growth, Our Mission: A CRO's Perspective

Frank O'Dowd: Chief Revenue Officer, Cloudera

Cloudera Product & Strategy Keynote Featuring Allianz, SCB & UOB

Abhas Ricky: Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera
Leo Brunnick: Chief Product Officer, Cloudera
Sergio Gago: Chief Technology Officer, Cloudera
David Hardoon: AI Global Head, Standard Chartered Bank
Ratikant Sahu: Executive Director, Group Technology and Operations, UOB
Vinod Sukumaran: Head of Data and Analytics, Allianz Technology SE Australia

11:15

Fueling the AI Future: Data, Deployment, and Tangible Outcomes

To fully unlock the transformative potential of AI, it must be seamlessly integrated into the core systems, cloud infrastructures, and edge environments that power modern enterprises. In today’s session, we will explore the key pillars of a modern data platform — including ubiquitous deployment, Private AI, and most importantly, how to drive measurable success through tangible ROI.

Deepika Giri, Head of Research - BD & AI, IDC

Scaling Enterprise AI: Lessons, Reflections, and What's Next at OCBC

Join Donald MacDonald, President of the Group Data Office at OCBC, and Cloudera CRO Frank O’Dowd for a fireside chat, exploring OCBC's journey to scale AI across a complex enterprise.

Frank O'Dowd: Chief Revenue Officer, Cloudera
Donald MacDonald: Managing Director & Head of Group Data Office, OCBC

Customer Keynote: Krutrim

Navendu Agarwal: SVP and Head of Business, Krutrim

Scaling AI & Innovation in Banking: How Axis Bank Transformed Their Data

Join Axis Bank and AWS to explore a unified data platform on Cloudera and AWS.

Ganesh Srinivasan: Senior Vice President, Axis Bank
Laurent Guizard: Principal Solutions Architect - Global Financial Services, AWS

Keynote: The AI-Powered Decade Ahead

Mike Walsh: Visionary Speaker

Accelerate Enterprise & Agentic AI

2:00 PM

Keynote: See Into the Future of Agents With Private AI

Understand why Private AI is key for innovation and competitive advantage. See examples of enterprises using Cloudera’s platform to operationalise GenAI and turn data into action securely.

Priyank Patel: VP Product Management, Cloudera

Enterprise-Grade GenAI With Axis Bank: Fast & Secure Inference at Scale

Discover how Cloudera AI Inference service, powered by NVIDIA NIM microservices, enables high-performance GenAI deployment across hybrid environments. Hear how enterprises operationalize LLMs, meet strict SLAs, and unlock new business value while protecting sensitive data anywhere Inference runs.

Adrien Chenailler: AI Industry Director, Cloudera
Ranjeet Praharaj: VP & Head - AI Centre of Excellence, Axis Bank

Accelerating AI Development With Vodafone & Cloudera AI

Learn to rapidly build, test, and deploy machine learning and GenAI solutions securely and collaboratively at scale. Watch live demos showcasing seamless platform integration, data access, and low-code/high-code development environments with an AI Copilot assistant.

Muhammad Aamir Saleem: Head of AI, Cloudera APAC
Kapil Singhal: Head of Data & Analytics, Vodafone Idea
Amit Jain: General Manager, Data & Analytics, Vodafone Idea

4:10 PM

Operationalise Agentic AI: From Assistants to Autonomous Workflows With OCBC

Learn how organisations use Cloudera AI Studios, including Agent Studio to design and deploy intelligent agents and orchestrate complex workflows. See real-world use cases, safe deployment techniques, and strategies to maximize ROI with governed, composable architectures.

Muhammad Aamir Saleem: Head of AI, Cloudera APAC
Kenneth Zhu: Head of Data Science, OCBC

Unlocking Enterprise AI Value at Scale for Measurable Business Impact With BNI

Explore key topics including the evolution of enterprise AI and transforming AI potential into business impact. Listen to a customer spotlight on BNI's enterprise AI vision.

Paaritosh Tandon: Head of Value Management, Cloudera APAC
Billie Setiawan: Head of Data Management & Analytics, Bank Negara Indonesia
Robby Indarto: Head of Data Science, Bank Negara Indonesia

Experience the Cloud Anywhere

2:00 PM

Keynote: Accelerating the Future: Delivering Cloud Anywhere Across All Environments

Join us to explore how Cloudera is driving innovation in hybrid cloud, simplifying the management of data, analytics, and AI across environments. Discover advancements that enhance deployment, agility, and future-proof your organization against changing technology. Learn key strategies and real-world examples to leverage our platform for addressing current challenges and seizing future opportunities with a flexible, scalable, and intelligent hybrid architecture.

Karthik Krishnamoorthy: VP Product Management, Cloudera
Wim Stoop: Senior Product Marketing Director, Cloudera

Power Up Your Cloud Anywhere With Data Services

This session will explore what Data Services are and their crucial role in simplifying data management and analytics across diverse environments. Understand how these services facilitate true hybrid functionality, ensuring consistency and efficiency whether your data resides on-premises or in the cloud.

Rahul Sharma: Director, Product Mangement, Cloudera
Rahul Buddisagar: Director, Engineering, Cloudera

Scaling Personalised Engagement: How PTTOR Delivers 9 Million+ Offers With a Cloud Anywhere-Powered Next Best Offer Journey

Discover how PTT Oil and Retail (PTTOR) transformed its customer engagement strategy with a scalable Next Best Offer (NBO) platform. Learn how Cloudera’s hybrid cloud data architecture helped PTTOR deliver daily personalized offers to 9 million+ customers—boosting campaign speed, operational agility, and revenue impact.

Pakorn Suriyabhivadh: Senior Executive, Vice President, Digital Business and Solutions, PTT Oil and Retail Business
Tubsamon Dusitsopittawong: Senior Data Scientist, PTT Oil and Retail Business

Unify With The Open Data Lakehouse

4:10 PM

Scaling AI-Driven Innovation in the Cloud: Allianz Moves to Cloudera on Azure to Power Advanced Analytics & AI

Learn how Allianz Australia transformed its enterprise data platform by migrating 60TB+ of production data to Cloudera on Azure—enabling scalable, cloud-native operations across Spark, Hive, Impala, and more. Discover how this future-ready foundation is now powering advanced analytics and AI use cases with Cloudera Machine Learning (CML).

Vinod Sukumaran: Head of Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Technology, Allianz Technology SE Australia
Sambath Murali: Lead Data Engineer, Allianz Technology SE Australia

More Than Just Cloud: Impactful, Private AI Needs a Cloud Anywhere Platform — A Discussion With Amdocs

Discover how organisations face challenges with a one-size-fits-all cloud approach to AI, leading to cost inefficiencies, performance bottlenecks, and security vulnerabilities. Learn how Private AI provides fast, powerful insights from models and agents without compliance issues and with full infrastructure flexibility.

Wim Stoop: Senior Product Marketing Director, Cloudera
Boaz Rubin: VP, Head of Network Software R&D, Amdocs

2:00 PM

Keynote: AI Agents Are Here, but Is Your Data Ready?

Explore how AI agents can transform businesses, relying on the data that fuels them. Learn about the essential pillars of a data platform designed for high-volume, reliable needs of AI agents and human users.

Anu Mohan: VP Data Strategy, Cloudera
Navita Sood: Product Marketing Director, Cloudera

Unlock the Future of Data Access With Fast & Federated Insights – Powered by Conversational AI

Discover the integration of Trino, a high-speed SQL query engine, enabling lightning-fast queries across Apache Iceberg tables and multiple data sources. Explore enhancements to our data visualisation tools, featuring AI-powered capabilities that allow business users to "talk to their data" for quick answers without complex queries.

Ranjan Das: Product Director, Cloudera
Juno Schaser: Product Director, Cloudera

Achieve Full Visibility With AI-Powered Data Governance & Lineage

Learn how fragmented data sources and silos impact reliability and discover strategies to restore trust in your data. Explore automated, multi-layer data lineage for end-to-end visibility, empowering you to tackle data challenges and deliver trusted information by intelligently activating your metadata.

Adam Segal: Senior Sales Engineer, Cloudera
Navita Sood: Product Marketing Director, Cloudera

4:10 PM

Build a Future-Ready, AI-Driven Data Ecosystem With the Open Data Lakehouse ft. Axis Bank

Learn about the evolution of data landscapes from traditional data warehouses to modern, scalable architectures like the Open Data Lakehouse. Explore key drivers for next-gen banking data platforms. Listen to the case study of Axis Bank leveraging the Cloudera Open Data Lakehouse to build an AI-driven data ecosystem.

Bill Zhang: VP Product Strategies, Cloudera
Sanjay Kumar: SVP (II) - Head of Data Platform, Axis Bank

Introducing Data Sharing: Effortless Collaboration Without Costly Data Movement or Replication

Learn how this data sharing enables teams to work on the same data without costly data movement or replication, aligning with modern data mesh principles for decentralised ownership and access. Discuss the transformative potential of Data Clean Rooms, allowing organisations to collaborate on sensitive datasets with external partners while ensuring strict governance and compliance.

Rajkamal Sarma: Principal Product Manager, Cloudera
Akshat Marthur: Product Manager, Cloudera

Vodafone Idea Automates Compliance With Apache Iceberg

Bill Zhang: VP Product Strategies, Cloudera
Kapil Singhal: Vice President, Data & Analytics, Vodafone Idea

LONDON

Oct. 9, 2025 • Old Billingsgate,1 Old Billingsgate Walk, London, EC3R 6DX

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Bringing AI to Your Data - Anywhere

Explore the Potential of Bringing AI to Your Data - Anywhere.

What you’ll hear

What you can expect from the EVOLVE25 experience

Customer sessions

Expo zone

1x1 executive meetings

The futurist for leaders: Mike Walsh

Wednesday, October 8

Customer Executive Forum

Thursday, October 9

Main Stage Agenda

Afternoon Sessions

Session 1: AI for Humanity: Accelerating Life-Saving Aid with Mercy Corps and Cloudera AI Studios

Session 2: Customer Spotlight: BPCE & MDClone: Best Practices for AI Success

Recharge & Connect

Session 3: How to Enable Enterprise AI in Financial Services (and other industries) no matter where your data is.

Session 4: AI-in-a-Box: Your Path to Private AI with Dell Technologies, NVIDIA, and Cloudera

Session 5: Enhance AI trust and reliability with AI powered unified governance and metadata management

Data Impact Awards Ceremony & Celebration 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Featured Speakers

Charles Sansbury

Charles Sansbury

Charles Sansbury

Abhas Ricky

Abhas Ricky

Abhas Ricky

Leo Brunnick

Leo Brunnick

Leo Brunnick

Matt Aslett

Matt Aslett

Matt Aslett

Sergio Gago

Sergio Gago

Sergio Gago

Alexandra Gartrell

Alexandra Gartrell

Alexandra Gartrell

Nichola Hammerton

Nichola Hammerton

Nichola Hammerton

Helen Davis

Helen Davis

Helen Davis

Preetha Bedi

Preetha Bedi

Preetha Bedi

Chris Royles

Chris Royles

Chris Royles

Francisco Mateo-Sidron

Francisco Mateo-Sidron

Francisco Mateo-Sidron

Jeff Healey

Jeff Healey

Jeff Healey

David Parrott

David Parrott

David Parrott

Jaidev Karthickeyan

Jaidev Karthickeyan

Jaidev Karthickeyan

Chema Castillo Amo

Chema Castillo Amo

Chema Castillo Amo

Luz Erez

Luz Erez

Luz Erez

Martin Schirmer

Martin Schirmer

Martin Schirmer

Florian Caringi

Florian Caringi

Florian Caringi

Anthony Davies

Anthony Davies

Anthony Davies

Michelle Stonebank

Michelle Stonebank