Anomalo kicked off our “Data Governance Visionaries” campaign, where we shine a spotlight on data governance leaders and their best practices. Over the coming weeks and months, expect practical tips, lessons learned, and actionable insights to help you navigate the evolving landscape of data governance.  

At the “The State of Data Governance in 2025” forum, I share proven strategies for automating metadata, tracking lineage, and managing access — all while maintaining agility. Whether you’re working with CSVs, JSON, Parquet files, analytics warehouses, or production ML pipelines, this is an opportunity to discover how good governance can unlock data’s true value.

What if our fascination with control is quietly steering us toward a future where autonomy means nothing and freedom becomes an illusion? In this post, I explore how advancing AI and surveillance technologies could transform humanity’s ancient desire for order into systems of absolute dominance: digital payment networks, biometric identity, centralized digital-ID, algorithmic decision-making. But don’t worry, it’s not inevitable.

As DeepSeek push toward global AI dominance, the United States faces a decisive inflection point. In “U.S. Options to Outcompete China,” I lay out a range of strategic responses: from a formal national “AI race” declaration, to a Manhattan-style mission uniting academia and industry… or a renewed push for open-source AI as a democratic counterbalance. Maybe both.

The tech industry once promised endless opportunit… now it feels like a trapdoor. Entry-level roles have vanished, mid-career talent is stuck in hiring freezes, and even top performers are applying into a void. Record revenues haven’t translated into jobs, and AI-driven hiring filters bury qualified candidates beneath algorithmic noise.

Speaking on behalf of Google Cloud at the AI Ethics & Society conference was more than a speaking opportunity — it was a moment to drive a broader conversation about responsibility, governance, and the future of intelligence. I laid out why cloud platforms must lead with ethics: ensuring transparency, fairness, and trust in every layer of AI deployment.

Representing Google Cloud at the Enterprise Data Management Council wasn’t just a speaking slot — it was a chance to shape how enterprises think about data governance at scale. I argued that in an age of proliferating data silos, cloud-native governance frameworks are not optional — they’re foundational to trust, compliance, and innovation.

Victory is rarely won through dramatic blows. If you wanted to sabotage an opponent, you wouldn’t attack them outright; you’d quietly dull their sharpness. That’s exactly what COVID-19 may be doing on a national scale. Not just causing illness, but subtly draining cognitive clarity, sleep quality, stamina, and resilience across entire populations. The research is growing undeniable.

Six months into building a dedicated data governance practice inside Google Cloud, the results speak for themselves. What started as a vision in 2023 has rapidly become a global engine for impact… driving significant Dataplex-based revenue, expanding into three regions, and earning the trust of 19 major enterprises across healthcare, finance, retail, and technology.

From launching Dataplex globally to leading Data & AI Governance engagements with Fortune 50 companies, these years have been defined by building resilient systems, driving responsible innovation, and forging partnerships that solve complex data challenges. Along the way I’ve worked under 12 managers, sat in 5 offices, visited 18 more, and helped shape the future of cloud governance across U.S. industries.

Today we are excited to announce the general availability of Dataplex, an intelligent data fabric that enables you to centrally manage, monitor, and govern data across data lakes, data warehouses, and data marts, and make this data securely accessible to a variety of analytics and data science tools.