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37: The Components of Data Governance with Dave Melillo of FanDuel

Highlights from this week's episode include:

  • Dave's "nerdy" interests in sports statistics and data (2:12)
  • Trends in collecting, processing, and using data (4:45)
  • Finding a better term for "reverse ETL" (5:48)
  • The blurring of the distinction between sources and destinations (7:41)
  • The role of BI is changing (13:24)
  • Data governance and the physical execution behind it (19:00)
  • Data governance is defining and managing data in a logical way that is actionable by the business (23:43)
  • Consolidation of tools and services (28:49)
  • Databricks vs. Snowflake (33:49) 
  • Dave's focus on regulatory data at FanDuel (45:47)

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