Evolve 2024 Paris | Event

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

Uncover strategies to enhance productivity in the era of Generative AI

This annual event is a must-attend conference for anyone looking to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving world of Data and AI. Uncover the infinite possibilities of Trusted Data Today for Tomorrow’s AI.

Why Attend?

Gain valuable insights from visionary speakers, and data and AI experts

Learn from the real-world experiences of leading-edge companies

Hear future news on the critical roles of AI in shaping the future of technology and business

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.
Frank O’Dowd

Chief Revenue Officer, Cloudera

As chief revenue officer, Frank leads global sales, solution engineering, demand generation, and partners and is responsible for go-to-market strategy. With more than 25 years of industry experience, he has led world-class sales teams with a focus on customer transformation to meet the challenges of the digital age. Prior to Cloudera, Frank was chief sales officer at Guidewire, responsible for the organization’s global sales, sales operations, customer relationship management, and partner alliances. During his leadership, Guidewire had record bookings and accelerated the shift from an on-premises solution to their first releases in the cloud. Previously, Frank was group vice president, North America, at Oracle, where he played a crucial role in the company’s transformation to the cloud. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Louisiana State University and a master of business administration degree from the University of Miami.

Frank O’Dowd

Chief Revenue Officer, Cloudera

As chief revenue officer, Frank leads global sales, solution engineering, demand generation, and partners and is responsible for go-to-market strategy. With more than 25 years of industry experience, he has led world-class sales teams with a focus on customer transformation to meet the challenges of the digital age. Prior to Cloudera, Frank was chief sales officer at Guidewire, responsible for the organization’s global sales, sales operations, customer relationship management, and partner alliances. During his leadership, Guidewire had record bookings and accelerated the shift from an on-premises solution to their first releases in the cloud. Previously, Frank was group vice president, North America, at Oracle, where he played a crucial role in the company’s transformation to the cloud. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Louisiana State University and a master of business administration degree from the University of Miami.

Frank O’Dowd

Chief Revenue Officer, Cloudera

As chief revenue officer, Frank leads global sales, solution engineering, demand generation, and partners and is responsible for go-to-market strategy. With more than 25 years of industry experience, he has led world-class sales teams with a focus on customer transformation to meet the challenges of the digital age. Prior to Cloudera, Frank was chief sales officer at Guidewire, responsible for the organization’s global sales, sales operations, customer relationship management, and partner alliances. During his leadership, Guidewire had record bookings and accelerated the shift from an on-premises solution to their first releases in the cloud. Previously, Frank was group vice president, North America, at Oracle, where he played a crucial role in the company’s transformation to the cloud. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Louisiana State University and a master of business administration degree from the University of Miami.
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.
Wim Stoop

Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Cloudera

Wim Stoop

Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Cloudera

Wim Stoop

Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Cloudera
Venkat Rajaji

SVP, Product Management, Cloudera

Venkat Rajaji

SVP, Product Management, Cloudera

Venkat Rajaji

SVP, Product Management, Cloudera
Priyank Patel

Corporate VP, Product Management, Cloudera

Priyank leads Cloudera product teams responsible for Machine Learning, Data Engineering and Data Warehousing. He joined Cloudera through the acquisition of Arcadia Data, a visual analytics software company, where he was co-founder and Chief Product Officer. In prior roles, he was part of the founding engineering team of Aster Data, where he worked on design of core components of Aster Data. Priyank holds a Master's degree in computer science from Stanford University.

Priyank Patel

Corporate VP, Product Management, Cloudera

Priyank leads Cloudera product teams responsible for Machine Learning, Data Engineering and Data Warehousing. He joined Cloudera through the acquisition of Arcadia Data, a visual analytics software company, where he was co-founder and Chief Product Officer. In prior roles, he was part of the founding engineering team of Aster Data, where he worked on design of core components of Aster Data. Priyank holds a Master's degree in computer science from Stanford University.

Priyank Patel

Corporate VP, Product Management, Cloudera

Priyank leads Cloudera product teams responsible for Machine Learning, Data Engineering and Data Warehousing. He joined Cloudera through the acquisition of Arcadia Data, a visual analytics software company, where he was co-founder and Chief Product Officer. In prior roles, he was part of the founding engineering team of Aster Data, where he worked on design of core components of Aster Data. Priyank holds a Master's degree in computer science from Stanford University.

Visionaries who Inspire: Chad Foster

We are excited to welcome Chad Foster, an award-winning business leader, international keynote speaker, and author of Blind Ambition™. Chad explains the anatomy of resilience—providing tried and tested tools that empower people to emerge from setbacks stronger, sleeker, and resolute to succeed. Chad Foster is a:

Harvard-educated Executive Dealmaker, Billion$ Generator, Job Creator
Change-Disruption-Mindset-Transformation
Grit-Resilience-Accountability-Growth Through Adversity

Chad shares the insights gained from going blind at 21, and bouncing back to build massive enterprise value at key organizations like Red Hat and Accenture —enabling your team to embody the mindsets for success, adopting narratives that change the meaning of the challenges they face. They’ll learn how to get comfortable with discomfort, equipping your organization to turn disadvantages into advantages, and obstacles into opportunities — creating a more resilient leadership culture and inviting diversity to drive business innovation.

R "Ray" Wang

R “Ray” Wang is the CEO of Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research Inc. He co-hosts DisrupTV, a weekly enterprise tech and leadership webcast that averages 50,000 views per episode and blogs at www.raywang.org. Ray is an expert on AI, Web3, and software. His ground-breaking best-selling book on digital transformation, Disrupting Digital Business, was published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2015. Ray's recent best selling book Everybody Wants to Rule The World was released in 2021. Wang is frequently quoted and interviewed by media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, BBC, Fox Business, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, and Bloomberg.

Morgane Soulier

Morgane Soulier, a multi-entrepreneur, consultant, speaker, and author, holds degrees from EM Lyon, HEC, and Sciences Po Paris. After 8 years in new technologies, she founded a company in connected health. Today, she leads a consulting firm specializing in digital transformations, particularly in AI, the metaverse, and social media. A columnist for media outlets like Harvard Business Review and L'Express, she also hosts the podcast Now Futures. She is a board member of the EuropIA Institute, where she specializes in generative AI.

Call for Speakers:

We invite thought leaders and innovative thinkers to showcase their lessons learned, best practices, and business benefits. Each session is scheduled for 40-60 minutes, which includes time for Q&A.

We are looking for compelling presentations that address the challenges of today’s business environment- stories of modernizing data architectures to deliver data products, accelerating AI for automation and advantage, and delivering business-critical data and analytics via the Cloud and beyond, and many other topics.

Here are a few questions to consider when submitting your session:

How are you projects managing what happens when new-age technology collides with legacy systems?
Do you have an evolving and cutting-edge AI strategy and how is that driving business value?
Does your business trust your organizational data? How did you build that strategy and trust.

Nominations open for Cloudera’s Data Impact Awards

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

Nominate your team for a Data Impact Award! We will recognize organizations in the following five categories:

Nous reconnaîtrons les organisations dans les cinq catégories suivantes:

AI Acceleration

Organizations making an innovative business impact using Cloudera for trusted data powering Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Large Language Models, and more.

Cloud (Native) Innovation

Organizations leveraging cloud-native architectures for innovative data, analytics and AI, using one or more public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP) and/or private, on-prem infrastructure.

Modern Architectures & Pipelines

Organizations that have excelled in designing and implementing innovative data architectures that effectively support the full data lifecycle – from ingestion to analytics.

Leadership & Transformation

Teams and/or data leaders driving transformation with Cloudera and programs that promote enterprise-wide impact, data literacy, transparent decision-making, and tools that empower employees to effectively use data.

People & Society

Recognizing data’s broader implications,with initiatives that extend beyond organizational walls and financial impact. Whether through community engagement, environmental sustainability, or public health initiatives, they highlight data’s positive influence on the world at large.

Agenda

Thursday, November 14

Opening of EVOLVE24 Paris

Morgane Soulier - Emcee

Welcome to EVOLVE24 Paris & Key Milestones

Sophie Papillon, RVP Sales France, Cloudera
Frank O'Dowd, Chief Revenue Officer, Cloudera

The Cloudera Vision

Charles Sansbury, CEO, Cloudera

Data Inc: The Age of AI is Here

R “Ray” Wang, Analyst

EVOLVE24 “Unveiling”

Abhas Ricky, Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera

Eutelsat, AWS & Cloudera

Charles Huot De Longchamp, Lead Tableau Engineer, Eutelsat
Guido Baraglia, Head of Space Economy, AWS
Denis Fraval-Olivier, SEMEA Director SE, Cloudera

Discussion with Geodis

Antoine Thorin, Sr. Data Architect, Geodis
Sanida Tang, Solutions Engineer Manager France, Cloudera

Coffee Break

Discussion with CNAV

Christian Sureau, Directeur de la gestion de la donnée, CNAV
Sophie Papillon, RVP France, Cloudera

Cloudera Product Strategy - Announcement, Recorded Video Demo's & Customer Insights

Venkat Rajaji, SVP - Product Management, Cloudera
Wim Stoop, Snr Director, Product Marketing, Cloudera
Priyank Patel, VP Product Management

Discussions with Customers Panel

Florian Caringi, Manager Data AI Platform & Architecture, BPCE
Flavien Aubert, Product Manager Big Data, La Banque Postale
Denis Fraval-Olivier, SEMEA Director SE, Cloudera

Closing of EVOLVE24 Morning Session

1:00 PM

Lunch with Fleur de Mets

Enjoy local cuisine while visiting the Partner Pavilion Expo, presented by global sponsors AWS, IBM, Red Hat & Nvidia.

Breakout : Deliver True Hybrid

LA POSTE

Benoît Hagenbourger, Tech Lead Socle Applicatif - DataLake
Charles Aad, Sr. Solution Engineer, Cloudera
Loic Bazillaud, Account Manager, Cloudera

Generali, Cloudera Public Cloud & Claranet : accélérateurs de cas d'usage data innovant chez Generali

Frédéric Ferrarini, Manager de la plateforme Data, Generali
Valentin Pauchet, Big Data and AI Technical Team Leader, Claranet
Mehdi Younous, Big Data and AI Operational Team Leader, Claranet
Pierre-Yves Nuges, Sr. Solutions Engineer, Cloudera`
Sabina Sieder, Account Manager, Cloudera

AWS, ACCENTURE & CLOUDERA

Reda Tidjanii, Senior Manager, EMEA Data & AI PDS, AWS
Fabienne Gillet, Managing Director, AABG Gallia Lead
Denis Fraval-Olivier, SEMEA Director SE, Cloudera

RED HAT

Accelerating Innovation: Cloudera Data Platform and Red Hat OpenShift - A Perfect Synergy

David Martini, Senior Solution Architect, Red Hat

Breakout: Architecting for Modern Trusted Data

IBM

Empower your AI strategy with trusted data and governance leveraging watsonx and Cloudera

SNCF: Comment la SNCF gère sa connaissance client avec Cloudera ?

Alain Belbeoc’h, Architecte Stratégique, DSI TGV
Sébastien Chezeaux, Responsable de la ligne de services Référentiel Client, DSI TGV
Olivier Meignan, Sr. Solutions Engineer, Cloudera
Vincent Dolisi, Account Manager, Cloudera

Enedis: Valoriser et rendre les données accessibles à tous chez Enedis grâce à un Open Datalake Lakehouse moderne

Guillaume Coing-Roy, Chef Agence Data & Solutions du Centre d'Expertise National, Enedis
Pierre-Yves Nugues, Sr. Solutions Engineer, Cloudera
Vincent Dolisi, Account Manager, Cloudera

Introducing Octopai - Built-in Metadata Management and Multi-dimensional Data Lineage for Full and Automated Visibility of Your Data Estate

Cloudera has acquired Octopai, a leading data intelligence platform provider for governing and understanding your metadata and data lineage. Octopai’s automated solutions for data lineage, data discovery, data catalog, mapping, and impact analysis across complex data environments complements Cloudera’s modern data architecture strategy and unique single view of security and governance across hybrid and multi cloud data estates. Join this session to learn how Octopai’s built-in metadata management and multi-dimensional data lineage gives you full visibility of your entire data estate to accelerate AI and predictive analytics with fully trusted data.

Anu Mohan, VP - Data Strategy, Cloudera
Octopai

Breakout Session : Accelerate Enterprise AI

NVIDIA & CLOUDERA: Accelerating Business Value with Generative AI for Financial Services

Serge Palaric, Vice President Alliances, Global CSPs & ISVs Europe, French GVT Affairs , Nvidia
Sanida Tang, Solutions Engineer Manager France, Cloudera

BPCE

ACCENTURE & CLOUDERA: How to boost Gen AI in the Sovereign and Regulated Environments

UNEDIC

Stéphane Rondeau, Responsable du Pole Data, UNEDIC
Stéphanie Terrasse, Data Scientist Project Manager, UNEDIC
Samuel Carbasse, Account Executive, Cloudera
Patrick Cousin, Sr. Solutions Engineer, Cloudera

Inspirational Keynote and Data Impact Awards Ceremony

4:00 PM: Visionaries Who Inspire

Chad Foster, Business Leader & Award Winning Author of "Blind Ambition"

EVOLVE24 Paris Data Impact Award Reception

Charles Sansbury, CEO, Cloudera
Frank O'Dowd, Chief Revenue Officer, Cloudera
Sophie Papillon, RVP France
Sanida Tang, Solution Engineer Manager

Celebratory Toast

Join us as we toast to 10 years of Cloudera in France!

Welcome to our Sponsors

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Trusted Data Today for Tomorrow’s AI

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

Uncover strategies to enhance productivity in the era of Generative AI

Why Attend?

Speakers

Visionaries who Inspire: Chad Foster

R "Ray" Wang

Call for Speakers:

Nominations open for Cloudera’s Data Impact Awards

AI Acceleration

Cloud (Native) Innovation

Modern Architectures & Pipelines

Leadership & Transformation

People & Society

Agenda

Thursday, November 14

Doors Open

Opening of EVOLVE24 Paris

Lunch with Fleur de Mets

Breakout : Deliver True Hybrid

Breakout: Architecting for Modern Trusted Data

Breakout Session : Accelerate Enterprise AI

Inspirational Keynote and Data Impact Awards Ceremony

Welcome to our Sponsors

Global Cloud Sponsor

Global Sponsor

Global Sponsor

Global Sponsor

Strategic Partner

Premium Partner

Spotlight Partner

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