Enterprises today operate across a maze of cloud platforms, legacy systems, and on-prem data estates—making it difficult to maintain trust, consistency, and control. Data contracts offer a path forward, but deploying them at enterprise scale requires more than schema definitions. It demands cultural alignment, architectural discipline, and governance models that work across fragmented environments. This session will unpack a practical blueprint for transforming scattered data systems into a reliable, governed foundation powered by well-implemented data contracts.

Attendees will learn how to:

• Define data ownership and accountability across distributed teams
• Introduce contract-driven governance into hybrid and legacy ecosystems
• Prevent breaking changes and operational surprises in production pipelines
• Align product, engineering, and analytics groups around shared expectations
• Scale contract adoption without slowing innovation

Speaker: Alon Nafta, CEO and Co-Founder, Foundational

Alon is a seasoned data and security leader who has been tinkering with code and data for more than 25 years. Alon is the CEO of Foundational Data, who is building innovative governance tools and proprietary code-based lineage for large-scale enterprises. Previously at Singular, a mobile and web attribution provider, Alon designed and built high-scale ETLs, real-time data pipelines, transformation layers, and data algorithms working with the world's most sophisticated marketing teams. Alon is passionate about interdisciplinary technologies and combining cybersecurity knowledge with the data world.

Speaker: Collin Marsden, Senior Manager of Data Engineering and Architecture, Liberty Energy

Collin Marsden is a Senior Manager of Data Engineering and Architecture at Liberty Energy, where he leads the development of scalable cloud data platforms and enterprise data pipelines. He specializes in modern data lakehouse architectures, data governance, and building reliable analytics platforms. Collin focuses on helping organizations transform complex operational data into trusted, actionable insights through well-designed data infrastructure and engineering best practices.