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Driving AI-Powered Analytics with Mike Potter of Qlik

In this interview at Tech Field Day during Qlik Connect 2025, Stephen Foskett interviews Mike Potter, Chief Technology Officer at Qlik, discussing the company’s latest advancements in integrating AI into its analytics platform. Potter emphasizes that Qlik’s vision is to manage the entire data lifecycle—from ingestion and transformation to analytics and actionable insights. Qlik’s introduction […]


Olawale Oladehin on Advancing Enterprise AI Adoption with AWS and Qlik

At Qlik Connect 2025, Olawale “Wale” Oladehin of AWS reflected on the progress made since the AWS-Qlik collaboration was initiated, emphasizing shared goals in advancing enterprise AI adoption and aligning around open standards, scalability, and governance. Wale highlighted how joint customers benefit from Qlik’s strength in data integration, movement, and quality, paired with AWS’s robust […]


Agentic AI and the Future of Science — A Conversation with Michael Bronstein and Nick Magnusson at Qlik Connect 2025

At Qlik Connect 2025, Stephen Foskett interviewed Michael Bronstein, DeepMind Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Oxford, and Nick Magnuson, Head of AI at Qlik, explored the transformative potential of agentic AI in science and enterprise. Bronstein highlighted how agentic AI may represent a seismic shift in the scientific method, moving beyond traditional […]


Advancing Data Integration and Analytics with Sam Pierson and Ori Rafael of Qlik

At Tech Field Day during Qlik Connect 2025, Stephen Foskett interviewed Sam Pierson, SVP of R&D for the Data Business Unit at Qlik, and Ori Rafael, former CEO and co-founder of Upsolver and now Senior Director of Engineering at Qlik, about the major announcement of Qlik’s Open Lakehouse. This new offering aims to bridge the […]


Responsible and Inclusive AI Innovation in Analytics with Mary Kern and Rumman Chowdhury

In this interview from Tech Field Day Experience at Qlik Connect 2025, Stephen Foskett interviews Mary Kern, VP of Analytics Go-To-Market at Qlik, and Rumman Chowdhury, CEO of Humane Intelligence and a Qlik AI Council member, about the state of AI in today’s analytics landscape. They discuss the paradoxes of 2025, where the rise of […]


Tech Talks at Qlik Connect 2025

At Qlik Connect 2025, Stephen Foskett led a series of insightful interviews, each highlighting key innovations in data analytics, AI integration, and enterprise-level solutions. Through conversations with Qlik experts and partners, these interviews explored the current state of AI, data integration, and analytics, while providing an in-depth look at Qlik’s evolving platform. The event underscored […]


Interview with Nikhil Kelshikar


Interview with Steve Woo


Tom Hollingsworth Interviews Steve Woo

Tom Hollingsworth interviews Steve Woo, Sr. Director, Product Management, Networking and Security, discussing announcements from Dell Technologies World about NSX SD-WAN by VeloCloud.


Tom Hollingsworth Interviews Nikhil Kelshikar: VMware NSX SD-WAN

Tom Hollingsworth interviews Nikhil Kelshikar, Sr. Product Director, Technical Marketing, Networking and Security with VMware, discussing NSX SD-WAN innovation that they discussed at Dell Technologies World. This includes the launch of their Virtual Cloud Network strategy and NSX support for Microsoft Azure Cloud.


Jerome Lecat of Scality with Stephen Foskett: Tech Field Day Interview at OpenStack Summit

Jerome Lecat, Founder and CEO, discusses the benefits of the Scality solution when run in concert with OpenStack and how it can help prevent data loss in the event of a storage problem. He is interviewed by Stephen Foskett, organizer of Tech Field Day.


Wim Provoost of Open vStorage with Stephen Foskett: Tech Field Day Interview at OpenStack Summit

Wim Provoost, Product Manager, discusses Open vStorage and talks about the benefits that their solution can bring to enterprises that are looking to run OpenStack in production. He is interviewed by Stephen Foskett, organizer of Tech Field Day.


John Griffith of NetApp with Stephen Foskett: Tech Field Day Interview at OpenStack Summit

John Griffith, Principal Software Engineer, discusses the contributions that have been provided to OpenStack through NetApp and through SolidFire, now a part of NetApp. He is interviewed by Stephen Foskett, organizer of Tech Field Day.


Ajay Gulati of ZeroStack with Tom Hollingsworth: Tech Field Day Interview at OpenStack Summit

Ajay Gulati, CEO and Co-Founder, discusses how ZeroStack is helping drive adoption of OpenStack in the enterprise by offering a software-as-a-service solution to deploy it quickly and easily. He is interviewed by Tom Hollingsworth, organizer of Networking Field Day.


Tech Field Day Forum at OpenStack Summit Austin 2016


Ashish Shah of AVI Networks with Tom Hollingsworth: Tech Field Day Interview at OpenStack Summit

Ashish Shah, Director of Product Management, introduces AVI Networks and discusses their load balancing solution for OpenStack as well as highlighting the ease of use and deployment of the solution. He is interviewed by Tom Hollingsworth, organizer of Networking Field Day.


Arvind Soni of VMware with Tom Hollingsworth: Tech Field Day Interview at OpenStack Summit

Arvind Soni, OpenStack Lead Project Manager, discusses the benefits of running OpenStack on VMware and how the project can be integrated into an existing VMware environment with ease. He is interviewed by Tom Hollingsworth, organizer of Networking Field Day.


Madhura Maskasky of Platform9 with Stephen Foskett: Tech Field Day Interview at OpenStack Summit

Madeira Maskasky, Co-Founder and VP of Product, discusses how Platform9 is increasing OpenStack adoption by providing a service solution that allows companies to get up and running on the software in a minimal amount of time. She is interviewed by Stephen Foskett, organizer of Tech Field Day.


Marc Fleischmann of Datera with Stephen Foskett: Tech Field Day Interview at OpenStack Summit

Marc Fleischmann, CEO and Co-Founder, introduces Datera and talks about their contributions to the Linux storage system as well as OpenStack. He is interviewed by Stephen Foskett, organizer of Tech Field Day.


JR Rivers of Cumulus Networks with Tom Hollingsworth: Tech Field Day Interview at OpenStack Summit

JR Rivers, Co-Founder and CTO, discusses how Cumulus Networks has a unique approach to networking and how it integrates with OpenStack and provides users with increased functionality. He is interviewed by Tom Hollingsworth, organizer of Networking Field Day.


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Event Calendar

  • Jul 9-Jul 10 — Networking Field Day 38
  • Aug 19-Aug 20 — Tech Field Day Extra at SHARE Cleveland 2025
  • Sep 10-Sep 11 — AI Infrastructure Field Day 3
  • Sep 24-Sep 25 — Security Field Day 14
  • Oct 22-Oct 23 — Cloud Field Day 24
  • Oct 29-Oct 30 — AI Field Day 7

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