Community Contributions in Data & AI

Part of the Snowflake SnowPro Core SME group. This group is managed by Snowflake Learning and Development team. Selected SnowPro core certified members can join the program and help in developing, reviewing SnowPro Core certification exam development.

The Data Superheroes are a global community of passionate data experts who share their knowledge, inspire innovation, and make meaningful contributions to the community. Through educational content and deep community engagement, they elevate Snowflake’s ecosystem and empower others to unlock the power of data.

WomenTech Network is designed for women in various roles within the technology industry, from junior to executive levels, aiming to foster a supportive community, promote professional growth, and inspire more women to join the tech sector.

WomenTech Network strives to be the leading global organization for women in tech and allies by providing opportunities for professional growth, networking, and career advancement. Our values are diversity, inclusion, empowerment, and collaboration. We strive to create an environment where everyone feels welcome and supported. We believe that by working together, we can achieve our goal of making the tech industry more diverse and inclusive for all. WomenTech Goals – Help women in tech to grow professionally and identify career growth opportunities. – Give recognition to the successes of women in tech and empower them to become leaders and role models in their field. – Increase the number of women in tech and leadership positions within technology companies and create a more diverse and inclusive tech industry. – Provide a network and safe space for women in tech to connect with each other and collaborate. – Inspire community leaders who are passionate about making a difference to build local women in tech initiatives for underrepresented groups in tech. – Stay a relevant and leading resource for women in tech globally. – Have fun along the way!

Women are hugely under-represented in the Data industry – as things stand, male Analysts and Data Scientists outnumber their female colleagues 4 to 1. Addressing this imbalance isn’t just the right thing to do ethically. Data shows that everything from workplace satisfaction, to business profitability significantly improve when an organisation strives for greater diversity and inclusivity. Women in Data® plays a key role in driving for more accurate representation wherever data is being gathered and analysed. We provide the platform that allows professionals at all levels to share their knowledge and experience, while working alongside businesses to help them embrace and develop the enormous advantages generated by diversity.

The mission of Women in Analytics is to provide visibility to the women making an impact in the analytics space and provide a platform for them to lead the conversations around the advancements of analytical research, development, and application. WIA was founded in 2016 with the goal of supporting women in the analytics space and has grown into a global community focused on bringing visibility to women in the field while delivering top-notch analytics content.

GDG Cloud Toronto is a community group that believes in the motto of nurturing passion for Technology. The group consists of over 3000 members on the meetup group and conducts regular technology sessions. These sessions are all things technology and hands-on labs. On the contrary, the group greatly believes in the power of Women creating success stories in business and technology. Appallingly, internal research conducted on gender diversity during our Cloud Study Jams suggests that the participation of women is not more than 20%. Supported by Google, StartGBC and George Brown College currently, we are trying to increase this number of participation, by organizing separate events and panel sessions to enlighten the society about the inspiring women who have paved their way to becoming digital leaders.

Overview of Snowflake’s theme: Building the Future of AI and Apps

Key feature deep dive: Cortex AI SQL, Native Agents, Adaptive Compute

What the Horizon Catalog upgrades mean for governance and lineage

How Hevo fits into Snowflake’s vision with AI-ready ingestion and automation

Q&A with our with data superheroes

This session talks about implementing LLM solutions using Snowflake native services and features. This also covers demo of Snowflake Cortex functions.

Key Takeaways
Learn and implement LLM solutions with Snowflake
Use Snowflake Cortex LLM functions

share practical tips and tools to help you optimize performance and unlock the full potential of Snowflake AI. 💡

Learn how to:
✅ Identify and resolve query performance bottlenecks
✅ Write optimized queries for faster execution
✅ Leverage Snowflake Co-Pilot and AI tools for smarter performance tuning
✅ Optimize workloads and reduce costs
🎥 Plus, watch a live demo of AI-powered query optimization in action!

Join us on November 19th at this Hands-On Lab, featuring exclusive new Gen AI content from Snowflake’s BUILD 2024 conference, to meet your peers in person and explore building with Snowflake. There will be learning, food, drinks, networking, and fun!

Discuss how organizations can develop and implement effective AI strategies, including considerations for selecting the right data and AI strategies.

AI adoption is not only adoption of technology – this is a process that starts with Data and ends with Data. Session helps data practitioner as well as data leaders to understand the current data state, prepare plan to evaluate data and come up with strategies to adopt AI

Unleash the Power of Data: Gain insights on how to prepare your data for peak AI performance through insightful discussions and real-world examples.

Participated in foreside chat to discuss the Data quality essentials as part of Women in Analytics (WIA) webinar series titled Navigating Modern Data Management. This series consist of 3 webinars on data extraction, data quality and data alerts! Great series, isn’t it!
I am glad to share my experience, learnings and knowledge around data quality as part of 2nd webinar. I am sharing my experience and areas discussed during webinar/fireside chat.

Thrilled to speak at meetup on engaging topic – Generative AI and implementing using AWS services.

I had a great time presenting Generative AI and Implementing it with Snowflake. We were excited to host 40 members at our Rackspace Technology office. Networking, meeting industry peers, exchanging ideas, and sharing knowledge is always enjoyable.

I am pleased to speak at the upcoming Womentech Global Conference 2023. The conference is from 9th to 12th May 2023 in hybrid mode – Virtual & In-person. Please share the session if you or your connections are interested in joining. I am speaking on these topics & dates-

Data Modernization – Challenges vs Opportunities (https://lnkd.in/gg2M83yw)
Wed May 10 – 9:30 AM EDT

Build Data Intense Applications using the Google Cloud Platform(https://lnkd.in/gCqRwnKb)
Wed May 10 – 11:10 AM EDT

Choose to Challenge! (https://lnkd.in/gJcSp-Dh)
Thu May 11 – 10:50 AM EDT

📊 Data Bytes with Jyoti 🌟Featuring: Pooja Kelgaonkar, Snowflake Data Superhero Dive into the world of data with us as Pooja Kelgaonkar takes us through her Data Journey and Breakthroughs. This episode is a goldmine for anyone passionate about data, from seasoned professionals to new enthusiasts. What’s Inside: 🛤️ Data Journey: Explore Pooja’s path to becoming a data leader. 💡 Breakthroughs: Insightful revelations that shaped her career. 🚀 Tips & Tricks: Practical advice for aspiring data professionals. 🧘 Work-Life Balance: Achieving harmony in a data-driven world. Whether you’re seeking guidance for a successful career in data or tips on maintaining balance, this episode has it all.

Participated into multiple podcasts and interviews, quick bytes with Rackspace to share experience with Snowflake, Google cloud, and encourage people to participate into community.