Zhamak Dehghani
Login to view DISC.Zhamak Dehghani is the Founder and CEO of Nextdata, a startup focused on building data-mesh-native technologies. She is widely recognized as the creator of the Data Mesh concept, a paradigm-shifting approach to decentralized data architecture. An author and frequent speaker, she previously spent over a decade at Thoughtworks, focusing on distributed systems.
Originally from Iran, Zhamak now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. In interviews, she has shared her personal journey of growing up in Tehran and how those experiences shaped her drive to innovate and challenge existing paradigms in the technology world. She is an advocate for the decentralization of architecture, data, and power.
Unique fact: Zhamak conceptualized and defined the term "Data Mesh" in 2019, fundamentally changing how large organizations approach data management at scale.
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