Kevin Petrie, Vice President of Research at BARC
Kevin Petrie, Vice President of Research at BARC
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Kevin Petrie

Vice President of Research · BARC
  • BARC
  • Joined 2023
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About

Kevin is the VP of Research at BARC US, where he writes and speaks about the intersection of AI, analytics, and data management. For nearly three decades Kevin has deciphered what technology means to practitioners, as an industry analyst, services leader, instructor, marketer, and tech journalist. This includes five years as Analyst and Research VP at BARC's partner Eckerson Group. Kevin also launched and grew a profitable data analytics services team for EMC Pivotal in the Americas and EMEA, and ran field training at Attunity/Qlik.

A frequent public speaker and co-author of two books about data management, Kevin is passionate about helping practitioners, founders, and software executives capitalize on emerging technologies. Outside the tech world, Kevin most loves biking, kayaking, and coaching his three boys' sports teams.

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Published content

Read Context, Cost, & AI: Strategies to Optimise Agent Performance & ROI
In the recent episode of the Don’t Panic It’s Just Data podcast, host Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at BARC, sat down with Eudald Camprubi, Co-Founder of Nuclia (acquired by Progress) and Software Fellow at Progress and Michael Marolda, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Agentic RAG.
AI Data
Context, Cost, & AI: Strategies to Optimise Agent Performance & ROI
5 min
Read Can Your Observability Stack Handle 24/7 Agentic Query Volume?
In the recent episode of the Tech Transformed podcast, Kevin Petrie, BARC Vice President of Research, sat down with , Eric Tschetter, Chief Architect at Imply to talk about how AI is actually increasing the current needs around scale, performance, and data access.
AI Data In The News
Can Your Observability Stack Handle 24/7 Agentic Query Volume?
34 min
Read Why Are Companies Struggling to Integrate AI Models into Business Workflows?
In a recent episode of the Tech Transformed podcast, Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at BARC, hosted a discussion with Maxim Fateev, Co-Founder and CTO, Temporal Technologies and Cornelia Davis, Developer Advocate, Temporal Technologies. They talked about why enterprises find it hard to transition AI from experimentation to production and how infrastructure must change to support autonomous systems.
AI Emerging Technologies
Why Are Companies Struggling to Integrate AI Models into Business Workflows?
27 min
Read How to Navigate the Trust Paradox in AI Adoption: Insights from Informatica’s 2026 CDO Report
Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at BARC, and Nathan Turajski, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Informatica, discussing AI adoption and data governance insights from the 2026 CDO Insights Report.
AI Data
How to Navigate the Trust Paradox in AI Adoption: Insights from Informatica’s 2026 CDO Report
29 min