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 Is AI Analytics the Missing Link Between Business Users and Data Teams?
In the recent episode of the Don’t Panic, It’s Just Data podcast, Barry McCardel, Co-Founder and CEO of Hex joined host Kevin Petrie, VP research and Head of Data Management at BARC, to talk about why access alone has never been enough. He also discussed how artificial intelligence (AI) is forcing the analytics community to rethink the purpose of data.
Data
Is AI Analytics the Missing Link Between Business Users and Data Teams?
36 min
Read Responsible AI Starts with Responsible Data: Building Trust at Scale
Amy Horowitz, Group VP at Informatica, and Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at BARC, in discussion about responsible AI and trusted data for enterprise technology.
AI Data
Responsible AI Starts with Responsible Data: Building Trust at Scale
23 min
Read Chief Data Officer Strategies for the AI Era
Podcast episode featuring Brett Roscoe in conversation with host Kevin Petrie from BARC about the evolving role of chief data officers and the foundations of effective AI and data governance.
Data
Chief Data Officer Strategies for the AI Era
31 min
Read How Do You Make AI Agents Reliable at Scale?
In this episode of the Tech Transformed podcast, host Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at BARC, sits down with Samar Abbas, Co-founder and CEO of Temporal Technologies. They talk about durable execution and its critical role in driving AI innovation within enterprises.
AI
How Do You Make AI Agents Reliable at Scale?
19 min