Actian Corporation
For over 50 years, we’ve been helping organizations around the globe confidently transform their business by simplifying how people connect, manage, and analyze data. Organizations trust Actian data management and data intelligence solutions to streamline complex data environments and accelerate the delivery of AI-ready data. Actian transforms complex data landscapes into AI-ready assets with Actian Data Intelligence – the platform that enables Fortune 100 leaders to discover, understand, and trust their data across any environment.www.actian.com
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Oct 7, 2026
Juha KorpelaGUEST
But, uh, the big catalog players did have very, very big presence there.
Juha KorpelaGUEST
I think Actian, for example, who is the main partner of Helsinki Data Week, uh, was, was really, really, uh, prominently on display with Big Data London and, and Ula, Ulasen of course, and, uh, others speaking there as well.
Juha KorpelaGUEST
And yeah, I don't, I don't know.
Juha KorpelaGUEST
We still have this ongoing discussion about data products.
Juha KorpelaGUEST
But the solutions are not there yet.
Juha KorpelaGUEST
Some data catalog vendors are kind of driving hard into that direction.
Juha KorpelaGUEST
Atlan comes to mind, uh, Actian obviously, uh, some others as well.
Juha KorpelaGUEST
But, uh, because they are still kind of built on the idea that collecting technical metadata about, you know, tables and fields and, and, uh, models, that's kind of the thing that they are, they exist for.
NeilHOST
And my guest on AI at Work today is Emma McGratten.
NeilHOST
She's CTO at Actian.
NeilHOST
She's a self-described data obsessive who builds Lego and judges an old fashioned by the quality of its ice.
NeilHOST
I've got a feeling we're gonna have a fun conversation today.
NeilHOST
Can you tell everyone listening a little about who you are and what you do?
Emma McGrattanGUEST
Yeah, sure.
Emma McGrattanGUEST
So my name is Emma McGratten, and I'm the chief technology officer at Actian, and, um, I'm obsessed with Lego.
Emma McGrattanGUEST
That, that's really what I do.
Lulit TesfayeHOST
Today, I am joined by Ola Olsson-Bengiu.
Lulit TesfayeHOST
Ola is VP and Chief Evangelist at Actian, also an O'Reilly author of the Enterprise Data Catalog and Fundamentals of Metadata Management.
Lulit TesfayeHOST
He's also a returning guest on this podcast.
Lulit TesfayeHOST
If you'd listened to our previous conversation with Ola, you may remember that we covered quite a bit of ground on Ola's journey, from computers and literature into the world of data, data catalogs, metadata management, and the changing role of semantic technologies in the age of AI.
Ben MathewGUEST
I live about 30 minutes west of Washington, D.C., in Northern Virginia, near Data Center Alley with my wife and two kids, which is, I guess, a fitting place to be given that I work in the data space.
Ben MathewGUEST
On the role specifically, I'm currently the GM of business intelligence, which is a new pillar here at Actian as a result of the acquisition of Jaspersoft by Actian, which closed in July of this year.
Ben MathewGUEST
So at the moment, my focus is on ensuring that the Jaspersoft business continues to operate efficiently while integrating it into Actian.
Ben MathewGUEST
And just prior to this, I ran the Jaspersoft business unit at Cloud Software Group, from which Actian via its parent company, HCL Technologies, acquired it.
Ben MathewGUEST
Before that, I spent over 20 years in enterprise software on the product side, on the revenue side, as well as on the operating side.
Ben MathewGUEST
It's various VC-backed companies.
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Ole Olesen-BagneuxHOST
We'll get to that.
Ole Olesen-BagneuxHOST
We'll get to that.
Andrew MillerHOST
Hello and welcome to Speaking of Data, presented by TDWI, the premier data, AI, and analytics podcast.
Andrew MillerHOST
I'm your host, Andrew Miller, and on today's episode, we'll hear from Emma McGrattan with Actian on trust as a competitive advantage.
Andrew MillerHOST
This is the first episode in our TDWI Anaheim Conference podcast series, and we're happy to have the Actian team participating in our keynote for the co-located Data and AI Leaders Summit.
Andrew MillerHOST
We hope you enjoy this episode, and for more cutting-edge information on data, AI, and analytics, please visit tdwi.org. And with that, let's get started.
Andrew MillerHOST
All right, everyone, thank you so much for joining us for another episode of Speaking of Data.
Andrew MillerHOST
Very happy to welcome on the podcast today, Emma McGrattan from Actian.
Andrew MillerHOST
She is the chief technology officer there.
Andrew MillerHOST
And today we're going to be discussing trust as a competitive advantage from the lens of what separates AI leaders from everyone else.