Jean-Georges Perrin, aka “JGP”, is a Senior Product Manager at Actian, where he leads key initiatives around Data Products and Data Contracts as part of the company’s mission to build the industry’s most intelligent data platform. With over 25 years of experience at the forefront of data architecture, engineering, and product development, Jean-Georges is passionate about designing systems that strike a balance between governance, usability, and innovation. Before joining Actian, he served as Principal Architect at Expedia, where he helped define the strategic direction of the company’s enterprise data architecture. He also chairs the Linux Foundation’s Bitol project, where he leads global efforts to standardize data practices through initiatives like the Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS). JGP is the author of Implementing Data Mesh (O’Reilly) and Spark in Action (Manning), and is widely recognized as a thought leader in the data space. His contributions have earned him distinctions such as Lifetime IBM Champion, PayPal Champion, and Data Mesh MVP.
As data demands grow, decentralising platforms offers a powerful path to agility, scalability, and innovation. This session explores the benefits and challenges of decentralised architectures, with a spotlight on a real-world case study showcasing the shift to a self-serve, cloud-agnostic model. Learn how leading enterprises are:
As AI becomes embedded in business decisions, many organisations struggle to explain, govern, and stand behind the outcomes. The issue is rarely the model itself, but fragmented data, unclear ownership, and hidden quality risks.
In this session, Jean-Georges “jgp” Perrin outlines practical frameworks for turning fragmented data into governed data products that give organisations a lasting advantage as AI scales. Using open standards such as ODCS and ODPS, data products define ownership, quality, and usage boundaries early — making AI governable, auditable, and defensible without slowing innovation or forcing centralised rebuilds. You’ll learn:
You don’t govern AI. You govern the data products behind it.
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