Data Transformation as a Growth Driver

In this episode, Carlos Peralta, the Director of Data Engineering and Cloud Platform at Moderna Therapeutics, joins Amir Bormand to discuss data transformation and its role as a growth driver. He also highlights his responsibilities as the Director of Cloud Data Platform, which include data strategy, acquisition, and organization. Tune in to learn more about aligning company needs, ROI and overcoming challenges in delivering short-term and long-term data solutions. Highlights: [00:02:34] Data transformation and growth. [00:03:40] Cloud infrastructure and services. [00:09:09] Offensive capabilities of data. [00:12:30] Enabling business stakeholders with data. [00:16:28] New trends in technology. [00:19:34] Handling urgent requests outside the roadmap. [00:24:33] Cloud transformation challenges. [00:25:36] Skill transfer to the cloud. Carlos Peralta has built, acquired, and scaled technology companies from inception to successful acquisitions by publicly-traded large enterprise companies as a strategic and cloud data platform enthusiast. Throughout his 18+ year career, he has managed, developed, and launched state-of-the-art cloud data platforms, including the Moderna Cloud Data Platform that supports multiple studies today. Additionally, Mr. Peralta has been selected to present multiple times at AWS Reinvent on Data Management, Data Platform, AWS Data Exchange, and ETL tools and how they speed, improve, centralize, and standardize data acquisition across the pharma space. Carlos Peralta holds a BS In Computer Science from the EAN University in Colombia and recently completed an Executive HBS Program at Harvard focused on Data Enablement / AI. He has extensive experience in strategic partnership development, distributed systems, AWS Services, data centers, and cloud infrastructure operations at scale. Outside of work, Carlos enjoys playing golf, world traveling, practicing CrossFit, and spending time with his wife. His profile can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-a-peralta/ --- Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Tech Trek, and we would appreciate it if you would take a minute to rate and review us on your favorite podcast player. Want to learn more about us? Head over at https://www.elevano.com Have questions or want to cover specific topics with our future guests? Please message me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand)