169: Data Models: From Warehouse to Business Impact with Tasso Argyros of ActionIQ

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Tasso Argyros, the Founder & CEO of ActionIQ. During the episode, Tasso shares his journey from Stanford to founding ActionIQ. He discusses the evolution of database architecture, the challenges of handling customer data at scale, and the importance of making data accessible to business users. Tasso also discusses his experience selling MySpace as his first customer and how ActionIQ bridges the gap between data engineering and marketing. He emphasizes the importance of customer interaction, understanding business user needs, creating a flexible, workload-agnostic infrastructure, the future of customer data platforms, and more.