Paul Blankley
Employers on the program
- 2023–2026Zenlytic8 talks
The year around now
Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.
Appearances by year
- Coalesce
- Data Council
- Data Day Texas
- Gartner Data & Analytics Summit
- Snowflake Summit
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | AI Council 2026 | Data Council | talk | Agents Are Eating the Semantic Layer GenAI & agents as Zenlytic | |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2026 (Orlando) | Gartner Data & Analytics Summit | speaker | Zenlytic: Fast or Right? How Verizon Makes Fast, Right Decisions with an Analytics Agent as Zenlytic Every enterprise faces the same tradeoff: move fast on gut instinct, or wait weeks for data-backed answers. Verizon refused to choose. Hear how Verizon deployed…Show lessEvery enterprise faces the same tradeoff: move fast on gut instinct, or wait weeks for data-backed answers. Verizon refused to choose. Hear how Verizon deployed an analytics AI agent to put trusted data directly in the hands of decision-makers. Leaders get answers in seconds, not weeks. We’ll share what worked, what surprised us, and what it actually takes to close the gap between open questions and confident action at enterprise scale. | |
| Jan 24, 2026 | Data Day Texas + AI 2026 | Data Day Texas | speaker | Agents are eating the semantic layer as Zenlytic When LLMs first hit the scene, the consensus was clear: you need a semantic layer for reliable, accurate results. The benchmarks proved it. | |
| Oct 13, 2025 | Coalesce 2025 | Coalesce | speaker | From one-off wins to org-wide impact: Scaling AI at J.Crew as Zenlytic AI isn’t just a lab experiment at J.Crew. It’s already driving results. | Video |
| Jun 2, 2025 | Snowflake Summit 2025 | Snowflake Summit | speaker | Competing at the Rate of Learning with AI as Zenlytic Explore how Stanley Black & Decker is leveraging AI to turn data into decisions in minutes not days, embedding intelligence across operations to enhance…Show lessExplore how Stanley Black & Decker is leveraging AI to turn data into decisions in minutes not days, embedding intelligence across operations to enhance agility, efficiency and decision-making. Join Prakash Holalkere, Sr Director, Enterprise Architecture & Strategy, Data & AI at Stanley Black & Decker, and Paul Blankley, co-founder and CTO at Zenlytic, as they share their insights on how utilizing AI-driven insights and automation is accelerating innovation, optimizing its supply chain and improving customer experiences. | |
| Oct 7, 2024 | Coalesce 2024 | Coalesce | speaker | Has the modern data stack failed the business? as Zenlytic The modern data stack has improved the lives of data teams everywhere. But has it helped the rest of the business? In this talk, we’ll discuss the business…Show lessThe modern data stack has improved the lives of data teams everywhere. But has it helped the rest of the business? In this talk, we’ll discuss the business teams’ perspective. | Video |
| Oct 16, 2023 | Coalesce 2023 San Diego | Coalesce | speaker | Self serve: The (elusive) holy grail of data teams as Zenlytic The self-serve revolution remains unrealized despite BI tools from Business Objects to Tableau and Looker all aiming for that holy grail. What went wrong? | Video |
| Mar 28, 2023 | Data Council Austin '23 | Data Council | talk | LLM’s & Semantic Layer: Self-serve has Entered the Chat as Zenlytic |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Kronz | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Benn Stancil | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Izzy Miller | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Jason Ganz | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Jenna Jordan | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Joe Reis | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Juan Sequeda | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Anders Swanson | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Barry McCardel | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Dakota Kelley | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Gleb Mezhanskiy | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Grace Goheen | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Greg McKeon | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Ian Whitestone | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Jake Hannan | 3 | — | 2025 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.