Ram Narayanan

Goldman Sach's Lakehouse platform with Iceberg, allows zero-copy data sharing and iceberg rest catalog integration across vendor engines, and seamlessly manages trust, entitlements and governance across these engines. This session will detail Goldman Sachs' journey in developing an "Iceberg-first" data platform, leveraging Lakehouse architecture and will cover the critical architectural and design choices that underpinned this initiative.

This session demonstrates how Goldman Sachs architected an enterprise-grade open lakehouse with built-in governance by combining Snowflake's advanced data sharing capabilities with an open lakehouse architecture. Discover how this approach solves challenges like data silos and duplication, enabling unprecedented scale and flexibility. We'll explore the core principles of zero-copy sharing and interoperability, and how Apache Iceberg integration and the Horizon Catalog enable secure, multi-engine read and write access. This unified platform breaks down traditional vendor lock-in while maintaining enterprise-grade security and governance controls using Snowflake's Org 2.0 and Zero ETL resharing features.