Ali Ghodsi

Ali Ghodsi is the President, CEO and co-founder of Databricks. Under Ali’s leadership, Databricks has pioneered the data intelligence platform built on a lakehouse architecture to simplify and scale analytics and AI for thousands of global organizations. His experience as a data and AI leader spans more than 20 years, with deep roots in AI research and open source software. He was one of the creators of open source project, Apache Spark. In addition to his role at Databricks, he is an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where he focuses on research in the areas of computer systems and AI, and is on the board of UC Berkeley’s RiseLab. Originally from Iran and Sweden, Ali resides in Berkeley, CA with his family.