May 27th, 2025
9am PST / 12pm EST
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COO
Mala Tejwani is the Chief Operations Officer at DataStax, where she leads data operations across the company, driving growth, optimizing processes, and ensuring cross-functional alignment, including Go-To-Market (GTM). She played a critical role in the acquisition and integration efforts of DataStax into IBM, overseeing the seamless transition of 600 employees and multiple product lines. With over 8 years at Google, she held key roles such as Chief of Staff for Cloud AI, Cloud Program Manager in Product Operations, and HR Business Partner. Prior to her tech career, Mala was a professional dancer with Cirque du Soleil and a choreographer for So You Think You Can Dance. Her unique blend of tech expertise and artistic discipline makes her a dynamic leader in the AI space.
Global Lead, Microsoft Partnerships
Greg is a strategic technology leader with over a decade of experience in data, AI, and cloud innovation. He leads global partnerships, notably with Microsoft, and is a recognized voice in GenAI and agentic AI applications. Greg also teaches at Willamette University and founded Schema Sauce, a hub for AI and data practitioners. He champions inclusive tech communities and mentors emerging leaders.
President and Co-founder
Across twenty years at SAP and WorkSpan, Amit has designed and launched some of the largest partnership programs running today.
As the president of WorkSpan, he works across cloud providers, GSIs, ISVs, and genAI companies to understand their partner programs, the latest trends, and the direction of the industry. WorkSpan provides the software that drives repeatable, revenue-generating processes for thousands of partnerships.
CEO and Co-founder
Mayank has always believed in the importance of data, analytics and applications in helping people make better decisions. Prior to founding WorkSpan, he founded Big Data pioneer Aster Data Systems, acquired by Teradata in 2011 where he served as Co-President of Teradata Aster division. He has a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University and B.Tech from IIT Bombay.
Managing partnerships across multiple cloud platforms requires precision, coordination, and scale, and the partner team at DataStax are industry leaders in executing effectively across AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud at scale.
Join Mala Tejwani, Chief Operating Officer at DataStax, as she shares her perspective on where partner ecosystems are headed, from the growing complexity of multicloud collaboration to the emerging role of AI in driving scale. She’ll reflect on what it takes to operationalize partner strategy across AWS, Microsoft, and Google and how those learnings are now shaping DataStax’s integration into IBM’s broader ecosystem.
Greg Petrossian, Global Lead of Microsoft Partnership at DataStax, will also discuss how their team is bringing together field, partner, and sales teams to drive more coordinated, efficient co-sell execution. He’ll share best practices for aligning teams, workflows for accelerating cloud co-selling outcomes across, and a live demo showcasing how WorkSpan AI can easily remove the friction of leveraging partnerships across your organization.WorkSpan AI is enabling automation, alignment, and visibility across their co-sell execution process.