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Join us at Taste of IT 2026

We’re a Bronze sponsor at Ohio’s 20th annual technology conference. The whole team is at our booth all day, and Chris St. Amand and Chad Puterbaugh take the stage after lunch to talk through the medallion architecture.

Meet us there
The Smart Data team at the booth, Taste of IT 2025
Date
Wednesday, Nov 18
30 days away
Our talk
1:20 to 2:10 p.m.
Session 3, after lunch
Venue
Sinclair Conference Center
North entrance; parking under Building 12. Directions
Find us
The Smart Data booth
All day, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

At the booth, all day

Meet the team at the booth

Connect before the event so we know to look for you.

  • Chris St. AmandSpeaking

    Chris St. Amand

    Co-CEO

  • Chad PuterbaughSpeaking

    Chad Puterbaugh

    Data Architect

  • Riel St. Amand

    Riel St. Amand

    AI Solutions Advocate

  • Alexa Murrietta

    Alexa Murrietta

    Chief of Staff

  • Justin Smith

    Justin Smith

    Solutions Architect

  • Robyn Miller

    Robyn Miller

    Business Development and Partnership Manager

Ask us about

  • Data in a dozen systems and reports that disagree

    We build the platform that pulls it together on Microsoft Fabric or Databricks, with governance from the first decision.

    See our platform work
  • AI pilots that never make it to production

    We ground AI in your own governed data, so its answers can be checked and its cost planned.

    AI on your data
  • Build with us in Dayton and Hyderabad

    We’re hiring engineers and analysts. Ask the team what working here is actually like.

    See open roles

Speaking session

Wrangling Your Data with the Medallion Architecture

“AI is good at finding patterns. It can’t tell you a pattern came from a bug.” Chris St. Amand
Session 3 · Wednesday, Nov 18 · 1:20 to 2:10 p.m. · Sinclair Conference Center
  • Chris St. AmandSpeaker

    Chris St. Amand

    Co-CEO

  • Chad PuterbaughSpeaker

    Chad Puterbaugh

    Data Architect

Before you sit downTake the data readiness assessment6 minutes. Know which layer is your problem.Take it
What you’ll hear
  1. Why two reports never agree

    The problems every data team knows

  2. Bronze

    A raw copy of every source

  3. Silver

    Where trust gets built

  4. Gold

    Business-ready for dashboards and AI

  5. Microsoft FabricDatabricksSnowflake

    On your platform

    Fabric, Databricks or Snowflake

  6. Where to start

    And the prize draw

The Smart Data team with the Technology First award, 2023

Technology First

Back at Taste of IT for another year

  1. 2023

    Named Best IT Services Company by Technology First

  2. 2024

    Two talks and a booth

  3. 2025

    “Hype or Help? Real-World Lessons from Applying AI to IT Software Projects”

    Read the 2025 article

Not going to Taste of IT?

Talk to us about scope

One call about what you’re trying to do. You get a written proposal if the work fits.

  1. A short call

    What runs today, what needs to change and where the medallion layers would start for you.

  2. An engineer looks at what’s running

    Scope comes from your systems as they are, before anything is priced.

  3. You get a written proposal

    Covering scope, team, approach and price.

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