Keith Belanger is the Field CTO at DataOps.live and a Snowflake Data Superhero with 30 years of experience designing, modernizing, and operationalizing enterprise data ecosystems. He has helped organizations of all sizes transform and implement enterprise data strategies using leading methodologies such as the Kimball Star Schema, Data Vault 2.0, data lakes, and modern lakehouse architectures. Over the past seven years, his work has focused heavily on solutions built on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud.

Throughout his career, Keith has led major data strategy and architecture initiatives across financial services, insurance, continuing education, manufacturing, communications, and healthcare. He has played a key role in accelerating cloud modernization journeys, both as a senior data architect and later as a consultant guiding Fortune 500 companies through enterprise data strategy development, assessments, and implementation programs. In recent years, he has served as a Product Evangelist and Field CTO for modern cloud data platforms, bringing the voice of the customer and real-world industry needs into product design and innovation.

Keith frequently blogs, publishes thought leadership, and produces videos sharing his perspectives and experiences across the data industry. A regular conference speaker, he is known for making complex technical concepts understandable, practical, and immediately actionable for data teams.

Today, Keith focuses on advancing DataOps automation, data product delivery, and AI-ready data foundations, empowering organizations to deliver trustworthy, governed, high-quality data at speed. He is passionate about bridging the gap between technical engineering and real-world business outcomes, helping enterprises operationalize their data with confidence in the era of AI.