Data Architecture & Distributed Systems Expert; Author of "Data Mesh"; Founder of Nextdata
Zhamak Dehghani Biography
Zhamak Dehghani is a technologist, author, and expert in data architecture and distributed systems. Dehghani holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Software from Shahid Beheshti University and a master's degree in IT management from the University of Sydney. With more than 20 years of experience as a software engineer and technologist, she has contributed to multiple patents in distributed systems and has focused her career on decentralized technology solutions, including data mesh, decentralized trust and identity, and networking protocols.
Before founding her own company, Dehghani served as director of emerging technologies in North America for ThoughtWorks, where she concentrated on distributed systems architecture and digital platform strategy. During her tenure at ThoughtWorks, she introduced the data mesh concept, a paradigm focused on data decentralization. Dehghani first proposed data mesh in a blog post and later expanded on the concept in her book, "Data Mesh." In the book, she presents data mesh as a decentralized sociotechnical paradigm derived from modern distributed architecture, offering guidance to practitioners, architects, technical leaders, and decision makers transitioning from traditional big data architecture to a distributed, multidimensional approach to analytical data management. The approach treats data as a product, prioritizes domains, applies platform thinking to create self-serve data infrastructure, and introduces a federated computational model of data governance.
Dehghani has contributed to the industry through her expertise in distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and streaming platforms. She is recognized for her work on data mesh, which emphasizes domain-oriented, self-serve data infrastructure. Dehghani has published articles, delivered keynote speeches, and conducted workshops, providing guidance to organizations adopting decentralized data architecture. She has also served on the ThoughtWorks Technology Advisory Board and contributed to the ThoughtWorks Technology Radar.
Dehghani's company, Nextdata, developed Nextdata OS, a unified platform for building and operating autonomous data products. Nextdata OS standardizes and interconnects enterprise data estates, enabling scalable, discoverable, and self-governing data products. The platform supports analytics, machine learning, and AI agents, automating data product creation, unifying structured and unstructured data, and enabling secure use of enterprise data without requiring replatforming or additional specialized stacks. Through her writing, speaking, and entrepreneurial work, Dehghani continues to influence enterprise data management, distributed systems, and AI-driven analytics.
Zhamak Dehghani Videos
Introduction to Data Mesh with Zhamak Dehghani - YouTube
Zhamak Dehghani works with ThoughtWorks as the director of emerging technologies in North America, with a focus on distributed systems and ...
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