How to Succeed with AI by Building an AI-Ready Data Foundation
On-demand Webinar
Overview
AI adoption is accelerating across every industry. Many organisations however quickly discover the same challenge: their data infrastructure isn’t ready to support it.
The problem is rarely the model itself. More often, it’s fragmented data pipelines, inconsistent data quality, missing business context, and governance that struggles to keep up with modern demand.
Many data teams are still stitching together disconnected tools and manually coding pipelines, creating brittle workflows, limited visibility, and slow development cycles that stall AI initiatives.
In this session with Climber and our partner TimeXtender, you’ll explore how a metadata-driven approach can transform how organisations build and manage their data environments to support AI, Automation, and Analytics.
What you’ll learn
- How to automate the data lifecycle – from ingestion and transformation to governance and orchestration.
- How metadata-driven automation creates trusted, AI-ready data across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments.
- How keeping business logic independent of your data platform avoids vendor lock-in.
- How to replace fragmented tools and manual pipelines with a scalable, governed data foundation.
Who should attend?
This webinar is ideal for professionals responsible for building or managing modern data platforms, including:
- Data Engineers and Data Architects
- Chief Data Officers
- IT and Data Platform Leaders
- Data & Analytics Leaders
- AI and Machine Learning Teams
- Business Intelligence and Analytics Professionals
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Tom Cotterill, Senior BI Consultant, Climber
Tom is a highly experienced BI and data integration consultant specialising in modern data architectures. He works with organisations to modernise legacy data estates, reduce operational risk, and design trusted data foundations that scale for growing business use cases.
Stefan Ahlbom, Senior Presales Consultant, TimeXtender
Stefan specialises in helping organisations connect the right data solutions to their business needs. With expertise in cloud migration, data management, and modern data platforms, he supports customers in building trusted data foundations. Passionate about the role of AI in modern organisations, Stefan helps clients achieve AI-ready data for every decision.
Any questions? Please get in touch!
Alex Booth
Business Development Manager
alex.booth@climberbi.co.uk
+44 203 858 0668
Tom Cotterill
Senior BI Consultant
tom.cotterill@climberbi.co.uk
+44 203 858 0668
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