Ali Benamara

Ali Benamara is an experienced technology leader with a strong background in big data, cloud architecture, and artificial intelligence. Currently serving as Chief Architect at Abacus Insights since 2021, Ali oversees the development of the NextGen platform's GenAI and LLM architecture, as well as leading the NextGen lakehouse architecture using Databricks and Snowflake. Previously, as President of Arkodia Consulting, LLC from 2016 to 2020, Ali successfully directed a Big Data consulting firm and led diverse teams in producing complex technological environments. Additionally, as a Principal Consultant at Databricks, Ali contributed to numerous big data and AI projects while training Fortune 500 companies in Apache Spark and cloud architectures. Ali's earlier experience includes a role as Senior Big Data Consultant at Amazon Web Services, where responsibilities included project management and cloud architecture for Fortune 500 clients, focusing on data lake architectures and machine learning solutions.