Zaheera Valani

Zaheera Valani is a seasoned engineering leader with extensive experience in data management and collaboration technologies. At Databricks since October 2021, Zaheera serves as VP Engineering and Site Lead in Seattle, overseeing teams focused on Data Sharing & Collaboration, Unity Catalog Experiences, and Databricks SQL Experiences. Prior to this role, Zaheera held various senior leadership positions at Tableau Software, where responsibilities included leading engineering and product management for data management solutions. Previous experience includes serving as Engineering Director at Caradigm and as a Senior Lead Software Engineer at Microsoft, where Zaheera played a key role in establishing the Silverlight team and contributed to significant Excel features. Zaheera holds a Bachelor of Science Honors in Computer Science from Queen's University and completed executive education at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.