Starburst, the data platform for apps and AI, recognized the winners of the 2025 Data Visionary Awards at a celebration event held alongside AI & Datanova 2025 Thursday evening. The awards honor customers and partners who are harnessing data and AI to deliver transformative results, accelerate innovation, and shape the future of their industries.
The awards celebrate achievements across six customer categories and four partner categories, recognizing visionaries whose leadership and execution are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with Starburst.
Customer Award Winners
● AI & Data Visionary Award: S&P Global Market Intelligence – Enterprise Solutions Technology Team
The Enterprise Solutions Technology team at S&P Global Market Intelligence is recognized for its bold vision and execution in building a modern, AI-ready data foundation leveraging Starburst. By embracing a federated, governed architecture, the team has accelerated innovation, reduced time-to-market, and set a new standard for responsible AI adoption.
● Executive AI & Data Visionary Award Winner: Anna Nicanorova, CTO, Annalect
Anna is recognized for her leadership in driving Annalect’s enterprise-wide data vision and AI transformation. By championing Starburst, she has accelerated insights, strengthened decision-making, and delivered measurable business impact across Annalect’s global operations.
● Data AI Award Winner: Asurion
Asurion is recognized for building a modern, AI-ready data foundation with Starburst, including Iceberg lakehouses, federated access, and strong governance. This approach positions Asurion for scalable AI adoption, future RAG use cases, and accelerated enterprise insights.
● Impact Through AI Award Winner: Arity
Arity is recognized for harnessing Starburst to power data-driven insights that improve transportation safety and efficiency. By applying AI to vast mobility datasets, Arity helps businesses and communities reduce risk, optimize operations, and make faster, more informed decisions, thereby delivering measurable impact across the transportation ecosystem.
● Data Pathfinder Award Winner: Periyasamy Sivakumar (Siva), Head of Data Engineering, OCBC
Siva is recognized for his leadership in driving Starburst adoption and data modernization at OCBC. Through hands-on influence and advocacy, he has delivered results in a complex, regulated environment and inspired peers across the organization.
● Data Disruptor Award Winner: PSEG Long Island
PSEG Long Island is recognized for its bold, fast-moving approach to transforming data and analytics. By leveraging Starburst to modernize access to critical data and accelerate insights, PSEG Long Island demonstrated how a forward-thinking organization can disrupt traditional practices and drive meaningful impact.
Partner Award Winners
● Starburst Partner: Data Visionary Award Winner: Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS)
AWS is recognized for advancing cloud-native AI and data solutions that empower enterprises to unlock transformative insights and accelerate business value with Starburst.
● Starburst Partner: Data Trailblazer Award Winner: Dell Technologies
Dell is celebrated for helping joint customers modernize their data architectures with Starburst, delivering integrated, high-performance solutions that bring the power of governed, federated analytics to enterprises at scale, and enabling organizations to accelerate their AI and data-driven initiatives.
● Integration & Ecosystem Impact Award Winner: Alteryx
Alteryx is honored for delivering seamless integration and technical innovation that extend the value of Starburst, enabling organizations to achieve new levels of interoperability and business impact.
● Managed Service Excellence Award Winner: Kubrick
Kubrick is recognized for outstanding implementation expertise, customer satisfaction, and the ability to drive transformative outcomes through high-impact Starburst deployments.
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Starburst Announces Winners of the 2025 Data Visionary Awards
Starburst, the data platform for apps and AI, recognized the winners of the 2025 Data Visionary Awards at a celebration event held alongside AI & Datanova 2025 Thursday evening. The awards honor customers and partners who are harnessing data and AI to deliver transformative results, accelerate innovation, and shape the future of their industries.
The awards celebrate achievements across six customer categories and four partner categories, recognizing visionaries whose leadership and execution are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with Starburst.
Customer Award Winners
● AI & Data Visionary Award: S&P Global Market Intelligence – Enterprise Solutions Technology Team
The Enterprise Solutions Technology team at S&P Global Market Intelligence is recognized for its bold vision and execution in building a modern, AI-ready data foundation leveraging Starburst. By embracing a federated, governed architecture, the team has accelerated innovation, reduced time-to-market, and set a new standard for responsible AI adoption.
● Executive AI & Data Visionary Award Winner: Anna Nicanorova, CTO, Annalect
Anna is recognized for her leadership in driving Annalect’s enterprise-wide data vision and AI transformation. By championing Starburst, she has accelerated insights, strengthened decision-making, and delivered measurable business impact across Annalect’s global operations.
● Data AI Award Winner: Asurion
Asurion is recognized for building a modern, AI-ready data foundation with Starburst, including Iceberg lakehouses, federated access, and strong governance. This approach positions Asurion for scalable AI adoption, future RAG use cases, and accelerated enterprise insights.
● Impact Through AI Award Winner: Arity
Arity is recognized for harnessing Starburst to power data-driven insights that improve transportation safety and efficiency. By applying AI to vast mobility datasets, Arity helps businesses and communities reduce risk, optimize operations, and make faster, more informed decisions, thereby delivering measurable impact across the transportation ecosystem.
● Data Pathfinder Award Winner: Periyasamy Sivakumar (Siva), Head of Data Engineering, OCBC
Siva is recognized for his leadership in driving Starburst adoption and data modernization at OCBC. Through hands-on influence and advocacy, he has delivered results in a complex, regulated environment and inspired peers across the organization.
● Data Disruptor Award Winner: PSEG Long Island
PSEG Long Island is recognized for its bold, fast-moving approach to transforming data and analytics. By leveraging Starburst to modernize access to critical data and accelerate insights, PSEG Long Island demonstrated how a forward-thinking organization can disrupt traditional practices and drive meaningful impact.
Partner Award Winners
● Starburst Partner: Data Visionary Award Winner: Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS)
AWS is recognized for advancing cloud-native AI and data solutions that empower enterprises to unlock transformative insights and accelerate business value with Starburst.
● Starburst Partner: Data Trailblazer Award Winner: Dell Technologies
Dell is celebrated for helping joint customers modernize their data architectures with Starburst, delivering integrated, high-performance solutions that bring the power of governed, federated analytics to enterprises at scale, and enabling organizations to accelerate their AI and data-driven initiatives.
● Integration & Ecosystem Impact Award Winner: Alteryx
Alteryx is honored for delivering seamless integration and technical innovation that extend the value of Starburst, enabling organizations to achieve new levels of interoperability and business impact.
● Managed Service Excellence Award Winner: Kubrick
Kubrick is recognized for outstanding implementation expertise, customer satisfaction, and the ability to drive transformative outcomes through high-impact Starburst deployments.
Attend AI + Datanova Virtual featuring Trino Day, a two-day virtual event, October 22–23, 2025. Register here
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