Sam Pierson
As Senior Vice President of the Data Business Unit R&D Organization at Qlik, Sam is responsible for driving innovation and continued market growth. Until recently the Chief Technology Officer at Talend, he previously served as a technology executive at SaaS education-technology company Illuminate Education, and at Sansoro Health.
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