Gene Arnold — Business Development Executive
I work at the intersection of data, AI, and governance — which right now happens to be where many organizations are quietly breaking things. By day I’m a Global Partner Solutions Engineer at Atlan, working with companies to operationalize data governance across modern platforms like Databricks, Snowflake, and the broader data stack. Across dozens of real-world implementations, I’ve seen the same pattern repeat itself: AI rarely fails because of the model. It fails because no one governed the context feeding the model. The industry spends a lot of time talking about prompts, agents, and models. Far fewer teams are thinking seriously about metadata, lineage, trust, and control — the systems that actually determine whether AI outputs are reliable. That gap — between powerful AI systems and the data foundations underneath them — is where I spend most of my time. Most recently, I built a financial services compliance demo showing how semantic governance can prevent AI errors in regulated data pipelines — stopping a production-level mistake before it ever reached a model. Outside of my work at Atlan, I occasionally advise teams on practical AI governance: how to design GenAI systems that are auditable, explainable, and safe to operate in regulated environments, particularly in industries like financial services. I’m also a builder at heart. I spend a lot of time experimenting with MCP integrations, agentic workflows, and self-hosted AI infrastructure. My belief is simple: the people who truly understand how these systems work in practice — not just on slides — are the ones who can help organizations deploy them responsibly. AI adoption is accelerating quickly. Governance is still catching up. If you're navigating that gap and need someone who can bridge technical reality, governance strategy, and real-world implementation, I’m always happy to connect.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and AI governance expert with a focus on data integrity.
Location: New York City, United States
Experience: 25 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Data Governance
- Partner Management
- Product Design
- Sales
- Data Warehousing
- Cataloging
Career Highlights
- Expert in AI governance and data operationalization.
- Built financial compliance demo preventing AI errors.
- Advisor on practical AI governance in regulated environments.
Work Experience
Atlan
Partner Sales Engineer (1 yr 1 mo)
Alation
Product Architect (11 mos)
Global Cloud Alliances - Solution Architect (1 yr 4 mos)
Sales Engineer (1 yr 3 mos)
TIBCO Software Inc.
Sr. Sales Engineer (4 yrs 1 mo)
Bluescape Software
Sales Engineer (8 mos)
Wrap Media LLC
Sales Engineer (2 mos)
TIBCO Jaspersoft
Sales Engineer (2 yrs 2 mos)
Sr. Sales Engineer (1 yr)
SAP
Solutions Engineer (1 yr 3 mos)
Sage
Sr. Sales Engineer (6 yrs 8 mos)
Sage Software
Sr Sales Engineer (8 yrs)
FrontRange Solutions
Sr. Sales Engineer (5 yrs)
Education
at County College
