Ifi Derekli is a Field Engineering Manager at Databricks, focusing on helping large enterprises in Manufacturing and High-Tech solve data and AI problems using the Lakehouse architecture. Her subject-matter expertise is security and governance, a crucial component of every enterprise platform. Previously, Ifi was a Presales Manager and Architect at Cloudera. Prior to that, she was a Sales Engineer at Vertica. Ifi holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from Yale University.