Nikolaos
Michail

Nikolaos Michail is the Data Platform Lead at Kaizen Gaming, where he’s on a mission to make data scalable, self-serve, and just a little less chaotic. Whether it's wiring up Data Mesh foundations or convincing people that CI/CD belongs in data too, he’s all about building systems that are fast, reliable, and kind of magical. He’s especially passionate about clean architecture, automation, and enabling teams to ship data products with confidence.

At the 2025 Databricks AI Summit, he’ll walk through Kaizen Gaming’s reimagined data platform— sharing practical insights, hard-earned lessons, and architectural patterns to help you future-proof your cloud data lake for scale, speed, and cost efficiency.