Andrew Madson
Andrew Madson
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Head of Developer Relations
United States
I help data and AI startups build developer communities that drive adoption -> revenue.
Currently a member of the technical staff and head of developer relations at Perplexity AI.
What I bring:
→ (3x) Founding DevRel — built programs from scratch at two data infrastructure companies
→ (1x) Founding Product Marketer — launched GTM for a data startup pre-acquisition
→ Led analytics and ML teams across Fortune 500 companies and higher education
→ O'Reilly author: Co-author of Apache Polaris: The Definitive Guide. Currently writing Data Transformation: The Definitive Guide and AI-Ready Data: Elevating Content into Context for Modern AI Systems
→ 250K+ community across YouTube (110K), LinkedIn (95K), and newsletter (35K)
→ 50+ keynote presentations worldwide
→ 18K+ learners across 5 LinkedIn Learning courses
→ Adjunct professor of data science and engineering at 7 universities
I work with technical founders and data teams building the next-generation data infrastructure — Apache Iceberg, data lakehouses, transformation tools, and AI infrastructure.
If you're a data startup founder looking for DevRel strategy, GTM consulting, or a keynote speaker who actually understands the stack — let's talk.
→ andrewmadson.com/contact
Currently a member of the technical staff and head of developer relations at Perplexity AI.
What I bring:
→ (3x) Founding DevRel — built programs from scratch at two data infrastructure companies
→ (1x) Founding Product Marketer — launched GTM for a data startup pre-acquisition
→ Led analytics and ML teams across Fortune 500 companies and higher education
→ O'Reilly author: Co-author of Apache Polaris: The Definitive Guide. Currently writing Data Transformation: The Definitive Guide and AI-Ready Data: Elevating Content into Context for Modern AI Systems
→ 250K+ community across YouTube (110K), LinkedIn (95K), and newsletter (35K)
→ 50+ keynote presentations worldwide
→ 18K+ learners across 5 LinkedIn Learning courses
→ Adjunct professor of data science and engineering at 7 universities
I work with technical founders and data teams building the next-generation data infrastructure — Apache Iceberg, data lakehouses, transformation tools, and AI infrastructure.
If you're a data startup founder looking for DevRel strategy, GTM consulting, or a keynote speaker who actually understands the stack — let's talk.
→ andrewmadson.com/contact