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About the Speaker

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Junta Nakai '04
Global Vice President at Databricks

Junta Nakai is a Global Vice President at Databricks, a Silicon Valley based AI company recently valued at $62 billion. In his capacity as head of Cybersecurity, Public Sector, and Financial Services, he is responsible for growing revenues across capital markets, banking, insurance, as well as federal, state, and local government customers. Additionally, Junta oversees the business strategy for cybersecurity and sits on the firm-wide sustainability steering committee. Outside of Tech, he is a co-founder of Brooklyn Kura, America’s largest craft sake brewery. Before joining Databricks, Junta spent 14 years at Goldman Sachs, where he held various leadership positions within the Equities Division. Junta lives in New York with his wife and 2 children.