(US and Canada) Industry’s first Data Knowledge Workplace, aka knowledge catalog DataGalaxy has expanded its services in the North American region. The move comes after the company’s success in Europe delivering culture and literacy to 110+ leading brands (Sephora, Dior, SwissLife, SNCF, and Thales Group) across industries in key global markets. Additionally, it has also signed up as a sponsor for the CDO Magazine Executive Community Dinner which was recently held in Columbus on March 1, 2023.

DataGalaxy has gained a strong reputation as the industry’s only knowledge catalog helping organizations understand how their entire business runs on data. Many leading brands regard DataGalaxy a proven ROI-driven alternative to traditional data governance catalog tools, which are often too expensive and lack adoption. An established leader in Europe, growing rapidly and operating worldwide, it offers a user-centric platform dedicated to metadata mapping, active metadata management, and metadata knowledge sharing. With its innovative approach to data governance and cataloging, DataGalaxy helps businesses of all sizes gain control over their data assets and make better, more informed decisions.

Earlier in 2023, DataGalaxy hired Kash Mehdi, as the Vice President of Growth to lead its growth efforts in the US and globally. Kash comes with over a decade of international experience in scaling go-to-market functions at hyper-growth SaaS companies. Kash Mehdi brings a wealth of expertise to the table. As the fifth US employee to work at Collibra, he played a crucial role in the company’s journey from a startup phase to achieving a multi-billion dollar valuation. He also contributed significantly to Informatica’s foray into the data governance, catalog and privacy space, and to its IPO in 2021.

"We are thrilled to bring our data management and governance platform to North America," said Lazhar Sellami, Co-founder and CEO of DataGalaxy Inc. "Our platform offers a unique set of capabilities that enables organizations and data leaders to manage their data assets more efficiently and effectively while ensuring compliance with data privacy and security regulations." 

The DataGalaxy platform is designed to help organizations overcome the challenges associated with managing data in today’s complex and ever-changing data landscape. With the increasing amount of data being generated by organizations, there is a growing need for robust data knowledge cataloging solutions that can help them manage and govern their data assets more effectively.

"DataGalaxy is the industry’s first knowledge catalog disruptor delivering data culture and literacy across over 110 leading brands. We have a proven ROI-driven alternative to traditional data governance catalog tools lacking adoption." 

With origins in Lyon, France, DataGalaxy has already established its presence in Europe, with clients including major corporations across a variety of industry sectors like automobile, fashion, energy, and technology. The company is now looking to expand its footprint in North America, where it sees significant growth opportunities led by the increasing influence of data leaders and the surging demand for data and analytics-driven decision-making.

“DataGalaxy in one word: usability. Because it is a solution that is easy to use by each and every collaborator in the company, from the most novice to the most expert collaborator – and will allow them to fully understand, control and share data assets,” said Antoine Toraille, Data Governance Project Manager at Bouygues Telecom.

On a similar note, Xavier Macé from leading construction machinery provider Haulotte said, “DataGalaxy has allowed us to have centralized data documentation, easy to use and which offers us a real time-saving in answering users’ questions about the data.”

"We are excited to bring our expertise and capabilities to North America and help organizations and data and analytics leaders in the region transform their data management practices," said Sellami. "We look forward to meeting, sharing knowledge, and working with influential data executives and helping them unlock the full value of their data assets."

For those eager to kickstart their data governance use cases with DataGalaxy, we invite you to apply for our Early Adopter Program. We are giving away 30-day complimentary access to 10 available seats. You can apply here."