Animesh Kumar is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at The Modern Data Company, where he leads the design and development of DataOS, the company’s flagship data operating system. With over two decades in data engineering and platform development, he is also the founding curator of Modern Data 101, an independent community for data leaders and practitioners, and a contributor to the Data Developer Platform (DDP) specification, shaping how the industry approaches data products and platforms.
Animesh talks about data products and their role in enabling the data application layer: from BI Analytics and Reports to Agentic Ecosystem and AI Apps.
Animesh Kumar is the Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer at The Modern Data Company, where his vision is to simplify, unify, and scale how organizations build, manage, and operationalise data as a product.
At Modern, Animesh directs the architecture and evolution of DataOS, a composable, scalable “data operating system” designed to break silos and accelerate high-impact data applications. He is also a founding contributor to the Data Developer Platform (DDP) specification, helping to define standards and patterns for how modern organisations build data-intensive systems. Animesh is also the founding author of Modern Data 101, a fast-growing knowledge hub and community of over 10,000 data leaders and practitioners. Through Modern Data 101, he shares insights, frameworks, and thought leadership on the evolving landscape of data products, decentralisation, and platform-driven strategies.
Before Modern, Animesh accumulated rich experience across product engineering, platform architecture, and leadership roles:
Over more than 20 years in the technology space, Animesh has built deep domain expertise in distributed systems, data engineering, platform architecture, and product thinking. He is a frequent contributor to data-platform discourse, sharing his insights on data decentralization, architecture patterns, and the importance of treating data as a product.
Animesh holds a B.Tech in Electronics from the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad.
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