Whether big or small, one of the biggest challenges organizations face when they want to work with data effectively is often lack of access to it. This is where building a data platform comes in. But building a data platform is no easy feat. It's not just about centralizing data in the data warehouse, it’s also about making sure that data is actionable, trustable and usable. So, how do you make sure your data platform is up to par? Shuang Li is Group Product Manager at Box. With experience of building data, analytics, ML, and observability platform products for both external and internal customers, Shuang is always passionate about the insights, optimizations, and predictions that big data and AI/ML make possible. Throughout her career, she transitioned from academia to engineering, from engineering to product management, and then from an individual contributor to an emerging product executive. In the episode, Adel and Shuang explore her career journey, including transitioning from academia to engineering and helping to work on Google Fiber, how to build a data platform, ingestion pipelines, processing pipelines, challenges and milestones in building a data platform, data observability and quality, developer experience, data democratization, future trends and a lot more.  Links Mentioned in the Show: BoxConnect with Shuang on Linkedin[Course] Understanding Modern Data ArchitectureRelated Episode: Scaling Enterprise Analytics with Libby Duane Adams, Chief Advocacy Officer and Co-Founder of Alteryx New to DataCamp? Learn on the go using the DataCamp mobile appEmpower your business with world-class data and AI skills with DataCamp for business