<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:taxo="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/taxonomy/" version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title>topic DAIS 2026 Speaker Spotlight Series #11 | Krishan Kumar in DAIS 2026</title>
    <link>https://community.databricks.com/t5/dais-2026/dais-2026-speaker-spotlight-series-11-krishan-kumar/m-p/157864#M51</link>
    <description>&lt;DIV style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'DM Sans', Roboto, sans-serif; color: #0a2540; line-height: 1.75; max-width: 880px; margin: 0 auto;"&gt;&lt;!-- ============ HERO ============ --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="background: #F8F5F0; border-radius: 20px; padding: 56px 48px; margin-bottom: 28px; border: 1px solid #EAE2D2; position: relative; overflow: hidden;"&gt;&lt;!-- speaker photo in top-right corner — local preview path. Before posting in Khoros, upload the photo (assets/krishan-kumar.jpg) and replace src with the Khoros image URL (e.g. https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/...) --&gt; &lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="Krishan Kumar.jpeg" style="width: 120px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27258iF14A2F65D24D6D8B/image-dimensions/120x120?v=v2" width="120" height="120" role="button" title="Krishan Kumar.jpeg" alt="Krishan Kumar.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!-- thin gold rule + eyebrow --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="height: 2px; width: 48px; background: #D4A437; margin-bottom: 22px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 4px; color: #0a2540; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 16px;"&gt;DAIS 2026 · Speaker Spotlight&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- main title --&gt;
&lt;H1 style="margin: 0 0 14px 0; font-size: 56px; line-height: 1; font-weight: 900; color: #0a2540; letter-spacing: -1.5px;"&gt;A conversation&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT color="#339966"&gt;&lt;EM&gt;with&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Krishan Kumar&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H1&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 20px 0 0 0; font-size: 17px; color: #4b5563; max-width: 620px; line-height: 1.5;"&gt;On governed data sharing and collaboration at scale — a deep dive into the security best practices that make it work.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- ============ SESSION DETAILS ============ --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="background: #0A2540; border-radius: 16px; padding: 28px 32px; margin: 0 0 28px 0; color: #f8f5f0; position: relative; overflow: hidden;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 3px; color: #d4a437; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;The Session&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;H2 style="margin: 0 0 18px 0; font-size: 22px; color: #ffffff; font-weight: 800; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: -0.3px;"&gt;&lt;A style="color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/session/governed-data-sharing-collaboration-scale-deep-dive-security-best" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Governed Data Sharing &amp;amp; Collaboration at Scale: A Deep Dive into Security Best Practices&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;DIV style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: stretch;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="padding: 6px 28px 6px 0; border-right: 1px solid rgba(212,164,55,0.35);"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 10px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; color: #d4a437; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 4px;"&gt;Date&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 15px; color: #f8f5f0; font-weight: bold;"&gt;June 16, 2026&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="padding: 6px 28px; border-right: 1px solid rgba(212,164,55,0.35);"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 10px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; color: #d4a437; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 4px;"&gt;Time&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 15px; color: #f8f5f0; font-weight: bold;"&gt;3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="padding: 6px 0 6px 28px;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 10px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; color: #d4a437; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 4px;"&gt;Location&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 15px; color: #f8f5f0; font-weight: bold;"&gt;San Francisco + Virtual&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="margin-top: 22px; padding-top: 18px; border-top: 1px solid rgba(212,164,55,0.35); display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 18px;"&gt;&lt;A style="font-size: 13px; color: #d4a437; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" href="https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/session/governed-data-sharing-collaboration-scale-deep-dive-security-best" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;→ View session on the DAIS agenda&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;·&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;A style="font-size: 13px; color: #d4a437; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" href="https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/speaker/krishan-kumar" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;→ Krishan's DAIS speaker profile&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- ============ INTRO ============ --&gt;
&lt;P style="font-size: 16px; color: #1f2937;"&gt;The &lt;STRONG&gt;DAIS 2026 Speaker Spotlight&lt;/STRONG&gt; is a series where we hand the mic to the speakers heading to Data + AI Summit — in their own voice, no press-release polish.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="font-size: 16px; color: #1f2937;"&gt;This time, &lt;STRONG&gt;Krishan Kumar&lt;/STRONG&gt; recorded his answers on video. Hit play below to hear, in his own words, what he's bringing to DAIS 2026 — and why governed data sharing matters more than ever.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;!-- ============ VIDEO FEATURE — inline HTML5 player (no external player branding) ============ --&gt;
&lt;DIV class="video-wrap" style="margin: 36px 0;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 3px; color: #d4a437; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;Watch the conversation&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="max-width: 360px; margin: 0 auto; border-radius: 16px; overflow: hidden; background: #0A2540; box-shadow: 0 10px 28px rgba(10,37,64,0.22);"&gt;&lt;VIDEO style="width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; background: #0A2540;" preload="metadata" controls="controls" width="300" height="150"&gt;
      &lt;SOURCE src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dwgksi3ut/video/upload/krishan-kumar-spotlight_h0lp20.mp4" type="video/mp4"&gt;&lt;/SOURCE&gt;
      Your browser does not support inline video.
    &lt;/VIDEO&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 14px 0 0 0; font-size: 13px; color: #6b7280; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"&gt;Krishan walks through his session, why it matters in 2026, and what you'll take home.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- ============ CLOSING NOTE ============ --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="background: #0A2540; border-radius: 20px; padding: 44px 44px; margin-top: 48px; color: #f8f5f0; position: relative; overflow: hidden;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="height: 2px; width: 48px; background: #D4A437; margin-bottom: 18px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 3px; color: #d4a437; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 12px;"&gt;A note from us&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0; font-size: 21px; color: #f8f5f0; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.4; letter-spacing: -0.2px; max-width: 640px;"&gt;Speakers are the heart of DAIS, and helping the world hear your story is one of the best parts of our job.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;P style="margin-top: 22px; font-size: 13px; color: #6b7280; font-style: italic;"&gt;Part of the &lt;STRONG&gt;DAIS 2026 Speaker Spotlight&lt;/STRONG&gt; series — more voices dropping in the weeks ahead. Got a DAIS speaker you'd love to hear from next? Mention them in the comments — we're always listening.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 08:07:34 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Tushar_Parekar</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2026-05-29T08:07:34Z</dc:date>
    <item>
      <title>DAIS 2026 Speaker Spotlight Series #11 | Krishan Kumar</title>
      <link>https://community.databricks.com/t5/dais-2026/dais-2026-speaker-spotlight-series-11-krishan-kumar/m-p/157864#M51</link>
      <description>&lt;DIV style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'DM Sans', Roboto, sans-serif; color: #0a2540; line-height: 1.75; max-width: 880px; margin: 0 auto;"&gt;&lt;!-- ============ HERO ============ --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="background: #F8F5F0; border-radius: 20px; padding: 56px 48px; margin-bottom: 28px; border: 1px solid #EAE2D2; position: relative; overflow: hidden;"&gt;&lt;!-- speaker photo in top-right corner — local preview path. Before posting in Khoros, upload the photo (assets/krishan-kumar.jpg) and replace src with the Khoros image URL (e.g. https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/...) --&gt; &lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="Krishan Kumar.jpeg" style="width: 120px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27258iF14A2F65D24D6D8B/image-dimensions/120x120?v=v2" width="120" height="120" role="button" title="Krishan Kumar.jpeg" alt="Krishan Kumar.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!-- thin gold rule + eyebrow --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="height: 2px; width: 48px; background: #D4A437; margin-bottom: 22px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 4px; color: #0a2540; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 16px;"&gt;DAIS 2026 · Speaker Spotlight&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- main title --&gt;
&lt;H1 style="margin: 0 0 14px 0; font-size: 56px; line-height: 1; font-weight: 900; color: #0a2540; letter-spacing: -1.5px;"&gt;A conversation&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT color="#339966"&gt;&lt;EM&gt;with&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Krishan Kumar&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H1&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 20px 0 0 0; font-size: 17px; color: #4b5563; max-width: 620px; line-height: 1.5;"&gt;On governed data sharing and collaboration at scale — a deep dive into the security best practices that make it work.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- ============ SESSION DETAILS ============ --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="background: #0A2540; border-radius: 16px; padding: 28px 32px; margin: 0 0 28px 0; color: #f8f5f0; position: relative; overflow: hidden;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 3px; color: #d4a437; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;The Session&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;H2 style="margin: 0 0 18px 0; font-size: 22px; color: #ffffff; font-weight: 800; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: -0.3px;"&gt;&lt;A style="color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/session/governed-data-sharing-collaboration-scale-deep-dive-security-best" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Governed Data Sharing &amp;amp; Collaboration at Scale: A Deep Dive into Security Best Practices&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;DIV style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: stretch;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="padding: 6px 28px 6px 0; border-right: 1px solid rgba(212,164,55,0.35);"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 10px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; color: #d4a437; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 4px;"&gt;Date&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 15px; color: #f8f5f0; font-weight: bold;"&gt;June 16, 2026&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="padding: 6px 28px; border-right: 1px solid rgba(212,164,55,0.35);"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 10px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; color: #d4a437; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 4px;"&gt;Time&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 15px; color: #f8f5f0; font-weight: bold;"&gt;3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="padding: 6px 0 6px 28px;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 10px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; color: #d4a437; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 4px;"&gt;Location&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 15px; color: #f8f5f0; font-weight: bold;"&gt;San Francisco + Virtual&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="margin-top: 22px; padding-top: 18px; border-top: 1px solid rgba(212,164,55,0.35); display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 18px;"&gt;&lt;A style="font-size: 13px; color: #d4a437; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" href="https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/session/governed-data-sharing-collaboration-scale-deep-dive-security-best" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;→ View session on the DAIS agenda&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;·&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;A style="font-size: 13px; color: #d4a437; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" href="https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/speaker/krishan-kumar" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;→ Krishan's DAIS speaker profile&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- ============ INTRO ============ --&gt;
&lt;P style="font-size: 16px; color: #1f2937;"&gt;The &lt;STRONG&gt;DAIS 2026 Speaker Spotlight&lt;/STRONG&gt; is a series where we hand the mic to the speakers heading to Data + AI Summit — in their own voice, no press-release polish.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="font-size: 16px; color: #1f2937;"&gt;This time, &lt;STRONG&gt;Krishan Kumar&lt;/STRONG&gt; recorded his answers on video. Hit play below to hear, in his own words, what he's bringing to DAIS 2026 — and why governed data sharing matters more than ever.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;!-- ============ VIDEO FEATURE — inline HTML5 player (no external player branding) ============ --&gt;
&lt;DIV class="video-wrap" style="margin: 36px 0;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 3px; color: #d4a437; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;Watch the conversation&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="max-width: 360px; margin: 0 auto; border-radius: 16px; overflow: hidden; background: #0A2540; box-shadow: 0 10px 28px rgba(10,37,64,0.22);"&gt;&lt;VIDEO style="width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; background: #0A2540;" preload="metadata" controls="controls" width="300" height="150"&gt;
      &lt;SOURCE src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dwgksi3ut/video/upload/krishan-kumar-spotlight_h0lp20.mp4" type="video/mp4"&gt;&lt;/SOURCE&gt;
      Your browser does not support inline video.
    &lt;/VIDEO&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 14px 0 0 0; font-size: 13px; color: #6b7280; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"&gt;Krishan walks through his session, why it matters in 2026, and what you'll take home.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- ============ CLOSING NOTE ============ --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="background: #0A2540; border-radius: 20px; padding: 44px 44px; margin-top: 48px; color: #f8f5f0; position: relative; overflow: hidden;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="height: 2px; width: 48px; background: #D4A437; margin-bottom: 18px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 3px; color: #d4a437; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 12px;"&gt;A note from us&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0; font-size: 21px; color: #f8f5f0; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.4; letter-spacing: -0.2px; max-width: 640px;"&gt;Speakers are the heart of DAIS, and helping the world hear your story is one of the best parts of our job.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;P style="margin-top: 22px; font-size: 13px; color: #6b7280; font-style: italic;"&gt;Part of the &lt;STRONG&gt;DAIS 2026 Speaker Spotlight&lt;/STRONG&gt; series — more voices dropping in the weeks ahead. Got a DAIS speaker you'd love to hear from next? Mention them in the comments — we're always listening.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 08:07:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.databricks.com/t5/dais-2026/dais-2026-speaker-spotlight-series-11-krishan-kumar/m-p/157864#M51</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tushar_Parekar</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-29T08:07:34Z</dc:date>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>

