Benn Stancil

Founder, Chief Analytics Officer, Mode

Benn Stancil is the co-founder and former CTO of Mode Analytics, a SQL-first analytics platform acquired by ThoughtSpot. He writes extensively about data, analytics, and decision-making, and is the creator of ADE-bench.

Benn Stancil

Skills

Data Team Leadership

Building and scaling data teams that drive business decisions. Covers analytics org structure, north star metrics, experimentation culture, and moving teams from service requests to strategic partnership. Drawn from practitioners at dbt Labs, Amplify Partners, and others.

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Content from the Library

Podcast

Data Renegades Ep. #5, The Identity Crisis of BI with Benn Stancil

On episode 5 of Data Renegades, CL Kao and Dori Wilson sit down with Benn Stancil to explore how data tools evolve, and sometimes lose their identity. Benn shares lessons from building Mode, the risks of drifting from an opinionated product vision, and why most companies struggle to turn data into meaningful decisions. The conversation also dives into the future of BI in a world increasingly shaped by AI and unstructured data.

Podcast

The Right Track Ep. #7, Data Translators with Benn Stancil of Mode

In episode 7 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Benn Stancil of Mode. They discuss the value of analytics for the end user, the emerging role of analytics engineer, building and maintaining data trust, and tactics for optimizing data teams.

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