Brad Shimmin

Vice President & Practice Lead, Data & Analytics

The Futurum Group

Bradley Shimmin is a 25+ year IT technology veteran and champion of enterprise and high-tech success. In his job as an industry analyst, he maintains a laser focus on AI platforms, data, and analytics to give customers an edge when it comes to business development, competitive intelligence, market evaluation, go-to-market messaging, technology selection, and industry research.

Recent Videos

Agentic AI Meets the Enterprise: Insights from IBM TechXchange 2025

IBM executives joined Six Five hosts at TechXchange to discuss the latest announcements, AI advancements with watsonx, and how ecosystem partnerships are driving real customer impact—offering a snapshot of key themes and on-the-ground insights.

Six Five Summit Sessions

Decode Summit Sessions

How Qlik is Enabling Modern AI Initiatives

Sharad Kumar, Field CTO – Data at Qlik, joins host Brad Shimmin to offer insights on how Qlik’s Open Lakehouse on Apache Iceberg empowers enterprises to operationalize AI, streamline data management, and achieve significant cost efficiencies.

How Elastic Is Expanding Data Observability for the AI Era - Six Five Decode Summit

Steve Kearns, GM of Search Solutions at Elastic, joins Brad Shimmin to discuss how Elastic is redefining AI search, context engineering, and developer experience to help enterprises build smarter, more relevant AI applications from day one.

How Snowflake Is Building the Future of Data Intelligence with AI - Decode Summit Keynote

Carl Perry, Senior Director of Product Management at Snowflake, joins Brad Shimmin in a keynote discussion for Data As Infrastructure: Decoded to share how Snowflake is blending open data standards, native AI tools, and unified governance to shape the future of enterprise data intelligence.

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