Johan Zamora — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Director of Big Data Engineering & Analytics at Western Union.
Leads data and AI at enterprise scale, turning messy data estates into trustworthy, self-serve platforms and AI systems.
Architects agentic AI on the Claude API and works daily in agentic coding environments.
Built an enterprise data-quality and governance practice from the ground up on DAMA/DMBOK.
Scaled a technical organization from 71 to 500+ while cutting attrition from 7% to 1.5%.

Biography

Johan Zamora is a leader in data and AI, with 25 years of experience transforming complex data environments into reliable, self-serve platforms and advanced AI systems. He specializes in big data, data quality and governance, analytics, and the AI built upon these foundations. His expertise includes architecting agentic AI on platforms like the Claude API and working daily in agentic coding environments, enabling him to set strategy for AI-native data functions and demonstrate new workflows.