Ole Olesen-Bagneux

At-a-Glance

Chief Evangelist at Actian
Founder of Searching For Data
Author of 'The Enterprise Data Catalog' (O'Reilly, 2023) and 'Fundamentals of Metadata Management' (O'Reilly, 2025)
Developed the Meta Grid, a new architecture for metadata
Holds a BA, MA, and PhD from the University of Copenhagen in Library- and Information Science

Biography

Ole Olesen-Bagneux serves as the Chief Evangelist at Actian, where he focuses on rethinking data, AI, and technology from the perspective of Library and Information Science. He is a globally recognized thought leader in data catalogs and enterprise data management, consulting for large European companies with significant technical complexity.

Olesen-Bagneux is an O'Reilly author, with his first book, 'The Enterprise Data Catalog' (2023), establishing his expertise.