Join innovators, industry leaders and visionaries for an exclusive alumni event in San Francisco, hosted at Rippling.
Dr. Jagdeep Singh Bachher (BASc ’93, MASc ’94, PhD ’00), Waterloo’s newly appointed chancellor, will join Matei Zaharia (BMath ’07), co-founder and CTO of Databricks, for a fireside chat about innovation, AI and the future of technology.
From building startups and scaling businesses to developing technology with greater responsibility and accountability, don’t miss this conversation between two trailblazing alumni as they explore the future of technology and the kind of forward-thinking leadership that can shape a better world.
Special thanks to our venue host Rippling - a proud University of Waterloo co-op employer committed to supporting and developing Canadian talent.
Event Details
When: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 | 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. PT
Where: Rippling | 430 California St, San Francisco, CA 94104
This event is part of the Global Futures Event Series to explore Waterloo’s bold vision of addressing the most pressing challenges facing humanity and our planet. Learn how the University is leveraging its strengths in research, co-op and innovation to shape five interconnected futures and drive meaningful global impact.
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Featured Speakers
Dr. Jagdeep Singh Bachher (BASc ’93, MASc ’94, PhD ’00)
Chancellor of the University of Waterloo, Chief Investment Officer and Vice President of Investments, University of California
Dr. Jagdeep Singh Bachher is a triple alum of the University of Waterloo and currently serves as the University’s12th chancellor. He is chief investment officer and vice president of investments at the 10-campus University of California, where he oversees an investment portfolio of $164 billion. As chancellor, Bachher acts as the ceremonial head of the institution and is responsible for conferring degrees, certificates and diplomas on graduating students.
Matei Zaharia (BMath '07)
Co-founder and CTO of Databricks, Creator of Apache Spark
Matei Zaharia is an Associate Professor of EECS at Berkeley and a Cofounder and CTO of Databricks. He started the Apache Spark open source project during his PhD at UC Berkeley in 2009, and has worked broadly on other widely used data and AI software, including Delta Lake, MLflow, Dolly and ColBERT. He currently works on a variety of research projects in cloud computing, database management, AI and information retrieval. Matei’s research was recognized through the 2014 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award, an NSF CAREER Award, and the US Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
Venue Host
Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance where they can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system. Behind Rippling is a global team of 3,500+ smart and driven individuals pushing the limits of possible.
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Rippling has raised $1.4B from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock. We’re rated #1 HCM on G2 and Capterra, and have ranked on Forbes’ America's Best Startup Employers list for the fifth year in a row.
