Darlene Volas is a senior executive in solutions engineering with over 25 years of experience in cloud technologies. Currently, she serves as VP of Global Field Engineering at DataStax. Her career includes leadership roles at Confluent, Twilio, Contentful, and Informatica, where she drove significant growth and forged strong technology partnerships. Darlene holds a BS in Computer Science and an MBA with a focus on Marketing and Product Innovation from North Carolina State University. Her technical expertise spans generative AI, vector databases, data streaming, web services/APIs, communications, and cloud technologies.