About the author

Jake Stewart
Senior Data Engineer, Drata
Jake Stewart is a Senior Data Engineer specializing in scalable data architecture and AI-powered solutions. With 10+ years of experience in operational analysis and solution engineering, he brings deep expertise in ELT design patterns, cloud data warehouses, and modern data stack orchestration.
He’s currently building at the intersection of data engineering and AI—developing associative memory systems using content-addressable storage, implementing agentic AI with A* planning and Hopfield networks, and exploring active inference models for autonomous decision-making. Jake is also a strong advocate for democratizing data solutions, with several MIT-licensed open source projects.