Caleb Benningfield

Caleb Benningfield

Field Chief Technology Officer, Amperity

Caleb Benningfield joined Amperity as employee number three, helping to build the company from a stealth-stage concept to a $1B valued unicorn and a leader in the Customer Data Platform industry. Over his 8+ years with Amperity, he has held a number of technical and customer-facing leadership roles. After serving as the founding member of the Client Services organization, Caleb transitioned to the Product team, serving as Principal Solution Architect and running a dedicated practice building experimental and partner solutions. This role evolved into a dedicated role for evolving the way Amperity interoperates with data warehouses as the Head of Lakehouse Strategy. Currently, he operates as Field CTO evangelizing and evolving the marketing narrative of the product in collaboration with the marketing and sales teams. 

Prior to Amperity, Caleb began his career as a software engineer and full stack developer.  As he developed deep hands-on expertise in customer data operations, his focus turned to Solution Architecture, advising and building customer data management infrastructure for SAAS applications designed on behalf of enterprise companies. 

Caleb is passionate about solving the complex challenges inherent to the customer data domain and developing solutions that leverage best-in-breed technology in the most efficient & effective way possible. He is a frequent speaker and blogger on all things relating to identity resolution, data engineering, data architecture, and data operations.

Resources featuring Caleb Benningfield

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Blog

Oct 31

How AI Can Make Data Modeling So Much Faster

Building and maintaining a customer data asset that adds value to the business doesn’t have to be a slog of custom jobs.

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Jun 13

What (really) is Zero Copy?

This often-heard term in the customer data space can refer to composability, security, or minimizing complexity — and ideally all three.

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Caleb from Amperity and Shiv from Databricks onstage at Amplify. Featuring Databricks.

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Amplify: Stop Integrating, Start Sharing Data

Data Sharing is the new, composable, zero-copy standard between CDPs and data warehouses. Learn how Amperity helps enrich and activate customer data.

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Power Up Your Marketing Cloud Webinar

On-demand Webinar

How to Power Up Your Marketing Cloud

Learn how Amperity Profile Accelerator gives you powerful accessibility to data that directly translates into marketing ROI

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On-demand Webinar

CDP A to Z: Not All Customer Data Platforms Are Alike; How to Pick the Right One For Your Brand

In this webinar, we'll dive into the world of CDPs and explore the key factors to consider when choosing the right solution for your brand. 

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You have to be able to work with messy customer data...

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Expert Angles: Identity Resolution

Getting value from customer data starts with sorting out customer identity.

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Jun 1

Decoding Identity Resolution, Part Nine: Conclusions

dentity resolution is complex, but you don't have to solve it alone. Key takeaways from our nine-part series on evaluating identity resolution.

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Jun 1

Decoding Identity Resolution, Part Eight: The Amperity Perspective

Amperity built its platform around identity resolution, not as an afterthought. See how it separates matching from merging and handles any data type.

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May 31

Decoding Identity Resolution, Part Seven: Demystifying Sales Narratives

Vendors hide identity resolution gaps behind terms like "probabilistic" and "Customer 360." Learn to spot the common narratives and what they obscure.

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May 30

Decoding Identity Resolution, Part Six: Digital ID Resolution

Digital identity resolution tracks anonymous website visitors, not people. Learn how it works, where it falls short, and why PII resolution matters.

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May 29

Decoding Identity Resolution, Part Five: The Green Checkmark Effect

Vendors love to claim "machine learning" on a features list. Here are the questions that separate real AI-driven identity resolution from buzzwords.

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May 28

Decoding Identity Resolution, Part Four: Advanced Data Science Identity Resolution

ML-powered identity resolution handles messy, real-world customer data that rules-based systems can't. Learn how advanced algorithms get it right.

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