ANDY MACMILLAN
DATA & ANALYTICS
Q. TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR ROLE
» I’ m the CEO of Alteryx. I joined in December of 2024 as the company made a significant shift in our strategy towards AI data prep and agentic analytics. My career started on the technical side. I was a Java developer during the height of the dot-com era. That foundation has stayed with me. I’ m deeply curious about how things work and I care about building products that solve real problems for customers.
After earning my MBA, I moved into product leadership at Stellent, which was later acquired by Oracle, where I served as a VP. I then went to Salesforce to lead the data. com division. From there, I stepped into CEO roles at Act-On Software and later UserTesting.
I’ ve spent most of my career in data and enterprise software, so I knew Alteryx well before joining. What drew me in was the opportunity to help shape the future of a company that sits at the centre of how enterprises operationalise data and AI through the lens and expertise of business functions. Organisations are moving from experimentation to execution; from IT-driven proof of concept to line-of-business driven use cases – and Alteryx plays a critical role in making that possible. That is an exciting place to be.
Q. GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ALTERYX
» Alteryx is a business user, no-code / low-code platform used by more than 8,000 companies around the world to put their
ANDY MACMILLAN
TITLE: CEO COMPANY: ALTERYX
INDUSTRY: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Having spent most of his career in data and enterprise software, Andy joined Alteryx in 2024. He is passionate about building products that solve real problems for customers.
data to work. Over the past two decades, we’ ve evolved from helping people work more effectively with spreadsheets on their desktops, to enabling organisations to operationalise analytics and AI at scale through automated data workflows.
What hasn’ t changed is our mission: to make advanced analytics and AI accessible beyond the need for deep coding expertise. Business users need an intuitive space to work with the messy realities of their data, automate processes, reimagine what’ s possible in AI-enabled world and revolutionise how they operate. That’ s exactly what Alteryx delivers.
Q. WHY DO MOST AI PILOTS FAIL TO SCALE INTO PRODUCTION?
» Alteryx’ s latest research shows that most AI pilots never make it into production – fewer than one in four do. Common barriers include trust issues, legacy systems, siloed data and gaps in the data stack.
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