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At Sifflet,
Data Means Business.

Data drives every strategic decision, guides innovation, and powers transformation. But how do companies ensure their data is reliable? How can they trust the insights that guide critical business choices? How do they turn raw information into actionable intelligence, high-performing products, and superior strategies? Enter Sifflet.

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Who We Are

We are a data observability platform. 
We offer end-to-end oversight into the entire data stack, helping teams to uncover, prevent and overcome the technical and organizational obstacles that get in the way of better quality, more reliable data.

Our Mission

We help companies see data breakthroughs. Sifflet delivers smoother running data stacks by providing detailed oversight and solutions that reduce data breaks, improve team alignment and operations, and build confidence in the numbers. The result? Superior insights, value and products from data.

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Meet our Executive team

Sifflet was built by a data-obsessed team for
data-obsessed teams.

Chief Executive Officer
Salma Bakouk
Before founding Sifflet, Salma worked in quantitative sales & trading at Goldman Sachs, where she saw firsthand how unreliable data could undermine even the most sophisticated models. She holds two master’s degrees in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from École Centrale Paris. Named among Europe’s Top 100 Women in Tech, Salma is a frequent speaker at leading industry events including Gartner D&A Summit and Big Data LDN. Outside of work, she loves running mountain trails, discovering new cities, and spending time with her dog always chasing the same clarity and balance she strives to bring to data.
Head of Sales
Joe Steadman
Joe is Head of Sales at Sifflet, focused on solving the data trust problem by helping teams detect broken data, understand business impact, and fix issues before they drive bad decisions. Previously at Matillion for 9 years, he led enterprise and strategic sales across EMEA, built and scaled high performing teams, consistently outperformed targets, and started as the company’s first sales hire, helping shape early go to market and partnerships.
Head of Operations
Rémi Bastien
Rémi is Head of Operations at Sifflet where he drives operational execution and scale. Previously at Contentsquare for nearly a decade, he led strategic cross functional projects and built operational excellence capabilities, spanning BI and KPIs, data governance and master data, knowledge management, tooling, process optimization, and PMO leadership.
Head of Product
Laura Malins
Laura Malins is the Head of Product at Sifflet. She spent a decade at Matillion, joining when the company was around 10 people and helping drive its growth to unicorn scale, including leading major product launches, evolving pricing and billing, optimising GTM approaches and improving the customer onboarding journey. She later led product at ALTR where she drove forwards a comprehensive vision and more complete product processes. Laura is passionate about building great products and supports individuals and small companies through board roles and mentoring.
Head of Solution Engineering
Alex Iorga
Alex is Head of Solutions Engineering and Customer Success at Sifflet, leading technical presales and post sales to drive smooth adoption and measurable outcomes. Previously at Deepomatic, he built and scaled Sales Engineering from first hire to Director, defined sales methodology with leadership, shaped the roadmap with product, built key partnerships, signed the company’s first North America customer, and expanded into LATAM. Earlier, he was a data and analytics consultant at Accenture in the UK, delivering BI and reporting programs and leading agile project work.
Head of Marketing
Romain Doutriaux
Romain Doutriaux is Head of Marketing at Sifflet, driving brand and pipeline with a sharp go to market lens. Previously, he led global marketing at Pigment, scaling inbound pipe gen, ABX and influence plays, and a 20 plus person team. Before that, he spent over seven years at Dataiku, moving from France Marketing Manager to VP EMEA Marketing, owning EMEA strategy across PR, digital, events, ABM, partnerships, and positioning in tight alignment with Sales and Product.
Head of Engineering
Benoit Faucon
Benoît Faucon is the head of Engineering at Sifflet, leading integrations and infrastructure. Previously, he held lead infrastructure and security roles at Terality and Mindsay, where he built reliable cloud platforms, improved developer velocity, and drove security and compliance efforts, including SOC 2 readiness. Earlier in his career at Withings, he delivered automation and observability systems across large scale bare metal and cloud environments. He is a graduate of Ecole Centrale Paris.

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Frequently asked questions

How does data observability differ from traditional data quality monitoring?
Great question! While data quality monitoring focuses on detecting when data doesn't meet expected thresholds, data observability goes further. It continuously collects signals like metrics, metadata, and lineage to provide context and root cause analysis when issues arise. Essentially, observability helps you not only detect anomalies but also understand and fix them faster, making it a more proactive and scalable approach.
Why is combining dbt Core with a data observability platform like Sifflet a smart move?
Combining dbt Core with a data observability platform like Sifflet helps data teams go beyond transformation and into full-stack monitoring. It enables better root cause analysis, reduces time to resolution, and ensures your data products are trustworthy and resilient.
Will Sifflet cover any upcoming trends in data observability?
For sure! Our CEO, Salma Bakouk, will be speaking about the top data trends to watch in 2025, including how GenAI and advanced anomaly detection are shaping the future of observability platforms. You’ll walk away with actionable insights for your data strategy.
What makes Etam’s data strategy resilient in a fast-changing retail landscape?
Etam’s data strategy is built on clear business alignment, strong data quality monitoring, and a focus on delivering ROI across short, mid, and long-term horizons. With the help of an observability platform, they can adapt quickly, maintain data reliability, and support strategic decision-making even in uncertain conditions.
How does Sifflet handle root cause analysis differently from Monte Carlo?
Sifflet’s AI agent, Sage, performs root cause analysis by combining metadata, query logs, code changes, and historical incidents to build a full narrative of the issue. This speeds up resolution and provides context-rich insights, making it easier to pinpoint and fix data pipeline issues efficiently.
Why is data categorization important for data governance and compliance?
Effective data categorization is essential for data governance and compliance because it helps identify sensitive data like PII, ensuring the correct protection policies are applied. With Sifflet’s classification tags, governance teams can easily locate and safeguard sensitive information, supporting GDPR data monitoring and overall data security compliance.
What’s the role of an observability platform in scaling data trust?
An observability platform helps scale data trust by providing real-time metrics, automated anomaly detection, and data lineage tracking. It gives teams visibility into every layer of the data pipeline, so issues can be caught before they impact business decisions. When observability is baked into your stack, trust becomes a natural part of the system.
How does MCP support data quality monitoring in modern observability platforms?
MCP helps LLMs become active participants in data quality monitoring by giving them access to structured resources like schema definitions, data validation rules, and profiling metrics. At Sifflet, we use this to detect anomalies, enforce data contracts, and ensure SLA compliance more effectively.
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