Discover how Snowflake Optima Metadata automates micro-partition pruning to accelerate complex queries and reduce compute costs with zero manual tuning.
APR 30, 2026|5 min read
Stefan Mandl
Stefan Mandl is a Staff Software Engineer at Snowflake, leading the Materializations team. Whether it’s Materialized Views, Result Reuse, or a plethora of other topics, Stefan has spent 14+ years building real-world systems at scale. He holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the "pre-hype" era and remains passionate about the intersection of data infrastructure and intelligent systems.
