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Maya Natarajan & Namu Sampath

Sr. Director, Knowledge Graphs, Neo4j / Reporter, USA Today

Maya Natarajan is Sr. Director of Knowledge Graphs at Neo4j. She is responsible for the go-to-market strategy for knowledge graphs at Neo4j. She is passionate about bringing different technologies together to solve complex problems and is championing the use of knowledge graphs to bring context to various systems. Maya has positioned technologies from Blockchain to Predictive & User-Based Analytics to Machine Learning to Deep Learning to Search to BPM and beyond in a myriad of industries including Life Sciences, Financial Services, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, etc at various small and large companies.

Maya started her career in the biotechnology area where she was in R&D focusing on cardiovascular drugs, and she has five patents to her name.


Namu Sampath is a Diversity and Social Justice Issues Reporter at USA Today. She is based in the greater Boston area, where she covers Somerville, Massachusetts for USA Today. Previously, she has written stories for the Boston Globe, GBH, and the Arlington Advocate, among other publications. She is a 2021 graduate of Boston University. Though Namu is originally from San Diego, CA, she is an east coaster at heart. In her free time, you can find her binge-watching true crime shows and documentaries, trying new foods, and road-tripping around New England.