About Wallabi

Strategists who build.

Wallabi is an AI strategy and implementation firm specializing in AI and data, built by leaders from Tableau, Salesforce, and Google. We define the strategy, build the systems with your team, and leave the capability with you.

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What we do

One team from the strategy to the shipped system.

AI strategy and AI development in the same engagement, on a platform built for data apps.

Data foundations

Unmatched data credentials

AI is only as good as the data underneath it. The Wallabi team helped build the leading data analytics tools of the past two decades.
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Strategists who build

Strategy and technical depth in the same engagement. No hand-offs between a consulting deck and a separate build team. We design the system and build it.
Your independence

Internal capability, not vendor dependency

Everything we build lives in a codebase you own, in a repo you control. Our goal is to make ourselves unnecessary. Teams that can ship without us are the outcome we optimize for.
Predictable delivery

Platform-backed delivery

Every engagement runs on the same infrastructure. That means faster starts, proven patterns, and systems that don't rely on tribal knowledge to operate after we're gone.

What we believe

AI is at its best when it makes people more powerful.

Augmentation expands the problem space

The point of AI is not to do the same work with fewer people. It is to take on problems that were out of reach before.
AI makes expertise more valuable, not less

AI multiplies judgment, so your best people become sharper, not redundant.
Capability stays with your team

We build so your people can keep building. The skill, the systems, and the ownership remain in-house.

Sixty years ago Douglas Engelbart argued that computers should augment human intellect, not replace it. That is still the right frame for AI. The goal is not fewer people. It is people who can do what was not possible before.

Who we are

Built by the people who led the data platforms.

Tableau, Salesforce, and Google: we built the tools your team already uses.

Pedro Arellano

Co-founder and CEO

Pedro spent 25+ years in data and analytics, moving from product leadership to general management at Tableau, Salesforce, Looker, and Google. He started the company with the belief that technology is more powerful when it's grounded in the people, processes, and business context that drive real transformation.
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Michael Becke

Co-Founder

Michael has spent 25+ years solving problems with a mix of people, technology, and data, rising to Principal Software Architect over 12 years at Tableau after earlier work at CoStar/PPR, IBM, and a handful of startups. A builder by nature and by trade, he co-founded Wallabi out of a conviction that AI opens up a new class of problems worth solving, and a desire to help others take them on. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Washington and works from Seattle.
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Daniel DeKlotz

Software Engineer

Daniel builds new technology at Wallabi that helps people find fresh ideas in their data. He specializes in taking emerging technology and research from idea to shipped product, honed over nearly four years at Tableau as a Principal Software Engineer on the prototyping team in the office of the CTO. A repeat founder, he has launched Abacus Learning and Figaro, a music-practice app built on digital signal processing and computer vision. He holds a B.A. in Computer Science and Philosophy from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
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Vasily Khudyakov

Software Engineer

Vasily builds the technology that helps companies put AI to work on their own data. He spent two years as a Staff Software Engineer at Databricks and over nine years at Tableau, where he became a Principal Member of Technical Staff, with earlier work at Microsoft and Roblox. He holds a Master's in Physics from Novosibirsk State University and is based near Seattle.
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Joshua Robinson

Product strategist

At Wallabi, Josh helps AI-curious executives lead their teams into becoming AI-native. As Director of Product Design at Flatiron School, he built a learner-centered design training program and ran enterprise programs for Amazon, the US Army, and Deloitte. He has taught more than 500 people as Lead Instructor for Product Design at WeWork, and as a Senior UX Designer at Centro he brought machine learning and algorithmic optimization into real-time bidding. A designer, educator, writer, and musician, Josh works to make technology more accessible and inclusive. He is based in Chicago.
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Garrett Rudolph

Product strategist

At Wallabi, Garrett shapes the products that put AI to work for businesses. He started as a software engineer and moved into product, spending nearly six years at Tableau, where he grew from engineering intern to senior product manager, then led product at Amperity for three years. He pairs an engineer's instincts with a product manager's sense for what customers actually need. He holds dual bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Economics from Elmhurst University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.
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