Samantha Banchik is a Product Manager at Databricks since December 2023, focusing on Databricks Assistant. Previously, Samantha held various positions at HashiCorp from January 2021 to December 2023, including Product Manager II and I, primarily working on HCP Vault, a cloud-managed service for secrets management. Starting as an Associate Product Manager, Samantha was the first associate PM hire and earned promotion within one year. Early career experience includes a Software Engineer role at Citi for the Android Container Team, an internship in Software Engineering at Uber's Advanced Technologies Group, and research assistance at Berkeley RISE Lab. Samantha holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Media Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.