In this episode of the Data Futurology podcast, where we delve into the world of Generative AI in recruitment. Our guests today are industry experts: Grant Wright, the General Manager of Marketplace and AI Products at Seek, and James Eichhorn, Principal Consultant for Data Engineering, Machine Learning, and Data Science at Talent Insights Group. Grant and James provide a wealth of insights into how Generative AI is transforming the recruitment landscape, both from a technology perspective and th...
Oct 25, 2023•37 min•Season 6Ep. 249
In this episode of Data Futurology, Felipe Flores and Grant Case, Regional Vice President, Head of Sales Engineering - APJ at Dataiku delve into the realm of Generative AI and its applications in the business world. They kick off by underlining the vital role Generative AI plays in organisations, and then they explore the challenges that come along with adopting this technology.
Oct 23, 2023•39 min•Season 6Ep. 248
In this informative podcast episode, Felipe Flores speaks with Jade Haar, the Head of Privacy and Data Ethics at National Australia Bank (NAB). Jade shares her inspiring journey into the field of data ethics, driven by her passion for doing right by people and contributing to the public good.
Oct 04, 2023•47 min•Season 6Ep. 247
In this episode, Kendra Vant and Tracy Moore delve into the world of generative AI and its potential for unlocking commercial value. They kick off by addressing the excitement and hype surrounding generative AI technologies and emphasise the importance of grasping the fundamentals to extract real value from these advancements.
Sep 27, 2023•44 min•Season 6Ep. 246
In this episode, host Felipe Flores interviews Alan Lowthorpe, co-founder of Adaptive Data (who advise organisations on how to accelerate the value delivered from data and AI) and James Lecoutre, Director at Talent Insights Group as they delve into the world of data analytics and AI leadership, sharing insights on building successful teams, embracing diversity, fostering a growth mindset and navigating challenges in data analytics and AI.
Sep 20, 2023•46 min•Season 6Ep. 245
This week on the Data Futurology podcast, we host Chad Sanderson, the Chief Operator of Data Quality Camp. Over the ten years Sanderson has been involved in data, he has held key roles in companies including Convoy, a late-stage freight technology company, and Microsoft, where he worked on the AI platform team. Sanderson’s experience with these companies made him realise that there was a need for a platform where data specialists could come together and discuss strategies for maintaining high-qu...
Aug 16, 2023•39 min•Season 6Ep. 244
At Data Futurology’s OpsWorld conference in March, a panel of experts came together to discuss the importance of getting measurements, processes and methodologies right to drive DataOps and MLOps across the organisation. The panel consisted of Katherine Fowler, Head of Business Transformation at L’Occitane Australia, Amar Poddatooru, Head of Data and Technology at Australian Ethical, and Emyr James, Head of Data at Resolution Life and moderating the discussion was Andrew Aho, Regional Director, ...
Aug 08, 2023•39 min•Season 6Ep. 243
This week on the Data Futurology podcast, we welcome Orla Glynn, Executive – AI, Reporting, Insights and Automation Configuration at Telstra. Glynn leads one of the biggest groups of data specialists to drive innovative AI and analytics across the company.
Aug 02, 2023•37 min•Season 6Ep. 242
At the recent Advancing AI event in Melbourne, we were privileged to have a presentation by Vinay Joseph, the Pre-Sales Lead for IDOL at OpenText in APAC. Vinay gives an overview of the features of IDOL and how they can help data science teams bring automation and AI to the use of unstructured data. He presents a wide range of case studies and use cases. These include how law enforcement and the military, right through to news organisations and political campaigns might be able to use the data t...
Jul 19, 2023•30 min•Season 6Ep. 241
This week on the Data Futurology podcast we host Paul Milinkovic, the APAC Regional Director for the leading data integration platform, StreamSets. Milinkovic joins us to share his insights into data engineers' challenges and the pipelines they manage and maintain. One statistic really highlights just how challenging work environments have become for data engineers: 76 per cent of organisations have a pipeline break at least monthly and for 36 per cent, it's weekly. Rather than contributing stra...
Jul 12, 2023•43 min•Season 6Ep. 240
At our recent Advancing AI Melbourne event, Jonas Christensen, formerly Head of Data Science at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, hosted a lively and insightful panel discussion featuring three prominent leaders in data and AI: · Christine Smyth, Chief Strategy Officer, Defence Health · Dr Michelle-Joy Low, Head of Data & AI, Reece Group · Nonna Milmeister, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, RMIT University The panellists emphasise the importance of building a culture that embraces AI and data-drive...
Jul 04, 2023•36 min•Season 6Ep. 239
In this episode, Alex Jenkins, Director at WA Data Science Innovation Hub, discusses the potential of AI advancements in revolutionising the education system. Jenkins envisions a future where education moves away from the one-size-fits-all approach and embraces a mastery model, allowing students to progress at their own pace and ensuring complete understanding before moving on to the next topic. The use of AI as virtual educational assistants can provide personalised tutoring, benefiting student...
Jun 28, 2023•43 min•Season 6Ep. 238
In this episode, we explore an engaging talk given by Niall Keating, General Manager for Technology Data Platforms at Sportsbet, during his recent appearance at the Data Engineering Summit in Melbourne. Niall generously imparts invaluable insights on the journey of cultivating a data culture that yields long-lasting business impact. Throughout the conversation, Niall showcases tangible examples of how Sportsbet has effectively utilised data and technology to drive innovation and elevate customer...
Jun 21, 2023•27 min•Season 6Ep. 237
This week on the Data Futurology podcast, we have an in-depth conversation with Conor O’Neill, the Head of Data Science at Compare The Market exploring his career journey and current role leveraging data and innovating with machine learning. When O’Neill landed at Compare The Market, he quickly found himself in a senior data role within an organisation that needed to both transform and mature its approach to data. On the podcast, O’Neill walks through the various stages of transformation, and ge...
Jun 13, 2023•53 min•Season 6Ep. 236
This week we bring you a special episode of the Data Futurology podcast, featuring the keynote panel from our OpsWorld conference earlier this year featuring guests at different levels of data maturity. They shared their stories of the journey to enabling and unlocking the true value of data self-service.. The panel featured Kate Carruthers, Chief Data & Insights Officer, UNSW Sydney. She shared the university's experience, which has had a mature data environment for several years. At the ot...
Jun 07, 2023•40 min•Season 6Ep. 235
In Part 2 of the Leaders of Analytics podcast that was recorded last year with host, Jonas Christensen, Felipe discusses Honeysuckle Health and what he has done at this exciting, innovative company. Felipe found the perfect home for his ambitions and interest in data at Honeysuckle Health. He was one of the first to join the company a few years ago, and right from the start, data, analytics and AI have been the driving force behind the business. What’s more, all of that data and analytics are be...
May 31, 2023•43 min•Season 6Ep. 234
This episode of the Data Futurology podcast is actually the reverse of normal – most of the time Felipe interviews experts in data science, but this time it’s his turn to be interviewed! Last year, he was on Jonas Christensen’s excellent Leaders of Analytics podcast, and we’ve got permission to republish it here. In the wide-ranging interview, Felipe starts by describing his history. If you haven’t heard the story before, it begins with Felipe growing up in the driest parts of Chile. It then con...
May 25, 2023•53 min•Season 6Ep. 233
This special episode was recorded LIVE and in-person with Brian Ferris, Chief Data, Analytics and Technology Officer at Loyalty New Zealand. He shares on how to get value from your AI investment and how to look at the interplay and relationship between data leaders and the senior executive team. Brian stresses the importance of aligning with execs on the business strategy first, then working backwards to your AI strategy. According to Brian, the first step is for the data leaders themselves to s...
May 17, 2023•43 min•Season 6Ep. 232
This week we welcome to the podcast, Joanna Marsh, the General Manager of Innovation and Advanced Analytics for Investa Property Group. She’s also the CEO and Co-Founder of a “side hustle” at Exomnia, a startup that provides real estate companies with a modular approach to analytics. Exomnia has only been in operation for four months, but it is already turning heads. It has recently completed a pre-seed funding round for an impressive $1.5 million. On the podcast, Joanna shares some deep insight...
May 10, 2023•52 min•Season 6Ep. 231
In the world of data analytics, there are few that have achieved as much as Bora Arslan, who joined us for this week’s podcast. Arslan has driven data transformation exercises across some of the largest organisations in the world. These organisations include Walmart and Ford in the US, and IAG here in Australia. On the podcast, Arslan shares many insights from his time as a Chief Data Officer. From his strategies for getting organisational buy-in for transformation, to the ways in which he prefe...
Apr 19, 2023•42 min•Season 6Ep. 230
This week in the Data Futurology podcast, we have a special presentation to share. Ben Taylor, the Assistant Commissioner for Data Insights at the ATO was one of the leading keynote speakers at our recent OpsWorld event in Sydney. There, he provided delegates with a deep dive into the data journey for the ATO in recent years. As you can probably guess, the ATO handles millions of lines of data every day, across data lakes that are petabytes in size. With a data team of around 800, there is often...
Apr 13, 2023•31 min•Season 6Ep. 229
The future of AI is dynamic and multi-faceted. In this episode of the Data Futurology podcast, we are thrilled to welcome Nikita Atkins, the Artificial Intelligence Executive at NCS Australia. With NCS being one of the leading voices in AI , both in the APAC region and globally, Nikita has more than a few insights to share about the future of the technology and its most exciting use cases. We start by talking about low code/no code and how, by embracing that and enhancing it with AI, an organisa...
Apr 05, 2023•49 min•Season 6Ep. 228
This week’s guest is a true veteran of the data industry (and one of the first people we interviewed on the Data Futurology podcast!). Sandra Hogan has some of the deepest and most experienced views on how data teams can effectively engage with their organisations. Fifteen years ago, she was the Director of Customer Intelligence at Telstra, and in the years since she has seen data grow as a priority, and the status of data teams within those organisations that look to take a disruptive and leade...
Mar 21, 2023•52 min•Season 6Ep. 226
For our milestone 200th Data Futurology podcast, we have the immense fortune of being able to host Gina Papush, the former Global Chief Data & Analytics Officer of wellness and insurance company, Cigna. Papush has a long history in data science, having been involved in modelling and coding from before the time where “data scientist” was a defined role. In the years since, she has observed that enterprises have become siloed across computer science, data science, and other roles, and that the...
Mar 21, 2023•42 min•Season 5Ep. 200
This week on the Data Futurology podcast, we have a special guest, Eliud Polanco, to talk about an innovative approach to data management and access. This approach promises to make models and the management of data more reliable and secure. Polanco, who is the president of Fluree, looks to a blockchain-driven future for data, where data blocks sit on the ledger, and the ability to access and modify them is based on a zero trust approach. This unlocks innovation, Polanco says on the podcast, allo...
Feb 28, 2023•47 min•Season 6Ep. 225
This week’s guest on the Data Futurology podcast is a 30-year veteran of technology, across many different segments and roles. Nastaran Bisheban, now CTO of KFC in Canada, has previously held roles at Rakuten Kobo, Canadian Tire, and RIM. She additionally sits on the Board of Directors for the CIO Association of Canada. One of the biggest changes that have occurred over the course of Nastaran’s career is the deeper integration of technology roles into the broader business. As she explains in the...
Feb 21, 2023•37 min•Season 6Ep. 224
In this latest episode, Felipe takes an in-depth look at the strategy and tactics behind AI and modelling, and looks at where organisations might be driving through the year. One of the first things to understand is the difference between tactics and strategy. Strategy is the broad view – the understanding of where the organisation wants to be, while tactics form the pathway on how to get there. Too often organisations mix tactics and strategy up, and allow a narrow focus to dominate their appro...
Feb 14, 2023•14 min•Season 6Ep. 223
Organisations face multiple challenges when it comes to building teams in 2023. On the one hand, there is a skill shortage in just about every field of data science and analytics. Finding and attracting the best people to the organisation can be difficult. On the other hand, there is mobility between jobs unlike anything we’ve seen before. The “Great Resignation” is still a major trend sweeping across Australia, and employees will be more than willing to move on if they don’t feel like they’re g...
Feb 07, 2023•14 min•Season 6Ep. 222
This week on the Data Futurology podcast we are thrilled to welcome Tamara Mirkovic. Mirkovic is a specialist in data platforms, AI, machine learning and predictive analytics, and was recently the recipient of the Women In Digital National Award. Mirkovic has experience building all-of-business data strategies and leading the change management program to get the organisation motivated behind the transformation. It’s not easy, as Mirkovic said. When individuals and teams are already capable with ...
Jan 31, 2023•44 min•Season 6Ep. 221
The past 18 months has been a period of unprecedented innovation across data science, machine learning, and AI. The depth of research and what has been brought to market has empowered data scientists in ways that, even a year ago, could not have been predicted. Looking forward to the next 18 months, the industry is not going to rest on its laurels, but the question is where the next waves of innovation will come from. That is what Felipe discusses on this episode of the Data Futurology podcast. ...
Jan 24, 2023•15 min•Season 6Ep. 220
