In part 2 of our interview with Abhi Seth, he tells us that part of his role is to really drive scale for analytics across the ten businesses within TE. We learn how the adoption of analytics is enabled throughout the organization and a big component of that is driving, understanding and building capability within the Centre of Excellence (COE). He says the first 90 days in the COE is about building capability and being able to have experts in data science, cloud, dev ops, ML Ops, data visualiza...
Jul 20, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 166
Abhi Seth started his journey as an industrial engineer which he describes as his passion, and then found his way into research. His PhD is in mechanical engineering, and human-computer interactions, which he says was kind of a double major PhD. Abhi started working with virtual reality applications for mechanical engineering and says back then it was about how to simulate environments and models where you create a suspension of disbelief for a user. So he set out to prove that VR was also valua...
Jul 14, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 162
In part two of the Ultimate Uplevel for Business-focused Data Professionals, with Lillian Pierson, we learn about her data action strategy plan. She created a data evaluation use case workbox with 31 use cases broken down by industry and function and tells us that if you are innovative then it's actually everything you could possibly need. You don't need to read 100 use cases. Lillian says you should survey industry use cases to find what's possible. Take stock of your company, look at where the...
Jul 07, 2021•37 min•Season 3Ep. 161
We are joined by Lillian Pierson, a very well-known figure in the data space. She started her own business as a data consultant around 2013 and eventually started helping others become better data leaders and entrepreneurs. Currently, she has helped train and educate over a million data professionals! Lillian is not only a great data business mentor, she is also the CEO of Data Mania and a data product manager. She touches on the exponential growth the data science industry has had in the past f...
Jun 30, 2021•22 min•Season 3Ep. 160
In part 2 of this episode, Nitish shares his thoughts on how to ensure that the data scientists expertise are well utilized. He says their key metric last year for the entire team was to hit exactly one number - 100 active users for their data platform with only 50 data scientists! He also says organizations should focus on enabling self service across the business. Nitish talks about the data support channel at Afterpay which allows for anyone to ask questions about the data and the data platfo...
Jun 22, 2021•30 min•Season 3Ep. 159
When Global Head of Engineering, Nitish Mathew looks back at his journey over the last four years with Afterpay, he describes it as a phenomenal ride and a tremendous learning journey. They have had to reinvent themselves three times in a very real way, getting rid of their first and second platform and building with the view of not assuming that this is for the next 10 years, but building with the view that they will need to get rid of this in two to three years. Nitish says when a data scienti...
Jun 15, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 158
In Part two of this episode, Nonna talks about the role culture plays in a data-driven organization and the importance of role accountability and the support of leadership. One of the things that Nonna strongly subscribes to is the RMIT vision to support their students in every possible way including a new initiative called the Data Innovation Hub which gives students 12 months of real industry experience. Nonna says their key focus at RMIT is to make sure that their students are ready for life ...
Jun 08, 2021•34 min•Season 3Ep. 157
Born in Moscow Russia, Nonna got her first degree in Engineering but after emigrating to Australia, soon realised there were few engineering jobs around. Nonna says she had no choice but to do more study and decided on a master’s degree in project management from RMIT. Nonna has spent the last two years at RMIT building a data and governance strategy. In this session, she shares her journey, as well as how they set about establishing a culture for data governance. The RMIT journey covers everyth...
Jun 01, 2021•24 min•Season 3Ep. 156
In Part 2 of getting to know Felipe Flores, Felipe answers questions on what types of environments and challenges keep him energised, where he sees the data science industry heading in the next few years, and how job seekers can de-risk decision making for their potential employers. Felipe talks about: Using data to improve Data Futurology The gap between University and industry Which projects should you show to potential employers to demonstrate good foundational knowledge Intellectual capital ...
May 25, 2021•46 min•Season 3Ep. 155
In part one of this special episode, Felipe reflects on the path his career has taken from his first start-up company to how he started Data Futurology and to his latest role in Healthcare. In this open and honest conversation, he reveals the mistakes he made along the way and the lessons he learned from those failures. Successful people do have struggles, but you must be willing to ask for help. Passionate about his field, Felipe began the Data Futurology podcast in 2018 when he realised he nee...
May 20, 2021•36 min•Ep. 154
Pieter Vorster is the GM CSR & Chief Data Analytics Officer at Commonwealth Bank, one of the largest companies in Australia. He is an internationally recognized leader in the data analytics space with over 20 years of experience in industries like retail, wealth, corporate and investment banking, financial services, insurance, etc. In this episode, Pieter explains how he considers his real data journey started in 2013 when, with 2 colleagues, he had the opportunity to travel the world and me...
May 12, 2021•37 min•Season 2Ep. 128
The digital transformation of the retail industry has been going on for years. It has increased speed, efficiency, and accuracy across every branch of retail business, thanks in large part to advanced data and predictive analytics systems that are helping companies make data-driven business decisions. None of those insights would be possible without the internet of things (IoT), and most importantly, artificial intelligence. AI in retail has empowered businesses with high-level data and informat...
May 04, 2021•59 min•Season 3Ep. 153
As few as 15% of data scientists today are women. And that lack of diversity is a serious issue. AI algorithms are susceptible to bias, so building them requires a team that includes a wide range of views and experiences. What’s preventing more women from joining the field? In this week’s podcast episode, Felipe will be speaking with Fiona Milne, Head of Data and Ai at Whispir and Founder of WiMLDS Chapter Fiona is an Astrophysicist and Mathematician that heads the data and Ai at Whispir. With m...
Apr 27, 2021•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 152
In this week’s episode, Felipe will be speaking with Simon Herbert, NSW Customer Service Department’s Chief Data Officer. Simon has worked for the NSW Data Analytics Centre for over three years. He has been instrumental in the transformation of the DAC to an agile culture. He and his team have built an advanced analytics service in the commercial cloud which delivers the enhanced capability and scalability to support the Customer Service department and NSW Government as a whole. Simon has over 2...
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 151
Today we have Apple’s Senior Data Scientist, Farhan Baluch as we deep dive into Data Analytics. Farhan has over 10 years of combined academic and industrial experience in machine learning. He likes to combine strategy with tactics and enjoy operating both at the micro and macro levels of data science efforts. As a neuroscientist, he worked on data obtained from sensors used to record neural activity from humans and insects. As a data scientist in the business world, he worked with data from larg...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 150
We are joined by José Murillo, Chief Analytics Officer at Grupo Financiero Banorte, Mexico's second largest financial group and also the most profitable one pre-pandemic. José had a long tenure at Mexico’s Central Bank, where he worked at the research department. Around 7 years ago, he joined Banorte and established the Analytics Business Unit. His efforts delivered profits equivalent to 46x the cost just within the first year and almost 250x their cost last year. During his time there, he has h...
Apr 06, 2021•58 min•Season 3Ep. 149
Today we are joined by Doug Laney, Data & Analytics Innovation Fellow at West Monroe and Author of "Infonomics". Nearly two decades ago, Mr. Laney originated the field of Infonomics, developing methods to quantify information's economic value and apply asset management practices to information assets. He authored the book "Infonomics: Monetizing, Managing and Measuring Information as a Competitive Advantage," and lectures at leading business schools on the topic. In addition to his dozens of...
Mar 24, 2021•56 min•Season 3Ep. 148
We have Kevin Buckley, Founder and CEO of Torrey Pines Law Group, PC in San Diego, USA. He joins us for an insightful chat on Life Sciences and AI. He created Torrey Pines Law Group when he returned home to San Diego in 2013. Throughout his career, he has successfully represented pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, specialty chemical, digital health, healthcare software, artificial intelligence, and convergence technology clients for more than 20 years. Quotes: "If ...
Mar 17, 2021•59 min•Season 3Ep. 147
We have Calvin Ng, Head of Equality and Linking at Equifax and Patrick Choy, Senior Consultant at Talent Insights Group. Today we are focusing on teams. Everything from hiring, how to structure them, retention and more useful tips. Patrick shared some tips for data scientists who want to differentiate themselves when going through recruitment processes. For him, communication is key and he encourages people to communicate their past successes and show the recruiters how they could use that knowl...
Mar 09, 2021•52 min•Season 3Ep. 146
Doug Farell is the Senior Web Engineer at Shutterfly and Author of The Well-Grounded Python Developer, he joined us as our first live webinar guest back in January. Doug has more than 20 years of software development experience in several industries and disciplines. Having been in the industry for many years, Doug fully embraces the concept that "change is the only constant" and can take advantage of emerging technologies and demonstrate the benefits of new technologies to co-workers and managem...
Mar 03, 2021•46 min•Season 3Ep. 145
We are joined by Alexey Grigorev for an episode that will be very useful for anyone wanting to identify the skills needed to get into the data science world. Alexey works as a lead data scientist at OLX Group, where he deals with content moderation and image models. He is an experienced software engineer with 10 years of experience. In the last 6 years, he focused mainly on different aspects of machine learning. Previously he successfully competed in many data science competitions and wrote a fe...
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 144
We have Matthew Dixon, Assistant Professor of Applied Math at the Illinois Institute of Technology and author of the textbook, Machine Learning in Finance: From Theory to Practice. He has also written several journal papers on algorithms and models for machine learning, blockchain based technologies with applications in fintech. Quotes: "Do you want uncertainty as your first class citizen or do you want it more as an afterthought?" "You had to fit models to the data. I realised quickly that was ...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 143
Merve Hickok, Founder of AIEthicist.org, joins us today to share her knowledge on AI Ethics. She is an independent consultant, lecturer and speaker on AI ethics and bias and its implications on individuals & society. She creates awareness, builds capacity and advocates for ethical and responsible AI while also collaborating with several national and international organizations building governance methods. Thanks to our sponsor Talent Insights Group Read the full episode summary here: Ep #142...
Feb 10, 2021•45 min•Season 3Ep. 142
We are joined by Michelle Perugini, she is the co-founder and CEO of Presagen and Life Whisperer. In 2017, she had the opportunity to combine her passion for healthcare and technology and started Presagen, an amazing company that's doing things that actually change people's lives. Presagen is both a platform and product company. They have a really unique AI platform that helps them build scalable AI medical products. One of those products is Life Whisperer, which uses AI for the embryo selection...
Feb 02, 2021•58 min•Season 3Ep. 141
In this episode we talk to Tyler Folkman, Head of Artificial Intelligence at Branded Entertainment Network. Tyler joined Branded Entertainment Network almost two years ago and ever since has been working on how to leverage AI and data in the world of entertainment, specifically product placement. Their work is similar to that of a recommendation algorithm in that they use data to connect brands with the right creators to offer their audiences relevant products. They help brands find the best par...
Jan 27, 2021•55 min•Season 3Ep. 140
We have Carlos Avello, Marketing Science Lead at Amazon (Director of Marketing Analytics at eBay at the time of recording) joining us for an insightful chat on Causal Inference and how it can help businesses understand causes and impacts for better decision making. Even before ecommerce started, Carlos was already working within an extremely data-driven business model. He started his journey in direct response marketing, tracking data from coupons and later analyzing it. In his own words, he exp...
Jan 19, 2021•57 min•Season 3Ep. 139
We are joined by Aurelie Jacquet, Chair of Standards Australia, an independent not-for-profit organisation that specializes in the development and adoption of internationally-aligned standards in Australia. Aurelie is an expert in governance, data ethics, privacy and responsible use of technology. She starts by sharing with us how her journey in the data and ethics world started. She is a lawyer by trade, who started as a litigator and then moved on to work in finance for algorithmic trading. He...
Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 1 min
We’re starting 2021 with Silvio Giorgio, GM Data Science & Strategy at Australia Post. He is an energetic senior leader appointed by the Group CFO to disrupt finance from within. Silvio establishes and leads Data Science for Australia Post applying artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive modelling, robotics and much more to improve people's safety, customer experiences and commercial outcomes. He was named #1 in the #IAPA Top 25 Analytics Leaders Program 2020. Quotes: "We’re no...
Jan 05, 2021•49 min•Season 3Ep. 137
In our last episode, we have Alan Ho, Head of Global Partner Marketing at Tibco Software. We look back on the challenges brought by this year and, as it comes to an end, we reflect on what we need to do differently moving forward and what areas offer hope to those who wish to participate more actively in the data economy. As a part of today’s discussion, we also had the pleasure of chatting with Sara Tiew, Public Sector Leader & Job Redesign Practice Leader at Mercer around the topic of the ...
Dec 20, 2020•37 min
We are joined by Disha Goenka Das, Director of Marketing at Twitter APAC to discuss the modern CMO's job. Disha has had a great career in marketing and has experience in several areas like sales, operations, product management and product marketing. She describes herself as endlessly curious and always wanting to explore the world. Creating marketing strategies and campaigns purely for customer delight is her happy place. She acknowledges technology is moving at a dramatic pace, and marketing is...
Dec 15, 2020•54 min
