#2 - Beth Jacaruso: Moody's Analytics, Data Safari, and The New Oil

Beth Jacaruso is the Head of Content Strategy, Data Solutions at Moody's Analytics, and offers a breadth and depth of experience and acumen in the alternative data (Big Data) and information management arena.

In this episode, Beth and Drew discuss the profound impact technology has had on approaching data, Moody's Analytics, and how data is the New Oil.

Beth's Twitter: https://twitter.com/beth_jacaruso

Beth's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethjacaruso/

Moody's Analytics: https://www.moodysanalytics.com/

PODCAST INFO

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SUPPORT & CONNECT

Drew Doherty is the VP of Partnerships at Veridion, the Co-host of Data on the Rocks Podcast, and an expert in the design of data solutions that support a range of business processes and decisions across the entire customer lifecycle.   

Drew's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewdoherty/

Veridion is a big data startup that leverages advanced scraping and ML technologies to ingest hundreds of billions of webpages every week and perform at scale human-like ML based research to create and maintain a database of 50+ data points on 70M+ companies. Clients vary greatly in terms of domain (from insurance and banking to procurement and private equity) but share a core common trait: the need to perform business decisions at scale. About Veridion: https://veridion.com/about-us/ Veridion's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/veridiondata Veridion's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/veridiondata/ Veridion's Twitter: https://twitter.com/veridiondata

OUTLINE

(00:00) - Introduction

(04:08) - Beth's History background

(05:58) - History, the Truth, and Facts

(08:45) - Beth's time at Arthur D. Little

(10:16) - Data Safari & Career path

(14:38) - Technology's impact on Data

(22:04) - Beth's steps toward the Explosion of Data

(29:14) - Is Data the New Oil?

(32:30) - Moody's Analytics

(35:28) - Most important characteristics of Data

(38:46) - Deciphering the voice of the customer

(46:01) - What excites Beth the most about Moody's direction?