Send us a text Aaron Cooper, Senior VP of Global Policy at BSA | The Software Alliance, shares insights on advancing emerging tech policies like #DataPrivacy, #Cybersecurity, #AIRegulation, and #DigitalTrade. Topics include balancing regulation with innovation, global vs. local policy, and the future of AI and cybersecurity. Hosted by Al Martin on Making Data Simple . Aaron Cooper serves as Senior Vice President, Global Policy at BSA, Business Software Alliance. In this role, Cooper leads BSA’s ...
Nov 27, 2024•41 min•Season 8Ep. 39
Send us a text Ben Lowe, Founder and CEO of Lighthouse Technology, shares insights into building a successful entrepreneurial journey, the creation of Lighthouse, and the transformative potential of Agentic AI for enterprises. Packed with career advice and strategies for innovation, this episode is a must-listen for tech enthusiasts and aspiring entrepreneurs. #Entrepreneurship #AgenticAI #TechLeadership #Innovation #BusinessGrowth #CareerAdvice #AIForEnterprise #StartupJourney 01:34 Finding a E...
Nov 20, 2024•47 min•Season 8Ep. 38
Send us a text Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple ? Reach out to us at [almartintalksdata@gmail.com] and tell us why you should be next. Synopsis What if hiring wasn’t about flipping through endless CVs but instead focused solely on skills? In this episode of Making Data Simple , we sit down with Tim Freestone, founder of Alooba, the groundbreaking platform revolutionizing how businesses hire for analytics, data science, and engineering roles. Tim shares how Alooba eliminates b...
Nov 13, 2024•47 min•Season 8Ep. 37
Send us a text Phillip Swan is a dynamic, forward-thinking leader renowned for turning complex challenges into strategic opportunities. As Chief Product and go-tomarket (GTM) Officer at The AI Solution Group, Phillip blends customercentric go-to-market strategies with cutting-edge product development, leadership, and partnerships. 01:19 Meet Phillip Swan 03:33 Wind River Systems 07:30 Responsible AI Solutions 08:25 3 Key Areas : Manufacturing, Financial, Pharma 10:22 AI on Quicksand 11:30 AGI in...
Nov 06, 2024•45 min•Season 8Ep. 36
Send us a text Peter Wang, Chief AI and Innovation Officer and Co-founder of Anaconda, is back. Peter discusses Anaconda’s AI incubator. "It turns out Python is still a thing". Python and much, much more. 01:27 Meet Peter Wang 05:10 Python or R 05:51 Anaconda's Differentiation 07:08 Why the Name Anaconda 08:24 The AI Incubator 11:40 GenAI 14:39 Enter Python 16:08 Anaconda Commercial Services 18:40 Security 20:57 Common Points of Failure 22:53 Branding 24:50 watsonx Partnership 28:40 AI Risks 34:...
Oct 30, 2024•50 min•Season 8Ep. 34
Send us a text Part 2 with Mr. Ian Smith, the most interesting man alive… Serial Entrepreneurial and Co-founder of Lighthouse Technology, accelerating AI in the data center to optimize IT, Cloud and Data environments. 00:50 Lighthouse Technology 02:23 A Closed, Free AI Model?? How is it Monetized? 08:17 Back to the Data Center 10:44 The Edge 11:51 Lighthouse GTM 19:29 The Future 21:12 Reaching Lighthouse 21:43 Rapid Fire- Hardest Part of Entrepreneurship- Easiest Part of Entrepreneurship Linkedi...
Oct 23, 2024•31 min•Season 8Ep. 33
Send us a text Mr. Ian Smith, the most interesting man alive… Serial Entrepreneurial andCo-founder of Lighthouse Technology, accelerating AI in the data center to optimize IT, Cloud and Data environments. 00:58 Meet Ian Smith 03:24 Knowing when to Walk Away 06:32 Back to Ian 08:14 Startup Companies 09:51 A Wine Making Distraction 14:54 Exercise? 16:01 Back to Exciting Tech 19:12 Lighthouse Technology 26:46 Optimize Cloud via Conversational AI Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/ian-smith-a803701 Website: ...
Oct 16, 2024•29 min•Season 8Ep. 32
Send us a text Part 2 : Learning leadership from a 2-star General : "The harder right versus the easier wrong". Hear about the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP) 00:12 How to become a 2-Star General 01:22 Raising 3 girls 4:10 Leadership style 05:21 MDMP to civilian leadership 09:55 General McConville's book recommendation 10:54 How military influences POV 14:06 Advice to others 15:52 Finally! The lighting round LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dianne-del-rosso-7950871 Website: https://www.ibm.com/...
Oct 09, 2024•21 min•Season 8Ep. 31
Send us a text More on GenAI, Hallucinations, RAG, Use Cases, LLMs, SLMs and costs with Armand Ruiz, Director watsonx Client Engineering and John Webb, Principal Client Engineering. With this and the previous episode you'll be wiser on AI than 98% of the world. 00:12 Hallucinations 02:33 RAG Differentiation 06:41 Why IBM in AI 09:23 Use Cases 11:02 The GenAI Resume 13:37 watson.x 15:40 LLMs 17:51 Experience Counts 20:03 AI that Surprises 23:46 AI Skills 26:47 Switching LLMs 27:13 The Cost and SL...
Oct 02, 2024•31 min•Season 8Ep. 30
Send us a text We all need to tell a better story. Meet Vinca LaFleur of West Wing Writers. As a writer, the West Wing is the dream job. Learn how to embody "The story is the difference". Fascinating and only Part 1. 02:28 Meet Vinca LaFleur, the diplomate, wait?! 08:25 Politics? Continuous news? 10:40 "Hanging" with Bill Clinton 18:41 The craft of writing 23:53 Not a PowerPoint hater, but... 26:53 A writers process (case study) President Clinton at the Mackie Plant: https://www.youtube.com/watc...
Sep 25, 2024•40 min•Season 8Ep. 29
Send us a text Talking data with Dima Spivak, Director of Product Management, StreamSets. Data integration and real-time decision making. 02:02 Dima Spivak is Here! 04:19 Why StreamSets? 06:00 What is StreamSets? 09:48 On Demand Expense 11:34 Regulated Industries 12:36 Secret Sauce 14:41 A Competitive View 15:50 Data Fabric and StreamSets 18:25 StreamSets and AI 21:12 Use Cases 24:02 The Future of Streaming 25:48 Quality and Testing 31:19 For Fun Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/dmitryspivak Website: h...
Sep 18, 2024•37 min•Season 8Ep. 28
Send us a text A watercooler talk with the incredibly smart, Greg Hintermeister, IBM Distinguished Engineer, Master Inventor, and AI+ Enterprise Transformation Lead. From Design, the AI Method, to Music. 00:40 What Are You Singing? 03:09 Meet Greg Hintermeister 06:16 The Role of Design 09:19 Becoming a Distinguished Engineer 11:33 The Game Changer 12:47 Monolithic Applications to Cloud 17:34 Avoiding Egress Charges 19:05 The AI Method 22:34 Reference Architectures 26:59 High Quality Data Sets 28...
Sep 11, 2024•33 min•Season 8Ep. 27
Send us a text Chris Konarski, VP Client Engineering, IBM, talks about how to place client obsession, co-creation, and curiosity to work within the Enterprise. 01:55 Who is Chris Konarski? 04:41 Client Engineering 09:02 Client Obsesses, Biased to Action, Curiosity 11:49 Love to Designers 13:37 Four Weeks to Deliver 16:04 3 Most Successful AI Use Cases 18:14 AI Win Rate 21:05 Use Case Problems 30:36 What Client Engineering is NOT 37:12 Competitors 39:33 Client Engineering's Future 41:36 Measuring...
Sep 04, 2024•58 min•Season 8Ep. 26
Send us a text The master of Artificial Intelligence: Ruchir Puri, Chief Scientist of IBM Research, an IBM Fellow, and Vice-President of IBM Corporate Technology. AI questions you were afraid to ask, from hallucinations to watsonx. #makingdatasimple #watsonx Welcome to the enlightening world of AI with Ruchir Puri, the Master of Artificial Intelligence and esteemed guest on our podcast. Join us as we embark on a captivating journey, delving deep into the realms of AI that you've always been curi...
Aug 28, 2024•57 min•Season 8Ep. 25
Send us a text I took a much needed vacation and invited my favorite coach back on the show. Lynne Snead, Principal and Owner of Talent Evolution Systems, discusses how to maintain focus and expand influence, using the three circles model. Leadership is is influence; are you a manager or leader? Would people follow you even if they didn't have to? If the answer is yes, that's leadership. 02:47 Meet Lynne Snead Again 03:47 The Circles Model 09:30 The Circle of Personal Control 14:05 It’s the How ...
Aug 21, 2024•42 min
Send us a text For the Electrical Engineers in Test out there, this is your episode. Todd VanGilder, CTO and CRO, and Ryan Smith, Tech Fellow, for Genuen join the podcast to talk about achieving reliable performance through Systems Engineering and Custom Test Equipment. And their secret sauce: Replica. 02:26 Meet Genuen Leaders 08:33 Boeing 09:21 Genuen 15:11 2-min Pitch 16:11 Client Profile 18:25 Use Cases 23:00 Replica 33:10 Reflective Memory Secret Sauce 37:16 Monetizing Replica 40:06 Coolest...
Aug 14, 2024•47 min•Season 8Ep. 30
Send us a text Learn AI Ethics, Risks, and Regulation with Christina Montgomery, IBM's Chief Privacy and Trust Officer. Yes, Law can be fun AND very interesting. 01:00 Christina Montgomery! 04:36 My Daughter and the Bar 08:36 Chief Privacy and Trust Officer 11:37 Keeping IBM Out of Trouble 13:34 Client Conversations 16:23 Where to Be Bullish and Bearish 20:52 The Risks of LLMs 24:21 NIST and AI Alliance 28:26 AI Regulation 36:13 Synthetic Data 38:00 Misconceptions 40:07 Worries 41:27 The Path to...
Jul 31, 2024•45 min•Season 8Ep. 29
Send us a text An avid rock climber and passionate advocate for digital services, Meg Gallagher, Director of Sales, WalkMe. WalkMe is a digital adoption platform (DAP) that helps businesses simplify the user experience and increase user engagement on their websites, mobile apps, and software platforms. 01:19 Meg Gallagher! 02:09 Favorite Spirits 04:47 Jeff City MO 07:38 Meg's Background 13:57 WalkMe 16:53 A Double Click 19:14 The How 23:40 Human Process Automation 26:42 SLED 31:53 Monetization 3...
Jul 24, 2024•42 min•Season 8Ep. 28
Send us a text Mastering SEO and Consumer Insights with Sam Torres, CDO of Gray Dot Company. And getting educated on gaming. Sam Torres is the Chief Digital Officer and co-founder of The Gray Dot Company, Gray Dot Company is a consulting firm that specializes in search engine optimization. Sam outlines expertise in complex digital analytics and consumer insights data. 03:40 Meet Sam Torres 05:57 Marketing Platforms 07:49 Digital Consumer Intelligence 14:55 Defining Success 17:55 AIs Impact on Go...
Jul 17, 2024•33 min•Season 8Ep. 27
Send us a text A chat about leading Fortune 100 clients with Clodagh Daly, Director of Account Technical Leaders at IBM for UKI. So fun. Stories, sound bites, charisma and lies. 01:41 Introducing Clodagh Daly 05:49 Charisma & Lies 20:40 Account Technical Leader Magic 28:04 C-suite Influence Stories 34:41 The Best Account Technical Leaders 37:06 Continuous Learning Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/clodaghdaly Website: https://www.ibm.com Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach ou...
Jul 10, 2024•42 min•Season 8Ep. 26
Send us a text Part 2 : With Roger Premo, General Manager, Corporate Strategy and Ventures. We transition from 5 truths on GenAI to 5 truths on Hybrid Cloud. Everything inquiring minds want to know! 01:40 Hybrid Cloud 02:32 Truth #6, ROI on Cloud 13:51 #7, Hybrid Multi-cloud is the Norm 18:06 Hybrid Landscapes Today 20:50 #8, Hybrid is Not Just for Large Enterprises 23:17 Multi-cloud Affordability 25:40 #9, Open Source Wins 32:23 Lock-in 34:53 Final #10, Hybrid by Design 40:30 Getting Started 45...
Jul 03, 2024•48 min•Season 8Ep. 25
Send us a text Part 1 : Let's talk IBM's view on IT Strategy with Roger Premo, General Manager, Corporate Strategy and Ventures. This is Roger's 5 truths on GenAI. 01:31 Roger Premo is BACK 02:37 IBM's Ventures 08:06 10 Truths of GenAI and Hybrid Cloud 08:39 Let's Start with Facts 13:37 The First Truth : Multi-model 18:41 Second Truth : GenAI will be Hybrid Multi-cloud 23:36 Third Truth : Gov and Security are a Must 27:42 Truth Four : Data is the Competitive Advantage 33:00 Five : Scaling for RO...
Jun 26, 2024•49 min•Season 8Ep. 24
Send us a text Want to go deep into Intelligent Systems, meet Peter Voss, Founder and CEO of Aigo.ai. Peter coined the term ‘Artificial General Intelligence’ and is perfecting the hyper-personalized Chatbot, WITH a brain. 01:56 Meet Peter Voss 08:23 Passion for Intelligent Systems 12:54 Why only Aigo 16:31 ChatGPT? A Different View 22:03 A Use Case by Example 30:53 What is Included, What is Not 34:08 Who are your Clients 36:10 The Engagement 38:57 The Business Case 41:59 AI that Reasons 44:26 Th...
Jun 19, 2024•51 min•Season 7Ep. 2
Send us a text This is always a good interview; an interview from last year with Dr. Mindy Weinstein discussing how we try to reach humans through digital marketing, and the power of scarcity. I am reminded of this concept every time I look at the resell price of Taylor Swift tickets. Marketing : The Power of Scarcity with Mindy Weinstein, Founder and CEO of Market MindShift, Marketing instructor for Grand Canyon University, Columbia Business School, and Wharton. "Trying to reach humans" through...
Jun 12, 2024•29 min•Season 8Ep. 24
Send us a text Kathy Stares, EVP of North America for Provenir talks about AI-powered risk decisioning software, processing more than four billion transactions annually for disruptive financial services organizations in more than 50 countries worldwide. 01:14 Meet Kathy Stares 04:34 The Start of Summer 08:01 AI Powered Risk Decisioning 11:31 The Tech Behind Povenir 13:42 Models 14:32 Data Source 16:43 The Business Problem 17:33 Banking Strategies 18:48 The Extent of the Platform 20:28 Automation...
Jun 05, 2024•35 min•Season 8Ep. 23
Send us a text Part 2: Ayal Steinberg, GM Technical Community and Client Engineering. A life in Sales is discussed in terms of Tech, leadership insights, and calling your shots. You're guaranteed to find at least one nugget to operationalize. 00:12 The State of AI 03:45 Instruct Lab, Open & Closed Models 08:49 Exciting Tech 15:51 Ayal the Outlier 16:58 Emerging Tech 18:14 Fearful? Nope 19:51 Leadership Style 24:57 Provide Hope, Define Reality Jan 29th, 2020 - https://podcasts.apple.com/sk/po...
May 29, 2024•29 min
Send us a text Part 1: Ayal Steinberg, GM Technical Community and Client Engineering. A life in Sales is discussed in terms of Tech, leadership insights, and calling your shots. You're guaranteed to find at least one nugget to operationalize. 01:24 Tech Community and Client Engineering 05:03 Client Sales versus Technical Sales 07:27 5 to 10% More Productive via Reducing Friction 10:32 Technical Sales Insights 12:30 Defining the Technical Community 13:41 Advice to Sales? 15:36 Calling Your Shots ...
May 22, 2024•26 min•Season 8Ep. 21
Send us a text This week we chat with Rob Thomas, Senior Vice President, Software and Chief Commercial Officer at IBM. Rob talks health and hobbies, the state of AI, and IBM's overall vision. 01:57 Maintaining Health 03:57 Where is IBM Today? 06:58 Modernizing the Data Center 08:08 Acknowledged Mistakes 10:41 The State of AI 13:48 IBM's Position on AI 17:14 The InstructLab Project 19:33 IBM's Vision and Outlook 20:43 What Must IBM Get Right? 21:40 Emerging Technologies 23:30 THINK Conference Ann...
May 15, 2024•28 min•Season 8Ep. 20
Send us a text David Wynn, Principal Solution Architect at Edge Delta, talks automated observability, ensuring systems are not only monitored but also intelligently guided through root-cause analysis when issues arise 02:07 Meeting David Wynn 03:27 Sorry, David is from Duke 04:41 Google Cloud 08:02 Edge Delta 11:51 Differentiation 14:21 Reactive or Prevention? 16:03 The Practice of Observability 18:41 Data Exhaust 22:30 Customer Personas 24:28 Use Cases 27:01 David's Take on AI 31:58 Hype Cycle ...
May 08, 2024•45 min
Send us a text Cody Schneider Part 2, co-founder of Swell AI and Drafthorse AI : two AI content creation platforms helping businesses scale content production. Consider this an early stage founder discussion. A ton of fun topics in this one. 00:12 Short Nvidia? 06:39 THE Platform of Choice 13:51 Brain Rot 14:43 AI Guidance 17:10 Swell AI's Value 22:56 It's Ok to Take Kudos! 25:47 Business Predictions 28:07 Distribution > Product 29:27 Finding Cody 30:08 Getting Offline LinkedIn: linkedin.com/...
May 01, 2024•34 min•Season 8Ep. 18
