In this podcast, @BillFranksGA talks about the ingredients of a successful analytics ecosystem. He shared his analytics journey, his perspective on how other businesses are engaging in data analytics practice. He also sheds some light on best practices that businesses could adopt to execute a successful data strategy. Timeline: 0:28 Bill's journey. 4:00 Bill's journey as an analyst. 9:29 Maturity of the analytics market. 11:56 Business, IT, and Data. 16:18 Introducing centralized analytics pract...
Jul 19, 2018•1 hr 12 min
In this podcast @AndyPalmer from @Tamr sat with @Vishaltx from @AnalyticsWeek to talk about the emergence/need/market for Data Ops, a specialized capability emerging from merging data engineering and dev ops ecosystem due to increased convoluted data silos and complicated processes. Andy shared his journey on what some of the businesses and their leaders are doing wrong and how businesses need to rethink their data silos to future proof themselves. This is a good podcast for any data leader thin...
Jul 12, 2018•57 min
In this podcast, Aaron Black from Inova Translational Medicine Institute talks about his journey in creating/leading data science practice in healthcare. He shared some of the best practices, opportunities, and challenges concerning team dynamics, process orientation, and leadership relationship building. This podcast is great for anyone from ADP who talked about big data in HR. He shared some of the best practices and opportunities that reside in HR data. Aaron also shared some tactical steps t...
Jun 28, 2018•57 min
In this podcast, Steve Goldbach & Geoff Tuff from Deloitte sat with Vishal to discuss their recently released book "Detonate". They shared their insights on a cleaner way to create strategies for a future proof and transformation friendly organization. Their tactical suggestions go a long way in helping install a robust strategy to increase responsiveness. Timeline: 0:29 The author's journeys. 4:30 Motivation behind writing "Detonate". 8:31 Getting rid of best practices. 12:08 Relevance of "...
Jun 21, 2018•1 hr 1 min
In this podcast, Harsh Tiwari, Former CDO CUNA Mutual Group, sheds light on data science leadership in the financial / risk sector. He shares some key takeaway insights for aspiring leaders to take for managing large enterprise data science practice. He shared the importance of collaborations and a growth mindset via a partnership. He discussed his "So what" approach to problem-solving. This podcast is great for any listener willing to understand some best practices for being a data-driven leade...
Jun 12, 2018•1 hr 4 min
In this podcast, Drew Conway (@DrewConway) from Aluvium talks about his journey to start an IoT startup. He sheds light on the opportunities in the industrial IoT space and shares some insights into the mechanism of running a data science startup in the IoT space. She shared some tactical suggestions for any future leader. This podcast is great for data science startup entrepreneurs and/or Sr. executives in IoT. Timeline: 0:28 Drew's journey from counter-terrorism to IoT startup. 9:29 Data scien...
Jun 06, 2018•1 hr 3 min
In this podcast, Drew Conway (@DrewConway) from Alluvium talks about his journey on creating a socially connected and responsible data science practice. He shared tactical steps and suggestions to help recruit the right talent, build the right culture, and nurture the relationship to create a sustained and impactful data science practice. The session is great for folks caring to create a self-sustaining and growth compliant data science practice. Timeline: 0:28 Drew's journey from counter-terror...
May 30, 2018•1 hr 4 min
In this podcast, Alex Wissner-Gross from Gemedy sat with Vishal Kumar from AnalyticsWeek to discuss the convoluted world of intelligence in artificial intelligence. He sheds deep insights on what machines perceive as intelligence and how to evaluate the current unwrapping of AI capabilities. This podcast is a must-attend for anyone who wishes to understand what AI is all about. Timeline: 0:28 Alex's journey. 7:20 Alex's role in Gemedy. 9:19 Physics of AI. 12:05 General use cases for distribution...
May 23, 2018•1 hr 6 min
In this podcast, Justin Borgman talks about his journey of starting a data science start, doing an exit, and jumping on another one. The session is filled with insights for leadership, looking for entrepreneurial wisdom to get on a data-driven journey. Timeline: 0:28 Justin's journey. 3:22 Taking the plunge to start a new company. 5:49 Perception vs. reality of starting a data warehouse company. 8:15 Bringing in something new to the IT legacy. 13:20 Getting your first few customers. 16:16 Right ...
May 16, 2018•58 min
In this podcast, Marc Rind from ADP talked about big data in HR. He shared some of the best practices and opportunities that reside in HR data. Marc also shared some tactical steps to perform to help build better data-driven teams to execute data-driven strategies. This podcast is great for folks looking to explore the depth of HR data and the opportunities that reside in it. Timeline: 0:28 Marc's journey. 4:50 Marc's typical day. 7:23 Data use cases in ADP. 11:20 Driving innovation and thought ...
May 09, 2018•51 min
In this podcast, @JohnNives discusses ways to demystify AI for the enterprise. He shares his perspective on how businesses should engage with AI and what are some of the best practices and considerations for businesses to adopt AI in their strategic roadmap. This podcast is great for anyone seeking to learn about the way to adopt AI in the enterprise landscape. Timelines: 0:28 John's journey. 6:50 John's current role. 9:40 The role of a chief digital officer. 11:16 The current trend of AI. 13:52...
May 02, 2018•1 hr 2 min
In this podcast, Amy Gershkoff(@amygershkoff) talks about the ingredients of a successful data science team. Amy sheds light on the challenges of building a successful team and how businesses could align themselves to get maximum out of their data science practice. Amy discussed some tricks, tips, and easy to execute strategies to keep the data science team and practice at the top of its efficiency. This is a great session for anyone who wants to be part of a winning and thriving data science pr...
Mar 29, 2018•59 min
In this podcast Stephen Gatchell (@stephengatchell) from @Dell talks about the ingredients of a successful data scientist. He sheds light on the importance of data governance and compliance in defining a robust data science strategy. He suggested tactical steps that executives could take in starting their journey to a robust governance framework. He talked about how to take away the scare from governance. He gave insights on some of the things leaders could do today to build robust data science ...
Mar 22, 2018•54 min
In this podcast, Ashok Srivastava(@aerotrekker) talks about how the code of creating a great data science practice goes through #PeopleDataTech, and he suggested how to handle unreasonable expectations from reasonable technologies. He shared his journey through culturally diverse organizations and how he successfully build data science practice. He shared his role in Intuit and some of the AI/Machine learning focus in his current role. This podcast is a must for all data-driven leaders, strategi...
Mar 14, 2018•52 min
In this podcast, Bill Schmarzo talks about the ingredients of successful data science practice, team, and executives. Bill shared his insights on what some leaders in the industries are doing and some challenges seen in the successful deployment. Bill shared his key take on ingredients for some of the successful hires. This podcast is great for growth mindset executives willing to learn about creating a successful data science practice. Timeline: 0:29 Bill's journey. 5:05:00 Bill's current role....
Mar 07, 2018•1 hr 3 min
In this podcast, Rahul Kashyap(@RCKashyap) talks about the state of security, technology, and business crossroad on Security and the mindset of a security led technologist. He sheds some light on past, present, and future security risks discussed some common leadership concerns, and how a technologist could circumvent that. This podcast is a must for all technologists and wannabe technologists to grow their organization. Timeline: 0:29 Rahul's journey. 4:40 Rahul's current role. 7:58 How the typ...
Feb 28, 2018•57 min
In this last part of the two-part podcast, @TimothyChou discussed the Internet of Things landscape's future. He laid out how the internet has always been about the internet of things and not the internet of people. He sheds light on the internet of things as it is spread across themes of things, connect, collect, learn, and do workflows. He builds an interesting case about achieving precision to introduction optimality. Timeline: 0:29 Timothy's journey. 8:56 Selling cloud to Oracle. 15:57 Commun...
Feb 21, 2018•57 min
In this first part of a two-part podcast, @TimothyChou discussed the Internet of Things landscape. He laid out how the internet has always been about the internet of things and not the internet of people. He sheds light on the internet of things as it is spread across themes of things, connect, collect, learn, and do workflows. He builds an interesting case about achieving precision to introduction optimality. Timeline: 0:29 Reason behind the failure of IoT projects. 19:10 Which businesses will ...
Feb 14, 2018•40 min
In this podcast, Chuck Rehberg from Trigent Software sat with Vishal to discuss how, as a technologist, leaders should think about connecting technology to help solve real business pains. Chuck also shared some of the best practices technologists could adopt to built successful integrity-filled bias-free teams and solutions. Timeline 0:29 Chuck's journey. 8:45 Chuck's role in Trigent. 14:18 Trigent's niche clients. 16:26 Semantics and Trigent model. 18:42 What is semantics? 22:00 The state of se...
Feb 08, 2018•1 hr 10 min
In this podcast, Venu Vasudevan(@ProcterGamble) talks about the best practices of creating a research-led data-driven data science team. He walked through his journey of creating a robust and sustained data science team, spoke about bias in data science, and some practices leaders and data science practitioners could adopt to create an impactful data science team. This podcast is great for future data science leaders and practitioners leading organizations to put together a data science practice...
Feb 01, 2018•55 min
In this podcast, Paul Ballew(@Ford) talks about best practices when running a data science organization spanned across multiple continents. He shared the importance of being Smart, Nice, and Inquisitive in creating tomorrow's workforce today. He sheds some light on the importance of appreciating culture when defining forward-looking policies. He also builds a case for a non-native group and discusses ways to implement data science as a central organization(with no hub-spoke model). This podcast ...
Dec 20, 2017•58 min
In this podcast, Joel Comm from The Bad Crypto Podcast sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek, and discuss the World of Crypto Currencies. The discussion sheds light on the nuances in the rapidly exploding world of Crypto Currencies and some of the thinking behind the currencies. The discussion also sheds light on the opportunities and risks in the industry. Joel sheds his insights about how to think about these currencies and the long term implications of the algos that run these currencies. ...
Dec 13, 2017•1 hr 3 min
In this podcast, Igor Volovich(@CyberIgor) talks about the strategic side of cybersecurity. He shared some practices that businesses could adopt to keep their infrastructure safe. Igor sheds some light on some easy ways to measure security for your business and understand the leadership commitment needed to establish a security mindset. Igor also shares the need for metric lead strategies to quantify the outcome. This podcast is great for future information security leaders to understand data sc...
Dec 06, 2017•1 hr 2 min
In this podcast, George Corugedo(@RedpointCTO) / @Redpoint talks about the ingredients of a technologist in a data-driven world. He sheds light on technology & technologist bias and how companies could work progressively to respond in an unbiased manner. He shared some insights on leading a data science product as a technologist and shared some takeaways for future technologists. This podcast is great for future technologists thinking of shaping their organization to take advantage of techno...
Nov 29, 2017•1 hr 3 min
In this podcast, @CRGutowski from @GE_Digital talks about the importance of data and analytics in transforming sales organizations. She sheds light on challenges and opportunities with transforming the sales organization of a transnational enterprise using analytics and implement a growth mindset. Cate shared some of the tenets of the transformation mindset. This podcast is great for future leaders who are thinking of shaping their sales organization and empower them with the digital mindset. Ti...
Nov 22, 2017•56 min
In this podcast, @EdwardBoudrot from @Optum talks about how leaders could induce design thinking into product design and process engineering. Ed shares some of the ways organizations (small or big) could create lean processes that induce not only efficient people-centric products but also help future proof companies by bringing them closer to their customer. This podcast is great for future leaders who are thinking of shaping their organization around design thinking concepts. Timeline: 0:29 Edw...
Nov 15, 2017•1 hr 1 min
In This podcast, Brian Haugli from The Hanover Insurance Group sat with Vishal to talk about some of the security led leader's mindset. From discussing some of the leadership mindset to practitioner tactical guide to help future security leaders to understand how to secure their organization. This session is great for any security, passionate leader willing to create a security wrapped growth mindset. Timeline: 0:28 Brian's journey. 3:45 Brian's current role. 7:43 CSO combining with physical sec...
Nov 08, 2017•1 hr 2 min
In this podcast, Andrea Gallego, Principal & Global Technology Lead @ Boston Consulting Group, talks about her journey as a data science practitioner in the consulting space. She talks about some of the industry practices that up and rising data science professionals must deploy and talks about some operational hacks to help create a robust data science team. It is a must-listen conversation for practitioner folks in the industry trying to deploy a data science team and build solutions for a...
Nov 01, 2017•1 hr 1 min
In this podcast, Sid Probstein, CTO AIFoundry, talks about the mindset of technology transformist in a data-driven world. He discusses some of the challenges he faces as a technologist and provides some ways to mitigate them. Sid also talks about the mindset of technologists in a startup vs. a larger enterprise. It is a must-listen conversation for technology folks in the industry trying to navigate the technology and business divide. Timeline: 0:28 Sid's journey. 7:02 Sid's current role. 15:26 ...
Oct 25, 2017•57 min
In this podcast, John T Langton, Director of Applied Data Science, sat with Vishal, President AnalyticsWeek, and discussed his data analytics journey. He shared his insights, from his startup days to running a data science group within a big enterprise. Timeline: 0:28 John's journey. 13:28 John's current role. 17:06 Succeeding as a data scientist in different organizations. 26:47 Challenges in putting together a data science company. 38:36 Hacks to selling innovative ideas to clients and custome...
Oct 19, 2017•1 hr 5 min
