The Future of Data Podcast | conversation with leaders, influencers, and change makers in the World of Data & Analytics

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 is great for future data science leaders leading organizations with a broad consumer base and multiple geo-political silos. Timeline: 0:29 Paul's journey. 5:10 Paul's current role. 8:10 Insurance and data analytics. 13:00 Who will own the insurance in the time of automation. 18:22 Recruiting models in technologies. 21:54 Embracing technological change. 25:03 Will we have more analytics in Ford cars? 28:25 How does Ford stay competitive from a technology perspective. 30:30 Challenges for Analytics officer in Ford. 32:36 Ingredients of a good hire. 34:12 How is the data science team structured in Ford. 36:15 Dealing with shadow groups. 39:00 Successful KPIs. 40:33 Who owns data? 42:27 Who should own the security of data assets. 44:05 Examples of successful data science groups. 46:30 Practises for remaining bias-free. 48:55 Getting started running a global data science team. 52:45 How does Paul's keep himself updated. 54:18 Paul's favorite read. 55:45 Closing remarks. Paul's Recommended Read: The Outsiders Paperback – S. E. Hinton http://amzn.to/2Ai84Gl Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/paul-ballewford-running-global-data-science-group-futureofdata-podcast/ Paul's BIO: Paul Ballew is vice president and Global Chief Data and Analytics officer, Ford Motor Company, effective June 1, 2017. At the same time, he also was elected a Ford Motor Company officer. In this role, he leads Ford’s global data and analytics teams for the enterprise. Previously, Ballew was Global Chief Data and Analytics Officer, a position to which he was named in December 2014. In this role, he has been responsible for establishing and growing the company’s industry-leading data and analytics operations that are driving significant business value throughout the enterprise. Prior to joining Ford, he was Chief Data, Insight & Analytics Officer at Dun & Bradstreet. In this capacity, he was responsible for the company’s global data and analytic activities along with the company’s strategic consulting practice. Previously, Ballew served as Nationwide’s senior vice president for Customer Insight and Analytics. He directed customer analytics, market research, and information and data management functions, and supported the company’s marketing strategy. His responsibilities included the development of Nationwide’s customer analytics, data operations, and strategy. Ballew joined Nationwide in November 2007 and established the company’s Customer Insights and Analytics capabilities. Ballew sits on the boards of Neustar, Inc. and Hyatt Hotels Corporation. He was born in 1964 and has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Economics from the University of Detroit. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey in creating the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

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. The podcast is a great listen for anyone who wants to understand the world of cryptocurrencies. Timeline: 0:29 Joel's journey. 5:45 Thinking behind "Bad Crypto". 7:50 Getting into the domain of cryptocurrency. 13:30 Underlying technology behind cryptocurrency. 17:00 On Bitcoin. 18:50 Tracing back a ledger. 20:36 The use of blockchain. 23:00 Every bitcoin is a country. 25:11 Parameters to invest in Cryptocurrency. 26:05 Some better known Cryptocurrency. 31:52 The security aspect of Cryptocurrency. 41:52 Security and regulations of tokens. 44:03 The consensus element of blockchain. 46:25 Alternatives to the blockchain. 49:30 Bitcoin as payment. 58:15 Manipulation of the Crypto market. 1:00:51 Joel's favorite reads. Youtube: https://youtu.be/xJucEIDitas iTunes: http://apple.co/2ynxopz *Please note, this podcast and/or its content in no way advocate any investment advice and nor intended to generate any positive or negative influence. Crypto Currencies are highly volatile in nature, and any investor must use absolute caution and care while evaluating such currencies.* Joel's Recommended Read: Cryptocurrencies 101 By James Altucher http://bit.ly/2Bi5FMv Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/discussing-world-crypto-joelcomm-badcrypto/ Joel's BIO: As a knowledgeable & inspirational speaker, Joel speaks on a variety of business and entrepreneurial topics. He presents a step-by-step playbook on how to use social media as a leveraging tool to expand the reach of your brand, increase your customer base, and create fierce brand loyalty for your business. Joel is also able to speak with authority on the various ways to harness the marketing power of technology to explode profits. He offers an inspiring yet down-to-earth call to action for those who dream of obtaining growth and financial success. As someone who went from having only 87 cents in his bank account to creating multiple successful businesses, Joel is uniquely poised to instruct and inspire when it comes to using the various forms of new media as avenues towards the greater goal of business success. He is a broadcast veteran with thousands of hours in radio, podcasting, television, and online video experience. Joel is the host of two popular yet completely different podcasts. FUN with Joel Comm features the lighter side of the top business and social leaders. The Bad Crypto Podcast makes cryptocurrency and bitcoin understandable to the masses. Joel is the New York Times best-selling author of 14 books, including The AdSense Code, Click Here to Order: Stories from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs, KaChing: How to Run an Online Business that Pays and Paysm Twitter Power 3.0, and Self Employed: 50 Signs That You Might Be an Entrepreneur. He has also written over 40 ebooks. He has appeared in The New York Times, on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show, on CNN online, on Fox News, and many other places. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

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 science and metrics led cybersecurity strategy. Timeline: 0:29 Igor's journey. 10:37 Recognizing innovation in small companies. 16:30 Aligning with an incubator. 25:16 Creating robust risk metric. 39:29 Right way of thinking about cybersecurity. 50:42 Can a company be offensive about security. 57:43 Igor's favorite read. 59:17 Igor's upcoming book. Igor's Recommended Read: How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk by Douglas W. Hubbard, Richard Seiersen http://amzn.to/2BOoK6D Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/563505-2/ Igor's BIO: Strategist, advisor, advocate, mentor, author, speaker, and cyber leader. Passionate about the craft of cybersecurity and its role in protecting the computing public, the integrity of global commerce and international trade, and defense of critical national infrastructure. Internationally experienced cybersecurity executive and senior advisor with 20 years of service to the world's largest private and public-sector entities, Fortune 100's, US legislative and executive branches, and regulatory agencies About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

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 technological disruptions to stay competitive. Timeline: 0:29 George's journey. 3:35 Challenges in George's journey. 7:22 The relevance of mathematics in this data-driven world. 13:02 Statistitians getting into the technology stack. 22:38 Data-driven customer engagement platform. 24:24 Challenges for a technologist to connect with various platforms and prospects. 28:52 Customer challenges for businesses. 31:55 What do businesses get about marketing? 34:04 Bridging the gap between data and analytics. 42:42 Hacks for mitigating bias. 46:18 Appification: a bane or an opportunity. 48:45 An candidate for a data analytics startup. 52:40 Important KPIs for a data-driven customer engagement company. 56:33 How does George keep himself updated? 57:58 What keeps George up at night? 59:15 George's favorite read. 1:01:05 Closing remarks. Youtube: https://youtu.be/u6CtN-TYjXI iTunes: http://apple.co/2AJDnuz Ed's Recommended Read: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee http://amzn.to/2hZnwwx Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions) by Ralph Waldo Emerson http://amzn.to/2i0WcOx Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/redpointcto-redpointglobal-on-becoming-an-unbiased-technologist-in-datadriven-world/ George's BIO: A former math professor and seasoned technology executive, RedPoint Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder George Corugedo has more than two decades of business and technical experience. George is responsible for directing the development of the RedPoint Customer Engagement Hub, RedPoint’s leading enterprise customer engagement solution. George left academia in 1997 to co-found Accenture’s Customer Insights Practice, which specialized in strategic data utilization, analytics, and customer strategy. George’s previous positions include director of client delivery at ClarityBlue, Inc., a provider of hosted customer intelligence solutions, and COO/CIO of Riscuity, a receivables management company that specialized in using analytics to drive collections. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

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. Timeline: 0:29 Cate's journey. 7:40 Cate's typical day. 9:07 How does the sales cope up with disruption? 13:25 Data science in sales. 14:48 Planning a digital software for 25000 workforces. 18:00 The thin line between marketing and sales. 22:13 Safeguarding the workforce against tech disruption. 24:57 The culture of sales. 27:55 Designing a digitally connected strategy. 30:08 Designing customer experience. 33:48 Sales strategy for a startup. 36:43 Selling transformative sales strategies to executives. 40:55 How can organizations go digital? 43:25 Digital thread. 44:14 How can a sales organization deal with IT? 45:54 Pitfalls in the process of digitization. 48:44 Challenges for sales folks amid disruption. 50:30 How does Cate keep herself updated? 52:10 Cate's success mantra. 54:06 Closing remarks. Youtube: https://youtu.be/3jcpYgvIli4 iTunes: http://apple.co/2hM9r5E Cate's Recommended Read: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek http://amzn.to/2hGvc6w Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/crgutowski-ge_digital-using-analytics-transform-sales/ Cate's BIO: Cate has 20 years of technical sales, marketing, and product leadership experience across various global divisions in GE. Cate is currently based in Boston, MA, and works as the VP – Commercial Digital Thread, leading the digital transformation of GE’s 25,000+ sales organization globally. Prior to relocating to Boston, Cate and her family lived in Budapest, Hungary, where she led product management, marketing, and commercial operations across EMEA for GE Current. Cate holds an M.B.A. from the University of South Florida and a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData, #Data, #Analytics, #Leadership Podcast, #Big Data, #Strategy

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 Edward's journey. 4:55 Innovation in a culturally thick company. 10:46 Life cycle of design thinking. 15:45 Designing thinking's role in business strategy. 19:28 Attributes of design thinking in business strategy. 23:07 Edward's expansion strategy. 25:30 Favorite design thinking concepts. 29:40 How to move a product mindset to a design thinking mindset. 32:22 Lab atmosphere to execute design thinking ideas. 34:15 Tips for startups to get started with design thinking. 35:40 Steps for companies to adopt design thinking. 38:15 Collaboration in design thinking. 41:00 Getting started with a human-centered design. 43:42 Tenets of a successful design thinking executive. 46:30 KPIs to measure the success of your design. 48:58 Design thinking and disruption. 53:22 Businesses that are doing well at design thinking. 55:33 How can design thinking protect itself from market changes. 59:17 Edward's favorite reads. 1:00:33 Closing remarks. Ed's Recommended Read: Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs http://amzn.to/2ywxKLx 101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization http://amzn.to/2AFiWvE Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers http://amzn.to/2zAkwAJ Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/edwardboudrot-optum-designthinking-data-driven-products/ Ed's BIO: Ed Boudrot is the Vice President of Fusion, an enterprise accelerator for Optum. Optum’s mission is to help people live healthier lives and to help make the health system work better for everyone. Boudrot has founded and has been a part of serval startups in the Boston area and Intuit innovation labs. He specializes in the convergence of Human-centered design, business strategy, and rapid development to optimize experiences and business outcomes. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

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 security. 10:12 Physical security infrastructure. 11:55 Brian's journey from Military and corporate. 14:42 Common challenges for a CSO. 17:37 Do security certifications help professionals secure an organization? 22:14 Advice for those wanting to join the security industry. 27:14 Recommendations for a startup to stay secure. 34:32 CSO's necessity in understanding tech and business. 36:35 Hacks to cope with new company integrations and operations. 40:50 Security vs. business innovation. 44:13 Security is seen as professional janitors. 52:30 The role of government and regulations in providing security. 55:30 Brian's keys to success. 58:36 Closing remarks. Brian's Read Recommendation: On The Road by Jack Kerouac http://amzn.to/2hMhOhG Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/brianhaugli-the_hanover-%e2%80%8fon-building-leadership-security-mindset/ GooglePlay: http://math.im/gplay Brian's BIO: Brian Haugli is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP). Brian previously served as a senior advisor on cybersecurity and information risk management for the Department of Defense, US Army ITA, and Pentagon. He has 20 years of professional experience and expertise in network topologies, design, implementation, architecture, and cybersecurity. He has extensive knowledge of and has implemented risk management frameworks, methodologies, and processes. He has been responsible for creating compliant and secure networks for multiple sites through his extensive background in intrusion detection and full network end-to-end testing. He has outstanding communication skills, a positive demeanor, and the ability to interface with all levels of an organization. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

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 service industry. Timeline: 0:29 Andrea's journey. 5:41 Andrea's current role. 8:02 Seasoned data professional to COO role. 11:27 The essentials for having analytics at scale. 14:56 First steps to creating an analytics practice. 18:33 Defining an engineering first company. 22:33 A different understanding of data engineering. 26:40 Mistakes businesses make in their data science practice. 30:21 Some good business problems that data science can solve. 36:42 Democratization of data vs. privacy in companies. 38:04 Tech to business challenges. 40:11 Important KPIs for building a data science practice. 43:47 Hacks to hiring good data science candidates. 49:07 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 52:16 Andrea's secret to success. 55:12 Andrea's favorite read. 58:35 Closing remarks. Andrea's Recommended Read: Arrival by Ted Chiang http://amzn.to/2h6lJpv Build to Last by Jim Collins http://amzn.to/2yMCsam Designing Agentive Technology: AI That Works for People Paperback http://amzn.to/2ySDHGp Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/andrea-gallego-bcg-managing-analytics-practice/ Andrea's BIO: Andrea is Principal & Global Technology Lead @ Boston Consulting Group. Prior to BCG, Andrea was COO of QuantumBlack’s Cloud platform. She also manages the cloud platform team and helps drive the vision and future of McKinsey Analytics’ digital capabilities. Andrea has broad expertise in computer science, cloud computing, digital transformation strategy, and analytics solutions architecture. Prior to joining the Firm, Andrea was a technologist at Booz Allen Hamilton. She holds a BS in Economics and MS in Analytics (with a concentration in computing methods for analytics). About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

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 Regulatory bottlenecks. 17:51 Efficiency of Banking Technologies of today. 20:22 Evolution of storage and processing. 23:30 How can legacy models upgrade themselves to newer ones. 27:40 Breaking the cultural mould and moving to big data. 32:56 Convincing the leadership for new technology. 35:55 CTO relation with CDO. 39:18 Difference in working style between a startup and an established company. 43:17 Quantifying and evaluating a product for enterprise projects. 46:02 How can the leadership pick the right software? 49:57 Team dynamics and hiring process. 51:55 Sid's success mantra. 53:47 Sid's favorite read. 54:50 Closing remarks. Sid's Recommended Read: Arrival by Ted Chiang http://amzn.to/2h6lJpv Build to Last by Jim Collins http://amzn.to/2yMCsam Designing Agentive Technology: AI That Works for People Paperback http://amzn.to/2ySDHGp Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/sidprobstein-aifoundry-becoming-technology-transformist-data-driven-world/ Sid's BIO: Sid Probstein is the CTO and VP of Solution Delivery for AI Foundry, the enterprise software arm, and the new face of Kodak Alaris. AI Foundry is disrupting the mortgage business by taking origination automation to the next level - enabling self-service, distributed capture, and the automatic classification and extraction of scanned & imaged documents into actionable intelligence. He was previously co-founder and CTO at Attivio and held executive positions at FAST Search & Transfer, Northern Light Technology, and John Hancock Financial Services. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

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 customers. 47:20 Defining a good data science hire. 51:50 Maturity level of enterprise AI. 1:00:00 Closing remarks. John's Recommended Read: Designing Agentive Technology: AI That Works for People Paperback http://amzn.to/2ySDHGp Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/johntlangton-wolters_kluwer-discussed-ai-lead-startup-journey/ John's BIO: John Langton is Director of Applied Data Science at Wolters Kluwer. He was previously worked as Director of Data Science at athenahealth, CEO of VisiTrend, a visual analytics company that was acquired by Carbon Black in 2015. He has a Ph.D. in computer science and an extensive background in AI, machine learning, big data analytics, and visualization. Prior to founding VisiTrend, John was Principal Investigator (PI) on several DoD projects at Charles River Analytics (CRA). He has taught classes at Brandeis University and has several peer-reviewed publications. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

Jeff Palmucci / @TripAdvisor talk about building a Machine Learning Team and shared some best practices for running a data-driven startup Timeline: 0:29 Jeff's journey. 8:28 Jeff's experience of working in different eras of data science. 10:34 Challenges in working on a futuristic startup. 13:40 Entrepreneurship and ML solutions. 16:42 Putting together a ML team. 20:32 How to chose the right use case to work on? 22:20 Hacks for putting together a group for ML solutions. 24:40 Convincing the leadership of changing the culture. 29:00 Thought process of putting together an ML group. 31:36 How to gauge the right data science candidate? 35:46 Important KPIs to consider while putting together a ML group. 38:30 The merit of shadow groups within a business unit. 41:05 Jeff's key to success. 42:58 How is having a hobby help a data science leader? 45:05 Appifying is good or bad? 52:07 The fear of what ML throws out. 54:09 Jeff's favorite reads. 55:34 Closing remarks. Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/jeff-palmucci-tripadvisor-discusses-managing-machinelearning-ai-team/ About Jeff Palmucci: As a serial entrepreneur, Jeff has started several companies. He was VP of Software Development for Optimax Systems, a developer of scheduling systems for manufacturing operations acquired by i2 Technologies. As a Founder and CTO of programmatic hedge fund Percipio Capital Management, he helped lead the company to an acquisition by Link Ventures. Jeff is currently leading the Machine Learning group at Tripadvisor, which does various machine learning projects across the company, including natural language processing, review fraud detection, personalization, information retrieval, and machine vision. Jeff has publications in natural language processing, machine learning, genetic algorithms, expert systems, and programming languages. When Jeff is not writing code, he enjoys going to innumerable rock concerts as a professional photographer. Jeff's Favorite Authors (Genre: Science Fiction): Vernor Vinge http://amzn.to/2ygDPOu Stephen Baxter http://amzn.to/2ygG6cn About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

In this podcast, Pascal Marmier sat with Vishal Kumar to discuss challenges, opportunities, and nuances in running an innovation hub within regulated corporate culture settings and shared some best practices in promoting data driven innovation. Timeline: 0:29 Pascal's journey. 6:12 Quitting law and getting into digital analytics. 10:44 Defining Head Analytics Catalyst. 13:46 Putting up an Analytics Catalyst team. 18:43 Steps to create a data lab. 22:02 Securing executive sponsorship. 25:45 Differences in creating lab in Europe in comparison to the USA. 29:43 Challenges in setting up a digital analytics catalyst. 32:27 Ideal team members to have in a digital analytics catalyst team. 35:14 Company culture interfering with lab innovation. 38:00 Lab innovation determining the company's future. 42:19 Important KPIs for setting up a lab. 46:55 Prophesy on the insurance company. 51:15 What can insurance do to secure themselves? 54:48 Insurance dealing with changing risk profiles. 59:26 Pascal's favorite read. 1:00:56 Closing remarks. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/pascal-marmier-pmarmier-swissre-discuss-running-data-driven-innovation-catalyst/ About Pascal Marmier: After many years helping to build the swissnex network in Boston and in China, I recently joined Swiss Re in Boston to help the Digital Analytics Catalyst team identify and develop novel ideas/tech into a sustainable business. As part of the digital transformation of the insurance industry, our team in Boston and London is engaging with startups and academia in various fields of technology such as digital health, IoT, AI. We are working with the teams at Swiss Re to provide business solutions based on the transformative power of data innovation. Pascal's Favorite Read: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind http://amzn.to/2yHvYGV About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

In this Podcast, Charlie Berger from Oracle discussed some of the challenges of data-driven enterprises. Timeline: 0:29 Charlie's journey. 6:12 Charlie's current role. 8:55 Oracle's role in the future of data. 13:20 The evolution of ML. 20:41 The need for revaluating mathematical models that data science is based on. 27:50 On the concept of appification of analytics. 36:17 On enterprise IT landscape changing. 43:17 Geekifying analytics. 47:15 Charlie's favorite read. 50:21 Closing remarks. Charlie's favorite read suggestions: 1. The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move? Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-charliedatamine-oracle-discussing-running-analytics-enterprise/ Charlie's BIO: Passionate technical professional skilled in building entrepreneurial, start-up initiatives, and environments. Strong technical, product management, communication, marketing, and leadership skills. • Experienced product management professional with over 30 years of experience in leading-edge technologies in large corporations and entrepreneurial start-ups. • During 15 years at Oracle Corporation, developed an innovative portfolio of “big data analytics” products developed as in-database SQL data mining functions and integrated "predictive analytics" applications. • Strong technical, product management, communication, and leadership skills. • Responsible for product management and direction for the Oracle Database data mining and predictive analytics technology, including Oracle Data Mining, text mining, and statistical functions. • Strong product champion, evangelist, and frequent speaker in the field of predictive analytics and data mining. • Leveraged relationships with customers, development, and sales to communicate product capabilities and value proposition. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

In this Podcast, Jay talks about the landscape of Information Security and how businesses are preparing to address their cybersecurity challenges. This is a great podcast for anyone interested in learning about best practices when it comes to managing infrastructure security for their organization. Timeline: 0:29 Jay's journey. 3:18 What's Scientia Institute? 8:28 The book Data-Driven Security. 10:42 The aha moment while writing the book. 11:53 High points of Jay's book. 14:08 Security level of a typical business today. 16:22 Thoughts on how companies can understand risk. 19:50 Balancing mitigation of threat vs. business continuity. 25:33 Treating security as a financial problem. 27:25 Security predictability and insurance. 28:44 Who should take responsibility for risk and security? 30:15 Measuring the risk of company infrastructure. 31:33 Tackling standards and regulations. 33:04 The concept of best practices. 34:38 The maturity of the model in the security side of businesses. 37:55 The lower limit and higher limit of security. 39:50 Resources to learn about security. 41:11 Who's a good security candidate? 42:20 Jay's favorite read. 43:36 Examples of companies who're doing well in security. 45:28 What's next in the world of security. 47:40 Closing remarks. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/understanding-data-analytics-information-security-jayjarome-bitsight/ About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

In this Podcast Clayton, @theclaymethod from @TiVo sat with Vishal to talk about his experience running analytics group within media landscape and shed light on running analytics in media industry. Timeline: 0:29 Clayton's journey. 2:50 Clayton's current role as the director of Tivo. 5:13 Clayton's path to become a data scientist. 9:10 Analytics in the media. 12:06 Data in the creative industry. 14:32 Interesting use cases of data in media industry. 17:03 Classifying data for different media platforms. 18:48 Defining a typical data scientist in the media industry. 22:12 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 25:02 Putting together a data science team. 29:26 Successful KPIs in the media industry. 32:47 Interesting companies and products and their data practice. 34:22 Knowing the requirement of an AI/ML model in a business. 37:02 Data science practice in bigger companies. 38:33 Clayton's choice of the media industry. 39:42 Advice for data analysts who want to enter the media industry. 41:42 Mentorship and buddy system. 44:06 Advice for those who are from non engineering background. 47:40 Clayton's favorite reads. 49:40 Clayton's next ideal hire. 51:15 Closing remarks. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-with-theclaymethod-tivo-discussing-running-analytics-in-media-industry/ Bio: Clayton Kim is the Director of Data Science at TiVo, responsible for managing the applications of machine learning and statistical research on TV consumption data. Before TiVo, Clayton was the Sr. Manager of Data Science at Localytics, working on applying predictive intelligence to mobile app analytics and messaging. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers and lead practitioners to come on show and discuss their journey in creating the data driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast Aug 31, 2017 Wanna chip-in to help #Houston? Here's the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/us/donate-harvey-charities-scams.html About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers and lead practitioners to come on show and discuss their journey in creating the data driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

In this podcast, Rob Griffin from Almighty(X), a Connelly partner company, sat with Vishal Kumar to discuss running innovation in a media agency. Timeline: 0:29 Rob's journey. 8:12 Marketing, the earliest adopter of analytics. 10:43 Defining transformational innovation. 22:05 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 26:12 Problems for an innovative analytics company. 31:00 Innovation in different size companies. 34:31 Common mistakes businesses make on innovation. 40:00 The future of the creative industry. 42:49 ML and AI impact on the digital market. 49:29 Don't be efficient, be creative. 57:39 Rob's recommended books. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-robtelerob-connellyagency-running-innovation-agency/ Here's Rob's Bio: Driving transformational innovation in marketing and advertising. Pushing creative and media technology limits. Helping brands take ownership of their technology, data, and media for greater transparency and accountability. Putting the agent back in the agency. Been working in digital marketing and advertising since 1996. A Bostonian. A die-hard Celtics fan. Dad. Speaker. Writer. Advisor. Skier. Comic book fan. Lover of good eats. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast Aug 17, 2017 About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers and lead practitioners to come on show and discuss their journey in creating the data driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

In this conversation, Angela & Joshua from Booz Allen sat down with Vishal to discuss the Mathematical Corporation. They discussed some of the stories, challenges, and opportunities facing any corporation on their journey to a Mathematical corporation. Timeline: 0:29 Angela and Josh's introduction. 4:00 Inspiration behind their book. 8:20 Machine Intelligence. 12:27 Ideal fit for a business to embrace mathematical organization. 14:54 Convincing executives towards data science. 19:20 Working with data science skeptics. 23:02 How much percent data-driven should a company be? 26:38 Mathematical models being predictable in an unpredictable environment. 30:25 Mathematical organization response to open sources. 34:14 AI the job enabler. 36:52 Advice for small businesses to be data-driven. 39:36 A fully mature mathematical corporation. 44:16 Sleeping on the wheel. 45:28 An ideal reader for the book "Mathematical Corporation". 48:37 The aha moment while writing the book. 50:40 Creating awareness for business to be data-driven. 54:18 Takeaways from "Mathematical Corporation". Their Book: The Mathematical Organization is out to help the business stay data-driven and competitive. You could download the book @ http://amzn.to/2hNsoaH THE MATHEMATICAL CORPORATION: Where Machine Intelligence and Human Ingenuity Achieve the Impossible (PublicAffairs; June 6, 2017), by Booz Allen Hamilton machine intelligence experts Joshua Sullivan and Angela Zutavern, is the first book to show business leaders how to compete in this new era: by combining the mathematical smarts of machines with the intellect of visionary leaders. About the Guest DR. JOSH SULLIVAN is SVP at Booz Allen Hamilton. One of the world’s leading experts in data science and machine intelligence, he was among the first people to hold the title “data scientist.” He has appeared on CNBC. ANGELA ZUTAVERN is VP at Booz Allen Hamilton and pioneered the application of machine intelligence to leadership and strategy. Together, they’re radically transforming how Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and major government agencies perform by helping leaders shatter long-held constraints and reveal hidden truths in their organizations. They live in Washington, D.C. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/angelazutavern-joshdsullivan-boozallen-discussed-mathematical-corporation-futureofdata/ About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast Aug 03, 2017 About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers and lead practitioners to come on show and discuss their journey in creating the data driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

In this session, Brett McLaughlin, Chief Data Strategist at Akamai, discussed his journey to creating a forecasting solution. He sheds light on some limitations, some innovative thinking, and some hacks that one could use to structure a good forecasting model. Timeline: 0:29 Brett's journey. 15:06 Data scientist fulling the vision of the CEO. 24:25 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 29:23 Data science and mathematics. 34:55 Salesforce defining the value of algorithms. 38:14 Capturing feedback to improve data models. 46:14 First steps in building a futuristic data model. 54:27 Using algorithms to forecast. 1:01 Tips for data leaders to build a team. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/discussing-forecasting-brett-mclaughlin-akabret-akamai/ Here's Brett's Bio: Twenty-one years of experience transforming business operations through more intelligent use of data. Expertise in leading organizations in data transformation, predictive analytics (e.g., forecasting, linear programming, operational simulations, etc.), world-class visualizations and interfaces, and tight integration into existing operations. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

Level Analytics Bootcamp by Northeastern University Event: Future of Data Science - Graduation Talk by Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers and lead practitioners to come on show and discuss their journey in creating the data driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers and lead practitioners to come on show and discuss their journey in creating the data driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

In this podcast, Robin discussed how an analytics organization functions in a collaborative culture. He shed some light on preparing a robust framework while working on policy rich setup. This talk is a must for anyone building an analytics organization with a culture-rich or policy rich environment. Timeline: 0:29 Robin's journey. 6:02 Challenges in working as a chief data scientist. 9:50 Two breeds of data scientists. 13:38 Introducing data science into large companies. 16:57 Creating a center of excellence with data. 19:52 Challenges in working with a government agency. 22:57 Creating a self-serving system. 26:29 Defining chief data officer, chief analytics officer, chief data scientist. 28:28 Designing an architecture for a rapidly changing company culture. 31:39 Future of analytics and data leaders. 35:47 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 42:26 Perfect data science hire. 45:08 Closing remarks. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-with-robin-thottungal-chief-data-scientist-at-epa/ Here's Robin's bio on his current EPA Role: - Leading the Data Analytics effort of 15,000+ member agency through providing strategic vision, program development, evangelizing the value of data-driven decision making, bringing a lean-start up approach to the public sector & building advanced data analytics platform capable of real-time/batch analysis. -Serving as Chief data scientist for the agency, including directing, coordinating, and overseeing the division’s leadership of EPA’s multi­media data analytics, visualization, and predictive analysis work along with related tools, application development, and services. -Develop and oversee the implementation of Agency policy on integration analysis of environmental data, including multi­media analysis and assessments of environmental quality, status, and trends. -Develop, market, and implement tactical and strategic plans for the Agency’s data management, advanced data analytics, and predictive analysis work. -Lead cross­federal, state, tribal, and local government data partnerships as well as information partnerships with other entities. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

The security challenges of a particular business may often be proportional to the amount of data they need to capture, process, and interpret. As businesses grow their security needs become ever more complex and challenging as the volume, velocity, and variety of data increases. Forward thinking organizations using data science to better process and interpret vast data stores both on-premise and in the cloud to identify threats and intrusions to their local networks and beyond. Join us to participate in a dynamic discussion from practitioners with deep experience in the areas of data science or information security including: • Bob Rudis, Chief Security Data Scientist, Rapid7, frequent blogger at rud.is, co-author of Data Driven Security, and ardent R open source contributor. Follow Bob on the web here. Previously, Bob was at Verizon and responsible for the Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) known in the security industry as "an unparalleled source of information on cybersecurity threats." • Mark Gerner, Sr. Economic Data Scientist / Analytics Leader with 10+ years of experience designing, implementing, and communicating the results of analyses in support of customer engagement, strategic planning, and programmatic portfolio management related activities. • Kalpesh Sheth, Co-founder & CEO, Yaxa, With 20+ years of technical expertise in data networking, network security, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), and Cluster Computing. Before co-founding Yaxa, Sheth was Senior Technical Director at DRS Technologies (acquired by Finmeccanica S.p.A.), Director at RiverDelta Networks (acquired by Motorola and now part of Arris) and fifth employee of Digital Technology (acquired by Agilent Technologies). He is a co-author of VITA 41.6 an ANSI standard, and has spoken at numerous trade conferences as an expert panel member. Venue Sponsor: @BoozAllen Media Sponsor: X.TAO.ai About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers and lead practitioners to come on show and discuss their journey in creating the data driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

In this session, Jon talks about analytics in the agency business. He discussed best practices and some operational hacks to help leaders become successful in the world of analytics in the marketing domain(one of the early adopter of technology) Timeline: 0:29 John's journey. 6:07 Use cases for the benchmark studies at L2. 7:16 The struggles and challenges in the digital industry. 11:30 How much data is good data. 14:55 Staying relevant during times of disruption. 20:18 Analysing data of various cultures for a global company. 24:30 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 27:22 Jon's current role. 30:06 How much of L2 in facing and out facing? 31:45 Qualifying a source/platform. 35:20 Integrating a new source into the existing algorithm. 38:16 Building classifiers. 40:00 Jon's leadership style. 43:00 Client facing a leadership. 45:12 Jon's magic data science hire. 47:28 Suggestion for starting a data practice in a dissimilar industry. 50:55 World without survey. 53:11 Future of data in the digital industry. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-jon-gibs-chief-data-officer-l2-inc/ Bio- Jon Gibs is the Chief Data Officer and Chief Data Scientist at L2, a digital research, benchmarking, and advisory services company recently acquired by the Gartner Group. Prior to his time at L2, Jon founded and was the group vice president of data science and analytics at Huge, a digital agency in Brooklyn, and spent 10 years at Nielsen running its digital analytics practice. Jon's graduate work has been in Geography and spatial statistics at The University at Buffalo. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast June 22, 2017 About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers and lead practitioners to come on show and discuss their journey in creating the data driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast June 8, 2017 About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers and lead practitioners to come on show and discuss their journey in creating the data driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

* ERRATA (As Reported by Peter: "The book Peter mentioned (at 46:20) by Stuart Russell, "Do the Right Thing", was published in 2003, and not recently" In this session Peter Morgan, CEO Deep Learning Partnership sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his thoughts around Deep Learning, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. They've discussed some of the best practices when it comes to picking right solution, right vendor and what are some of the keyword means. Here's Peter's Bio: Peter Morgan is a scientist-entrepreneur starting out in high energy physics enrolled in the PhD program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. After leaving UMass, and founding my own company, Peter has moved into computer networks, designing, implementing and troubleshooting global IP networks for companies such as Cisco, IBM and BT Labs. After getting an MBA and dabbling in financial trading algorithms. Peter has worked for three years on an experiment lead by Stanford University to measure the mass of the neutrino. Since 2012. He had been working in Data Science and Deep Learning, founding an AI Solutions company in Jan 2016. As an entrepreneur Peter has founded companies in the AI, social media, and music industries. He has also served on the advisory board of technology startups. Peter is a popular speaker at conferences, meetups and webinars. He has cofounded and currently organize meetups in the deep learning space. Peter has business experience in the USA, UK and Europe. Today, as CEO of Deep Learning Partnership, He leads the strategic direction and business development across product and services. This includes sales and marketing, lead generation, client engagement, recruitment, content creation and platform development. Deep Learning technologies used include computer vision and natural language processing and frameworks like TensorFlow, Keras and MXnet. Deep Learning Partnership design and implement AI solutions for our clients across all business domains. Interested in sharing your thought leadership with our global listeners? Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/

Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast May 25, 2017 About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers and lead practitioners to come on show and discuss their journey in creating the data driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

In this session, Nathaniel discussed how NFPA uses data to empower fire stations worldwide with data-driven insights. We discussed the future of fire in this tech-driven world. Timeline: 0:29 Nathaniel's journey. 3:50 What's NFPA? 6:12 Nathaniel's role in NFPA. 8:50 Nathaniel's book. 12:21 The data science team at NFPA. 15:01 Working with the government. 18:50 Interesting use cases of NFPA. 25:49 Fining tuning the data model at NFPA. 28:11 NFPA alliance with the Insurance industry. 31:33 Recruiting an idea concept or tool. 33:16 How to approach NFPA? 36:03 Nathaniel's role: in facing or outfacing? 40:41 Suggestions for Non-profits to build a data science practice. 43:49 Putting together a data science team. 46:34 Predicting the fire outcome. 48:11 Closing remarks. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-nathaniel-lin-chief-data-scientist-nfpa/ Bio- Nathaniel Lin has an extensive background in business and marketing analytics with strategic roles in both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. He offers the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) agency and client perspective gleaned from his work at Fidelity Investments, OgilvyOne, Aspen Marketing, and IBM Worldwide. During his tenure with IBM Asia Pacific, he also built and led a marketing analytics group that won a DMA/NCDM Gold Award in B2B Marketing. Lin served as an adjunct professor of business analytics at Boston College and Georgia Tech College of Management. He is also the founder of two LinkedIn groups related to big data analytics and is the 2014 author of Applied Business Analytics – Integrating Business Process, Big Data, and Advanced Analytics. Lin has an MBA in Management of Technology/Sloan Fellows from MIT Sloan School of Management and earned both a Ph.D. In Environmental Engineering and an Honors B.S from Birmingham University in England. Founded in 1896, NFPA is a global, nonprofit organization devoted to eliminating death, injury, property, and economic loss due to fire, electrical and related hazards. The association delivers information and knowledge through more than 300 consensus codes and standards, research, training, education, outreach, and advocacy; and partner with others who share an interest in furthering the NFPA mission. For more information, visit www.nfpa.org. The podcast is sponsored by: TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast May 11, 2017 Onalytica link: http://www.onalytica.com/blog/posts/big-data-2017-top-100-influencers-brands/ About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers and lead practitioners to come on show and discuss their journey in creating the data driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast April 27, 2017 About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers and lead practitioners to come on show and discuss their journey in creating the data driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

In this session, Sean Naismith, Head of Analytics Services, Enova Decisions, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his thoughts around Analytics As a Service platform. Sean discussed how a business could decide to look for alternative solutions to get ahead in the analytics game in a rapidly evolving competitive environment. Timeline: 0:29 Introduction. 1:05 Sean's journey. 2:29 Introducing Enova. 3:30 Enova's clientele. 4:32 Decision management system. 6:40 Structuring Decision management system. 9:28 Analytics as a service. 11:01 Analytics as a competitive edge. 13:20 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 16:28 How is the science of doing business-impacting companies? 18:59 The right time to invest in DMS. 20:10 Analytics as a service use cases. 22:58 Decision life cycle. 27:57 DMS working with new customer landscape. 30:49 DMS deployment for translation companies. 33:05 Adaptability of DMS. 35:15 DMS aiding in Analysis paralysis. 37:31 DMS working with AI. 39:41 Challenges and opportunities in DMS. 41:22 Analyzing the non-repeatable decision. 43:33 DMS and future of data. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-podcast-conversation-sean-naismith-enova-decisions/ Here's Sean's Bio: Sean joined Enova as Head of Analytics Services for Enova Decisions in 2016. Prior to working at Enova, Sean served as an Advanced Analytics Consultant and Senior Director of Business Analytics for Leapfrog, where he led the development of the company’s predictive analytics capabilities. Before Leapfrog, Sean served as Director of Strategic Intelligence for TrendPointers, LLC, and Director of Research for Global Currency Group. He also currently serves as Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer of Naismith Wealth Management, LLC, which he founded in 2015. Sean is a CFP® certificate and holds the CMT designation. He received his B.A. in finance from the University of Illinois at Chicago. The podcast is sponsored by: TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Want to Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

Wednesday at 9 AM Pacific Update: Talk is available @ https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/97300/the-quantum-disruption-in-global-business-driven-by-the-big-analytics The Quantum disruption in Global Business driven by The Big Analytics Listen to Vishal Kumar, An Author, Innovator, and a Mentor in discussion on one of the most important and relevant subjects of the modern times: The Big Analytics, and how it is changing the landscape of Global Business Wednesday at 9 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Business Channel Featured Guest Vishal Kumar Vishal Kumar is CEO & President of AnalyticsWeek. He is a leading advocate for data-driven decision making. He is rated as top 100 global influencers to follow in data analytics by leading research organizations. He has published two books on the topics of analytics. Currently, his work involves using Artificial Intelligence to prepare the workforce for the future. Vishal has been a keynote speaker at various international conferences. He sits as advisor to various analytics startups. Originally Posted @ VoiceAmerica About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers and lead practitioners to come on show and discuss their journey in creating the data driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

As we are stepping into 4th industrial age, we must prepare our HR4.0 workforce to use new age tools to fix Employee engagement. We will build-up a case for need of an AI in HR and discuss some considerations we must take to build a powerful and scalable system. We will spend some time discussing one of the ways TAO.ai is solving employee engagement and preparing powerful AI to work with new age tools, talent, technologies and techniques to empower workers with best decision making support system. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers and lead practitioners to come on show and discuss their journey in creating the data driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: FutureOfData Data Analytics Leadership Podcast Big Data Strategy

In this session, Juan F. Gorricho, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, PFCU / Walt Disney, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his journey as an analytics executive, best practices, hacks for upcoming executives, and some challenges/opportunities he's observing as a Chief Data & Analytics Officer. Juan discussed creating a data-driven culture and what leaders could do to get buy-ins for building strong data science capabilities. Timeline: 0:29 Juan's journey. 4:57 Defining International society of chief data officers. 7:08 Joining International society of CDO. 7:45 Being in a credit union and being a CDO. 10:33 Hacks to creating a data-driven culture. 16:25 Being a partner of Walt Disney. 19:20 Data sharing with Disney. 21:50 Data officers vs. analytics officer. 25:59 Getting the leadership onboard on data. 30:44 The business decision making of a CDO at PFCU. 33:33 Collaboration with IT. 37:48 Challenges Juan faces in his current role. 45:03 Building data solutions or buying data solutions? 49:05 Advice for data leaders. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/analyticsweek-leadership-podcast-with-juan-f-gorricho-disney/ Here's Juan F. Gorricho Bio: Juan F. Gorricho is currently the Chief Data & Analytics Officer for Partners Federal Credit Union. In this role, Juan leads the data and analytics strategy development and execution for Partners, one of the top credit unions in the country, exclusively serving the more than 100,000 cast members of The Walt Disney Company. Juan has more than 15 years of experience in the data and analytics space, including multiple speaking engagements. In his prior roles with Disney, Juan led multiple multimillion-dollar projects to implement business intelligence and analytical solutions for key lines of business such as Labor Operations and Merchandise. Juan has an Industrial Engineering degree from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, and an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. Juan is married and lives with his wife and two children in Orlando, Florida, United States of America. Follow @jgorricho The podcast is sponsored by: TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Want to Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

In this session, Scott Zoldi, Chief Analytics Officer, FICO, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his journey as an analytics executive, best practices, and hacks for upcoming executives challenges/opportunities he's observing as a Chief Analytics Officer. Scott discussed creating the data-driven culture and what leaders could do to get buy-ins for building strong data science capabilities. Scott discussed his passion for security analytics. He shared some best practices to put-up a Cyber Security Center of Excellence. Scott also shared what traits future leaders should have. Timeline: 0:29 Scott's journey. 5:10 On Falcon's fraud manager. 9:12 Area in secuity where AI works. 11:40 FICO's dealing with new products. 15:30 Centre of excellence for cyber security. 22:00 Should a center of excellence be inside out or in partnership? 28:22 The CAO role in FICO. 31:14 Is FICO in facing or out facing? 32:12 Being analytical in a gutt based organization. 35:54 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 38:22 Challenges as CAO in FICO. 41:09 Opportunity for data science in the security space. 45:54 Qualities required for a CAO. 48:54 Tips for a data scientist to get hired at FICO. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/analyticsweek-leadership-podcast-with-scott-zoldi-cao-fico/ Here's Scott Zoldi's Bio: Scott Zoldi is Chief Analytics Officer at FICO, responsible for the analytic development of FICO’s product and technology solutions, including the FICO™ Falcon® Fraud Manager product, which protects about two-thirds of the world’s payment card transactions from fraud. While at FICO, Scott has been responsible for authoring 72 analytic patents, 36 patents granted, and 36 in process. Scott is actively involved in developing new analytic products and Big Data analytics applications, many of which leverage new streaming artificial intelligence innovations such as adaptive analytics, collaborative profiling, and self-learning models. Scott is most recently focused on the applications of streaming self-learning analytics for real-time detection of Cyber Security attacks and Money Laundering. Scott serves on two boards of directors, including Software San Diego and Cyber Center of Excellence. Scott received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Duke University. Follow @scottzoldi The podcast is sponsored by: TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach

In this session, Mike Flowers, Chief Analytics Officer, Enigma, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his journey as an analytics executive, best practices, hacks for upcoming executives, and some challenges/opportunities he's observing as a Chief Analytics Officer. Mike discussed his journey from trial prosecutor to Chief Analytics Officer, sharing some great stories on how Govt. embraces data analytics. Timeline: 0:29 Mike's journey. 23:32 Mike's role in Enigma. 27:46 The role of CAO in Enigma. 29:50 How much Mike's role is customer-facing vs. in facing. 30:00 Getting over the roadblocks of working with the government. 34:06 Creating a data bridge. 39:17 Collaboration in the data science field. 46:02 Challenges in working with Clients at Enigma. 51:34 Benefits of having a legal background before coming to data analytics. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/enigma_io/ Here's Mike Flowers Bio: Mike is Chief Analytics Officer at New York City tech start-up Enigma, an operational data management and intelligence company, where he leads data scientists assisting the development and deployment of decision-support technologies to Fortune 500 clients in compliance, manufacturing, banking, and finance, and several U.S. and foreign government agencies. In addition, he is a Senior Fellow at Bloomberg Philanthropies, working with select U.S. city governments to launch sustainable analytics programs. Mike is also an advisor to numerous organizations in a wide variety of fields, including, for example, Weil Cornell Medical College, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Office of the New York State Comptroller, the Greater London Authority, the government of New South Wales, Australia, and the French national government. From 2014-15, Mike was an Executive-in-Residence and the first MacArthur Urban Science Fellow at NYU’s Center for Urban Science and Progress, where he advised students and faculty on projects to advance data-driven decision-making in city government. From 2009-2013, Mike served under Mayor Michael Bloomberg as New York City’s first Chief Analytics Officer. During his tenure, he founded the Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics, which provides quantitative support to the city’s public safety, public health, infrastructure development, finance, economic development, disaster preparedness and response, legislative, sustainability, and human services efforts. In addition, Mike designed and oversaw the implementation of NYC DataBridge, a first-of-its-kind citywide analytics platform that enables the sharing and analysis of city data across agencies and with the public, and he ran the implementation of the city’s internationally-recognized Open Data initiative. For this work, Mike was twice recognized by the White House for innovation. Follow @mpflowersnyc The podcast is sponsored by: TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Want to Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

In this session, John Young, Chief Analytics Officer, Epsilon Data Management, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his journey to Chief Analytics Officer, life @ Epsilon, and discussed some challenges/opportunities faced by data-driven organizations, its executives and shared some best practices. Timeline: 2:51 What's Epsilon? 5:12 John's journey. 9:24 The role of CAO in Epsilon. 12:12 How much John's role is in facing and out facing. 13:19 Best practices in data analytics at Epsilon. 16:15 Demarcating CDO and CAO. 19:52 Depth and breadth of decision making at Epsilon. 25:00 Dealing with clients of Epsilon. 28:48 Best data practices for businesses. 34:39 Build or buy data? 37:21 Creating a center of excellence with data. 40:01 Building a data team. 43:45 Tips for aspiring data analytics executives. 46:05 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 48:31 Closing remarks. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/analyticsweek-leadership-podcast-with-john-young-epsilon-data-management/ Here's John's Bio: Mr. Young has general management responsibilities for the 150+ member Analytic Consulting Group at Epsilon. His responsibilities also include design and consultation on various database marketing analytic engagements, including predictive modeling, segmentation, measurement, and profiling. John also brings thought leadership on important marketing topics. John works with companies in numerous industries, including financial services, technology, retail, healthcare, and not-for-profit. Before joining Epsilon in 1994, Mr. Young was a Marketing Research Manager at Digitas, a Market Research Manager at Citizens Bank, Research Manager at the AICPA, and an Assistant Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Mr. Young has presented at numerous conferences, including NCDM Winter and Summer, DMA Annual, DMA Marketing Analytics, LIMRA Big Data Analytics, and Epsilon’s Client Symposiums. He has published in DM News, CRM Magazine’s Viewpoints, Chief Marketer, Loyalty 360, Colloquy, and serves on the advisory board of the DMA’s Analytics Community. Mr. Young holds a B.S. and M.S. in Economics from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. The podcast is sponsored by: TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Want to Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

In this session, Dr. Nipa Basu, Chief Analytics Officer, Dun&Bradstreet, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared her journey as Chief Analytics Officer, life @ D&B, Future of Credit Scoring, and some challenges/opportunities she's observing as an industry observer, executive, and practitioner. Timeline: 0:29 Nipa's background. 4:14 What is D&B? 7:40 Depth and breadth of decision making at D&B. 9:36 Matching security with technological evolution. 13:42 Anticipatory analytics. 16:00 CAO's role in D&B: in facing or outfacing? 18:32 Future of credit scoring. 21:36 Challenges in dealing with clients. 24:08 Cultural challenges. 28:42 Good use cases in security data. 31:51 CDO, CAO, and CTO. 33:56 Optimistic trends data analytics businesses. 36:44 Social data monitoring. 39:18 Creating a holistic model for data monitoring. 41:02 Overused terms in data analytics. 42:10 Best practices for small businesses to get started with data analytics. 44:33 Indicators that indicate the need for analytics for businesses. 47:06 Advice for data-driven leaders. 49:30 Art of doing business and science of doing business. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/analyticsweek-leadership-podcast-with-dr-nipa-basu-dun-bradstreet/ Here's Nipa's Bio: Dr. Nipa Basu is the Chief Analytics Officer at Dun & Bradstreet. Nipa is the main source of inspiration and leadership for Dun & Bradstreet’s extensive team of data modelers and scientists that partner with the world’s leading Fortune 500 companies to create innovative, analytic solutions to drive business growth and results. The team is highly skilled in solving a wide range of business challenges with unique, basic, and advanced analytic applications. Nipa joined Dun & Bradstreet in 2000 and since then has held key leadership roles focused on driving the success of Dun & Bradstreet’s Analytics practice. In 2012, Nipa was named Leader, Analytic Development, and in March 2015, Nipa was named Chief Analytics Officer and appointed to Dun & Bradstreet’s executive team. Nipa began her professional career as an Economist with the New York State Legislative Tax Study Commission. She then joined Sandia National Laboratories, a national defense laboratory where she built a Microsimulation Model of the U.S. Economy. Prior to joining Dun & Bradstreet, Nipa was a database marketing statistician for AT&T with responsibility for building predictive marketing models. Nipa received her Ph. D. in Economics from the State University of New York at Albany, specializing in Econometrics. Follow @nipabasu The podcast is sponsored by: TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Want to Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

In this session, Joe DeCosmo, Chief Analytics Officer, Enova International, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his journey to Chief Analytics Officer, life @ Enova, and some challenges/opportunities as he is observing as an executive, industry observer, and a Chief Analytics Officer. Timeline: 0:29 Joe's journey. 5:05 Credit risk and fraud prevention models. 6:27 Enova: in facing or outfacing? 9:12 Enova area of expertise. 10:47 Enova decisions: Center of Excellence? 12:36 Depths and breadths of decision making at Enova. 14:51 CDO, CAO, and CTO. 17:24 Who owns the data at Enova? 19:55 Challenges in building a data culture. 25:52 Convincing leaders towards data science. 31:24 Business challenges that analytics is solving. 34:15 Getting started with data analytics as a business. 38:11 Exciting trends in data analytics. 41:09 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 44:00 Advice for budding CAOs. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/analyticsweek-leadership-podcast-with-joe-decosmo-enova-international/ Here's Joe's Bio: Joe DeCosmo is the CAO of Enova International, where he leads a multi-disciplinary analytics team, providing end-to-end data and analytic services to Enova’s global online financial service brands and delivering real-time predictive analytics services to clients through Enova Decisions. Prior to Enova, Joe served as Director and Practice Leader of Advanced Analytics for West Monroe Partners and held a number of executive positions at HAVI Global Solutions and the Allant Group. He is also Immediate Past-President of the Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association and serves on the Advisory Board of the University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Business. The podcast is sponsored by: TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Want to Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

In this session, Beena Ammanath, Data Science Products at General Electric, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared her journey as an analytics executive, life @ GE, future of analytics in the industrial sector, how Predix is helping other industrial companies cope up with growing data, and some challenges/Opportunities she's observing as an analytics executive. Timeline: 0:29 Beena's journey. 5:19 Data science in the manufacturing sector. 7:03 Driving data science in the manufacturing sector. 9:39 Bringing in the data culture into the manufacturing sector. 11:35 Upskilling and being relevant as a data scientist. 13:27 Hacks to managing data teams well. 16:08 What's Predix? 19:06 Investment opportunities for data science in manufacturing. 21:07 Challenges manufacturing businesses in data. 24:46 IoT and manufacturing. 25:18 Dealing with IoT vendors at Predix. 26:24 Ontology of data at Predix. 29:43 Dealing with the new rules and laws in the IoT sector. 31:30 Interesting use cases in the manufacturing industry. 34:37 Open source vs. enterprise. 35:35 Getting recruited as a data scientist in manufacturing. 40:07 Pitching your product for a manufacturing company. Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/leadership-playbook-with-beena-ammanath-ge/ Here's Beena's Bio: Beena Ammanath is Board Director at ChickTech and Head of Data Science Products at General Electric. She is a seasoned technology leader with over 24 years of a proven track record of building, and leading high-performance teams from the ground-up focused on strategy and successful execution of industrial scale technology products and services. She has an impressive track record, having worked at recognized international organizations British Telecom, E*trade, Thomson Reuters, Bank of America, and Silicon Valley startups in engineering and management positions. She is also helping build the next-gen of computer scientists through her role on the Industry Advisory Board for Cal Poly. She holds a Masters in Computer Science and an MBA in Finance. She has been a featured speaker on the topics of data science, big data, technology transformation, and women in leadership at numerous industry conferences. Throughout her career in technology, Beena has been a strong advocate for women in positions of technology leadership and has established herself as a voice for resolving gender disparities. Follow @beena_ammanath The podcast is sponsored by: TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Want to Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

In this session, David Rose, CEO, Ditto Labs, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his journey as a data driven executive, best practices, shared some thought leadership in visualizations and usability. Some challenges/opportunities he's observing as an analytics-driven startup. Timeline: 0:29 David's journey. 4:50 Bringing technology to everyday objects. 9:37 Sensor and photosensor. 13:02 Choosing the right use cases. 16:54 On deep learning. 21:49 Working on new use cases in image processing. 26:05 Ditto Labs's allure classifiers. 28:15 Challenges as an entrepreneur in an image processing company. 32:50 Technical challenges for Ditto faces. 36:58 Privacy and IoT. 40:17 Different countries, different legal norms on privacy. 42:55 Data culture and image processing company. 44:46 Opportunities in the image processing stacks. Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/analyticsweek-leadership-podcast-with-david-rose-ditto-labs/ If interested in vision catalog (as discussed in the video): http://www.slideshare.net/davidloring... David's website: enchantedobjects.com Here's David's Bio: David is the CEO at Ditto Labs, an image-recognition software platform that scours social media photos to find brands and products. His new book, Enchanted Objects, focuses on the future of the internet of things and how these technologies will impact how we live and work. Prior to Ditto, David founded and was CEO at Vitality, a company that reinvented medication packaging now distributed by CVS, Walgreens, and Express Scripts. He founded Ambient Devices, which pioneered glanceable technology: embedding internet information in everyday objects like lamps, mirrors, and umbrellas. David holds patents for photo sharing, interactive TV, ambient information displays, and medical devices. His work has been featured at the MoMA, covered in the New York Times, WIRED, and The Economist, and parodied on the Colbert Report. David co-teaches a popular course in tangible user interfaces at the MIT Media Lab with Hiroshi Ishii. He is a frequent speaker to corporations and design and technology conferences. He received his BA in Physics from St. Olaf College, studied Interactive Cinema at the MIT Media Lab, and earned a Masters at Harvard. Follow @davidrose The podcast is sponsored by: TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Want to Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

In this session, Eloy Sasot, Head of Analytics, NewsCorp, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his journey as an analytics executive, best practices, hacks for upcoming executives, and some challenges/opportunities she's observing as a Chief Analytics Officer. Timeline: 0:29 Eloy's journey. 4:43 Why work in a publishing house? 7:16 Non-tech industry doing tech stuff. 10:18 Tips for a small business to get started with data science. 13:46 Creating a culture of data science in a company. 17:23 Convincing leaders towards data science. 22:05 Initial days for a leader in creating a data science practice. 27:20 Putting together a data science team. 29:18 Choosing the right tool. 33:00 Keep oneself tool agnostic. 35:20 CDO, CAO, and CTO. 38:58 Defining a data scientist at News Corp. 42:12 Future of data analytics. 46:37 Blaming everything on Big Data. Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/563533-2/ Here's Eloy's Bio: Eloy is the CAO at News Corp, a worldwide network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services, such as The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, New York Post, The Times, The Sun, The Australian, HarperCollins, Move, Storyful and Unruly Prior to this, Eloy led Pricing, Data Science and Data Analytics for HarperCollins Publishers, the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world, with operations in 18 countries, nearly 200 years of history, and more than 65 unique imprints. Since joining HarperCollins in 2011, Eloy pioneered the creation and development of the pricing function, first in the UK, and then its extension to an international scale for the global company. He worked with his teams and each division around the world to drive data-driven decision-making, with a particular focus on Pricing. Besides his global role, he was Board Level Director of HarperCollins UK. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Master’s in Mathematical Engineering from INSA Toulouse. Follow @eloysasot The podcast is sponsored by: TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Want to Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy

In this session, Michael O'Connell, Chief Analytics Officer, TIBCO Software, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his journey as a Chief Analytics Executive, shared best practices, cultural hacks for upcoming executives, shared his perspective on changing BI landscape and how businesses could leverage that and shared some challenges/opportunities he's observing across various industries. Timeline: 0:28 Michael's journey. 4:12 CDO, CAO, and CTO. 7:30 Adoption of data analytics capabilities. 9:55 The BI industry dealing with the latest in data analytics. 12:10 Future of stats. 14:58 Creating a center of excellence with data. 18:00 Evolution of data in BI. 21:40 Small businesses getting started with data analytics. 24:35 First steps in the process of becoming a data-driven company. 26:28 Convincing leaders towards data science. 28:20 Shortest route to become a data scientist. 29:49 A typical day in Michael's life. Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/analyticsweek-leadership-podcast-with-michael-oconnell-tibco-software/ Here's Michael's Bio: Michael O’Connell, Chief Analytics Officer, TIBCO Software, developing analytic solutions across a number of industries including Financial Services, Energy, Life Sciences, Consumer Goods & Retail, and Telco, Media & Networks. Michael has been working on analytics software applications for the past 20 years and has published more than 50 papers and several software packages on analytics methodology and applications. Michael did his Ph.D. work in Statistics at North Carolina State University and is Adjunct Professor Statistics in the department. Follow @michoconnell The podcast is sponsored by: TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Want to Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ [email protected] Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy