Data Bytes

As the Senior Director for Applied Artificial Intelligence at RelationalAI and an advisor on multiple boards, Michelle Yi specializes in machine learning and cloud computing and has 15 years of experience in technology consulting. She is passionate about diversity, STEM education/careers for our minority communities, and is an avid volunteer with Girls Who Code. She enjoys building teams dedicated to leveraging cutting-edge technologies and techniques to tackle some of the most difficult business and societal challenges.

Are you curious how machine learning is impacting healthcare? In this episode, Michelle discusses the main challenges she see in machine learning and how she is hoping to solve them. She shares what role robotics pay in the world of healthcare. If you are looking to get into data science for healthcare, Michelle talks about her key advice for you!

Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleyulleyi/

Laxmi Anish, the Director of Data Science practice for PepsiCo Data + Analytics organization. She has over 20 years of CPG industry and technology experience; with most of her career spent on building a data driven enterprise through AI/ML based advanced analytics and business intelligence. She is also actively involved in gender equality and diversity at workplace initiatives and has been a core member of Women of Color at PepsiCo. In her current role, she is enabling the company’s strategy of productizing data solutions via delivery of complex global analytics products at scale.

Prasanna Poori (Director Data Science for PepsiCo.) joins the Data Bytes podcast to discuss her experience in Data Architecture.

She believes… as a lead one should become redundant at one point in time to bring their teams to the level of high performing.  She treats both success and failure as equal learning opportunities. 

Prasanna has done Bachelor of Engineering and Masters in Digital Systems from Osmania University. She lives in Hyderabad, India with her husband and younger daughter.  Elder daughter works for MathWorks in US.  Prasanna enjoys travel, cooking, painting, Carnatic music...  She actively participates in educating girls in rural areas about science and self development.

Get ready for some awesome upcoming guests. We can't wait for you to hear it! 

Experienced Chief Executive Officer and Board Member with a passion for helping businesses win in the marketplace while growing profitably and achieving change amid order, and order amid change. Possesses the ideal mix of business skills, technology expertise and creativity to lead in today’s rapidly evolving marketplace.

An engaging, decisive and adaptable leader with a demonstrated history of delivering results in the healthcare, insurance, technology, supply chain and consulting industries. Highly skilled in the areas of business strategy development, team building at the leadership level, profitable growth delivery, organizational health, mergers & acquisitions, innovation enablement, customer experience management, cultural empowerment and information technology strategy development.

Focused on leading organizations and driving innovation and change by integrating people, processes and technology while building trust, adding humor and bringing joy.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcgrann/

Twitter: @jim_mcgrann

Learn more about our mission in diversifying data careers and become a member here: womenindata.org

Kate Strachnyi is founder and host of the DataCated conferences, expo, on air. In addition she is a mom of 2, a runner, author of 4 books, and is currently writing a book “Color for  Data Storytelling”. She’s also the founder of the DATAcated Academy – delivering training on data visualization best practices. She’s delivered several courses on data storytelling, dashboard techniques and visual best practices. Additionally, Kate is the host of the DATAcated Conference and the DATAcated On Air Podcast. Kate was appointed a LinkedIn Top Voice of Data Science & Analytics in 2018 & 2019.

Twitter: @datacated_

Instagram: @datacated

Facebook: Kate Strachnyi / DATAcated

Rebecca Krauthamer is the CEO of Quantum Thought, Founder & Chief Product Officer QuSecure , a member of the Editorial Board for the AI Ethics Journal,  and a Forbes 30 Under 30.

For some of us, financial and career success does NOT necessarily equal happiness.

And for Lisa Thee, achieving the level of director at a multinational tech company was proving that true.

Simply put, as a working mother and technology company executive, she was on the fast track to burnout.

But in 2018, Lisa did something most others wouldn't...she changed her career focus from one of "success" to significance.

And she never looked back.

For starters, Lisa founded a safety focused software start-up - one which helped scale a leading Cybersecurity AI company to a $40M valuation.

And now, less than 2 years later, she's leading Launch Consulting's Data for Good practice, helping the world's most innovative healthcare, technology, and gaming companies to accomplish some very ambitious goals such as improving digital safety, anti-toxicity, upskilling programs for diverse populations, and applying AI/machine learning for innovation in healthcare.

But it doesn't stop there.

Because as a successful female tech startup founder...

...Lisa is an actively sought after Board of Directors Member (she is a member for 3 Strands Global Foundation and the Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy)...

...Keynote Speaker, and Consultant…

...and she was named to the Top 100 Human Trafficking and Slavery Disruptors List, and has a TEDx talk coming in 2021 on the topic of "Using AI to disrupt Human Trafficking in the Digital Age".

Last, but certainly not least, Lisa currently serves as an advisory board member for Engineered Medical Solutions, Spectrum Labs, Marketplace Risk, and Humaxa.

Feeling less creative these days? Emily Kennedy talks how to find your purpose to create. Emily is the co-founder and president of Marinus Analytics. Emily is also the podcast host of the “Empower” podcast and a Forbes 30 under 30.

What is the future of CDO’s? Join us as Jason Foster, founder and CEO of Cyno-zure, discusses what data means for business.  He is leading a data and analytics strategy company and running the CDO hub, he has a lot of insight on the current and future landscape of CDO’s. However, before we dive into where the industry is headed, let's discuss how it’s evolved in the past 10-20 years.