Data Futurology - Leadership And Strategy in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science

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Data Futurology - Leadership And Strategy in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science episodes

March 06, 2020#92 People Management, Seeking Feedback, and Navigating Office Politics in Data Science with Barrett Hasseldine – Head of Modelling
Barrett Hasseldine has held several leadership roles within the field of Data Science / Analytics. With a BSc majoring in Mathematics and an MBA, he is passionate about bringing mathematics and business closer together. In particular, he loves converting business problems to math problems, guiding analysts to solve the math, then converting the mathematical solution into a set of business actions that drive quantifiable business value. During his career, he has delivered analytic solutions in the domains of Credit, Fraud, Marketing, Politics, and Operations.
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We speak about:
[00:30] About Barrett Hasseldine

[01:20] How did you get started in the world of data?

[02:55] Why did you pick operations research?

[08:55] Do you find that people are thinking about business decisions affecting the model?

[10:30] When were you able to see business problems in the math problems?

[15:20] How do you turn the work environment into a positive feedback loop?

[18:30] How did the opportunity come for you to step into management?

[21:55] What would you change about your management techniques now?

[25:00] How are you open to feedback?

[26:45] How do you bring feedback out from people?

[28:40] What do you think about imposture syndrome?

[29:25] How did your career evolve after becoming a manager?

[33:55] What would have made you better prepared for management?

[39:30] What does the process look like when creating a new product?

[42:00] How do you work with other teams?

[42:50] How do you measure the demand for a new product?

[49:35] How have your career goals changed?

[52:00] What is a piece of advice you have for the listeners?
Resources:
Barrett’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrett-hasseldine/
Manager Tools Podcast: https://www.manager-tools.com/all-podcasts

Quotes:
“People don’t follow equations.”

“You learn from the people that you’ve had as bosses in your past, and you learn from your own experience.”

“I’ve always been a fan of continuous learning. I’m open to feedback and use it to change continually.

“The absence of imposture syndrome is an issue.”
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56 min
March 03, 2020#91 Researching the Social Impacts of Technology and Artificial Intelligence with Mary L. Gray – Senior Principal Researcher, Author, and Professor
Mary L. Gray is a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research as well as an E.J. Safra Center for Ethics Fellow and Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society Faculty Affiliate at Harvard University. Mary also maintains a faculty position in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering with affiliations in Anthropology and Gender Studies at Indiana University. Mary, an anthropologist and media scholar by training, focuses on how everyday uses of technologies transform people’s lives.
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We speak about:
[00:30] About Mary L. Gray

[04:25] What’s it like in the Microsoft Research Center?

[06:25] What surprised you the most about researching with Microsoft?

[08:40] Is your work focused mostly in the United States?

[10:10] Is your previous work focused on the social side of technology?

[14:40] What other interesting viewpoints did you learn during your research?

[24:00] How are people’s work lives being shaped by AI?

[35:30] How is automation going to affect the execution of algorithms in specialized fields?

[42:40] How do you see AI evolving in different countries?
Resources:
Mary’s Website: https://marylgray.org
Mary’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/marylgray
Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass
In Your Face: Stories from the Lives of Queer Youth, Queering the Countryside: New Directions in Rural Queer Studies
Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America
Quotes:
“I love studying gender and sexuality because it is so intimate.”

“If we are constantly interacting with each other, we can constantly transform into different senses of who we are.”

“When you introduce new technologies, it is shaping conversations.”

“The work of data science is a global project.”

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49 min
February 28, 2020#90 Solving Master Data Challenges for Large Global Enterprises with Scott Taylor – Data Whisperer & Principal Consultant
Scott is a firm believer in “making your data do the work,” and he has enlightened countless business executives to the value of proper data management by focusing on the strategic rationale and business alignment rather than technical implementation and system integration. Scott is more of the strategic WHY than the technical HOW. He has spent over two decades guiding Tech Brand owners to leverage their reference data and taxonomy assets. In a variety of strategic marketing, GTM, innovation, and consulting roles, Scott has worked with some of the world’s most iconic business data brands, including Dun & Bradstreet, Nielsen, Microsoft, Kantar, NPD as well as start-ups such as Qoints and Spiceworks.
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We speak about:
[00:30] How Scott started in the world of data

[04:30] How did you develop your engaging videos?

[07:50] How have you seen data change over time?

[11:30] What are people not understanding about MDM?

[16:35] What are the classic pitfalls?

[19:45] Is master data similar to data engineering?

[21:00] Do people struggle to talk about data as an asset?

[25:50] How are you having the best time in your career right now?

[30:55] What’s the philosophy behind your content?

[38:30] How did you land on the Data Whisperer and Meta Meta Consulting?
Resources:
Scott’s Website: http://metametaconsulting.com
Scott’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVQ1YhjNqc77GVsb3Xs4tvw
Scott’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/stdatawhisperer
Scott’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmztaylor/

Quotes:
“You need data management first before you do business intelligence.”

“I’m the sous chef in the back, making sure we have the right ingredients.”

“Do upon your data as you would have it do upon you.”

“Master data is your most important data.”

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48 min
February 25, 2020#89 Starting an AI Company After Building Six Other Businesses with Emrah Gultekin – Co-Founder and CEO
Emrah Gultekin is the co-founder and CEO of Chooch. Chooch AI is a complete visual AI platform with an API, a dashboard, and a mobile SDK. Combining computer vision training with machine learning, Chooch offers object recognition and facial authentication, with autonomous labeling, data collection, neural network selection, and more. Chooch is used in the media, advertising, banking, medical, and security industries.
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We speak about:
[00:30] How Emrah started in the world of data

[03:00] What is the inspiration behind your company?

[05:00] How did you meet your co-founder?

[06:45] How do you tackle disagreements with your co-founder?

[08:00] Did you de-risk your life from the start-up?

[11:00] About Emrah’s products

[14:00] Case study examples

[20:20] What makes Chooch different?

[23:30] Do you have methods to prioritize your labeling?

[30:40] What has surprised you the most about Chooch?

[33:40] When did you decide to move to Silicon Valley?

[34:30] What are you working on now?

[36:15] Advice for the listeners
Resources:
Emrah’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emrah-gultekin-6123ab1/
Chooch: https://chooch.ai

Quotes:
“We automate the labeling process – that has been a key thing to scale.”

“No data is perfect.”

“We have to understand that bias is a natural state.”

“The more you know about something, the more critical you will be.”
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Gain the advanced strategic, leadership and data science capabilities required to influence executive leadership teams and deliver organisation-wide solutions.
We are RUBIX. - one of Australia’s leading pure data consulting companies delivering project outcomes for some of the world’s leading brands.
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43 min
February 21, 2020#88 Data Science Consulting from Home with Nic Ryan – Founder & Data Scientist
Nic originally trained as an actuary through the University of NSW, Australia. After a few years he found himself naturally being pulled towards data science through his passion for data and statistics. He gave in and made the switch to data science many years ago and has never looked back! Nic has worked in just about every role you can think of in a data science team, from excited newbie to quickly managing 3 teams across 2 countries. Because of his unique beginnings, Nic has had the opportunity to work in diverse industries such as insurance, banking, agriculture, and online advertising and is therefore comfortable turning his hand to any industry. He has worked with some of the largest banks and insurance companies in Australia all the way down to small startups of 4, always helping them to drive value with data. Nic is passionate about the data science community and regularly produces content aimed at inspiring the next generation of data scientists. He is a regular speaker at data science events.
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We speak about:
[00:20] How Nic started in the world of data

[09:45] Nic’s experiences as a consultant

[16:15] The decision to homeschool his kids

[20:45] When Nic started his company

[23:20] Staying hands-on with his team

[25:50] Starting a business with his wife

[30:50] What to do if monthly reports are taking too long

[37:20] Bouncing between city and country

[45:15] Appetite for trying new technology

[49:50] Do you see companies in Australia doing remote work?

[55:00] Nic’s proudest moment in his career

[56:30] What are the biggest challenges in the data science space?

[59:30] Where do you see data science going in the future?

[61:00] What are you talking about at your meetup?

[62:00] Do you have advice for data scientists?

[65:45] What advice do you have for a younger Nic Ryan?

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We are RUBIX. - one of Australia’s leading pure data consulting companies delivering project outcomes for some of the world’s leading brands.

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And as always, we appreciate your Reviews, Follows, Likes, Shares and Ratings. Thank you so much for listening. Enjoy the show!
1 hr 12 min
February 18, 2020#87 Putting Your Data Lake to Work with Tomer Shiran – Co-Founder and CEO
Tomer Shiran is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dremio, Dremio is the Data-as-a-Service Platform company. Created by veterans of open source and big data technologies, and the creators of Apache Arrow, Dremio is a fundamentally new approach to data analytics that helps companies get more value from their data, faster. Dremio makes data engineering teams more productive and data consumers more self-sufficient. Tomer Shiran previously headed the product management team at MapR and was responsible for product strategy, roadmap, and requirements. Before MapR, Tomer held numerous product management and engineering roles at Microsoft, most recently as the product manager for Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server (now Microsoft Forefront). He is the founder of two websites that have served tens of millions of users and received coverage in prestigious publications such as The New York Times, USA Today, and The Times of London. Tomer is also the author of a 900-page programming book. He holds an MS in Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in Computer Science from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
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We speak about:
[01:50] How Tomer started in the data space

[03:35] What was it like running your own business?

[04:50] What did you think would happen with ePassportPhoto?

[07:20] Takeaways from MapR

[09:35] What was the process of starting Dremio?

[10:55] How did you gauge how much product development needed to be done?

[12:20] Where did you start with your hiring process?

[13:00] What have been some of the pivotal moments for Dremio?

[14:35] What does Dremio do?

[16:00] What is the semantic layer?

[20:00] Who are the users?

[23:30] What are the data masking capabilities?

[25:10] How has the journey been for you personally?

[28:35] What challenges are you facing right now?

[30:00] About Tomer’s teams

[31:15] The importance of having a sales team

[33:30] How has Dremio changed with the increase of employees?

[34:30] What does the future look like for Dremio?

[35:00] What do international expansions look like for Dremio?

[35:45] What are you most proud of in your career?

[36:20] Any lessons from your failures?

[37:45] Advice for future entrepreneurs

[40:00] Future challenges in the data space

[41:45] A piece of advice for the listeners

Thank you to our sponsors:
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Gain the advanced strategic, leadership and data science capabilities required to influence executive leadership teams and deliver organisation-wide solutions.
We are RUBIX. - one of Australia’s leading pure data consulting companies delivering project outcomes for some of the world’s leading brands.

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And as always, we appreciate your Reviews, Follows, Likes, Shares and Ratings. Thank you so much for listening. Enjoy the show!
44 min
February 14, 2020#86 How Artificial Intelligence will Change the World with Lasse Rouhiainen – Best-Selling Author and International Expert on Artificial Intelligence
Lasse Rouhiainen is a best-selling author and international expert on artificial intelligence, disruptive technologies, and digital marketing. Finnish in origin but based in Spain, Lasse focuses his work on investigating how companies and society, in general, can better adapt to, and benefit from, artificial intelligence. Lasse has given keynote presentations, seminars, and workshops in more than 16 countries around the world and holds frequent conferences at several universities internationally. He has also provided training to thousands of students and businesses through online e-learning courses.
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We speak about:
[00:15] How Lasse started in the world of data

[01:45] Why is there a lack of information about AI?

[03:15] What are some ethical concerns with AI applications?

[05:30] What are the main things people do not understand about decision-making algorithms?

[07:00] Where does the bias come from?

[08:20] What are the differences between human-centered AI and consumer-centered AI?

[10:40] What are your views on different organizations benefiting from AI?

[13:50] How have you seen the adoption of AI in the education sector?

[18:30] What inspired your book on education?

[21:30] What was the process behind your book on AI?

[28:30] What are the main topics you speak about during your keynotes?

[36:40] How does the ROYBI work?

[37:40] What are you most proud of?

[38:15] What challenges are you thinking about?

[39:50] What excites you most about AI?

[40:30] How has failure set you up for greater success later on?

[42:20] What are future challenges in the data space?

[46:30] How are the universal basic income trials in Finland going?

[47:50] How have you gotten better at prioritizing your time?

[50:30] What is a piece of advice you want to leave for the listeners?
Resources:
Lasse’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lasserouhiainen/
Lasse’s Website: https://www.lasserouhiainen.com/
MyData: https://mydata.org/
The Future of Higher Education: How Emerging Technologies Will Change Education Forever
Artificial Intelligence: 101 Things You Must Know Today About Our Future
ROYBI: https://roybirobot.com/
Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future

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56 min
February 11, 2020#85 The Impact of Technology on Society with Ian Oppermann – Chief Data Scientist and CEO
Dr. Ian Oppermann is the NSW Government’s Chief Data Scientist and CEO of the NSW Data Analytics Centre. Ian has 27 years’ experience in the ICT sector and, has led organizations with more than 300 people, delivering products and outcomes that have impacted hundreds of millions of people globally. He has held senior management roles in Europe and Australia as Director for Radio Access Performance at Nokia, Global Head of Sales Partnering (network software) at Nokia Siemens Networks, and then Divisional Chief and Flagship Director at CSIRO. Ian is considered a thought leader in the area of the Digital Economy and is a regular speaker on “Big Data” and broadband-enabled services.
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We speak about:
[02:00] How Ian started in the world of data

[07:20] Ian’s professional background

[10:00] Ian’s role as NSW Government’s Chief Data Scientist

[15:10] The skills that have helped Ian succeed in his role

[19:25] Running an effective ideation workshop

[23:45] Should you get an MBA?

[33:30] Developing risk frameworks

[36:40] What Ian is most proud of
Resources:
Ian’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianoppermann/

Quotes:
“I have the ability to look impossible challenges square in the eye and not blink.”

“Sometimes a slightly crazy idea which you can then find a reasonably sensible idea is a great way to tackle challenges.”

“I don’t think an MBA is for everybody.”

“Data standards are really starting to get interesting.”

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Gain the advanced strategic, leadership and data science capabilities required to influence executive leadership teams and deliver organisation-wide solutions.
We are RUBIX. - one of Australia’s leading pure data consulting companies delivering project outcomes for some of the world’s leading brands.

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41 min
February 07, 2020#84 12 AI Trends Leaders Should Capitalise in 2020
In this episode, Felipe runs through 12 trends he has noticed developing in AI. The sector field is in a constant state of change and is become more and more integrated into fields outside the data space. Felipe reminds us that through this development it has become exceedingly clear that data is our most precious asset. We need to treat data carefully and prioritize traceability and maintain high-quality data. Felipe also notes that while we begin to rely heavily on AI we must also be mindful of the importance of AI ethics and beware of bias. It is no secret that decisions are being made that are racist and sexist, however, the algorithm itself is not the problem, the data that is feeding the algorithm needs to be more closely monitored for bias. Felipe discusses some challenges around data and human capital such as the need for more data engineers, building citizen data-literacy capacity and looking at the reliance on AI and data over human data scientists.
A few trends Felipe identifies are centered around the prevalence and ever-broadening capabilities of AI. Moving forward all new phones will have a chip dedicated to machine learning. Felipe notes that now there are some significant developments in machine learning centered around unsupervised learning, auto-machine learning, and correlation and causation that will mean more powerful AI. Consumers can soon expect to benefit more holistically and tangibly from insight-powered by AI, while companies are developing entire departments to use AI to use internal and external data to find threats in their competitive landscapes.
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We speak about:
[02:25] Tips #1-6: Data, AI Ethics & Data Engineers

[19:15] Tips #7-12: Business & AI, Machine Learning

[27:00] Recent Developments in AI
Quotes:
“As data scientists, we need to be empathic, non-judgmental, and be able to work with people that have complementary skills.”

“The sooner you can get rid of the judgment, the sooner you can make a difference in more people’s lives.”

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Gain the advanced strategic, leadership and data science capabilities required to influence executive leadership teams and deliver organisation-wide solutions.
We are RUBIX. - one of Australia’s leading pure data consulting companies delivering project outcomes for some of the world’s leading brands.

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And as always, we appreciate your Reviews, Follows, Likes, Shares and Ratings. Thank you so much for listening. Enjoy the show!
34 min
February 02, 2020 #83 The Chief Data and Analytics Officer Role (CDAO) with David Thomas – Data Analytics Executive
David Thomas is an executive with significant experience in strategy, data & analytics, and multiple functions that enable organisations. Since 2016, he has been responsible for BNZ's Information Strategy, establishing a market-leading position with a strategy to deliver actionable insight and enhance customer experiences. Change has been a reoccurring theme of his career, including business turnaround, transformation, the introduction of new competencies / operating models, and to enable growth. David's professional experience shows a proven track record of delivering sustainable results - frequently fueled by insight and strong execution.
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We speak about:
[00:30] About David Thomas
[05:50] What did you learn from your thesis?
[18:00] What are the reasons people stop having a close interaction with the data?
[23:10] What are the components of a good CDAO?
[33:15] How do you keep large teams productive?
[38:00] Advice for future data leaders

Resources:
David’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidthomasnz/

Quotes:
“If you can measure things, then you can get better.”
“You can never underestimate the language.”
“Tech is moving so fast; you can’t do it on your own. Partnering is so important.”
“You need to partner for thought leadership.”

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RMIT Online Master of Data Science Strategy and Leadership
Gain the advanced strategic, leadership and data science capabilities required to influence executive leadership teams and deliver organisation-wide solutions.
We are RUBIX. - one of Australia’s leading pure data consulting companies delivering project outcomes for some of the world’s leading brands.

Visit online.rmit.edu.au for more information

And as always, we appreciate your Reviews, Follows, Likes, Shares and Ratings. Thank you so much for listening. Enjoy the show!
44 min

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