Data Talks is Exago's podcast on all-things business intelligence, analytics, and application software. This month, we talk to PricewaterhouseCoopers Technology and Analytics Director Alex Rubin about his unusual work in sourcing, testing, and evaluating emerging technologies. As part of PWC’s tax division, Alex focuses on evaluating process discovery, intelligent automation, and data analysis solutions. We find out what he looks for in each of these technologies and what test cases he uses to push them to their limits.

Christopher Fabri and Exago senior software engineer Richard Mohrmann, both formerly of Merrill Lynch, about bitemporal data modelling—what it is, why it’s such a valuable recordkeeping method, and why we don’t see more of it at the enterprise level.

Senior Software Developer Dave Killough and VP of Product Development and Delivery Tom Gimpel of SofterWare about the data science behind their nonprofit fundraising platform, DonorPerfect. We find out what sorts of experiments they run, what insights they’ve uncovered, and how they use embedded BI to pass that value on to their clients.

We bring on three-time entrepreneur and Exago CEO Mike Brody to discuss management strategy with Les Trachtman, six-time CEO successor and author of "Don't F**k It Up: How Founders and Their Successors Can Avoid the Clichés That Inhibit Growth." Being good at founding software startups doesn’t necessarily make you good at scaling them, but some smart tactical decisions can help you make the transition.

Bryce Lee, Director of Product Management at Strategic Insurance Software (SIS or Sisware), and Marc Jorrens, Founder and Solutions Architect with Outbound Software, talk about why they chose to invest in embedded ad hoc business intelligence software and what impact that has had on their end users.

Exago Support Manager Jeff Kalpakis talks shop with Zendesk Senior Advocate Manager Brian Harris, exploring such topics as team structure, internal communication, and what to do about those pie-in-the-sky enhancement requests.

Kevin Smith of NextWave BI and Deanna Glinka of Quorum Software share tips and trade war stories from behind the front lines of data product management.

Guests John Myers of Enterprise Management Associates and Gary Hollis of FM:Systems talk about data security (both personal and professional), lessons learned in buying BI software, and what they are nerding out about this week.

Guests Jason Kochel of WorkWave and Leo Daiuto of The Revolt Group talk about marketing BI to very different user groups, lessons learned in BI purchasing, and what they're nerding out about this week.