In this episode of Inspired, Rish sits down with Deval Pandya from Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence to talk about AI Research, adoption and the future of AI.

Vector is a non-profit research institute based in Toronto, Canada. Its mission is to accelerate the development and application of artificial intelligence for the benefit of society. It is one of the leading AI research institutes in the world.

Deval shares his experience and thoughts on the AI ecosystem in Canada and the role Vector Institute is playing in Advancing Canadian AI research and also application of AI to fuel economic growth.  Deval also shares about his professional journey, the pivotal moments that led to him joining Vector Institute and also the roles that Vector Institute hires for.

Rish and Deval also discuss about Generative AI, risks associated with AI and how one can prepare for AI.

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In this episode of Inspired, Rish interviews Howard Morgenstern, Managing Partner @ DataCanuck.

Rish and Howard discuss how the data landscape has changed over the past 2 decades and the challenges that organizations face in their data journey.

Howard shares how DataCanuck partners with organizations to better prepare for these challenges and overcome them

Howard also shares his favourite analytics/data tool and the technology he is most excited for in the future.

Fun Fact : Howard also shares the story behind the naming 'DataCanuck'

In this episode of Inspired, Rish interviews Samir Sharma, Founder and CEO of datazuum and the host of 'The Data Strategy Show' .

Samir and Rish discuss how organizations can maximize the business value through data strategy and datazuum's approach in building data strategy.

Samir also shares some of the tools used by him to help organizations start their data journey, measure effectiveness and also refining the data strategy. 

Fun Fact : Samir also shares the story behind the birth of 'datazuum' , how it was named and how the tagline 'Love Your Data' came to be!

In this episode of Inspired, Rish interviews Nir Kaldero, Chief Data Analytics, Data Science & AI Officer @ Neoris; Best-Selling Author; Forbes Technology

Rish and Nir discuss about transforming organizations into data and model driven organizations , framework to measure the ROI on AI roadmap implementation developed by Nir and the challenges that organizations face in implementing and operationalizing AI technology. 

Nir also shares his thoughts on Future of AI  and how Neoris is helping organizations being AI ready . 

Nir shares the details of the success story and the impact the Neoris team had on one of the client's Data Analytics and AI journey and delivered business value.

In this episode of Inspired, Rish interviews Malcolm Hawker, Head of Data Strategy @ Profisee.

Rish and Malcolm discuss about Profisee, the importance of MDM and Data Governance and Building Data as a Product. 

Malcolm shares the recipe to getting the mindset and strategy for Data as a Product right and also some exciting technologies he is excited for the future

In this episode of Inspired, Rish interviews Max Métral, Go-to-Market Analytics Director @ Activision Blizzard.

Max shares about his role at Activision Blizzard and the role of Analytics team at Activision Blizzard. 

Max has spent close to 5 years at Formula 1 setting up the first data analytics team and first fan database at Formula 1. Max shares about the fan data that was collected at F1, how it was used, challenges in building the fan database for analytics and the learnings. 

Max and Rish also discuss the future of analytics in Sports & Entertainment industry !

Fun Fact : Rish asked fun rapid fire questions to Max!

In this episode of Inspired, Rish interviews Dr. Josh Starmer, Founder and CEO of the most popular Stats and Machine Learning Youtube channel - Statquest and author of the book - The StatQuest Illustrated Guide to Machine Learning.

Josh and Rish discuss the Josh's unique approach to teaching, his favourite ML model and neural networks, and interesting stories leading to his immensely popular Youtube channel

Josh also shares about how he decided to write the StatQuest book, his role at Lightning AI and his life lesson. 

Fun Fact : Josh kicks off the episode with his song !

In this episode of Inspired, Rish sits with David Pereira, Head Of Product Management @ Virtual Identity, to discuss about Delivering value early and often in building successful products.

David shares his journey into Product Management and shares the recipe for being a great Product Manager. 

We also discussed about key topics in Product Management including:

David also shares tips for interviews for Product Managers/Product Owners and the best resources to learn more about PO roles.

In this episode of Inspired, Rish sits with Partho Ghosh, Sr. Director , Product, Growth @ Hootsuite, to discuss about Product-Led growth and transitioning from Sales-led to Product-led growth.

Partho shares his journey into PLG and simplifies what it means to be a PLG organization. 

We also discussed about key topics in PLG including:

Partho also shares his favorite PLG organization/product and the best resources to learn more about PLG.

In this episode of Inspired, Rish sits with Kate Strachnyi, Founder & Community Manager, DATAcated to discuss Building Personal Brand and Data Career.

Kate shares her data journey and how networking and sharing helpful content

helped her in finding opportunities. Kate also shares about how to effectively manage time, find your strengths and build your personal brand by simplifying the process.

We also discussed Data visualization and Kate's upcoming LinkedIn Learning Course and a book with O'Reilly and what we can expect from this course and the book.