Data catalogs are here to stay and a great asset to data-driven organizations. But how do you best implement a data catalog? To tell us all about it, walk us through the pitfalls to avoid and the best practices to follow, is Rupal Sumaria, the Head of Data Governance at Penguin Random House UK who successfully implemented a data catalog recently.

Kent Graziano, ‘The Data Warrior,’ is an award-winning industry thought leader, author and speaker. A semi-retired Snowflake data cloud and data vault evangelist, an advisor at Lyftrondata, and an overall legend within the world of data. 

Why do so many data governance programs fail? What are those common pitfalls that we can avoid and what are those approaches that work better?

This episode's guest is Brent Dykes, Chief Data Storyteller at AnalyticsHero. He'll walk us through the steps to create a good data story, insight vs. observation, the importance of the narrative, colors and emotions, and how to avoid those common mistakes and pitfalls when creating an effective data story.

"The ability to effectively communicate and telling a story with data is no longer a luxury in today’s economy; it is a necessity."

John Thompson is a 2 x Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, and Innovator in AI, Data & Advanced Analytics. As a senior technology executive leading Data Science & Product teams is the best one out there to reveal to us what the future of data holds.

Companies have a hard time to create a data strategy and especially one that you can drive value from.

In this episode we'll go over a real-case study and go over how a fintech company matured their data governance program, what their drivers were, how support was gained to invest in the data catalog tool, OvalEdge, how they onboarded it, and the company's outcomes of the enhanced data discovery and data literacy.

We'll be joined by Sharad Varshney, CEO of OvalEdge, and Lucia Arando, Data Management Manager at Naranja X.

Christina Stathopoulos, Analytical Lead at Waze (Google), shares tips and advice from her experience on how to build a data science career when the odds seem to be against you. We'll talk about what skills to invest in, how to build a portfolio, find a mentor, and women in tech. We'll even talk about why reading is beneficial for your health and how you can read more as well as learn a new language.

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What is your top time sink in your data team? For most it's the time it takes to provide data access, migrate data to the cloud, and govern it all.

So what can be done about these time sinks? How can these be mitigated? Join us on the Lights On Data Show with James Beecham, CTO & Co-founder at ALTR as we'll address this topic.

How do you put together a successful data strategy? Let's learn about the typical framework for a successful data strategy, its key pillars, and success factors. 

To walk us through these we're joined by Dora Boussias, Director of Enterprise Architecture & Data Strategy.