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The podcast welcomes Manav Gupta, VP and CTO of IBM Canada. As a frequent collaborator on client visits, we discuss various aspects of large language models. So all things AI models. 

• 02:04 Jumping Right into AI!
• 02:59 Meet Manav Gupta
• 08:17 Let's Talk All Things Models
• 27:20 How to Choose the Right Models
• 31:48 Where are the Models Going???
• 46:01 How to Learn AI

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/mgupta76
Website: https://www.ibm.com/granite
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#makingdatasimplepodcast #AI #LargeLanguageModels #TechLeadership #ArtificialIntelligence #IBMCanada #ManavGupta #AIInnovation #TechPodcast #AIModels #LearnAI

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This week, we’re talking to Jon Darbyshire, CEO of SmartSuite, who’s making waves in work management from Kansas to Newport Beach. Learn how he's reshaping business operations with an all-in-one platform that’s turning process management on its head.

#Entrepreneurship #WorkplaceAutomation #SmartSuite #TechInnovation #BusinessLeadership #MillennialFocus #GenZ #FamilyBusiness #MakingDataSimple  #DataDriven #Startups #JonDarbyshire #ProcessManagement #BusinessSuccess

Show Notes

• 03:28 From Haysville to Newport Beach
• 07:18 Why start a business in a pandemic?
• 08:48 Who needs venture funding. Not Jon.
• 09:26 Workplace automation defined
• 14:12 SmartSuite capabilities
• 19:30 Targeting Millennials and Gen Z
• 20:45 Slack built in
• 21:54 SmartSuite differentiation
• 23:07 Sharing data
• 25:28 The sales pitch
• 28:56 All in. all the time
• 31:00 Passion with preparation is king
• 34:04 Running a family business
• 41:26 Target client profiles
• 44:15 Definition of success
• 46:25 Building a culture
• 49:00 Vision or Grinders?

Find Jon : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondarbyshire/
Find SmartSuite : https://www.smartsuite.com/

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"Ready to dive deep into the future of intelligent systems? Meet Peter Voss, Founder and CEO of Aigo.ai, who coined the term 'Artificial General Intelligence' and is pioneering hyper-personalized chatbots WITH a brain. Join us as we explore his revolutionary ideas and why Aigo.ai is leading the charge in AI innovation."

#AIInnovation #PeterVoss #FutureOfAI #HyperPersonalization #BeyondChatGPT #TechPodcast #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #PersonalizedTech

• 01:56 Meet Peter Voss
• 08:23 Passion for Intelligent Systems
• 12:54 Why only Aigo
• 16:31 ChatGPT? A Different View
• 22:03 A Use Case by Example
• 30:53 What is Included, What is Not
• 34:08 Who are your Clients
• 36:10 The Engagement
• 38:57 The Business Case
• 41:59 AI that Reasons
• 44:26 The Definition of AGI
• 46:51 For Fun

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vosspeter

Twitter: @peterevoss

Website: aigo.ai/

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Richmond Alake, Developer Advocate at MongoDB, is an AI/ML practitioner with an academic background in computer vision, robotics, and machine learning.  If databases that scale for AI are your thing, this one is for you.

02:05 Meet Rich Alake
03:57 A Developer Advocate at MongoDB
05:57 Passions and Fate!
08:52 AI Hype
13:14 Oh No.  AGI Again…
17:30 What Makes and AI Database?
20:42 Use Cases
25:41 RAG Best Practices
27:40 The Role of Database
30:05 Why is MongoDB Better At?
32:43 What's Next
36:13 Advice on Contious Learning
38:44 Where to Find Rich?

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/richmondalake
Website: https://www.mongodb.com/

Register For MongoDB: https://mdb.link/register_make_data_simple

AI Agents Article: https://mdb.link/ai_agents_making_data_simple
Best Repo for AI Developers: https://mdb.link/ai_developer_resource 

Richmond's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richmondalake/

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 

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ChatGPT might be a scrape of the internet, but Personal AI is something entirely different—AI that’s personally yours. Join us as we meet Suman Kanuganti, CEO of Personal AI, a visionary on a mission to empower individuals by creating AI extensions of their memory. Get ready to explore how this groundbreaking innovation can transform how we remember, connect, and thrive in a digital world. Let's get started!"

#ArtificialIntelligence #PersonalAI #AIInnovation #MemoryExtension #EmpowermentThroughAI #SumanKanuganti #TechTalk #FutureOfAI #PodcastingAI #AIForEveryone

• 01:35 Meet Suman Kanuganti
• 05:57 Starting Aira, addressing needs of the blind 11:41 Bigger dreams - what would Larry do?
• 16:27 ChatGPT… ok we've said it
• 17:57 Introducing Personal.ai
• 26:34 Using Personal.ai
• 31:23 Innovative use cases
• 33:57 Now it gets crazy
• 38:43 It's FREE… to start
• 42:02 Keeping your data safe
• 44:41 Predicting the future of AI
• 48:15 The scary part
• 51:12 For fun

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kanugantisuman Website: https://www.personal.ai/

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 

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Megan Gallagher outlines the case for Agentic AI from the seat of GTM Account Director at Maven AGI.  "We are living in times where we're still underneath this construct that things are going to be deterministic and that there are certain decision trees that are followed." "What we have to acknowledge in this new world is that these agents are generative and predictive in nature."

#AgenticAI #FutureOfAI #MakingDataSimple

• 01:30 All Great Podcasts start with Drinks
• 05:27 Maven AGI 09:13 Smaller Models! 10:50 Why Maven AGI
• 12:04 The Secret Sauce or Use Case
• 15:13 Typical Client Persona 20:31 Using Enterprise Data 26:19 But AGI, Really?
• 30:12 Assistant or Person?
• 39:06 What's Next?
• 40:28 My Thoughts on Getting Started?
• 46:30 The AI Example
• 49:30 The Maven AGI Pitch
• 53:23 Learning

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/megfgallagher

Website: https://mavenagi.com

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Aaron Cooper, Senior VP of Global Policy at BSA | The Software Alliance, shares insights on advancing emerging tech policies like #DataPrivacy, #Cybersecurity, #AIRegulation, and #DigitalTrade. Topics include balancing regulation with innovation, global vs. local policy, and the future of AI and cybersecurity. Hosted by Al Martin on Making Data Simple.

Aaron Cooper serves as Senior Vice President, Global Policy at BSA, Business
Software Alliance. In this role, Cooper leads BSA’s global policy team and
contributes to the advancement of BSA members’ policy priorities around the
world that affect the development of emerging technologies, including data
privacy, cybersecurity, AI regulation, data flows, and digital trade.

• 01:06 Introducing Aaron Cooper
• 05:29 Washington on Election Day
• 08:44 AI Regulation's Two Objectives
• 09:25 Representing the Alliance
• 11:15 Defining Alliance Success
• 16:05 Politics in Regulation
• 18:09 EU Regulation
• 19:49 How to Regulate
• 23:10 State versus Federal versus Global
• 25:40 Regulation without Stifling Innovation
• 28:47 AI Worries
• 30:24 Cybersecurity Fears
• 31:29 Predicting the Future
• 34:43 What's True
• 38:55 Job Satisfaction

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaroncooper4/
Website: https://www.bsa.org/
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Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where
we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while
keeping it simple & fun.

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Ben Lowe, Founder and CEO of Lighthouse Technology, shares insights into building a successful entrepreneurial journey, the creation of Lighthouse, and the transformative potential of Agentic AI for enterprises. Packed with career advice and strategies for innovation, this episode is a must-listen for tech enthusiasts and aspiring entrepreneurs.

#Entrepreneurship #AgenticAI #TechLeadership #Innovation #BusinessGrowth #CareerAdvice #AIForEnterprise #StartupJourney

• 01:34 Finding a Entrepreneurial Partner
• 04:43 The Creation of Lighthouse
• 08:10 Becoming the CEO
• 09:34 The Biggest Challenge of Entrepreneurship
• 11:30 Lighthouse Technology
• 19:07 Agentic AI
• 20:16 The Lighthouse Trajectory
• 22:12 The GTM
• 31:39 Reseller versus Innovator
• 36:53 AI for the Enterprise
• 41:35 The 2-Min Pitch
• 43:30 What's True?

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lowebenjamin/?originalSubdomain=uk

Website: https://lighthousetechnology.ai/

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. TheMaking Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales,IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, andleadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Synopsis

What if hiring wasn’t about flipping through endless CVs but instead focused solely on skills? In this episode of Making Data Simple, we sit down with Tim Freestone, founder of Alooba, the groundbreaking platform revolutionizing how businesses hire for analytics, data science, and engineering roles. Tim shares how Alooba eliminates bias, speeds up hiring, and ensures candidates are evaluated based on what really matters—their capabilities.

From his journey as an economics teacher to leading data teams, Tim’s insights are a must-hear for anyone tackling hiring challenges in today’s competitive job market. Learn how Alooba’s data-driven approach is transforming recruitment and why the future of hiring might just leave resumes in the dust.

Show Notes

• 4:46 – How do you go from economics teacher to head of business intelligence?
• 7:53 – Do CV’s matter anymore?
• 13:22 – What business problem is Alooba solving?
• 16:05 – Do you have any data that supports your theory?
• 19:01 – Why analytics, data science, data engineering?
• 20:26 - What do you do that others don’t?
• 23:50 – How does Alooba define success?
• 25:42 – Who’s your target client base?
• 32:40 –Is there a customer you can talk about?
• 36:24 – What does Alooba mean?

Alooba 

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Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter. 

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Phillip Swan is a dynamic, forward-thinking leader renowned for turning complex challenges into strategic opportunities. As Chief Product and go-tomarket (GTM) Officer at The AI Solution Group, Phillip blends customercentric go-to-market strategies with cutting-edge product development, leadership, and partnerships. 

• 01:19 Meet Phillip Swan
• 03:33 Wind River Systems
• 07:30 Responsible AI Solutions
• 08:25 3 Key Areas : Manufacturing, Financial, Pharma
• 10:22 AI on Quicksand
• 11:30 AGI in 6 Months.  Seriously?
• 13:08 The Definition of AGI 14:32 A Responsible AI Culture
• 19:51 Is Regulation the Catalyst?
• 21:57 AI Change Management
• 24:24 Phillip and the AI Group
• 25:33 AI Solution Group
• 29:16 Achieving Responsible AI
• 30:36 Clean Data
• 36:16 What Scares the Responsible AI Guy
• 39:36 Shadow AI
• 40:54 A Summary

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/phillip-swan

Website: https://www.theaisolutiongroup.ai/

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#LeadershipInTech
#FutureOfAI
#GoToMarketStrategies
#CustomerCentricity
#ProductInnovation
#StrategicGrowth

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.