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Kathy Stares, EVP of North America for Provenir talks about AI-powered risk decisioning software, processing more than four billion transactions annually for disruptive financial services organizations in more than 50 countries worldwide.

• 01:14 Meet Kathy Stares
• 04:34 The Start of Summer
• 08:01 AI Powered Risk Decisioning
• 11:31 The Tech Behind Povenir
• 13:42 Models
• 14:32 Data Source
• 16:43 The Business Problem
• 17:33 Banking Strategies
• 18:48 The Extent of the Platform
• 20:28 Automation
• 21:46 Provenir Differentiation 22:47 Millennials and GenZs?
• 29:05 Trends in the Future
• 31:57 The Takeaway
• 33:28 Reaching Provenir
• 35:25 The Wealthy Barber

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kathy-mitchell-stares-8150159

Website: https://www.provenir.com

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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Part 2: Ayal Steinberg, GM Technical Community and Client Engineering.  A life in Sales is discussed in terms of Tech, leadership insights, and calling your shots.  You're guaranteed to find at least one nugget to operationalize.  

• 00:12 The State of AI
• 03:45 Instruct Lab, Open & Closed Models
• 08:49 Exciting Tech
• 15:51 Ayal the Outlier
• 16:58 Emerging Tech
• 18:14 Fearful? Nope
• 19:51 Leadership Style
• 24:57 Provide Hope, Define Reality

Jan 29th, 2020 - https://podcasts.apple.com/sk/podcast/ayal-steinberg-discusses-ibmstrategy-moving-to-the/id605818735?i=1000486478375

Jan 26th, 2022 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-1-al-ayal-steinbergdiscuss-data-and-ai-market/id605818735?i=1000549047047

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ayalsteinberg

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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Part 1: Ayal Steinberg, GM Technical Community and Client Engineering.  A life in Sales is discussed in terms of Tech, leadership insights, and calling your shots.  You're guaranteed to find at least one nugget to operationalize.  

• 01:24 Tech Community and Client Engineering
• 05:03 Client Sales versus Technical Sales
• 07:27 5 to 10% More Productive via Reducing Friction
• 10:32 Technical Sales Insights
• 12:30 Defining the Technical Community 13:41 Advice to Sales? 
• 15:36 Calling Your Shots
• 17:30 The Biggest Sin 21:12 State of IBM

Jan 29th, 2020 - https://podcasts.apple.com/sk/podcast/ayal-steinberg-discusses-ibm-strategy moving-to-the/id605818735?i=1000486478375

Jan 26th, 2022 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-1-al-ayal-steinberg-discuss-dataand-ai-market/id605818735?i=1000549047047

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ayalsteinberg

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[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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This week we chat with Rob Thomas, Senior Vice President, Software and Chief Commercial Officer at IBM. Rob talks health and hobbies, the state of AI, and IBM's overall vision. 

• 01:57 Maintaining Health
•  03:57 Where is IBM Today?
•  06:58 Modernizing the Data Center 08:08 Acknowledged Mistakes
•  10:41 The State of AI
•  13:48 IBM's Position on AI
•  17:14 The InstructLab Project
•  19:33 IBM's Vision and Outlook
•  20:43 What Must IBM Get Right?
•  21:40 Emerging Technologies
•  23:30 THINK Conference Announcements 24:25 Artificial General Intelligence
•  25:48 The Art of Influence
•  26:46 Hobbies 

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/robertdthomas Website: robdthomas.com/ 

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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David Wynn, Principal Solution Architect at Edge Delta, talks automated
observability, ensuring systems are not only monitored but also
intelligently guided through root-cause analysis when issues arise

• 02:07 Meeting David Wynn
• 03:27 Sorry, David is from Duke
• 04:41 Google Cloud
• 08:02 Edge Delta
• 11:51 Differentiation
• 14:21 Reactive or Prevention?
• 16:03 The Practice of Observability
• 18:41 Data Exhaust
• 22:30 Customer Personas
• 24:28 Use Cases
• 27:01 David's Take on AI
• 31:58 Hype Cycle
• 37:06 Jif versus Gif
• 37:58 Naming and Monetization
• 39:17 What Do You Read?
• 41:00 Leadership Advice
• 41:50 Designing Metrics is HARD
• 43:12 For Fun

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/davidbwynn/
Website: edgedelta.com
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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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Cody Schneider Part 2, co-founder of Swell AI and Drafthorse AI : two AI content creation platforms helping businesses scale content production.  

Consider this an early stage founder discussion.  A ton of fun topics in this one.

• 00:12 Short Nvidia?  
• 06:39 THE Platform of Choice
• 13:51 Brain Rot
• 14:43 AI Guidance
• 17:10 Swell AI's Value
• 22:56 It's Ok to Take Kudos!
• 25:47 Business Predictions
• 28:07 Distribution > Product
• 29:27 Finding Cody
• 30:08 Getting Offline

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/codyxschneider

Website: https://www.swellai.com/, https://www.drafthorseai.com/

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Part 1.  Getting to know Cody Schneider, co-founder of Swell AI and Drafthorse AI : two AI content creation platforms helping businesses scale content production.  Consider this an early stage founder discussion.   It starts with Marketing and builds to where AI is being used today.

• 01:31 Meet Cody Schneider
• 05:27 Differentiating a 2x4
• 06:52 Avid Skier
• 10:41 Early Stage Startups?
• 13:27 Swell AI
• 15:00 Differentiation using AI
• 18:35 Monetization Strategy
• 21:42 The Billion $ Company of One
• 24:22 Marking AI Tools
• 26:30 Foundational Models
• 27:26 AI Training Affordability

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/codyxschneider

Website: https://www.swellai.com/, https://www.drafthorseai.com/

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Toby Coulthard, CPO at Phrasee talks to Marketing Tech as the interface between human psychology and technology.  Phrasee is a marketing platform that leverages generative AI for natural language generation, optimizing content at scale for enterprise clients such as Walgreens, Macy’s, Currys, and more.

01:21 Meet Toby Coulthard

• 05:46 MarTech
• 06:43 Chief Product Officer at Phrasee
• 10:02 LLMs in MarTech
• 10:56 Tools at Phrasee
• 12:21 Client References 17:00 The Marketing Journey 20:50 What Model Then???
• 22:22 "Winning a Campaign"
• 29:54 Phrasee Differentiation
• 32:43 Marketing of the Future
• 39:29 For Fun

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toocou/

Website: https://phrasee.co/

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When I need to re-center and remind myself to stay grounded and that growth is accessible to all of us (that's the reskill part) I'm reminded of this episode. 
The Mindful Response with Estela Zuheros, Corporate Social Responsibility, IBM.  Come for social responsibility in reskilling the world, stay for lessons in being mindful and being kind to yourself.

·       02:06 Meet Estela Zuheros 

·       05:21 Your personal why?

·       07:16 Reskilling

·       11:41 The skills problem to solve

·       18:44 Measuring success

·       20:07 Primary areas of reskilling 23:02 Program selection criteria

·       26:31 The Mindful Response

·       37:30 Avoiding burnout

LinkedIn:  linkedin.com/in/estelaquesadazuheros

Website: https://estelaquesadazuheros.com

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The master of Artificial Intelligence: Ruchir Puri, Chief Scientist of IBM Research, an IBM Fellow, and Vice-President of IBM Corporate Technology.  AI questions you were afraid to ask, from hallucinations to watsonx. #makingdatasimple #watsonx

Welcome to the enlightening world of AI with Ruchir Puri, the Master of Artificial Intelligence and esteemed guest on our podcast. Join us as we embark on a captivating journey, delving deep into the realms of AI that you've always been curious about but hesitant to ask. From hallucinations to WatsonX, we leave no stone unturned in our quest for knowledge. Ruchir Puri, Chief Scientist of IBM Research and IBM Fellow, as well as Vice-President of IBM Corporate Technology, shares his expertise and insights, unraveling the complexities and potential of AI. Tune in to gain a comprehensive understanding of AI's capabilities and its impact on our lives. Prepare to have your questions answered and be amazed by the wonders of AI.

• 02:17 Meet Ruchir Puri the "Maker"
• 09:24 A day in the life 14:22 The AI hype 24:21 Why now?
• 27:36 The AI triangle
• 35:57 Why IBM 40:58 Deciding factors
• 43:57 Is bigger better?
• 47:59 Hallucinations 
• 49:53 watsonx
• 52:33 Who are you betting on?
• 54:23 First steps

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ruchir-puri-b117021a

Website: https://www.ibm.com/watsonx

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.