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We’re remiss in not regularly talking about IBM Infrastructure, Power and Storage.  We correct that today with Petra Bührer, Technical Sales Leader Technology Infrastructure DACH and Quantum Ambassador.  Part 1.

• 03:59 Petra Bührer Infrastructure expert
• 07:52 A day in the life of Tech Sales Infrastructure
• 10:17 Infrastructure runs the world
• 12:04 Why do you need IBM Power
• 16:43 Encryption and security features
• 19:05 Cost benefit of Power
• 22:27 Power with AI
• 24:15 Power and cloud
• 26:26 IBM Storage

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/petrabuehrer

Website: IBM Power, IBM Storage

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Part 1: Can't get enough of money ball?  Feels more like sports radio.  Making Data Simple welcomes Paul Bessire, VP of Data, Coterie Insurance.  

• 05:11 Paul's KC connection
• 07:59 The Prediction Machine
• 08:38 Who is this guy???
• 15:31 Paul's story
• 27:01 And about the Tech?
• 29:48 "Box Score" is all the matters

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

Website: https://coterieinsurance.com/

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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.

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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Meet serial entrepreneur, Peter Sisson who is working to fight fake news, fake reviews, and fake products with his company CertifyIt.  Come for the tech ideas, stay for the stories.  

• 00:44 Serial entrepreneur Peter Sisson
• 08:01 Videos that cannot be tampered with
• 10:38 Use cases
• 12:32 Deep fakes
• 15:13 Certifying videos
• 22:10 AI imaging
• 23:07 Monetization or GTM
• 26:51 How to get the app
• 28:52 Pivoting the business plan
• 36:24 The investors always win & THE story
• 47:20 Where to reach Peter 50:20 Ernest Shackleton

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/petersisson
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/getcertifyit/,
https://certifyit.org/

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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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Ami Gal, CEO & Co-founder at SQream.  We dive deep into Big SQL analytics powered by GPUs, plus the future of compute.

• 02:20 Meet Ami Gal
• 04:52 What's in a name? sqream.com
• 08:10 Problem being solved
• 13:53 The secret sauce : data flow
• 16:52 Software or HW for scale
• 20:47 Secret sauce take 2
• 25:02 Hadoop, future of
• 27:52 Hybrid cloud
• 31:31 Go-to-market
• 35:09 The next 5 years of compute
• 39:18 Ok, next 20 years
• 44:17 For fun

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/galami

Website: sqream.com

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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 : Vinca LaFleur of West Wing Writers. As a writer the West Wing is the dream job. Learn how to embody "It all starts with the ideas and content" - Vinca

• 00:30 Tricks and tips to a presentation
• 04:14 Speech gotchas
• 07:29 Knowing when you have a hit
• 09:39 How much is delivery
• 11:53 GOAT speech
• Bobby Kennedy in Indianapolis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2kWIa8wSC0
• 14:49 Gettysburg case study
• 17:11 ChatGPT?
• 20:26 Mental cups
• 26:55 West Wing Writers
• 31:51 Chief
• 34:30 Book recommended most

Made to Stick: https://www.amazon.com/Made-Stick-Ideas-SurviveOthers/dp/1400064287

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vinca-lafleur-28909315

Website: https://www.westwingwriters.com/

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We all need to tell a better story.

Meet Vinca LaFleur of West Wing Writers. As a writer, the West Wing is the dream job.  Learn how to embody "The story is the difference". Fascinating and only Part 1.

• 02:28 Meet Vinca LaFleur, the diplomate, wait?!
• 08:25 Politics? Continuous news?
• 10:40 "Hanging" with Bill Clinton
• 18:41 The craft of writing
• 23:53 Not a PowerPoint hater, but...
• 26:53 A writers process (case study)

President Clinton at the Mackie Plant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLCBP3o2kOM

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vinca-lafleur-28909315

Website: https://www.westwingwriters.com/

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We are recording new episodes for the remainder of the year! This topic seemed very timely with ChatGPT in the news - co-authoring a book with AI. 

Part 2 : A different take on technology. Iain Thomas, Group Creative Director, Virtue talks about the book he wrote with AI. Yes with a non-human called "What Makes Us Human". Why do we suffer? What is the meaning of life? Oh boy...

• 00:00 Writing a book with AI
• 02:56 Has AI provided the meaning of life?
• 07:37 Can AI sell too?
• 07:56 Do we lose our humanity with AI?
• 12:40 The concern : bias
• 14:15 Buy the book. Here's why.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iain-s-thomas-7838445/
Website: https://product.soundstrue.com/what-makes-us-human/

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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This week on Making Data Simple, Fred Joyal. Perhaps you've seen Fred on 1-800-DENTIST commercials. Now, he's turned marketing genius into the art of being BOLD.  

Show Notes
 02:20 Brand Fred Joyal
 19:20 Monetization Strategy
 20:58 Boldness is a Super Power
 23:18 Just Show Up
 26:15 Step Up with Exercises
 27:00 Failure's are Steps Up, Take Another Swing 38:50 5 Steps to Lowering Anxiety
 41:50 How to Better Network 

Find Fred Joyal @ https://fredjoyal.com/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/fredjoyal 
Twitter: fredjoyal 

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. Abstract Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, 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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Let's talk data transformation and what makes a great
seller with Co-founder and CEO of Coalesce,  Armon
Petrossian.
 
As more companies move to the cloud the
weakness in data transformation is becoming profound.

• 01:15 Meet Armon Petrossian
• 02:21 The problem in being data driven
• 04:28 Introducing Coalesce
• 07:53 Automation defined
• 09:56 The ETL to ELT shift
• 11:54 Typical customer use case
• 12:55 The Coalesce differentiator
• 16:18 Proof of value
• 24:39 Column metadata
• 25:40 Data transformation inhibitors
• 28:17 The future
• 31:52 What makes a great seller

LinkedIn:
 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/armonpetrossian/
Website:

https://coalesce.io/
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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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How to incubate and start a company. Dwight Harris Jr, CEO of DataScalp, joins us to share the online platform that captures consumer experiences and uses consumer data to rank companies in a performance dashboard.

• 01:31 Dwight Harris Jr, problem solver
• 02:38 DataScalp and airlines
• 10:11 Airlines rebuttal
• 12:41 GTM
• 13:45 Why start this company
• 15:59 Next steps
• 20:14 A day in the life
• 22:25 Leadership advice
• 22:40 "From Good to Great"

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dwightharrisjr

Website: https://datascalp.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.

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.