Masters of Data Podcast

By Sumo Logic

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We are talking to the people that build, run and secure the digital future. Who are the people bringing the new and the next? You heard it heard here first. Welcome to the new Masters of Data podcast.

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Masters of Data Podcast episodes:

06.14.2022
The Masters of Data Podcast is back!
Masters of Data is back! We have a new host and a new mission. On today's episode Sumo Logic's Chief Communication Officer, Aaron Feign, speaks with Dana Torgersen about goals for the podcast. Highlights of the conversation include: Talking...
06.07.2022
The Masters of Data is Back!
Masters of Data is back! We have a new host and a new mission. On today's episode Sumo Logic's Chief Communication Officer, Aaron Feign, speaks with Dana Torgersen about goals for the podcast. Highlights of the conversation include: Talking...
08.31.2020
James Governor - The Culture Change Observability Caused in Modern Tech (Observability Series - Part 3)
Everything in modern tech — including observability — is actually a culture change. Observability is a different way of working, thinking, and composing a team. It is essentially a love letter to the future, helping the people who will support...
08.24.2020
Ben Sigelman - The Future Of Observability & Why It's Not Just Telemetry (Observability Series - Part 2)
There are three types of people in the data world: mathematicians, scientists, and engineers. Mathematicians are interested in understanding things that are true or false. Scientists are interested in furthering knowledge and enjoy answering challenging questions. Engineers are interested in...
08.17.2020
Charity Majors - Revelations in Observability (Observability Series - Part 1)
Observability doesn’t have three pillars, and it is not a monitoring tool. While the concept of observability is often misunderstood, what it can do for ops is revolutionary and transformative. Observability is achieved when a system is understandable — which...
07.20.2020
Today's Methods of Data Security and Erasure (Guest: Nathan Jones)
Data doesn’t live forever. The data will finish its life cycle at some point, but when that day comes what happens next? For years, large corporations have used different methods to physically destroy drives. However, modern problems require modern solutions....
07.14.2020
The Advancements and Applications of AI (Guest: Dan Faggella)
The applications of artificial intelligence is seemingly never-ending. But, how do we find where AI can fit within our industries? In this episode, Dan Faggella, CEO and Head Researcher at Emerj, sits down with us to talk about where AI...
06.22.2020
Data Insights bring everyone to the table (Guest: Julie Lemieux)
Businesses and companies collect and rely on a lot of data. Until now, that data hasn't been the easiest to access or understand. Julie Lemieux, VP of Product Design and Research, talks to us about creating tools and processes to...
06.08.2020
Human Capital Data matters more than ever (Guest: Paul Rubenstein)
The human resources, or human capital, industry has been going through massive change in how it thinks about data. Paul Rubenstein, Chief People Officer at Visier, talks us through the history and how data and analytics have been revolutionizing how...
05.25.2020
Cloud Success is about more than Technology (Guest: Mike Kavis)
Over his decades of experience, Mike Kavis from Deloitte, has seen a lot of successful, and successful cloud implementations. One clear lesson - technology is easy, but people are hard. Mike discusses how innovation has to be more than just...
05.11.2020
Digital Twins and Real-time Analytics (Guest: Simon Crosby)
The rate of data growth and complexity is only accelerating. How do you decide what data is important? What data do you store for later? Simon Crosby, CTO at Swim.ai, discusses how real-time streaming analytics provides a better way to...
04.27.2020
Graph Data and Why It Matters (Guests: Denise Gosnell and Matthias Broecheler)
Graph theory is all about relationships, and relationships are key to understand so many critical areas - like understanding the spread of a pandemic. Denise Gosnell and Matthias Broecheler from DataStax talk about what graph data is, why it matters,...
04.13.2020
Understanding Cyber Risk in a Pandemic (Guest: Bill Mew)
Bill Mew returns to Masters of Data to talk about evaluating cyber risk in a time of crisis like today. Bill dispels three myths that keep companies form taking decisive action and protect their data, employees, and customers. He also...
04.06.2020
Saving Lives with 3D Printing (Guest: Jeremy Proffitt)
Jeremy Proffit and his compatriots in Charlotte, NC are thinking out of the box in order to meet the overwhelming need for face protection in this crisis. Jeremy, a long time 3D printing enthusiast, started printing face shields in his...
03.09.2020
Competing in the Age of AI (Guest: Marco Iansiti and Karim Lakhani)
One of the most controversial and discussed topics today is Artificial Intelligence - or AI, and the implications of it. Is AI good or bad. Are we being replaced? Is AI exacerbating discrimination? Our guest today are taking a much...
02.24.2020
Making the World a Safer Place (Guest: Stacy Stephens)
Stacy Stephens and his co-founder created Knightscope with the lofty mission of making the United States of America a safer place. They are working towards this goal with robots - Robots that are running autonomously - every day, all day...
02.10.2020
How to Build a Data Science Team (Guest: Jorge Lozano)
One of our recurring themes on this podcast is the application of data in the real world and how data science is adapting to the needs of the businesses it serves. This episode is a perfect example of that. Jorge...
01.20.2020
The Data of Releasing Software (Guest: Rob Zuber)
If software is truly eating the world, then software release management determines how quickly it can chew. For better or worse, just writing code isn’t enough. Software Engineering teams have to manage large, complex codebases with lots of dependencies -...
12.16.2019
Making Solar Investment Easy (Guest: Dave Riess)
Green tech. Solar Energy. What do you think when you here those words? Probably putting on your roof, right? Or maybe your local electricity provider. Wunder Capital is coming at it from a different direction. They are filling the gap...
11.04.2019
The changing culture of IT (Guest: Nancy Gohring)
In this episode, we talk with Nancy Gohring - a senior analyst at 451 Research. I have known Nancy for a few years, and I am always impressed with her perspective on the culture of IT Operations and the...
10.21.2019
Getting to Know Developers (Guest: Stephen O'Grady)
In this episode, we talk with Stephen O’Grady, co-founder and principal analyst at Redmonk. RedMonk is an industry analyst firm focused on software developers and helps companies understand and work with developers. In fact, Stephen wrote an amazing book “The...
10.07.2019
Diversity in Security (Guest: Ian Murphy)
Ian has been a journalist, editor, and analyst for over 30 years and is currently an editor at Enterprise Times. He and I talked about his very interesting background, the need for diversity on security teams, and his passion for...
09.23.2019
Doctors need data too (Guest: Dave Albert)
In this episode, we talk to Dave Albert, CTO, and Co-Founder of Medit and the host of the CTO and Cofounder Talk podcast. We talk to Dave about the system he’s building at Medit for combing the immense amounts of...
08.26.2019
Free the Data (Guest: Clark Richey)
In this episode, we talk to Clark Richey, Chief Technology Officer at FactGem. Clark has spent his career working with data, and he co-founded FactGem to help companies get more out of their data. Clark is passionate about freeing data...
08.12.2019
Data and Venture Capital (Guest: Jeremy Kaufmann)
In this episode, we talk to Jeremy Kaufmann, Principal at Scale Venture Partners. Scale Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests primarily in technology companies that are starting to bring in revenue, and they focus on companies doing...
07.29.2019
Data is a Lifestyle, not a Project (Guest: Michael Herskovitz)
Our guest on this episode comes from an industry that has always been a pioneer in data and making good of data. Michael Herskovitz is an SVP and Co-Head of Global Operations and Technology at AllianceBernstein. AllianceBernstein is a global...
07.15.2019
Fender rocks the data (Guest: Josh Couch)
"In this episode, we get to hear from one of the most iconic and influential brands in the world - Fender - or more formally known as Fender Musical Instrument Corporation. Fender was founded in 1946 by the Leo Fender...
07.01.2019
Moving from Artificial Intelligence to Artificial Wisdom (Guest: Yoon Lee) (REPLAY)
Our guest is at the intersection of innovation and creation at one of the most important technology companies in the world. Yoon Lee is the Senior Vice President and Division Head, Content and Services, Product Innovation at Samsung Electronics America....
06.24.2019
How iRobot uses Data Science to Innovate (Guest: Angela Bassa)
Our guest on this episode, Angela Bassa, hails from one of the most innovative robotics companies on the planet, the aptly named iRobot - the creators of the iconic Roomba vacuum robot. Angela is the Director of Data Science at...
06.10.2019
Security Experts Panel - Second Edition
We are excited to bring to you our second security experts panel discussion for 2019! We brought together a high-powered set of individuals that know security inside and out. As always, we have George Gerchow, the Chief Security Officer at...
05.27.2019
Podcast Powered Projects (Guest: Matt Ballantine)
Our guest on this episode is a repeat guest, and that’s a very good thing. Matt Ballantine is a multi-talented technologist who spends his days helping companies build and execute digital strategy with his company Stamp, and also hosts his...
05.06.2019
Machines that tell stories with Data (Guest: Amy Heineike)
One of the most interesting areas of innovation in machine learning and artificial intelligence is Natural Language Processing or NLP. It is basically about teaching machines to both understand human language, and then reproduce convincingly human language in return Our guest...
04.29.2019
Finding the Mythical Centrist (Guest: Charles Wheelan - Author of "Naked Economics" and "The Centrist Manifesto")
New York Times Best-Selling Author Charles Wheelan describes his journey from economics writer to his search for the political middle in the United States. Charles is the author of Centrist Manifesto, which helped launch Unite America in 2013. He is a...
04.22.2019
A Data Science Super Hero Fighting the Creepy Algorithms (Guest: Cathy O'Neil) (REPLAY)
More and more of our world today is being evaluated, analyzed, and driven by algorithms. You need look no further than your car insurance, your kids’ educations, or your mortgage to see the results of algorithms processing and delivering verdicts...
04.08.2019
Master of Flavor (Guest: Jason Cohen) (REPLAY)
Who knew that the food and beverage industry was ripe for disruption using the power of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data? Well, Jason Cohen did. Jason Cohen is the Founder and CEO of Analytical Flavor Systems - a startup...
04.01.2019
How Stitch Fix uses Data to Personalize Fashion (Guest: Brad Klingenberg)
Our guest this episode is Brad Klingenberg - the VP of Algorithms at Stitch Fix. If you are one of the few people that hasn’t at least heard of Stitch Fix, Stitch Fix is an online personal styling service that...
03.25.2019
Industrial-Grade Machine Learning (Guest: Joshua Bloom)
Joshua Bloom is vice president of data and analytics at GE Digital, where he serves as the technology and research lead bringing machine learning applications to market within the GE ecosystem. Previously, Joshua was cofounder and CTO of Wise.io (acquired...
03.18.2019
Building the Data Science Future (Guest: Sarah Catanzaro)
Sara Catanzaro is a principal at Amplify Partners, a Venture Capital firm that specializes in early-stage companies innovating with Machine Learning and AI. Sarah helps guide founders and innovators because of her incredible expertise built over years using data science...
03.11.2019
Artificial Intelligence for Sports (Guest: Austin Basye)
A data scientist trained in the world of particle physics, Austin is a Senior Data Scientist at Hudl - a really cool company that provides video review and performance analysis tools for sports teams and athletes. In this episode we...
03.04.2019
Designing Software for Humans (Guest: Amber Case)
Amber Case is another personification of that intersection of the human and technology. Amber Case is an American a user-experience designer, author, and public speaker. She has combined a deep understanding of anthropology and human behavior with a focus on...
02.25.2019
The Origin Story (Interview with Ben Newton on the WB40 Podcast)
A few months I had the honor and pleasure to be interviewed on the British podcast - WB40, but one of my favorite people - Matt Ballantine. Matt and I talked about why we started the Masters of Data podcast...
02.18.2019
Bringing the Human to Data (REPLAY) (Guest: Christian Madsbjerg)
We thought we would replay one of the most important episodes of last year - the episode with Christian Madsbjerg, the author of “Sensemaking”. Christian’s point of view has become the basis of so much of what we do on...
02.11.2019
The Big Security Topics of 2019 (Security Experts Panel: George Gerchow, Davi Ottenheimer, Tricia Howard)
Government Shutdowns, Bug Bountires, and Ethics - what do these have in common? Our first live panel of security experts in 2019. We recorded this live in January 2019 and are now providing the audio for your listening pleasure on...
02.04.2019
Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data (Guest: Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger)
How does capitalism change in the age of big data and the data superstars like Amazon? To answer that we have a guest that is the author of a book called “Big Data” and who just recently published a book...
01.28.2019
The New Paradigm of Work (Guest: Robert Christiansen)
We discuss a tectonic shift going on in the technology industry and how leaders will be successful in this new world. Robert Christiansen is a VP and Cloud Strategist at Cloud Technology Partners, which is part of HPE - Hewlett...
01.21.2019
Data Ethics is the new Data Privacy (Guest: Bill Mew)
Some clear themes have arisen on the podcast so far - trust, privacy, ethics around data. We have talked to authors, company leaders, big thinkers, influencers. Bill Mew, was a guest in June of 2018 talking to us about data...
01.14.2019
Mastering Data for Colorado (Guest: Suma Nallapati)
Suma Nallapati was appointed Secretary for Technology and Chief Information Officer for Colorado, a state cabinet-level position, by Governor Hickenlooper in 2014. Under her leadership, her team has won both statewide and national awards, while also revolutionizing digital services for...
01.07.2019
Education and Social Networks (Guest: Alan J. Daly)
Alan J. Daly is Professor and Chair of Education Studies at the University of California - San Diego. He is also the author of new book - “Social Network Theory and Educational Change”. Dr. Daly has been researching and writing...
01.02.2019
BONUS: 2018 Retrospective with Ben Newton
Haven't listened to all of the MoD interviews? Or just forgot? That's ok. Ben Newton walks throughs the year's interviews to give you a bird's eye view. Check out last year's themes: Bringing the human to the technology. The rise...
12.17.2018
Protecting Data at Pokemon (Guest: John Visneski)
Ever heard of Pokemon? Of Pikachu? If you not you, you can guarantee your kids have. That is the challenge for John Visenski, Director of Information Security & Data Protection Officer at Pokemon. He not only has to protect the...

What's Masters of Data Podcast about?

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Masters of Data Podcast episodes:

The Masters of Data Podcast is back!

The Masters of Data is Back!

James Governor - The Culture Change Observability Caused in Modern Tech (Observability Series - Part 3)

Ben Sigelman - The Future Of Observability & Why It's Not Just Telemetry (Observability Series - Part 2)

Charity Majors - Revelations in Observability (Observability Series - Part 1)

Today's Methods of Data Security and Erasure (Guest: Nathan Jones)

The Advancements and Applications of AI (Guest: Dan Faggella)

Data Insights bring everyone to the table (Guest: Julie Lemieux)

Human Capital Data matters more than ever (Guest: Paul Rubenstein)

Cloud Success is about more than Technology (Guest: Mike Kavis)

Digital Twins and Real-time Analytics (Guest: Simon Crosby)

Graph Data and Why It Matters (Guests: Denise Gosnell and Matthias Broecheler)

Understanding Cyber Risk in a Pandemic (Guest: Bill Mew)

Saving Lives with 3D Printing (Guest: Jeremy Proffitt)

Competing in the Age of AI (Guest: Marco Iansiti and Karim Lakhani)

Making the World a Safer Place (Guest: Stacy Stephens)

How to Build a Data Science Team (Guest: Jorge Lozano)

The Data of Releasing Software (Guest: Rob Zuber)

Making Solar Investment Easy (Guest: Dave Riess)

The changing culture of IT (Guest: Nancy Gohring)

Getting to Know Developers (Guest: Stephen O'Grady)

Diversity in Security (Guest: Ian Murphy)

Doctors need data too (Guest: Dave Albert)

Free the Data (Guest: Clark Richey)

Data and Venture Capital (Guest: Jeremy Kaufmann)

Data is a Lifestyle, not a Project (Guest: Michael Herskovitz)

Fender rocks the data (Guest: Josh Couch)

Moving from Artificial Intelligence to Artificial Wisdom (Guest: Yoon Lee) (REPLAY)

How iRobot uses Data Science to Innovate (Guest: Angela Bassa)

Security Experts Panel - Second Edition

Podcast Powered Projects (Guest: Matt Ballantine)

Machines that tell stories with Data (Guest: Amy Heineike)

Finding the Mythical Centrist (Guest: Charles Wheelan - Author of "Naked Economics" and "The Centrist Manifesto")

A Data Science Super Hero Fighting the Creepy Algorithms (Guest: Cathy O'Neil) (REPLAY)

Master of Flavor (Guest: Jason Cohen) (REPLAY)

How Stitch Fix uses Data to Personalize Fashion (Guest: Brad Klingenberg)

Industrial-Grade Machine Learning (Guest: Joshua Bloom)

Building the Data Science Future (Guest: Sarah Catanzaro)

Artificial Intelligence for Sports (Guest: Austin Basye)

Designing Software for Humans (Guest: Amber Case)

The Origin Story (Interview with Ben Newton on the WB40 Podcast)

Bringing the Human to Data (REPLAY) (Guest: Christian Madsbjerg)

The Big Security Topics of 2019 (Security Experts Panel: George Gerchow, Davi Ottenheimer, Tricia Howard)

Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data (Guest: Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger)

The New Paradigm of Work (Guest: Robert Christiansen)

Data Ethics is the new Data Privacy (Guest: Bill Mew)

Mastering Data for Colorado (Guest: Suma Nallapati)

Education and Social Networks (Guest: Alan J. Daly)

BONUS: 2018 Retrospective with Ben Newton

Protecting Data at Pokemon (Guest: John Visneski)