The Data Cloud Podcast

In this episode, Shannon Katschilo, Country Manager of Canada at Snowflake, sits down with Jim Williamson, VP of Data and Analytics at Element Fleet Management. Jim shares about the important role of data in fleet management, including various processes and how Element maintains a competitive edge through expertise and scale. Jim also talks about his future predictions for the industry and why he’s retiring early.

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This week on the podcast, we’re sharing a special episode. Steve Hamm, the amazing host of The Data Cloud Podcast is stepping away from the show, and we want to honor all he has done to make the podcast what it is today.

Over five seasons, Steve has hosted guests from countries around the world whose industries span across data, technology, supply chain, education, streaming, finance and more. Steve’s ability to showcase our shared humanity within each episode is one reason the podcast has been so successful. So, this episode features our “Let’s Get Personal” segments with guests from the last couple of seasons.

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This episode features clips from all of the interviews from Season 5 of the podcast so far. Conversations featuring Snowflake’s CEO, Sridhar Ramaswamy, VP of Data & Analytics at ZoomInfo, Philip Zelitchenko, Chief Data Officer at WeightWatchers, David Cohen, President at TalkingPoints, Claudine Ryan, CEO of Blue Yonder, Duncan Angove, and the Head of Transformation at Spark NZ, Kallol Dutta. Our guests discuss how their organizations are leveraging AI and what we can expect in the near future. 

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Full episode links:

• Sridhar Ramaswamy
• Philip Zelitchenko
• David Cohen
• Claudine Ryan
• Duncan Angove
• Kallol Dutta

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In this episode, Kallol Dutta, Head of Transformation at Spark NZ, talks about the idea of the minimum viable data concept, Spark New Zealand’s vision for becoming a cloud software company, and why he considers himself a techno-optimist. 

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BUILD 2024

Dive deep into the world of apps and generative AI from Snowflake BUILD. Catch up on the latest announcements focused on building apps, data pipelines, and machine learning workflows in the age of LLMs.

Learn more and register for a BUILD event in your region.

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In this episode, Duncan Angove, CEO at Blue Yonder, shares with us what he calls the age of uncertainty when it comes to supply chain management software, what it looks like to utilize AI to resolve risk, and helps us to understand everything that goes into building the world’s largest supply chain on the data cloud.

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BUILD 2024

Dive deep into the world of apps and generative AI from Snowflake BUILD. Catch up on the latest announcements focused on building apps, data pipelines, and machine learning workflows in the age of LLMs.

Learn more and register for a BUILD event in your region.

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In this episode, Claudine Ryan, President of TalkingPoints, provides a deep dive into TalkingPoints’ mission and the results they’ve seen, how Snowflake has helped them scale, and her team’s ultimate vision of leveraging AI for good.---

BUILD 2024

Dive deep into the world of apps and generative AI from Snowflake BUILD. Catch up on the latest announcements focused on building apps, data pipelines, and machine learning workflows in the age of LLMs.

Learn more and register for a BUILD event in your region.

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In this episode, David Cohen, Chief Data Officer at WeightWatchers, shares with us why having silos of information hobbles an organization, how Snowflake continues to help Weight Watchers do its job well, and he walks us through the important distinction between what it means to be data-informed vs data-driven.

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BUILD 2024

Dive deep into the world of apps and generative AI from Snowflake BUILD. Catch up on the latest announcements focused on building apps, data pipelines, and machine learning workflows in the age of LLMs.

Learn more and register for a BUILD event in your region.

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In this episode, Philip Zelitchenko gives a deep dive into ZoomInfo: its journey, collaborations, and role as a data broker. He also explains how Snowflake is an integral component of ZoomInfo’s data platform and the critical role of data in today's business environment, the importance of building customer profiles, and the future of AI and data-driven decision-making.

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Snowflake Data Cloud Summit

When: June 3-6, 2024

Explore the world of data, apps, and AI collaboration at Snowflake Data Cloud Summit in San Francisco from June 3-6, 2024. Hear valuable insights from data and AI experts and business leaders, while discovering the limitless possibilities of data, AI and application collaboration for your organization.

Learn more here.

BUILD 2024

Dive deep into the world of apps and generative AI from Snowflake BUILD. Catch up on the latest announcements focused on building apps, data pipelines, and machine learning workflows in the age of LLMs.

Learn more and register for a BUILD event in your region.

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To kick off the fifth season of The Data Cloud Podcast, Steve is joined by our CEO, Sridhar Ramaswamy. In this episode, Sridhar shares how there’s no AI strategy without data strategy, the journey of creating a foundation model from scratch, and why he believes AI is the glue that will bind enterprise software together. 

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Snowflake Data Cloud Summit

When: June 3-6, 2024

Explore the world of data, apps, and AI collaboration at Snowflake Data Cloud Summit in San Francisco from June 3-6, 2024. Hear valuable insights from data and AI experts and business leaders, while discovering the limitless possibilities of data, AI and application collaboration for your organization.

Learn more here.

BUILD 2024

Dive deep into the world of apps and generative AI from Snowflake BUILD. Catch up on the latest announcements focused on building apps, data pipelines, and machine learning workflows in the age of LLMs.

Learn more and register for a BUILD event in your region.

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In this episode, Lisa and Fawad discuss the impact of climate change on global migration trends, how the UN’s International Organization for Migration provides solutions to enable safe, orderly, and regular migration for those affected by climate change, and how the collaboration with Snowflake assists in streamlining this process through the use of data analytics. Lisa and Fawad dive into their partnership, and how they use predictive modeling and evidence-based policies to identify issues early and target assistance where it’s needed most.

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Snowflake Data Cloud Summit

When: June 3-6, 2024

Explore the world of data, apps, and AI collaboration at Snowflake Data Cloud Summit in San Francisco from June 3-6, 2024. Hear valuable insights from data and AI experts and business leaders, while discovering the limitless possibilities of data, AI and application collaboration for your organization.

Learn more here.

BUILD 2024

Dive deep into the world of apps and generative AI from Snowflake BUILD. Catch up on the latest announcements focused on building apps, data pipelines, and machine learning workflows in the age of LLMs.

Learn more and register for a BUILD event in your region.

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