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In this podcast, Sid Probstein, CTO AIFoundry, talks about the mindset of technology transformist in a data-driven world. He discusses some of the challenges he faces as a technologist and provides some ways to mitigate them. Sid also talks about the mindset of technologists in a startup vs. a larger enterprise. It is a must-listen conversation for technology folks in the industry trying to navigate the technology and business divide.

Timeline:

0:28 Sid's journey.

7:02 Sid's current role.

15:26 Regulatory bottlenecks.

17:51 Efficiency of Banking Technologies of today.

20:22 Evolution of storage and processing.

23:30 How can legacy models upgrade themselves to newer ones.

27:40 Breaking the cultural mould and moving to big data.

32:56 Convincing the leadership for new technology.

35:55 CTO relation with CDO.

39:18 Difference in working style between a startup and an established company.

43:17 Quantifying and evaluating a product for enterprise projects.

46:02 How can the leadership pick the right software?

49:57 Team dynamics and hiring process.

51:55 Sid's success mantra.

53:47 Sid's favorite read.

54:50 Closing remarks.

Sid's Recommended Read:

Arrival by Ted Chiang http://amzn.to/2h6lJpv

Build to Last by Jim Collins http://amzn.to/2yMCsam

Designing Agentive Technology: AI That Works for People Paperback http://amzn.to/2ySDHGp

Podcast Link:

https://futureofdata.org/sidprobstein-aifoundry-becoming-technology-transformist-data-driven-world/

Sid's BIO:

Sid Probstein is the CTO and VP of Solution Delivery for AI Foundry, the enterprise software arm, and the new face of Kodak Alaris. AI Foundry is disrupting the mortgage business by taking origination automation to the next level - enabling self-service, distributed capture, and the automatic classification and extraction of scanned & imaged documents into actionable intelligence. He was previously co-founder and CTO at Attivio and held executive positions at FAST Search & Transfer, Northern Light Technology, and John Hancock Financial Services.

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In this podcast, John T Langton, Director of Applied Data Science, sat with Vishal, President AnalyticsWeek, and discussed his data analytics journey. He shared his insights, from his startup days to running a data science group within a big enterprise.

Timeline:

0:28 John's journey.

13:28 John's current role.

17:06 Succeeding as a data scientist in different organizations.

26:47 Challenges in putting together a data science company.

38:36 Hacks to selling innovative ideas to clients and customers.

47:20 Defining a good data science hire.

51:50 Maturity level of enterprise AI.

1:00:00 Closing remarks.

John's Recommended Read:

Designing Agentive Technology: AI That Works for People Paperback http://amzn.to/2ySDHGp

Podcast Link:

https://futureofdata.org/johntlangton-wolters_kluwer-discussed-ai-lead-startup-journey/

John's BIO:

John Langton is Director of Applied Data Science at Wolters Kluwer. He was previously worked as Director of Data Science at athenahealth, CEO of VisiTrend, a visual analytics company that was acquired by Carbon Black in 2015. He has a Ph.D. in computer science and an extensive background in AI, machine learning, big data analytics, and visualization. Prior to founding VisiTrend, John was Principal Investigator (PI) on several DoD projects at Charles River Analytics (CRA). He has taught classes at Brandeis University and has several peer-reviewed publications.

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Jeff Palmucci / @TripAdvisor talk about building a Machine Learning Team and shared some best practices for running a data-driven startup

Timeline:

0:29 Jeff's journey.

8:28 Jeff's experience of working in different eras of data science.

10:34 Challenges in working on a futuristic startup.

13:40 Entrepreneurship and ML solutions.

16:42 Putting together a ML team.

20:32 How to chose the right use case to work on?

22:20 Hacks for putting together a group for ML solutions.

24:40 Convincing the leadership of changing the culture.

29:00 Thought process of putting together an ML group.

31:36 How to gauge the right data science candidate?

35:46 Important KPIs to consider while putting together a ML group.

38:30 The merit of shadow groups within a business unit.

41:05 Jeff's key to success.

42:58 How is having a hobby help a data science leader?

45:05 Appifying is good or bad?

52:07 The fear of what ML throws out.

54:09 Jeff's favorite reads.

55:34 Closing remarks.

Podcast Link:

https://futureofdata.org/jeff-palmucci-tripadvisor-discusses-managing-machinelearning-ai-team/

About Jeff Palmucci:

As a serial entrepreneur, Jeff has started several companies. He was VP of Software Development for Optimax Systems, a developer of scheduling systems for manufacturing operations acquired by i2 Technologies. As a Founder and CTO of programmatic hedge fund Percipio Capital Management, he helped lead the company to an acquisition by Link Ventures. Jeff is currently leading the Machine Learning group at Tripadvisor, which does various machine learning projects across the company, including natural language processing, review fraud detection, personalization, information retrieval, and machine vision. Jeff has publications in natural language processing, machine learning, genetic algorithms, expert systems, and programming languages. When Jeff is not writing code, he enjoys going to innumerable rock concerts as a professional photographer.

Jeff's Favorite Authors (Genre: Science Fiction):

Vernor Vinge http://amzn.to/2ygDPOu

Stephen Baxter http://amzn.to/2ygG6cn

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In this podcast, Pascal Marmier sat with Vishal Kumar to discuss challenges, opportunities, and nuances in running an innovation hub within regulated corporate culture settings and shared some best practices in promoting data driven innovation.

Timeline:

0:29 Pascal's journey.

6:12 Quitting law and getting into digital analytics.

10:44 Defining Head Analytics Catalyst.

13:46 Putting up an Analytics Catalyst team.

18:43 Steps to create a data lab.

22:02 Securing executive sponsorship.

25:45 Differences in creating lab in Europe in comparison to the USA.

29:43 Challenges in setting up a digital analytics catalyst.

32:27 Ideal team members to have in a digital analytics catalyst team.

35:14 Company culture interfering with lab innovation.

38:00 Lab innovation determining the company's future.

42:19 Important KPIs for setting up a lab.

46:55 Prophesy on the insurance company.

51:15 What can insurance do to secure themselves?

54:48 Insurance dealing with changing risk profiles.

59:26 Pascal's favorite read.

1:00:56 Closing remarks.

Podcast link:

https://futureofdata.org/pascal-marmier-pmarmier-swissre-discuss-running-data-driven-innovation-catalyst/

About Pascal Marmier:

After many years helping to build the swissnex network in Boston and in China, I recently joined Swiss Re in Boston to help the Digital Analytics Catalyst team identify and develop novel ideas/tech into a sustainable business. As part of the digital transformation of the insurance industry, our team in Boston and London is engaging with startups and academia in various fields of technology such as digital health, IoT, AI. We are working with the teams at Swiss Re to provide business solutions based on the transformative power of data innovation.

Pascal's Favorite Read:

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind http://amzn.to/2yHvYGV

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In this Podcast, Charlie Berger from Oracle discussed some of the challenges of data-driven enterprises.

Timeline:

0:29 Charlie's journey.

6:12 Charlie's current role.

8:55 Oracle's role in the future of data.

13:20 The evolution of ML.

20:41 The need for revaluating mathematical models that data science is based on.

27:50 On the concept of appification of analytics.

36:17 On enterprise IT landscape changing.

43:17 Geekifying analytics.

47:15 Charlie's favorite read.

50:21 Closing remarks.

Charlie's favorite read suggestions:

1. The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move?

Podcast link:

https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-charliedatamine-oracle-discussing-running-analytics-enterprise/

Charlie's BIO:

Passionate technical professional skilled in building entrepreneurial, start-up initiatives, and environments. Strong technical, product management, communication, marketing, and leadership skills.

• Experienced product management professional with over 30 years of experience in leading-edge technologies in large corporations and entrepreneurial start-ups.

• During 15 years at Oracle Corporation, developed an innovative portfolio of “big data analytics” products developed as in-database SQL data mining functions and integrated "predictive analytics" applications.

• Strong technical, product management, communication, and leadership skills.

• Responsible for product management and direction for the Oracle Database data mining and predictive analytics technology, including Oracle Data Mining, text mining, and statistical functions.

• Strong product champion, evangelist, and frequent speaker in the field of predictive analytics and data mining.

• Leveraged relationships with customers, development, and sales to communicate product capabilities and value proposition.

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In this Podcast, Jay talks about the landscape of Information Security and how businesses are preparing to address their cybersecurity challenges. This is a great podcast for anyone interested in learning about best practices when it comes to managing infrastructure security for their organization.

Timeline:

0:29 Jay's journey.

3:18 What's Scientia Institute?

8:28 The book Data-Driven Security.

10:42 The aha moment while writing the book.

11:53 High points of Jay's book.

14:08 Security level of a typical business today.

16:22 Thoughts on how companies can understand risk.

19:50 Balancing mitigation of threat vs. business continuity.

25:33 Treating security as a financial problem.

27:25 Security predictability and insurance.

28:44 Who should take responsibility for risk and security?

30:15 Measuring the risk of company infrastructure.

31:33 Tackling standards and regulations.

33:04 The concept of best practices.

34:38 The maturity of the model in the security side of businesses.

37:55 The lower limit and higher limit of security.

39:50 Resources to learn about security.

41:11 Who's a good security candidate?

42:20 Jay's favorite read.

43:36 Examples of companies who're doing well in security.

45:28 What's next in the world of security.

47:40 Closing remarks.

Podcast link:

https://futureofdata.org/understanding-data-analytics-information-security-jayjarome-bitsight/

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In this Podcast Clayton, @theclaymethod from @TiVo sat with Vishal to talk about his experience running analytics group within media landscape and shed light on running analytics in media industry.

Timeline:

0:29 Clayton's journey.

2:50 Clayton's current role as the director of Tivo.

5:13 Clayton's path to become a data scientist.

9:10 Analytics in the media.

12:06 Data in the creative industry.

14:32 Interesting use cases of data in media industry.

17:03 Classifying data for different media platforms.

18:48 Defining a typical data scientist in the media industry.

22:12 Art of doing business and science of doing business.

25:02 Putting together a data science team.

29:26 Successful KPIs in the media industry.

32:47 Interesting companies and products and their data practice.

34:22 Knowing the requirement of an AI/ML model in a business.

37:02 Data science practice in bigger companies.

38:33 Clayton's choice of the media industry.

39:42 Advice for data analysts who want to enter the media industry.

41:42 Mentorship and buddy system.

44:06 Advice for those who are from non engineering background.

47:40 Clayton's favorite reads.

49:40 Clayton's next ideal hire.

51:15 Closing remarks.

Podcast link:

https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-with-theclaymethod-tivo-discussing-running-analytics-in-media-industry/

Bio:

Clayton Kim is the Director of Data Science at TiVo, responsible for managing the applications of machine learning and statistical research on TV consumption data. Before TiVo, Clayton was the Sr. Manager of Data Science at Localytics, working on applying predictive intelligence to mobile app analytics and messaging.

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Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast Aug 31, 2017

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In this podcast, Rob Griffin from Almighty(X), a Connelly partner company, sat with Vishal Kumar to discuss running innovation in a media agency.

Timeline:

0:29 Rob's journey.

8:12 Marketing, the earliest adopter of analytics.

10:43 Defining transformational innovation.

22:05 Art of doing business and science of doing business.

26:12 Problems for an innovative analytics company.

31:00 Innovation in different size companies.

34:31 Common mistakes businesses make on innovation.

40:00 The future of the creative industry.

42:49 ML and AI impact on the digital market.

49:29 Don't be efficient, be creative.

57:39 Rob's recommended books.

Podcast link:

https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-robtelerob-connellyagency-running-innovation-agency/

Here's Rob's Bio:

Driving transformational innovation in marketing and advertising. Pushing creative and media technology limits. Helping brands take ownership of their technology, data, and media for greater transparency and accountability. Putting the agent back in the agency. Been working in digital marketing and advertising since 1996. A Bostonian. A die-hard Celtics fan. Dad. Speaker. Writer. Advisor. Skier. Comic book fan. Lover of good eats.

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Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast Aug 17, 2017

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