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In this session Peter Morgan, CEO Deep Learning Partnership sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his thoughts around Deep Learning, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. They've discussed some of the best practices when it comes to picking right solution, right vendor and what are some of the keyword means.

Here's Peter's Bio:

Peter Morgan is a scientist-entrepreneur starting out in high energy physics enrolled in the PhD program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. After leaving UMass, and founding my own company, Peter has moved into computer networks, designing, implementing and troubleshooting global IP networks for companies such as Cisco, IBM and BT Labs. After getting an MBA and dabbling in financial trading algorithms. Peter has worked for three years on an experiment lead by Stanford University to measure the mass of the neutrino. Since 2012. He had been working in Data Science and Deep Learning, founding an AI Solutions company in Jan 2016.

As an entrepreneur Peter has founded companies in the AI, social media, and music industries. He has also served on the advisory board of technology startups. Peter is a popular speaker at conferences, meetups and webinars. He has cofounded and currently organize meetups in the deep learning space. Peter has business experience in the USA, UK and Europe.

Today, as CEO of Deep Learning Partnership, He leads the strategic direction and business development across product and services. This includes sales and marketing, lead generation, client engagement, recruitment, content creation and platform development. Deep Learning technologies used include computer vision and natural language processing and frameworks like TensorFlow, Keras and MXnet. Deep Learning Partnership design and implement AI solutions for our clients across all business domains.

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Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast May 25, 2017

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In this session, Nathaniel discussed how NFPA uses data to empower fire stations worldwide with data-driven insights. We discussed the future of fire in this tech-driven world.

Timeline:

0:29 Nathaniel's journey.

3:50 What's NFPA?

6:12 Nathaniel's role in NFPA.

8:50 Nathaniel's book.

12:21 The data science team at NFPA.

15:01 Working with the government.

18:50 Interesting use cases of NFPA.

25:49 Fining tuning the data model at NFPA.

28:11 NFPA alliance with the Insurance industry.

31:33 Recruiting an idea concept or tool.

33:16 How to approach NFPA?

36:03 Nathaniel's role: in facing or outfacing?

40:41 Suggestions for Non-profits to build a data science practice.

43:49 Putting together a data science team.

46:34 Predicting the fire outcome.

48:11 Closing remarks.

Podcast link:

https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-nathaniel-lin-chief-data-scientist-nfpa/

Bio-

Nathaniel Lin has an extensive background in business and marketing analytics with strategic roles in both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. He offers the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) agency and client perspective gleaned from his work at Fidelity Investments, OgilvyOne, Aspen Marketing, and IBM Worldwide. During his tenure with IBM Asia Pacific, he also built and led a marketing analytics group that won a DMA/NCDM Gold Award in B2B Marketing.

Lin served as an adjunct professor of business analytics at Boston College and Georgia Tech College of Management. He is also the founder of two LinkedIn groups related to big data analytics and is the 2014 author of Applied Business Analytics – Integrating Business Process, Big Data, and Advanced Analytics. Lin has an MBA in Management of Technology/Sloan Fellows from MIT Sloan School of Management and earned both a Ph.D. In Environmental Engineering and an Honors B.S from Birmingham University in England.

Founded in 1896, NFPA is a global, nonprofit organization devoted to eliminating death, injury, property, and economic loss due to fire, electrical and related hazards. The association delivers information and knowledge through more than 300 consensus codes and standards, research, training, education, outreach, and advocacy; and partner with others who share an interest in furthering the NFPA mission. For more information, visit www.nfpa.org.

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About #Podcast:

#FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future.

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Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast May 11, 2017

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Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast April 27, 2017

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In this session, Sean Naismith, Head of Analytics Services, Enova Decisions, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his thoughts around Analytics As a Service platform. Sean discussed how a business could decide to look for alternative solutions to get ahead in the analytics game in a rapidly evolving competitive environment.

Timeline:

0:29 Introduction.

1:05 Sean's journey.

2:29 Introducing Enova.

3:30 Enova's clientele.

4:32 Decision management system.

6:40 Structuring Decision management system.

9:28 Analytics as a service.

11:01 Analytics as a competitive edge.

13:20 Art of doing business and science of doing business.

16:28 How is the science of doing business-impacting companies?

18:59 The right time to invest in DMS.

20:10 Analytics as a service use cases.

22:58 Decision life cycle.

27:57 DMS working with new customer landscape.

30:49 DMS deployment for translation companies.

33:05 Adaptability of DMS.

35:15 DMS aiding in Analysis paralysis.

37:31 DMS working with AI.

39:41 Challenges and opportunities in DMS.

41:22 Analyzing the non-repeatable decision.

43:33 DMS and future of data.

Podcast link:

https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-podcast-conversation-sean-naismith-enova-decisions/

Here's Sean's Bio:

Sean joined Enova as Head of Analytics Services for Enova Decisions in 2016. Prior to working at Enova, Sean served as an Advanced Analytics Consultant and Senior Director of Business Analytics for Leapfrog, where he led the development of the company’s predictive analytics capabilities. Before Leapfrog, Sean served as Director of Strategic Intelligence for TrendPointers, LLC, and Director of Research for Global Currency Group. He also currently serves as Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer of Naismith Wealth Management, LLC, which he founded in 2015. Sean is a CFP® certificate and holds the CMT designation. He received his B.A. in finance from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The podcast is sponsored by:

TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach

About #Podcast:

#FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future.

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Update: Talk is available @ https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/97300/the-quantum-disruption-in-global-business-driven-by-the-big-analytics

The Quantum disruption in Global Business driven by The Big Analytics Listen to Vishal Kumar, An Author, Innovator, and a Mentor in discussion on one of the most important and relevant subjects of the modern times: The Big Analytics, and how it is changing the landscape of Global Business

Wednesday at 9 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Business Channel

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Vishal Kumar

Vishal Kumar is CEO & President of AnalyticsWeek. He is a leading advocate for data-driven decision making. He is rated as top 100 global influencers to follow in data analytics by leading research organizations. He has published two books on the topics of analytics. Currently, his work involves using Artificial Intelligence to prepare the workforce for the future. Vishal has been a keynote speaker at various international conferences. He sits as advisor to various analytics startups.

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As we are stepping into 4th industrial age, we must prepare our HR4.0 workforce to use new age tools to fix Employee engagement. We will build-up a case for need of an AI in HR and discuss some considerations we must take to build a powerful and scalable system. We will spend some time discussing one of the ways TAO.ai is solving employee engagement and preparing powerful AI to work with new age tools, talent, technologies and techniques to empower workers with best decision making support system.

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In this session, Juan F. Gorricho, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, PFCU / Walt Disney, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his journey as an analytics executive, best practices, hacks for upcoming executives, and some challenges/opportunities he's observing as a Chief Data & Analytics Officer. Juan discussed creating a data-driven culture and what leaders could do to get buy-ins for building strong data science capabilities.

Timeline:

0:29 Juan's journey.

4:57 Defining International society of chief data officers.

7:08 Joining International society of CDO.

7:45 Being in a credit union and being a CDO.

10:33 Hacks to creating a data-driven culture.

16:25 Being a partner of Walt Disney.

19:20 Data sharing with Disney.

21:50 Data officers vs. analytics officer.

25:59 Getting the leadership onboard on data.

30:44 The business decision making of a CDO at PFCU.

33:33 Collaboration with IT.

37:48 Challenges Juan faces in his current role.

45:03 Building data solutions or buying data solutions?

49:05 Advice for data leaders.

Podcast link:

https://futureofdata.org/analyticsweek-leadership-podcast-with-juan-f-gorricho-disney/

Here's Juan F. Gorricho Bio:

Juan F. Gorricho is currently the Chief Data & Analytics Officer for Partners Federal Credit Union. In this role, Juan leads the data and analytics strategy development and execution for Partners, one of the top credit unions in the country, exclusively serving the more than 100,000 cast members of The Walt Disney Company. Juan has more than 15 years of experience in the data and analytics space, including multiple speaking engagements. In his prior roles with Disney, Juan led multiple multimillion-dollar projects to implement business intelligence and analytical solutions for key lines of business such as Labor Operations and Merchandise. Juan has an Industrial Engineering degree from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, and an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. Juan is married and lives with his wife and two children in Orlando, Florida, United States of America.

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The podcast is sponsored by:

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About #Podcast:

#FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future.

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