In this podcast, George Corugedo(@RedpointCTO) / @Redpoint talks about the ingredients of a technologist in a data-driven world. He sheds light on technology & technologist bias and how companies could work progressively to respond in an unbiased manner. He shared some insights on leading a data science product as a technologist and shared some takeaways for future technologists. This podcast is great for future technologists thinking of shaping their organization to take advantage of technological disruptions to stay competitive.

Timeline: 0:29 George's journey. 3:35 Challenges in George's journey. 7:22 The relevance of mathematics in this data-driven world. 13:02 Statistitians getting into the technology stack. 22:38 Data-driven customer engagement platform. 24:24 Challenges for a technologist to connect with various platforms and prospects. 28:52 Customer challenges for businesses. 31:55 What do businesses get about marketing? 34:04 Bridging the gap between data and analytics. 42:42 Hacks for mitigating bias. 46:18 Appification: a bane or an opportunity. 48:45 An candidate for a data analytics startup. 52:40 Important KPIs for a data-driven customer engagement company. 56:33 How does George keep himself updated? 57:58 What keeps George up at night? 59:15 George's favorite read. 1:01:05 Closing remarks.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/u6CtN-TYjXI iTunes: http://apple.co/2AJDnuz

Ed's Recommended Read: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee http://amzn.to/2hZnwwx Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions) by Ralph Waldo Emerson http://amzn.to/2i0WcOx

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/redpointcto-redpointglobal-on-becoming-an-unbiased-technologist-in-datadriven-world/

George's BIO: A former math professor and seasoned technology executive, RedPoint Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder George Corugedo has more than two decades of business and technical experience. George is responsible for directing the development of the RedPoint Customer Engagement Hub, RedPoint’s leading enterprise customer engagement solution. George left academia in 1997 to co-found Accenture’s Customer Insights Practice, which specialized in strategic data utilization, analytics, and customer strategy. George’s previous positions include director of client delivery at ClarityBlue, Inc., a provider of hosted customer intelligence solutions, and COO/CIO of Riscuity, a receivables management company that specialized in using analytics to drive collections.

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In this podcast, @CRGutowski from @GE_Digital talks about the importance of data and analytics in transforming sales organizations. She sheds light on challenges and opportunities with transforming the sales organization of a transnational enterprise using analytics and implement a growth mindset. Cate shared some of the tenets of the transformation mindset. This podcast is great for future leaders who are thinking of shaping their sales organization and empower them with the digital mindset.

Timeline: 0:29 Cate's journey. 7:40 Cate's typical day. 9:07 How does the sales cope up with disruption? 13:25 Data science in sales. 14:48 Planning a digital software for 25000 workforces. 18:00 The thin line between marketing and sales. 22:13 Safeguarding the workforce against tech disruption. 24:57 The culture of sales. 27:55 Designing a digitally connected strategy. 30:08 Designing customer experience. 33:48 Sales strategy for a startup. 36:43 Selling transformative sales strategies to executives. 40:55 How can organizations go digital? 43:25 Digital thread. 44:14 How can a sales organization deal with IT? 45:54 Pitfalls in the process of digitization. 48:44 Challenges for sales folks amid disruption. 50:30 How does Cate keep herself updated? 52:10 Cate's success mantra. 54:06 Closing remarks.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/3jcpYgvIli4 iTunes: http://apple.co/2hM9r5E

Cate's Recommended Read: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek http://amzn.to/2hGvc6w

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/crgutowski-ge_digital-using-analytics-transform-sales/

Cate's BIO: Cate has 20 years of technical sales, marketing, and product leadership experience across various global divisions in GE. Cate is currently based in Boston, MA, and works as the VP – Commercial Digital Thread, leading the digital transformation of GE’s 25,000+ sales organization globally. Prior to relocating to Boston, Cate and her family lived in Budapest, Hungary, where she led product management, marketing, and commercial operations across EMEA for GE Current. Cate holds an M.B.A. from the University of South Florida and a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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In this podcast, @EdwardBoudrot from @Optum talks about how leaders could induce design thinking into product design and process engineering. Ed shares some of the ways organizations (small or big) could create lean processes that induce not only efficient people-centric products but also help future proof companies by bringing them closer to their customer. This podcast is great for future leaders who are thinking of shaping their organization around design thinking concepts.

Timeline: 0:29 Edward's journey. 4:55 Innovation in a culturally thick company. 10:46 Life cycle of design thinking. 15:45 Designing thinking's role in business strategy. 19:28 Attributes of design thinking in business strategy. 23:07 Edward's expansion strategy. 25:30 Favorite design thinking concepts. 29:40 How to move a product mindset to a design thinking mindset. 32:22 Lab atmosphere to execute design thinking ideas. 34:15 Tips for startups to get started with design thinking. 35:40 Steps for companies to adopt design thinking. 38:15 Collaboration in design thinking. 41:00 Getting started with a human-centered design. 43:42 Tenets of a successful design thinking executive. 46:30 KPIs to measure the success of your design. 48:58 Design thinking and disruption. 53:22 Businesses that are doing well at design thinking. 55:33 How can design thinking protect itself from market changes. 59:17 Edward's favorite reads. 1:00:33 Closing remarks.

Ed's Recommended Read: Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs http://amzn.to/2ywxKLx 101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization http://amzn.to/2AFiWvE Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers http://amzn.to/2zAkwAJ

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/edwardboudrot-optum-designthinking-data-driven-products/

Ed's BIO: Ed Boudrot is the Vice President of Fusion, an enterprise accelerator for Optum. Optum’s mission is to help people live healthier lives and to help make the health system work better for everyone. Boudrot has founded and has been a part of serval startups in the Boston area and Intuit innovation labs. He specializes in the convergence of Human-centered design, business strategy, and rapid development to optimize experiences and business outcomes.

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In This podcast, Brian Haugli from The Hanover Insurance Group sat with Vishal to talk about some of the security led leader's mindset. From discussing some of the leadership mindset to practitioner tactical guide to help future security leaders to understand how to secure their organization. This session is great for any security, passionate leader willing to create a security wrapped growth mindset.

Timeline: 0:28 Brian's journey. 3:45 Brian's current role. 7:43 CSO combining with physical security. 10:12 Physical security infrastructure. 11:55 Brian's journey from Military and corporate. 14:42 Common challenges for a CSO. 17:37 Do security certifications help professionals secure an organization? 22:14 Advice for those wanting to join the security industry. 27:14 Recommendations for a startup to stay secure. 34:32 CSO's necessity in understanding tech and business. 36:35 Hacks to cope with new company integrations and operations. 40:50 Security vs. business innovation. 44:13 Security is seen as professional janitors. 52:30 The role of government and regulations in providing security. 55:30 Brian's keys to success. 58:36 Closing remarks.

Brian's Read Recommendation: On The Road by Jack Kerouac http://amzn.to/2hMhOhG

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/brianhaugli-the_hanover-%e2%80%8fon-building-leadership-security-mindset/

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Brian's BIO: Brian Haugli is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP). Brian previously served as a senior advisor on cybersecurity and information risk management for the Department of Defense, US Army ITA, and Pentagon. He has 20 years of professional experience and expertise in network topologies, design, implementation, architecture, and cybersecurity. He has extensive knowledge of and has implemented risk management frameworks, methodologies, and processes. He has been responsible for creating compliant and secure networks for multiple sites through his extensive background in intrusion detection and full network end-to-end testing. He has outstanding communication skills, a positive demeanor, and the ability to interface with all levels of an organization.

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In this podcast, Andrea Gallego, Principal & Global Technology Lead @ Boston Consulting Group, talks about her journey as a data science practitioner in the consulting space. She talks about some of the industry practices that up and rising data science professionals must deploy and talks about some operational hacks to help create a robust data science team. It is a must-listen conversation for practitioner folks in the industry trying to deploy a data science team and build solutions for a service industry.

Timeline: 0:29 Andrea's journey. 5:41 Andrea's current role. 8:02 Seasoned data professional to COO role. 11:27 The essentials for having analytics at scale. 14:56 First steps to creating an analytics practice. 18:33 Defining an engineering first company. 22:33 A different understanding of data engineering. 26:40 Mistakes businesses make in their data science practice. 30:21 Some good business problems that data science can solve. 36:42 Democratization of data vs. privacy in companies. 38:04 Tech to business challenges. 40:11 Important KPIs for building a data science practice. 43:47 Hacks to hiring good data science candidates. 49:07 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 52:16 Andrea's secret to success. 55:12 Andrea's favorite read. 58:35 Closing remarks.

Andrea'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/andrea-gallego-bcg-managing-analytics-practice/

Andrea's BIO: Andrea is Principal & Global Technology Lead @ Boston Consulting Group. Prior to BCG, Andrea was COO of QuantumBlack’s Cloud platform. She also manages the cloud platform team and helps drive the vision and future of McKinsey Analytics’ digital capabilities. Andrea has broad expertise in computer science, cloud computing, digital transformation strategy, and analytics solutions architecture. Prior to joining the Firm, Andrea was a technologist at Booz Allen Hamilton. She holds a BS in Economics and MS in Analytics (with a concentration in computing methods for analytics).

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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.

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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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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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In this session, Brett McLaughlin, Chief Data Strategist at Akamai, discussed his journey to creating a forecasting solution. He sheds light on some limitations, some innovative thinking, and some hacks that one could use to structure a good forecasting model.

Timeline: 0:29 Brett's journey. 15:06 Data scientist fulling the vision of the CEO. 24:25 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 29:23 Data science and mathematics. 34:55 Salesforce defining the value of algorithms. 38:14 Capturing feedback to improve data models. 46:14 First steps in building a futuristic data model. 54:27 Using algorithms to forecast. 1:01 Tips for data leaders to build a team.

Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/discussing-forecasting-brett-mclaughlin-akabret-akamai/

Here's Brett's Bio: Twenty-one years of experience transforming business operations through more intelligent use of data. Expertise in leading organizations in data transformation, predictive analytics (e.g., forecasting, linear programming, operational simulations, etc.), world-class visualizations and interfaces, and tight integration into existing operations.

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In this podcast, Robin discussed how an analytics organization functions in a collaborative culture. He shed some light on preparing a robust framework while working on policy rich setup. This talk is a must for anyone building an analytics organization with a culture-rich or policy rich environment.

Timeline: 0:29 Robin's journey. 6:02 Challenges in working as a chief data scientist. 9:50 Two breeds of data scientists. 13:38 Introducing data science into large companies. 16:57 Creating a center of excellence with data. 19:52 Challenges in working with a government agency. 22:57 Creating a self-serving system. 26:29 Defining chief data officer, chief analytics officer, chief data scientist. 28:28 Designing an architecture for a rapidly changing company culture. 31:39 Future of analytics and data leaders. 35:47 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 42:26 Perfect data science hire. 45:08 Closing remarks.

Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-with-robin-thottungal-chief-data-scientist-at-epa/

Here's Robin's bio on his current EPA Role: - Leading the Data Analytics effort of 15,000+ member agency through providing strategic vision, program development, evangelizing the value of data-driven decision making, bringing a lean-start up approach to the public sector & building advanced data analytics platform capable of real-time/batch analysis.

-Serving as Chief data scientist for the agency, including directing, coordinating, and overseeing the division’s leadership of EPA’s multi­media data analytics, visualization, and predictive analysis work along with related tools, application development, and services.

-Develop and oversee the implementation of Agency policy on integration analysis of environmental data, including multi­media analysis and assessments of environmental quality, status, and trends.

-Develop, market, and implement tactical and strategic plans for the Agency’s data management, advanced data analytics, and predictive analysis work.

-Lead cross­federal, state, tribal, and local government data partnerships as well as information partnerships with other entities.

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The security challenges of a particular business may often be proportional to the amount of data they need to capture, process, and interpret. As businesses grow their security needs become ever more complex and challenging as the volume, velocity, and variety of data increases. Forward thinking organizations using data science to better process and interpret vast data stores both on-premise and in the cloud to identify threats and intrusions to their local networks and beyond.

Join us to participate in a dynamic discussion from practitioners with deep experience in the areas of data science or information security including:

• Bob Rudis, Chief Security Data Scientist, Rapid7, frequent blogger at rud.is, co-author of Data Driven Security, and ardent R open source contributor. Follow Bob on the web here. Previously, Bob was at Verizon and responsible for the Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) known in the security industry as "an unparalleled source of information on cybersecurity threats."

• Mark Gerner, Sr. Economic Data Scientist / Analytics Leader with 10+ years of experience designing, implementing, and communicating the results of analyses in support of customer engagement, strategic planning, and programmatic portfolio management related activities.

• Kalpesh Sheth, Co-founder & CEO, Yaxa, With 20+ years of technical expertise in data networking, network security, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), and Cluster Computing. Before co-founding Yaxa, Sheth was Senior Technical Director at DRS Technologies (acquired by Finmeccanica S.p.A.), Director at RiverDelta Networks (acquired by Motorola and now part of Arris) and fifth employee of Digital Technology (acquired by Agilent Technologies). He is a co-author of VITA 41.6 an ANSI standard, and has spoken at numerous trade conferences as an expert panel member.

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In this session, Jon talks about analytics in the agency business. He discussed best practices and some operational hacks to help leaders become successful in the world of analytics in the marketing domain(one of the early adopter of technology)

Timeline: 0:29 John's journey. 6:07 Use cases for the benchmark studies at L2. 7:16 The struggles and challenges in the digital industry. 11:30 How much data is good data. 14:55 Staying relevant during times of disruption. 20:18 Analysing data of various cultures for a global company. 24:30 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 27:22 Jon's current role. 30:06 How much of L2 in facing and out facing? 31:45 Qualifying a source/platform. 35:20 Integrating a new source into the existing algorithm. 38:16 Building classifiers. 40:00 Jon's leadership style. 43:00 Client facing a leadership. 45:12 Jon's magic data science hire. 47:28 Suggestion for starting a data practice in a dissimilar industry. 50:55 World without survey. 53:11 Future of data in the digital industry.

Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/futureofdata-jon-gibs-chief-data-officer-l2-inc/

Bio- Jon Gibs is the Chief Data Officer and Chief Data Scientist at L2, a digital research, benchmarking, and advisory services company recently acquired by the Gartner Group. Prior to his time at L2, Jon founded and was the group vice president of data science and analytics at Huge, a digital agency in Brooklyn, and spent 10 years at Nielsen running its digital analytics practice.

Jon's graduate work has been in Geography and spatial statistics at The University at Buffalo.

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Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast June 22, 2017

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Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast June 8, 2017

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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.

The podcast is sponsored by: TAO.ai(https://tao.ai), Artificial Intelligence Driven Career Coach

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