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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In this conversation, Angela & Joshua from Booz Allen sat down with Vishal to discuss the Mathematical Corporation. They discussed some of the stories, challenges, and opportunities facing any corporation on their journey to a Mathematical corporation.

Timeline: 0:29 Angela and Josh's introduction. 4:00 Inspiration behind their book. 8:20 Machine Intelligence. 12:27 Ideal fit for a business to embrace mathematical organization. 14:54 Convincing executives towards data science. 19:20 Working with data science skeptics. 23:02 How much percent data-driven should a company be? 26:38 Mathematical models being predictable in an unpredictable environment. 30:25 Mathematical organization response to open sources. 34:14 AI the job enabler. 36:52 Advice for small businesses to be data-driven. 39:36 A fully mature mathematical corporation. 44:16 Sleeping on the wheel. 45:28 An ideal reader for the book "Mathematical Corporation". 48:37 The aha moment while writing the book. 50:40 Creating awareness for business to be data-driven. 54:18 Takeaways from "Mathematical Corporation".

Their Book: The Mathematical Organization is out to help the business stay data-driven and competitive. You could download the book @ http://amzn.to/2hNsoaH

THE MATHEMATICAL CORPORATION: Where Machine Intelligence and Human Ingenuity Achieve the Impossible (PublicAffairs; June 6, 2017), by Booz Allen Hamilton machine intelligence experts Joshua Sullivan and Angela Zutavern, is the first book to show business leaders how to compete in this new era: by combining the mathematical smarts of machines with the intellect of visionary leaders.

About the Guest DR. JOSH SULLIVAN is SVP at Booz Allen Hamilton. One of the world’s leading experts in data science and machine intelligence, he was among the first people to hold the title “data scientist.” He has appeared on CNBC.

ANGELA ZUTAVERN is VP at Booz Allen Hamilton and pioneered the application of machine intelligence to leadership and strategy. Together, they’re radically transforming how Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and major government agencies perform by helping leaders shatter long-held constraints and reveal hidden truths in their organizations. They live in Washington, D.C.

Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/angelazutavern-joshdsullivan-boozallen-discussed-mathematical-corporation-futureofdata/

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Data & Analytics Bi-Weekly Newsletter Cast Aug 03, 2017

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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.

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

Onalytica link: http://www.onalytica.com/blog/posts/big-data-2017-top-100-influencers-brands/

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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.

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Wednesday at 9 AM Pacific

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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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In this session, Scott Zoldi, Chief Analytics Officer, FICO, sat with Vishal Kumar, CEO AnalyticsWeek and shared his journey as an analytics executive, best practices, and hacks for upcoming executives challenges/opportunities he's observing as a Chief Analytics Officer. Scott discussed creating the data-driven culture and what leaders could do to get buy-ins for building strong data science capabilities. Scott discussed his passion for security analytics. He shared some best practices to put-up a Cyber Security Center of Excellence. Scott also shared what traits future leaders should have.

Timeline:

0:29 Scott's journey. 5:10 On Falcon's fraud manager. 9:12 Area in secuity where AI works. 11:40 FICO's dealing with new products. 15:30 Centre of excellence for cyber security. 22:00 Should a center of excellence be inside out or in partnership? 28:22 The CAO role in FICO. 31:14 Is FICO in facing or out facing? 32:12 Being analytical in a gutt based organization. 35:54 Art of doing business and science of doing business. 38:22 Challenges as CAO in FICO. 41:09 Opportunity for data science in the security space. 45:54 Qualities required for a CAO. 48:54 Tips for a data scientist to get hired at FICO.

Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/analyticsweek-leadership-podcast-with-scott-zoldi-cao-fico/

Here's Scott Zoldi's Bio: Scott Zoldi is Chief Analytics Officer at FICO, responsible for the analytic development of FICO’s product and technology solutions, including the FICO™ Falcon® Fraud Manager product, which protects about two-thirds of the world’s payment card transactions from fraud. While at FICO, Scott has been responsible for authoring 72 analytic patents, 36 patents granted, and 36 in process. Scott is actively involved in developing new analytic products and Big Data analytics applications, many of which leverage new streaming artificial intelligence innovations such as adaptive analytics, collaborative profiling, and self-learning models. Scott is most recently focused on the applications of streaming self-learning analytics for real-time detection of Cyber Security attacks and Money Laundering. Scott serves on two boards of directors, including Software San Diego and Cyber Center of Excellence. Scott received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Duke University.

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

In this session, Mike Flowers, Chief Analytics Officer, Enigma, 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 Analytics Officer. Mike discussed his journey from trial prosecutor to Chief Analytics Officer, sharing some great stories on how Govt. embraces data analytics.

Timeline: 0:29 Mike's journey. 23:32 Mike's role in Enigma. 27:46 The role of CAO in Enigma. 29:50 How much Mike's role is customer-facing vs. in facing. 30:00 Getting over the roadblocks of working with the government. 34:06 Creating a data bridge. 39:17 Collaboration in the data science field. 46:02 Challenges in working with Clients at Enigma. 51:34 Benefits of having a legal background before coming to data analytics.

Podcast link: https://futureofdata.org/enigma_io/

Here's Mike Flowers Bio: Mike is Chief Analytics Officer at New York City tech start-up Enigma, an operational data management and intelligence company, where he leads data scientists assisting the development and deployment of decision-support technologies to Fortune 500 clients in compliance, manufacturing, banking, and finance, and several U.S. and foreign government agencies. In addition, he is a Senior Fellow at Bloomberg Philanthropies, working with select U.S. city governments to launch sustainable analytics programs. Mike is also an advisor to numerous organizations in a wide variety of fields, including, for example, Weil Cornell Medical College, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Office of the New York State Comptroller, the Greater London Authority, the government of New South Wales, Australia, and the French national government.

From 2014-15, Mike was an Executive-in-Residence and the first MacArthur Urban Science Fellow at NYU’s Center for Urban Science and Progress, where he advised students and faculty on projects to advance data-driven decision-making in city government.

From 2009-2013, Mike served under Mayor Michael Bloomberg as New York City’s first Chief Analytics Officer. During his tenure, he founded the Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics, which provides quantitative support to the city’s public safety, public health, infrastructure development, finance, economic development, disaster preparedness and response, legislative, sustainability, and human services efforts. In addition, Mike designed and oversaw the implementation of NYC DataBridge, a first-of-its-kind citywide analytics platform that enables the sharing and analysis of city data across agencies and with the public, and he ran the implementation of the city’s internationally-recognized Open Data initiative. For this work, Mike was twice recognized by the White House for innovation.

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

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