In this podcast, Dr. Michael Stonebraker discussed his perspective on the growing data ops industry and its future. Dr. Stonebraker has launched several startups that defined data ops. He shares his insights into the data ops market and what to expect in the future of data and operations.

Timeline: 0:30 Mike's take on the "no sequel movement". 6:48 Evolution of database. 13:55 Mobility of data and cloud. 18:41 Tamr's shift from the database to AI. 29:00 Ingredient for a successful start-up. 36:50 Leadership qualities that keep you successful and sane. 41:50 Mike's parting thoughts.

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/dr-mikestonebraker-on-the-future-of-dataops-and-ai/

Dr. Stonebraker's BIO: Dr. Stonebraker has been a pioneer of database research and technology for more than forty years. He was the main architect of the INGRES relational DBMS, and the object-relational DBMS, POSTGRES. These prototypes were developed at the University of California at Berkeley, where Stonebraker was a Professor of Computer Science for twenty-five years. More recently, at M.I.T., he was a co-architect of the Aurora/Borealis stream processing engine, the C-Store column-oriented DBMS, the H-Store transaction processing engine, which became VoltDB, the SciDB array DBMS, and the Data Tamer data curation system. Presently he serves as an advisor to VoltDB and Chief Technology Officer of Paradigm4 and Tamr, Inc.

Professor Stonebraker was awarded the ACM System Software Award in 1992 for his work on INGRES. Additionally, he was awarded the first annual SIGMOD Innovation award in 1994 and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1997. He was awarded the IEEE John Von Neumann award in 2005 and the 2014 Turing Award and is presently an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at M.I.T, where he is co-director of the Intel Science and Technology Center focused on big data.

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In this podcast, Steve Goldbach & Geoff Tuff from Deloitte sat with Vishal to discuss their recently released book "Detonate". They shared their insights on a cleaner way to create strategies for a future proof and transformation friendly organization. Their tactical suggestions go a long way in helping install a robust strategy to increase responsiveness. Timeline: 0:29 The author's journeys. 4:30 Motivation behind writing "Detonate". 8:31 Getting rid of best practices. 12:08 Relevance of "Detonate" for data ops employees. 14:28 Detonate mindset. 22:17 Fixing orthodoxies. 26:19 How can "detonate" serve different kinds of companies? 32:50 Reason behind failing companies. 36:02 Existing company culture vs. detonate mindset. 39:15 "Failure is not ok". 45:10 Aha moments while writing "Detonate". 47:35 The animations in "Detonate". 49:33 Selling the detonate mindset. 52:13 What's next in detonating mindset? 53:54 Steven's and Geoff's favorite reads. 58:15 Key takeaways.

Steve / Geoff's Recommended Read: Geoff's suggestion: Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell The Opposable mind https://amzn.to/2rA5BAV The Last Days of Night: A Novel by Graham Moore https://amzn.to/2rAvErB

Steve's suggestion: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman https://amzn.to/2ryIx5C The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking by Roger L. Martin https://amzn.to/2Kds7Y2 The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis https://amzn.to/2KaFgRI

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/solving-futureoforgs-with-detonate-mindset-by-steven_goldbach-geofftuff-futureofdata/

Geoff's Bio: GEOFF TUFF is a principal at Deloitte and a senior leader of the firm’s Innovation and Applied Design practices. In the past, he led the design firm Doblin and was a senior partner at Monitor Group, serving as a member of its global Board of Directors before the company was acquired by Deloitte. He has been with some form of Monitor for more than 25 years. He holds degrees from Dartmouth College and Harvard Business School.

Steve's Bio: STEVEN GOLDBACH is a principal at Deloitte and serves as the organization’s chief strategy officer. He is also a member of the Deloitte U.S. executive leadership team. Before joining Deloitte, Goldbach was a partner at Monitor Group and head of its New York office. Goldbach helps executives and their teams transform their organizations by making challenging and pragmatic strategy choices in the face of uncertainty. He is an architect, expert practitioner, and teacher of the variety of strategy methodologies developed and used by Monitor Deloitte over the years. Serving clients in many industries, including consumer products, telecommunications, media, and health care, Goldbach helps companies combine rigor and creativity to create their own future. He holds degrees from Queen’s University at Kingston and Columbia Business School.

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In this podcast, Justin Borgman talks about his journey of starting a data science start, doing an exit, and jumping on another one. The session is filled with insights for leadership, looking for entrepreneurial wisdom to get on a data-driven journey.

Timeline: 0:28 Justin's journey. 3:22 Taking the plunge to start a new company. 5:49 Perception vs. reality of starting a data warehouse company. 8:15 Bringing in something new to the IT legacy. 13:20 Getting your first few customers. 16:16 Right moment for a data warehouse company to look for a new venture. 18:20 Right person to have as a co-founder. 20:29 Advantages of going seed vs. series A. 22:13 When is a company ready for seeding or series A? 24:40 Who's a good adviser? 26:35 Exiting Teradata. 28:54 Teradata to starting a new company. 31:24 Excitement of starting something from scratch. 32:24 What is Starburst? 37:15 Presto, a great engine for cloud platforms. 40:30 How can a company get started with Presto. 41:50 Health of enterprise data. 44:15 Where does Presto not fit in? 45:19 Future of enterprise data. 46:36 Drawing parallels between proprietary space and open source space. 49:02 Does align with open-source gives a company a better chance in seeding. 51:44 John's ingredients for success. 54:05 John's favorite reads. 55:01 Key takeaways.

Paul's Recommended Read: The Outsiders Paperback – S. E. Hinton amzn.to/2Ai84Gl

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/running-a-data-science-startup-one-decision-at-a-time-futureofdata-podcast/

Justin's BIO: Justin has spent the better part of a decade in senior executive roles building new businesses in the data warehousing and analytics space. Before co-founding Starburst, Justin was Vice President and General Manager at Teradata (NYSE: TDC), where he was responsible for the company’s portfolio of Hadoop products. Prior to joining Teradata, Justin was co-founder and CEO of Hadapt, the pioneering "SQL-on-Hadoop" company that transformed Hadoop from file system to analytic database accessible to anyone with a BI tool. Teradata acquired Hadapt in 2014.

Justin earned a BS in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

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In this podcast Stephen Gatchell (@stephengatchell) from @Dell talks about the ingredients of a successful data scientist. He sheds light on the importance of data governance and compliance in defining a robust data science strategy. He suggested tactical steps that executives could take in starting their journey to a robust governance framework. He talked about how to take away the scare from governance. He gave insights on some of the things leaders could do today to build robust data science teams and framework. This podcast is great for leaders seeking some tactical insights into building a robust data science framework.

Timeline:

0:29 Stephen's journey. 4:45 Dell's customer experience journey. 7:39 Suggestions for a startup in regard to customer experience. 12:02 Building a center of excellence around data. 15:29 Data ownership. 19:18 Fixing data governance. 24:02 Fixing the data culture. 29:40 Distributed data ownership and data lakes. 32:50 Understanding data lakes. 35:50 Common pitfalls and opportunities in data governance. 38:50 Pleasant surprises in data governance. 41:30 Ideal data team. 44:04 Hiring the right candidates for data excellence. 46:13 How do I know the "why"? 49:05 Stephen's success mantra. 50:56 Stephen's best read. Steve's Recommended Read: Big Data MBA: Driving Business Strategies with Data Science by Bill Schmarzo http://amzn.to/2HWjOyT

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/want-to-fix-datascience-fix-governance-by-stephengatchell-futureofdata/

Steve's BIO: Stephen is currently a Chief Data Officer Engineering & Data Lake at Dell and serves on the Dell Information Quality Governance Office and the Dell IT Technology Advisory Board, developing Dell’s corporate strategies for the Business Data Lake, Advanced Analytics, and Information Asset Management. Stephen also serves as a Customer Insight Analyst for the Chief Technology Office, analyzing customer technology challenges and requirements. Stephen has been awarded the People’s Choice Award by the Dell Total Customer Experience Team for the Data Governance and Business Data Lake project, as well as a Chief Technology Officer Innovation finalist for utilizing advanced analytics for customer configurations improving product development and product test coverage. Prior to Stephen’s current role, he managed Dell’s Global Product Development Lab Operations team developing internal cloud orchestration and automation environments, an Information Systems Executive for IBM leading acquisition conversion efforts, and was VP of Enterprise Systems and Operations managing mission-critical Information Systems for Telelogic (a Swedish public software firm). Stephen has an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University, a BSBA, and an AS in Finance from Northeastern University.

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In this podcast, Rahul Kashyap(@RCKashyap) talks about the state of security, technology, and business crossroad on Security and the mindset of a security led technologist. He sheds some light on past, present, and future security risks discussed some common leadership concerns, and how a technologist could circumvent that. This podcast is a must for all technologists and wannabe technologists to grow their organization.

Timeline: 0:29 Rahul's journey. 4:40 Rahul's current role. 7:58 How the types of cyberattacks have changed. 12:53 How has IT interaction evolved? 16:50 Problems security industry. 20:12 Market mindset vs. security mindset. 23:10 Ownership of data. 27:02 Cloud, saas, and security. 31:40 Priorities for securing an enterprise. 34:50 How security is secure enough. 37:40 Providing a stable core to the business. 41:11 The state of data science vis a vis security. 44:05 Future of security, data science, and AI. 46:14 Distributed computing and security. 50:30 Tenets of Rahul's success. 53:15 Rahul's favorite read. 54:35 Closing remarks.

Rahul's Recommended Read: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success – Carol S. Dweck http://amzn.to/2GvEX2F

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/rckashyap-cylance-on-state-of-security-technologist-mindset-futureofdata-podcast/

Rahul's BIO: Rahul Kashyap is the Global Chief Technology Officer at Cylance, where he is responsible for strategy, products, and architecture.

Rahul has been instrumental in building several key security technologies viz: Network Intrusion Prevention Systems (NIPS), Host Intrusion Prevention Systems (HIPS), Web Application Firewalls (WAF), Whitelisting, Endpoint/Server Host Monitoring (EDR), and Micro-virtualization. He has been awarded several patents for his innovations. Rahul is an accomplished pen-tester and has in-depth knowledge of OS, networking, and security products.

Rahul has written several security research papers, blogs, and articles that are widely quoted and referenced by media around the world. He has built, led, and scaled award-winning teams that innovate and solve complex security challenges in both large and start-up companies.

He is frequently featured in several podcasts, webinars, and media briefings. Rahul has been a speaker at several top security conferences like BlackHat, BlueHat, Hack-In-The-Box, RSA, DerbyCon, BSides, ISSA International, OWASP, InfoSec UK, and others. He was named 'Silicon Valley's 40 under 40' by Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Rahul mentors entrepreneurs who work with select VC firms and is on the advisory board of tech start-ups.

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In this last part of the two-part podcast, @TimothyChou discussed the Internet of Things landscape's future. He laid out how the internet has always been about the internet of things and not the internet of people. He sheds light on the internet of things as it is spread across themes of things, connect, collect, learn, and do workflows. He builds an interesting case about achieving precision to introduction optimality.

Timeline: 0:29 Timothy's journey. 8:56 Selling cloud to Oracle. 15:57 Communicating economics and technology disruption. 23:54 Internet of people to the internet of things.

Timothy's Recommended Read: Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark http://amzn.to/2Cidyhy Zone to Win: Organizing to Compete in an Age of Disruption Paperback by Geoffrey A. Moore http://amzn.to/2Hd5zpv

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/timothychou-on-world-of-iot-its-future-part-2/

Timothy's BIO: Timothy Chou has his career spanning through academia, successful (and not so successful) startups, and large corporations. He was one of only a few people to hold the President's title at Oracle. As President of Oracle On Demand, he grew the cloud business from its very beginning. Today that business is over $2B. He wrote about the move of applications to the cloud in 2004 in his first book, “The End of Software”. Today he serves on the board of Blackbaud, a nearly $700M vertical application cloud service company.

After earning his Ph.D. in EE at the University of Illinois, he went to work for Tandem Computers, one of the original Silicon Valley startups. Had he understood stock options, he would have joined earlier. He’s invested in and been a contributor to a number of other startups, some you’ve heard of like Webex, and others you’ve never heard of but were sold to companies like Cisco and Oracle. Today he is focused on several new ventures in cloud computing, machine learning, and the Internet of Things.

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In this first part of a two-part podcast, @TimothyChou discussed the Internet of Things landscape. He laid out how the internet has always been about the internet of things and not the internet of people. He sheds light on the internet of things as it is spread across themes of things, connect, collect, learn, and do workflows. He builds an interesting case about achieving precision to introduction optimality.

Timeline: 0:29 Reason behind the failure of IoT projects. 19:10 Which businesses will be impacted by IoT expansion? 30:22 How is IoT getting impacted in the world of AI. 40:35 Innovative startups in the IoT industry. 49:17 What's slowing down IoT? 52:20 How much IoT and cloud are married together? 54:32 Timothy's success mantra. 56:16 Parting thoughts.

Timothy's Recommended Read: Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark http://amzn.to/2Cidyhy Zone to Win: Organizing to Compete in an Age of Disruption Paperback by Geoffrey A. Moore http://amzn.to/2Hd5zpv

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/timothychou-on-world-of-iot-its-future-part-1-futureofdata-podcast/

Timothy's BIO: Timothy Chou has his career spanning through academia, successful (and not so successful) startups, and large corporations. He was one of only a few people to hold the President's title at Oracle. As President of Oracle On Demand, he grew the cloud business from its very beginning. Today that business is over $2B. He wrote about the move of applications to the cloud in 2004 in his first book, “The End of Software”. Today he serves on the board of Blackbaud, a nearly $700M vertical application cloud service company.

After earning his Ph.D. in EE at the University of Illinois, he went to work for Tandem Computers, one of the original Silicon Valley startups. Had he understood stock options, he would have joined earlier. He’s invested in and been a contributor to a number of other startups, some you’ve heard of like Webex, and others you’ve never heard of but were sold to companies like Cisco and Oracle. Today he is focused on several new ventures in cloud computing, machine learning, and the Internet of Things.

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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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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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