In this podcast, John Busby(@johnmbusby), Chief Analytics Officer @CenterfieldUSA, talks about his journey leading the data analytics practice of a digital marketing agency. He sheds light on some methodologies for building a sound data science practice. He sheds light on the future of digital marketing and shared some big opportunities ripe for disruption in the digital space.

Timeline: 0:28 John's journey. 4:26 Introduction to Centerfield. 6:00 John's role. 6:50 Designing a common platform for customers. 9:15 Analytics in Amazon. 11:02 Data science and marketing. 18:02 Importance of understanding the product for marketing. 21:44 AI in the marketing business. 25:26 Making sense of customer behavior. 27:50 End to end consumer behavior. 31:05 Editing and calibrating KPIs. 32:53 Creating an inside driven organization. 35:35 Recipe for a successful chief analytic officer. 37:46 On data bias. 39:12 Hiring the right people. 41:33 Big opportunities in digital marketing. 44:15 Future of digital marketing. 45:27 John's recipe for success. 48:52 John's favorite reads. 50:35 Key takeaways.

John's Recommended Read: Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker (D&B Poker) by Jonathan Little amzn.to/2MNKjN3

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/data-today-shaping-digital-marketing-of-tomorrow-johnmbusby-centerfieldusa/

John's BIO: John Busby serves as Centerfield’s Chief Analytics Officer. A seasoned digital marketing executive, John leads the company’s data science, analytics and insights teams. Before joining Centerfield, John was Head of Analytics for Amazon’s grocery delivery service and responsible for business intelligence, data science and automated reporting. Prior to Amazon, John was Senior Vice President of Analytics and Marketing at Marchex. John began his career in product management for InfoSpace, Go2net and IQ Chart. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University. Outside of work, John coaches youth hockey, and enjoys sports, poker and hanging out with his wife and two children.

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In this podcast, Chuck Rehberg from Trigent Software sat with Vishal to discuss how, as a technologist, leaders should think about connecting technology to help solve real business pains. Chuck also shared some of the best practices technologists could adopt to built successful integrity-filled bias-free teams and solutions.

Timeline 0:29 Chuck's journey. 8:45 Chuck's role in Trigent. 14:18 Trigent's niche clients. 16:26 Semantics and Trigent model. 18:42 What is semantics? 22:00 The state of semantics today. 28:00 Best practices for businesses to use technology optimally. 33:13 Tips for businesses to remain stable in the time of disruptive technology. 36:18 App technology vis a vis enterprise stack. 39:43 Perspectives on the bias. 43:40 Measuring KPIs for success. 48:16 Ingredients of a good technology team. 50:56 Creating a technology team from scratch. 54:42 Things to be done in semantics. 58:52 Chuck's success mantra. 1:02:24 Chuck's favorite reads. 1:07:05 Closing remarks.

Chuck's Recommended Read: World Hypotheses: A Study in Evidence - by Stephen C. Pepper http://amzn.to/2GXGYVV Women, Fire and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind - by George Lakoff http://amzn.to/2GWIQOA How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library) - by G. Polya (Author),‎ John H. Conway (Foreword, Contributor) http://amzn.to/2BLECtw The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined - by Steven Pinker http://amzn.to/2EaLQZI Finite and Infinite Games – by James Carse (Author) http://amzn.to/2BLfIdx Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End - by Atul Gawande http://amzn.to/2BhgBtp

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/chuckrehberg-trigentsoftware-translating-technology-solve-business-problems-futureofdata/

Here is Chuck's Bio: As CTO at Trigent Software and Chief Scientist at Semantic Insights, Chuck Rehberg has developed patented high-performance rules engine technology and advanced natural language understanding technologies that empower a new generation of semantic research solutions.

Chuck has more than thirty years in the high-tech industry, developing leading-edge solutions in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Semantic Technologies, analytics, and product configuration software.

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In this podcast, Venu Vasudevan(@ProcterGamble) talks about the best practices of creating a research-led data-driven data science team. He walked through his journey of creating a robust and sustained data science team, spoke about bias in data science, and some practices leaders and data science practitioners could adopt to create an impactful data science team. This podcast is great for future data science leaders and practitioners leading organizations to put together a data science practice.

Timeline: 0:29 Venu's jouney. 11:18 Venu's current role in PNG. 13:11 Standardization of technology and IoT. 17:18 The state of AI. 19:46 Running an AI and data practice for a company. 22:30 Building a data science practice in a startup in comparison to a transnational company. 24:05 Dealing with bias. 27:32 Culture: a block or an opportunity. 30:05 Dealing with data we've never dealt with before. 32:32 Sustainable vs. disruption. 36:17 Starting a data science team. 38:34 Data science as an art of doing and science of doing business. 41:37 Tips to improve storytelling for a data practitioner. 43:30 Challenges in Venu's journey. 44:55 Tenets of a good data scientist. 47:27 Diversity in hiring. 50:50 KPI's to look out for if you are running an AI practice. 51:37 Venu's favorite read.

Venu's Recommended Read: Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer - Michael White http://amzn.to/2FzGV0N Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk - Peter L. Bernstein http://amzn.to/2DRPveU

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/venu-vasudevan-venuv62-proctergamble-on-creating-a-rockstar-data-science-team-futureofdata/

Venu's BIO: Venu Vasudevan is Research Director, Data Science & AI at Procter & Gamble, where he directs the Data Science & AI organization at Procter & Gamble research. He is a technology leader with a track record of successful consumer & enterprise innovation at the intersection of AI, Machine Learning, Big Data, and IoT. Previously he was VP of Data Science at an IoT startup, a founding member of the Motorola team that created the Zigbee IoT standard, worked to create an industry-first zero-click interface for mobile with Dag Kittlaus (co-creator of Apple Siri), created an industry-first Google Glass experience for TV, an ARRIS video analytics and big data platform recently acquired by Comcast, and a social analytics platform leveraging Twitter that was featured in Wired Magazine and BBC. Venu held a Ph.D. (Databases & AI) from Ohio State University and was a Motorola’s Science Advisory Board (top 2% of Motorola technologists). He is an Adjunct Professor at Rice University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering department and was a mentor at Chicago’s 1871 startup incubator.

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In this podcast, Paul Ballew(@Ford) talks about best practices when running a data science organization spanned across multiple continents. He shared the importance of being Smart, Nice, and Inquisitive in creating tomorrow's workforce today. He sheds some light on the importance of appreciating culture when defining forward-looking policies. He also builds a case for a non-native group and discusses ways to implement data science as a central organization(with no hub-spoke model). This podcast is great for future data science leaders leading organizations with a broad consumer base and multiple geo-political silos.

Timeline: 0:29 Paul's journey. 5:10 Paul's current role. 8:10 Insurance and data analytics. 13:00 Who will own the insurance in the time of automation. 18:22 Recruiting models in technologies. 21:54 Embracing technological change. 25:03 Will we have more analytics in Ford cars? 28:25 How does Ford stay competitive from a technology perspective. 30:30 Challenges for Analytics officer in Ford. 32:36 Ingredients of a good hire. 34:12 How is the data science team structured in Ford. 36:15 Dealing with shadow groups. 39:00 Successful KPIs. 40:33 Who owns data? 42:27 Who should own the security of data assets. 44:05 Examples of successful data science groups. 46:30 Practises for remaining bias-free. 48:55 Getting started running a global data science team. 52:45 How does Paul's keep himself updated. 54:18 Paul's favorite read. 55:45 Closing remarks.

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

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/paul-ballewford-running-global-data-science-group-futureofdata-podcast/

Paul's BIO: Paul Ballew is vice president and Global Chief Data and Analytics officer, Ford Motor Company, effective June 1, 2017. At the same time, he also was elected a Ford Motor Company officer. In this role, he leads Ford’s global data and analytics teams for the enterprise. Previously, Ballew was Global Chief Data and Analytics Officer, a position to which he was named in December 2014. In this role, he has been responsible for establishing and growing the company’s industry-leading data and analytics operations that are driving significant business value throughout the enterprise. Prior to joining Ford, he was Chief Data, Insight & Analytics Officer at Dun & Bradstreet. In this capacity, he was responsible for the company’s global data and analytic activities along with the company’s strategic consulting practice. Previously, Ballew served as Nationwide’s senior vice president for Customer Insight and Analytics. He directed customer analytics, market research, and information and data management functions, and supported the company’s marketing strategy. His responsibilities included the development of Nationwide’s customer analytics, data operations, and strategy. Ballew joined Nationwide in November 2007 and established the company’s Customer Insights and Analytics capabilities.

Ballew sits on the boards of Neustar, Inc. and Hyatt Hotels Corporation. He was born in 1964 and has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Economics from the University of Detroit.

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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.

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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, @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, 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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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 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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