Send us a text In this special replay episode of Making Data Simple, Al Martin sits down with Matt Cowell, CEO of QuantHub, to dive deep into data literacy, upskilling, and solving learning challenges. Matt shares his expertise on defining data fluency, the best ways to learn, and how organizations can close the data skill gap. From client use cases to leadership insights, this episode is packed with valuable takeaways for businesses and individuals navigating the data-driven world. Show Notes & Chapter Markers: ⏳ 2:25 – From SVP of Products to Data Learning Business 📊 3:48 – Defining Data Literacy 🎓 5:50 – Teaching the Products 🚧 7:36 – What’s Out of Scope? 🏢 12:50 – Client Use Case 💡 18:07 – Solving Learning Problems 📖 21:14 – What Does a Learning Plan Look Like? 🔍 25:08 – Defining Micro 🧠 30:20 – Best Ways to Learn 📈 33:14 – Measuring Success 💰 34:47 – Venture Capital Funding 🌟 36:10 – Fundamental Leadership Belief 🔑 38:24 – The Most Valuable Leadership Skill 🔗 Connect & Resources: QuantHubMatt Cowell on LinkedInBooks Mentioned: Monetizing Innovation, Ultra LearningConnect with the Team:🎤 Host: Al Martin🎬 Producers: Kate Mayne📩 Want to be a guest? Reach out to [email protected] and tell us why you should be next! 📢 Hashtags:

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, Data and AI Expert Services and Learning at IBM, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Nancy Hensley, Nancy is currently the Chief Marketing and Product Officer for Stats Perform. Nancy was the Chief Digital Officer at IBM.

Show Notes 1:37 – Nancy’s bio 3:10 - Are we talking Money Ball? 5:52 - On Base percentage 7:08 – Analyse examples  10:02 – Do you control the data? 11:24 – Out there statistics 14:12 - Can analytics go to far? 17:35 – Real time analysis 18:45 – Covid and sports 21:15 – Your role in sports betting 22:50 – What’s the most fascinating thing you’ve learned? 25:23 – What’s the future?

Website - Stats Perform Money Ball Stats Perform - Twitter  Bill James – Baseball Abstract  The Analyst     Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.    Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Tim Freestone. Tim is the founder of Alooba. Alloba is a skills assessment platform for analytics, data science and data engineering. They help businesses identify the best candidates that apply for a role within its company. Show Notes 4:46 – How do you go from economics teacher to head of business intelligence? 7:53 – Do CV’s matter anymore? 13:22 – What business problem is Alooba solving? 16:05 – Do you have any data that supports your theory? 19:01 – Why analytics, data science, data engineering? 20:26 - What do you do that others don’t? 23:50 – How does Alooba define success? 25:42 – Who’s your target client base? 32:40 –Is there a customer you can talk about? 36:24 – What does Alooba mean? Alooba  Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Ariel Utnik. Ariel is COO and GM at Verbit, an AI-driven transcription and captioning solution, Ariel has over 20 years of experience in enterprise tech, focusing on driving business efficiencies and enabling scale through AI. He can speak to how AI is transforming industries – from our court systems to entertainment and education – and how it can be used to democratize information across the globe.  Ariel has a strong customer focused background (Like Al), Chief customer officer at Feedvisor, VP customer success at Panaya, and VP Customer success at Clarizen. Show Notes 2:51 – Tell us about customer success 4:35 – How do you make the transition from Chief Customer Officer to COO? 6:47 – What is Verbit’s main mission objective? 14:15 – How many languages do you support? 14:42 – What makes Verbit’s technology better? 19:10 – How do you train your AI? 22:47 – What solutions does Verbit offer? 27:20 – How far are we from a chat translator? 32:30 – What is the size of the market? Verbit Ariel Utnik - LinkedIn Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.

This week on Making Data Simple, we have Paul Zikopoulos. Paul is the VP of IBM Technology Sales – Skills Vitality & Enablement Global Markets. Paul is an award winning speaker and author and has been at IBM for 28 years.

Show Notes 3:40 – Is Skills Vitality not the prefect job? 5:08 – What’s been your journey at IBM? 8:29 – Hybrid Cloud Operation and Artificial Intelligence is this the right strategy? 21:13 – What is the new maturity curve? 23:53 – Define Data Fabric 26:53 – Why is the Challenger Seller book so important? 29:14 – What makes a great leader? Books Energy Bus Grit Challenger Sale Challenger Customer Effortless Experience  Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Jean-Claude Mamou. Jean-Claude is the Chief Architect of Information Integration and Governance portfolio, this includes such products as Watson Knowledge Catalog and Datastage.   Show Notes 1:45 – Jean-Claude’s experience 5:15 – What are the industry challenges? 6:52 – Is there integration without governance? 9:49 – What is the new solution? 13:12 – Understanding your critical data 16:06 – Explain what IBM Satellite means 19:53 – Where does Cloud Pak for Data come into play? 24:57 – What technology can we use to avoid repetitive mistakes? 30:36 – Understanding critical data 33:52 – What is the number 1 data quality issue? 37:08 - How are you inspired and how do you figure your next innovation?  38:52 – Do you have a process you follow? Jean-Claude Mamou – LinkedIn Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Russ Krajec. Russ is a “recovering patent attorney” and believes IP can be used as a financial instrument.  He’s the author of Investing in Patents and one of IAM’s Top 300 Patent Strategists.  Russ is CEO of BlueIron, he finances the cost of patent portfolios, insures IP portfolios for enforcement and defense, and provides loans using IP as collateral. Show Notes 1:28 – Russ’s intro 4:51 – How is your business monetized? 6:17 - Shark Tank chat 11:30 – What does BlueIron provide? 14:31 – What data do you use to say ‘this is the next big thing’ 23:24 – How many clients do you work with? 25:50 – Common myths 33:09 – Number one mistake? 39:41 – How do you choose a patent attorney? BlueIron [email protected] Russ Krajec - LinkedIn Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Davit Buniatyan. Davit is founding CEO of Activeloop, he started his PhD at Princeton University, his research involved reconstructing the connectome of the mouse brain. In this research he dealt with large-scale unstructured data which was extremely expensive (amounting to millions of dollars) to manage. Later on, he realized that this problem is a real pain point, not only in the lab setting but also for many companies across industries. This made him think of a radically more efficient, and a machine-learning native way to work with data. The idea of changing how an ML team can create and manage datasets got him into Y Combinator, where he started Activeloop, a startup that has attracted the investment of prominent Silicon Valley VC firms and angel investors, and the attention of the open-source community, with the framework trending number 1 in Python on GitHub worldwide earlier this year. Show Notes 2:05 – Davit’s experience 6:44 – What is your success criteria in the mouse connectome? 8:44 – What did you learn from this? 10:00 – Could this solve ALS? 13:19 – What is the problem you’re solving 17:17 – How do you prepare the data? 24:00 – Why are the naysayers wrong? 25:21 – What is the name of the technology? 31:19 – What problem have you not solved? 37:44 – What keeps you up at night? 38:42 – How are you finding talent?  41:06 – What do you do for fun? Activeloop Activeloop - Twitter Davit Buniatyan - LinkedIn Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Mark Gabrielson leads RegTech in Expert Labs which is a division of Services that is associated with Development. Mark joined IBM via the Informix acquisition. In the last 10 years Mark has been leading IBMs Commercial Payments Practice. Mark is currently working on projects involving Safer Payments and OpenPages.

Show Notes 4:50 – What’s your most favorite job? 7:58 – Describe RegTech  13:19 – Breaking down silos 20:56 – How do you do it with AI? 23:05 – What is OpenPages sweet spot? 26:50 – If I am a client how do I get started? 30:28 – Who are the competitors? Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

Send us a text Hosted by Al Martin, VP, Data and AI Expert Services and Learning at IBM, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Lynne Snead. Lynne is the founder of Talent Evolution Systems, a behavioral analyst, consultant, training specialist, speaker, coach, Lynne has a back ground in Educational Psychology, and has specialized in organizational performance for over 20 years. Lynne is one of the original Franklin Covey co-authors, has a best seller, she created Franklin Covey’s signature Project Development process and programs, worked directly with Stephen Covey. 1:30 – Lynne talks about her background 5:40 – Lynne’s coaching specialty and mission statement 10:30 – Why don’t all leaders have coaches? 12:08 – Why do you differentiate corporate coaching from life coaching? 16:27 - Do you believe in the element of natural state?  18:32 – How many individuals have you coached? 19:49 – What constitutes a great leader? 20:55 – What are the common mistakes in a leader? 24:44 – Steer them back on track Lynne Snead - LinkedIn Talent Evolution Systems Lynne’s email: [email protected] Leadership and self deception  How will you measure your life? Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Jean-Georges Perrin, Director of Engineering at weexperience. Together, they discuss — and compare — Apache Spark and Hadoop, and explain what it means to hold the title of IBM Champion. Show Notes 02:07 - Connect with Jean-Georges Perrin on LinkedIn and Twitter, and check out his website. 13:14 - Check out Jean-Georges' book on Apache Spark. 24:38 - What does it mean to be an IBM Champion? Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.

This week on Making Data Simple, we have Elo Umeh, from Terragon Africa’s fastest-growing enterprise marketing technology company. Terragon uses its on-demand marketing cloud platform, attribution software, and deep analytics capability to enable thoughtful, targeted omni-channel access to 100m+ mobile-first African consumers. Elo is the Founder and CEO at Terragon Group. Elo career has spanned over 15 years where he has worked in the mobile and digital media across East and West Africa. He was part of the founding team at Mtech Communications. Elo holds a global executive MBA from IESE business of school where he graduated at the top of his class. Elo also has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Lagos State University. Show Notes 4:02 – What keeps you going? 6:15 – Lets dive into Terragon 8:40 – Who are your customers? 11:06 – Define pre-paid 14:40 – What kind of incites and security are you providing? 20:37- What kind of technology is Terragon using? 23:16 – What was it about the smart phone that made you want to go out on your own? 26:10 – Who’s your biggest competitor?  28:20 – What’s next for Terragon? 31:01 – What are the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make? Terragon  Elo Umeh - LinkedIn

Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.

This week on Making Data Simple, we have Anastasia Leng is CEO and Founder of Creative X. Anastasia previously worked at Google, in 2012 Anastasia started an e-Commerce business which then lead to Creative X.

Show Notes 4:13 – How much time do you spend on funding? 7:08 – Why do it again? 13:28 –Is this the ending days of Hatch or the early days of Creative X? 18:00 – How would you label your business? 23:38 – What technology are you using? 27:21 – Who is your target customer? 34:14 – Are there other competitors doing this today? 36:34 – Customer stories 38:38 – Are you using AI? Email - [email protected] Anastasia - LinkedIn  Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.

This week on Making Data Simple, we have Trent Gray-Donald Distinguished Engineer, IBM Data and AI, Dakshi Agrawal IBM Fellow and CTO, IBM AI.  Trent Gray-Donald spend his first 16 years on manage language runtime, then moved over to Data and AI, and then Cloud Pak for Data.  Dakshi Agrawal joined IBM right after his Phd in IBM Research, then Dakshi moved into software development, and in the 6 years in AI.  Show Notes .15 - 5:23 - Repeat of introductions from Part 1 5:50 – What is AI Anywhere? 9:09 – Does it make our development more difficult? 11:22 – Does data virtualization work? 15:31 - How do we get started with AI? 17:41 – Customer success stories Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.

This week on Making Data Simple, we have Trent Gray-Donald Distinguished Engineer, IBM Data and AI, Dakshi Agrawal IBM Fellow and CTO, IBM AI.  Trent Gray-Donald spend his first 16 years on manage language runtime, then moved over to Data and AI, and then Cloud Pak for Data.  Dakshi Agrawal joined IBM right after his Phd in IBM Research, then Dakshi moved into software development, and in the 6 years in AI.  Show Notes 5:24 – Why is IBM Watson important? 10:28 – How does data fabric fit in? 15:25 – How would you describe the customer journey around data fabric? 17:10 – Is the ultimate destination AI? Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Alex Watson. Alex was previously a GM at AWS and is currently a Co-Founder at Gretel.ai. Gretel is a privacy startup that enables developers, researchers, and scientists to quickly create safe versions of data for use in pre-production environments and machine learning workloads, which are shareable across teams and organizations. These tools address head-on the massive data privacy bottleneck--which has stifled innovation across multiple industries for years—by equipping builders everywhere with the ability to create quality datasets that scale. In short, synthetic data levels the playing field for everyone. This democratization of data will foster competition, scientific discoveries, and the inventions that will drive the next revolution of our data economy.  The company recently closed their series-A funding, led by Greylock, for another $12 million and brought Jason Warner, the current CTO for GitHub, on as an investor. Gretel also launched its latest public beta, Beta2, which offers privacy engineering as a service for everyone, not just developers. Show Notes 2:03 – Alex’s background 4:36 – What time frame was Harvest AI? 7:14 – How does NLP play into Harvest AI? 10:50 – How can we not have enough knowledge? 14:08 – Does the tech exist today for security? 18:14 – Privacy issues 20:42 – What does Gretel stand for? 27:42 – Do you increase the opportunity for bias? 31:18 – Where is the sweet spot for Gretel? 33:30 – When do synthetic not work? 37:42 – What is practical privacy? Gretel Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.

This week on Making Data Simple, we have Neil Gilbert Siegel. Neil has lead the creation of a large number of successful military intelligence and commercial systems, this includes the US Blue Force tracker, Neil, has had a number of advances in consumer electronics and health care, a number of patents. Neil also has a number of wards including the US National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. And finally an author of Engineering Project Management.   

Show Notes 2:49 – Why is all data wrong? 9:00 – How do you fix wrong data? 23:17 – Where did you get your love for engineering?

Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Nassim Nicholas Taleb – Fooled by Randomness - Black Swan Engineering Project Management NeilSiegel.usc.edu Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.

This week on Making Data Simple, we have Neil Gilbert Siegel. Neil has lead the creation of a large number of successful military intelligence and commercial systems, this includes the US Blue Force tracker, Neil, has had a number of advances in consumer electronics and health care, a number of patents. Neil also has a number of wards including the US National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. And finally an author of Engineering Project Management.   

Show Notes 2:20 – Tell us about IBM 3:03 – How do you describe yourself? 8:37 – Can you talk about the first US Army unmanned aerial vehicle? 11:13 – Can you give us some examples of the smartphone and tablet components? 18:30 – What’s your favorite invention?  20:20 – Why a book about Engineering and Management?

Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Davor Bonaci co-founder and CEO of a Seattle-based startup Kaskada. Previously, Davor served as the chair of the Apache Beam PMC and software engineer in Google Cloud since its early days and the inception of Cloud Dataflow. Show Notes 2:39 – Are you focused on the platform or the models around event based data? 6:52 – Does your company provide knowhow or is it tooling? 9:58 – What’s your secret sauce? 11:19 – How did you end up here? 15:40 – Who’s your biggest competitor?  17:13 – Can you talk to some of the common use cases? 20:30 – Are you and IDE, how does it work? 21:18 – Are you a subscription service? 22:18 – What’s your 5 year plan? 26:44 – How feature store save time and money 29:19 – Describe the company in three bullets 31:35 – What are the top skills?  Davor Bonaci  - LinkedIn Kaskada

Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.

This week on Making Data Simple, we have Wendy Gonzalez, Wendy is an executive that is passionate about building high-performing, high-functioning teams that develop and scale innovative, impactful technology. Wendy has two decades of managerial and technology leadership experience for companies including EY, Capgemini, Cycle30 (acquired by Arrow Electronics) and General Communications Inc. Wendy is an active Board Member of the Leila Janah Foundation. Show Notes 2:39 – How does a CEO run a company from home? 4:50 - Outline the Mission Statement 7:00 – How do you hire people? 8:58 – How big is the company? 9:23 – What’s your secret sauce? 12:10 – How does this tie back to social? 18:38 – Can you talk more about your statistics? 20:55 – How do you separate your business from others? 24:22 – Are these micro models reusable? 25:59 – What is a typically engagement look like? 29:30 - How do clients find you? 30:38 – How did Sama get started? Turing the flywheel Omnivore’s Delemma Sama

Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Matt Cowell. Matt serves as CEO at QuantHub, a leading data upskilling and assessment platform that helps companies create a data literate workforce across the entire enterprise. Matt uses his wealth of experience as a product and tech executive to forge the company strategy to address one of the most significant corporate challenges of the 2020’s, the data skill gap. Prior to QuantHub, Matt spent 15 years running product and tech at PE-backed companies, including building a product and engineering organization at Daxko - delivering 10x revenue growth, 7 acquisitions, and 3 enormously successful recapitalization. While at Daxko, Matt led the team to deliver the first machine learning/AI solution to the gym/fitness market. Matt is passionate about facilitating the data fluency of individuals and organizations all over the world and loves focusing on the people side of the equation. Show Notes 2:25 – How do you go from SVP of Products to getting into the data learning business? 3:48 - How do you define data literacy?  5:50 – Do you teach the products? 7:36 - What’s out of scope? 12:50 – Client use case 18:07 – Solving learning problems 21:14 – What does a learning plan look like? 25:08 – Define Micro 30:20 – What’s the best way to learn? 33:14 – How do you measure success? 34:47 - Are you venture capital funded? 36:10 – Do you have a fundamental leadership belief? 38:24 – What skill do you value most in a leader?    QuantHub Upskill quanthub Monetizing innovation  Ultra Learning Matt Cowell - LinkedIn Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Kordel France. Kordel is the CEO of Seekar technologies. Kordel is the founder and CEO of Seekar Technologies, a tech startup that builds AI products for a variety of industries. The applications of artificial intelligence are virtually limitless, but Kordel decided to start where it matters most: helping medical professionals save lives. Since founding Seekar, Kordell and his team have put 3 different medical AI products through 4 board-reviewed clinical trials. Show Notes 2:25 - Are you venture capital funded? 4:10 – How many of the solutions involve AI imaging? 10:08 – What technologies are behind Seekar? 14:26 – Where do you think AI is going? App- covid-ai Kordel K France – LinkedIn Kordel K France – Twitter Seekartech [email protected]   Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.

This week on Making Data Simple, we have Kordel France. Kordel is the CEO of Seekar technologies. Kordel is the founder and CEO of Seekar Technologies, a tech startup that builds AI products for a variety of industries. The applications of artificial intelligence are virtually limitless, but Kordel decided to start where it matters most: helping medical professionals save lives. Since founding Seekar, Kordell and his team have put 3 different medical AI products through 4 board-reviewed clinical trials. Show Notes 1:21 – Kordel introduces himself. 5:35 – How do you get into the medical field? 7:27 - How does a non-medical guy say “hay this is what I need to do”? 9:18 – Why is it free of charge? 13:25 – Who provides the 95% accuracy? 14:55 – What is your mission statement? 20:25 – How did you get into the app business? 24:00 – What project are you most proud of? 29:27 – Why lie detection?

Tune in for part 2 next week  App- covid-ai Kordel K France – LinkedIn Kordel K France – Twitter Seekartech [email protected]    Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Hosted by Al Martin, VP, Data and AI Expert Services and Learning at IBM, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.

This week on Making Data Simple, we have Dale Davis Jones, who is an IBM Vice President and Distinguished Engineer in Global Technology Services, where she leads the GTS IT Architect community and Client Innovation. We also have Hai-Nhu Tran, who is the Senior Manager of Content of Design in Data and AI at IBM. Hai-Nhu and her team are responsible for the technical content experience for a large portfolio of products and platforms.

Show Notes 11:43 - What is the context and how did you get involved? 17:10 - How do you define success? 19:40 - Are you focused on IT language? 25:03 - How do you know you’re doing it right? 32:30 - What decision have already been made? 37:13 - What other challenges have you faced? 40:00 - How do you know when you’re done? 41:29 - How can people contribute? Dale Davis Jones - LinkedIn Hai-Nhu Tran - LinkedIn Blog - Words Matter: Driving Thoughtful Change Toward Inclusive Language in Technology Call for Code for Racial Justice:  Linux Foundation

Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.

This week on Making Data Simple, we have Lillian Pierson. Lillian is CEO of Data Mania and she supports data professionals to becoming world data leaders and entrepreneurs. Lillian started Data Mania in 2012, Lillian has had 1.2 million people take her courses or read her book. 

Show Notes 3:37 – How did you make your transition to Data Mania? 8:20 – What is your Brand now? 9:32 – If I contact Lillian @ Data Mania what will I walk away with? 14:01 – Is it methodology or career coach or is it both? 16:35 – Where did you get your experience to put people in these buckets? 19:08 – Do you provide one on one services? 22:48 – Is your team worldwide? 24:36 – What differentiates your book from another? 26:48 – Who is Data Mania targeting? 28:32 – Where do I start? Email -  [email protected] Data-mania Data Superhero Quiz Data Science For Dummies  Lillian Pierson - LinkedIn 

Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.