Send us a text Let's talk supply chain efficiency of beer! Federico Crespo, CEO Valiot, takes us there with supply chain AI that increases Heineken production by 5%. Related within, time to get over Tom Brady. Seriously.  Show Notes  06:19 What's up with supply chain 11:14 Ok, what about Inflation?  12:34 Valiot, the gods of IOT  15:08 Optimizing beer production 21:53 Shifting from IOT to AI  27:32 Valiot's differentiation  31:06 Are we ready for another Covid?  Find Federico: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crespofederico/? originalSubdomain=mx Find Valiot: https://valiot.io/  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. Abstract Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.  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 Ok.  Want to hear more from Mark Van Name?  This is really the "After Show" material.  Not your typical Making Data Simple Podcast but.... we're having fun.   Enter at your own risk. Show Notes 04:06 Personal branding 04:16 Why is Mark so angry? 08:02 How does comedy help? 11:21 Back to Business:  Principled Technologies 16:14 The secret to writing : show up 21:48 Now the book, Limit Your Greed 27:10 What does Pappy Van Winkle have to do with this?? Find  Mark :  linkedin.com/in/markvanname Find Principled Technologies :  https://www.principledtechnologies.com 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. Abstract  Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical  Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies,  business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.  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 Core hypothesis is all companies are data driven, all have data complexity, and there is not enough talent out there to solve it.   Show Notes 04:01 Why Start Acceldata 06:02 Core hypothesis for Acceldata 08:59 Will Hadoop survive? And a tip of the hat to mainframes 11:12 Meaning of Data Observability & managing the data pipeline 13:26 The most troublesome data layer 20:10 Acceldata value prop 24:58 A typical observability engagement 29:08 AI is built in 30:38 Early client adoption 33:26 Preventing future data reliability issues 35:10 Acceldata's futures and why now? Find Rohit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rconline/ Find Acceldata : https://www.linkedin.com/company/acceldata/ 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. Abstract  Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical  Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies,  business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.  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 Ferret, the company that performs due diligence for you.  Relationship intelligence to avoid high - risk individuals.  With Ferret Theranos doesn't happen.  Welcome Matt Heise, Co-founder and head of Product at Ferret. Show Notes 03:28 Attraction of serial entrepreneurship 05:17 The unbelievable story of Ferret's founding 11:37 Why due diligence isn't really done 18:50 How does Ferret work 20:41 Would this have prevented Theranos 25:19 Two use cases.  Got get it for Free. 36:03 Ferret's future 36:56 Competition 38:42 Making a dent in the number of bad actors 39:56 Preventing "Inventing Anna" Find  Matt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattheisie/ www.Ferret.ai 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. 

Abstract  Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical  Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 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 Fred Joyal Notes  This week on Making Data Simple, Fred Joyal. Perhaps you've seen Fred on 1-800-DENTIST commercials. Now, he's turned marketing genius into the art of being BOLD.  Show Notes  02:20 Brand Fred Joyal  19:20 Monetization Strategy  20:58 Boldness is a Super Power  23:18 Just Show Up  26:15 Step Up with Exercises  27:00 Failure's are Steps Up, Take Another Swing 38:50 5 Steps to Lowering Anxiety  41:50 How to Better Network  Find Fred Joyal @ https://fredjoyal.com/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/fredjoyal  Twitter: fredjoyal  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. Abstract Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.  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 Part 2: This week on Making Data Simple, we have Eric Diamler. Eric is an authority in the Artificial Intelligence community with over 20 years of experience in the field. He currently leads MIT’s first-ever spinout from its Math department and has co-founded six technology companies that have pioneered work in fields ranging from software systems to statistical arbitrage.  Show Notes  00:00 -Definition of gov success 8:02 - Six startups and counting and the latest : Conexus 13:12 - Conexus differentiation 20:05 - AI regulation 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. 

Abstract Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al  Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales,  where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and  leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Send us a text Part 1: This week on Making Data Simple, we have Eric Diamler.  Eric is an authority in the Artificial Intelligence community with over 20 years of experience in the field. He currently leads MIT’s first ever spinout from its Math department and has cofounded six technology companies that have pioneered work in fields ranging from software systems to statistical arbitrage.  Show Notes  2:24 –Presidential Innovation Fellow during the Obama Administration 4:30 -Be careful about confusing a vision with a short-term time horizon 12:56 - Don’t be a technology laggard, know what the "data" inhibitors are 20:12 - Mr. President.  Here is the situation 27:49 - How does the US compare to other countries? 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. Abstract Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al  Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales,  where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and  leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.  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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Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

This week on Making Data Simple, we have Scott Taylor. Scott is the Data Whisperer, a thought leader, consultant on the strategic value of data management, Principal Consultant of MetaMeta Consulting and he practices data evangelism as a service. Scott discusses helping people understand the value and strategic importance of simple data.

Show Notes 1:25 – Scott’s back ground

4:30 – Does Scott talk to data?

5:20 – How long has Scott been in data?

6:50 - Data Management

13:12 - Data Story telling

17:05 – Structured data

25:08 - Core manifesto 

25:48 – Bad data ideas

Connect with Scott Taylor

Scott Taylor - LinkedIn

Scott Taylor - Twitter

Scott Taylor – The Data Whisperer YouTube channel

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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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Mark Van Name (He/Him) 3rd degree connection 3rd Co-founder, Principled Technologies, Inc. Mark is a technologist, a marketer, a writer, and a spoken word performer, to name but a few of his many passions. Mark is obsessed with doing great work. When his business partner, Bill Catchings, started Principled Technologies in 2003, they gave it a simple existence statement: to do great work for their clients, and to be a great place to work for our staff. They chose the name to help remind themselves to always behave in the best possible ways. More than sixteen years later, they still follow those same fundamental principles.  Show Notes 1:24 – Mark’s bio 5:00 – What is a spoken word performer? 8:28 – What does Principled Technology do? 15:28 – What is your Moat? 18:22 – How did Principled Technology start? 21:14 – Who is your competitor?  30:50 – Where does the learning come in? 35:14 – What is your sweet spot? Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  Limit your greed 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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Rob Telson AI thought-leader and Vice President of Worldwide Sales at BrainChip, a global tech company that has developed artificial intelligence that learns like a brain, whilst prioritizing efficiency, ultra-low power consumption, and continuous learning. Rob has over 20 years of sales expertise in licensing intellectual property  and selling EDA technology and attended Harvard Business School. Show Notes 2:18 - Rob’s history 5:31 – Tell us about your business model 9:07 – Outline Nero networks 13:54 – Are you a processor, platform, or developer? 22:29 – Who are your customers? 27:34 – How long is the sale cycle? 28:26 – Who’s your biggest competitor?  32:18 – Has your career always been on the hardware side? Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.  brainchip.com/developer  YouTube - brainchip Malcolm Gladwell – Outliers Clayton Chritensen – Disruptive Technology, Innovators Dilemma,  Dan Millman - Life you were meant to live That’s Outside of my Boat 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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Dima Syrotkin, founder of Pandatron.  Dima Syrotkin is the CEO of Pandatron and a PhD researcher at Aalto University in Helsinki. With clients like SAP, Universal Pictures & Skanska, Pandatron is a startup that supports change management. They do it by scaling AI-driven coaching 1-on-1s to every manager, which also allows them to measure change.

Show Notes 1:49 – Dima’s history 5:35 – Where does the coaching come in? 16:39 – Have you ever had a case where there is no model or exercise? 19:28 – Is there any follow up? 20:58 – What’s your most profound use case? 25:49 – Empathy  33:35 – What models are used? 36:25 – How does bias work? 37:29 – How do you measure progress? 39:07 – Describe your business model 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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Lynne Snead. Lynne is the founder and owner 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 R Covey Senior and Stephen MR Covey Junior. Lynne started her own company in 2003. Show Notes 1:42 – Lynne talks about her career  4:44 – What is your definition of Coach? 7:38 – Beginning of the year intentions 16:24 – Line of sight 36:40 – How do you prioritize in business? 44:40 – Style is important 50:54 – What is the “cheat” to align different styles?

Speed of Trust Atomic Habits

Vern Harnish  Lynne Snead 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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Elliot Shmukler. Elliot is currently Founder and CEO of Anomalo. Elliot was formerly a Product Engineer Executive at Wealthfront, LinkedIn, eBay, and Instacart. Elliot left Instacart about three years ago to form Anomalo.

Show Notes 3:03 – Is the common problem data quality or data? 6:38 – What is the biggest area of friction at Instacart? 9:43 – What made you go branch out on your own? 15:02 – How does Anomalo solve the data quality problems? 21:56 – Tell us about the tech 27:50 – When should I contact you? 31:03 – Tell us about your Forbes article  39:47 – Tells us about your pitch   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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Ayal Steinberg VP, WW Data, AI, and Automation Sales Leader Global Markets. Ayal started off in music and then in the late 1990’s shifted to retail where he learned about data and analytics. In the past 20 years Ayal has held various sales rolls during his career.  Show Notes 2:18 – What the new year means in sales 7:09 – How are you going to go to market in 2022? 10:36 – If we jumped to this time next year 2023, how did 2022 go? 12:36 – Does the Challenger Sale still apply today? 14:58 – How do you execute influence? 18:39 – What motivates a core sales team? 21:34 – What are your tricks and tips around shared communication? And then how do you build on that shared influence? Connect with the Team Producer Kate Mayne - 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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Ayal Steinburg VP, WW Data, AI, and Automation Sales Leader Global Markets. Ayal started off in music and then in the late 1990’s shifted to retail where he learned about data and analytics. In the past 20 years Ayal has held various sales rolls during his career.  Show Notes 9:18 – Ayal’s history 11:50 – Ayal talks about his portfolio  16:16 – Market expansion and reducing costs 19:02 – Platform and one product 21:50 – Why IBM technologies? 24:20 – Why are customers moving data? 27:56 – Is “Switzerland” a hard or easy sell? 30:52 – What is your biggest challenge right now? IBM 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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Michael Haase. Michael is CEO and Founder of Plant Jammer. Plant Jammer is a 5 year old startup that uses AI to help people cook. Michael was formally a Mackenzie Consultant. The technology used won the IBM Watson AI in 2018, Michael also won the Creative Business Cup in 2018 and Green Entrepreneur award by Veggie World. Show Notes 2:40 – What data are you using? 8:16 – What the widget does 10:53 – Do I get the nutritional facts?  11:17 – Tell us more about your experience 14:50 – Where does AI fit? 19:10 – How did you win the Watson AI award? 23:02 – What is your monetization strategy?   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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Michael Haase. Michael is CEO and Founder of Plant Jammer. Plant Jammer is a 5 year old startup that uses AI to help people cook. Michael was formally a Mackenzie Consultant. The technology used won the IBM Watson AI in 2018, Michael also won the Creative Business Cup in 2018 and Green Entrepreneur award by Vegie World. Show Notes 3:24 – Michael’s history 7:09 – What’s your theme? 11:04 – 80% of people cook less than 10 different recipes in a year. Is that true? 16:20 – Can you talk about your ambition for 2024? 18:22 – How does the company focus on reducing food waste and using data? 21:04 – Is the app and widget the same? 23:58 – Can anyone grab that widget? 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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Kim Smith. Kim is Global Vice President, Hybrid Cloud Services Consulting at IBM. Kim is author, UNCTAD speaker, executive board member, top 10 women in cloud, 10 ten game changing female leaders.  Show Notes 1:25 – Kim’s experience 5:44 – What did you code in? 8:56 – How do you continue to reinvent yourself? 11:29 – What have you done to drive value? 14:02 – Describe your roll at IBM 18:18 – What does IBM offer in Containerization? 24:54 – What use cases are you working on? 28:10 – How does the engagement work? 35:48 – What are the top technology trends going to be? 42:53 – Say more on the top 10 women in Cloud and the top 10 game changing female leaders 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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Greg Edwards, CEO at Cryptostopper.  Greg has been a technology entrepreneur since 1998. Before Greg founded CryptoStopper, Greg started Axis Backup, a backup and disaster recovery company for the insurance industry. Greg  saw firsthand the rapid increase in the damage cyber criminals were doing with debilitating malware resulting in high financial loss to vulnerable companies. Between 2012 and 2015, one in five of Axis Backup’s clients was hit by cybercrime. Greg realized effective cyber security could save businesses from costly downtime and compromised systems. In 2015, Axis Backup was acquired by J2 Global, freeing Greg to create CryptoStopper and focus exclusively on cybersecurity. Show Notes 1:29 – Greg’s background 6:20 – Why the name CryptoStopper? 8:06 – How do you define ransomware?  12:18 – 1 in 5 backups were hit by cybercrime? 16:05 – How bad is it? 24:38 – What does your technology do? 29:36 – What makes your product different? 33:31 – Ransomware is the # 2 threat to businesses getcryptostopper.com Greg’s email: gedwards@ getcryptostopper.com 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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Benn Stancil, Chief Analytics Officer + Founder @ Mode. Benn is an accomplished data analyst with deep expertise in collaborative Business Intelligence and Interactive Data Science. Benn is Co-founder, President, and Chief  Analytics Officer of Mode, an award-winning SaaS company that combines the best elements of Business Intelligence (ABI), Data Science (DS) and Machine Learning (ML) to empower data teams to answer impactful questions and collaborate on analysis across a range of business functions. Under Benn’s leadership, the Mode platform has evolved to enable data teams to explore, visualize, analyze and share data in a powerful end-to-end workflow. Prior to founding Mode, Benn served in senior Analytics positions at Microsoft and Yammer, and worked as a  researcher for the International Economics Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Benn also served as an Undergraduate Research Fellow at Wake Forest University,  where he received his B.S. in Mathematics and Economics. Benn believes in fostering a shared sense of humility and gratitude.

Show Notes 1:22 – Benn’s history 7:09 – Tell us how you got to where you are today 9:14 – Tell us about Mode 12:08 – What is your definition of the Chief Analytics Officer? 21:53 – Why do we need another BI tool? 24:09 – What’s your secret sauce? 27:48 – Where did the name Mode come from? 28:41 – How do we use Mode? 31:08 – What is you goto market strategy?  32:38 – Any client references? 34:58 – “The missing piece in the modern data stack” tell us about this Mode  Email: [email protected] [email protected] Twitter: benn stancil 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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Douwe Maan. Douwe is the Founder and CEO of Meltano, an open source data integration and transformation platform. He joined GitLab as employee number 10 while still in college and later became its Engineering Manager. Meltano originally began as an internal project within GitLab, but spun out as an independent startup in early 2021 while raising $4.2 million in seed funding led by GV. Today, Meltano has over 5,000 active projects every month and supports data integration connectors for almost 300 sources and destinations. Show Notes 1:30 – Douwe’s history 4:00 – What is an iPhone jail break? 8:04 – How would you describe Meltano? 10:38 – What kind of tools do you use? 12:12 – Did you start with ELT? 16:08 – Is this dev ops or data ops and what is the difference? 18:38 – What platform does Meltano use? 29:52 – What can you do that no one else can do? 32:10 – Do you have point and click analytics? 36:23 – How do you measure success? Meltano  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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Wennie Allen Business Director, Data Science and AI Elite Team and Carlo Appugliese Program Director – Data &AI, Data Science Elite Team. This week we talk about agile AI and remote data science. Carlo discusses his book, while Wennie talks about the secret sauce. Show Notes 2:56 – How do we get people to adopt AI? 4:49 – Carlo’s book 6:15 – Why do we call it agile AI? 11:12 – Six weeks to get it done! 15:07 – Where are we at with AI? 16:54 - Problems with AI today 22:05 – Secret sauce 26:31 - Process and methodology  30:22 – Talk data 34:19 – Integration, trust, and quick deployment 36:10 – Working remote 39:40 – How do you engage? Remote Data Science Website: http://ibm.biz/RemoteDataScience Agile AI Blog: http://ibm.biz/DSE-AgileAI-Blog Agile AI Book:   http://ibm.biz/DSE-AgileAI Community: http://ibm.biz/DSE-Community Chat with the Lab: http://ibm.biz/DSE-ChatWithTheLab Consultation: http://ibm.biz/DSE-Consultation Blogs:  Virtual Data Science can rise to the challenge in unprecedented times by Wennie Allen Data Science and AI from anywhere... by Carlo Appugliese Wennie on LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/wennie-allen Carlo on LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/carloappugliese 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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Yonatan Geifman, CEO & Co-founder of DECI.ai. We provide a proprietary optimization technology for deep learning practitioners that complements other techniques like pruning, quantization and NAS, enabling you to accelerate deep neural network inference on any hardware while preserving accuracy. Show Notes 1:28 – Yonatan’s experience 4:19 – What did you see in the market that didn’t exist today?  9:30 – How does the process begin? 11:57 – Does it sync in the cloud? 14:50 – What is it that you can’t find in the market? 20:13 – What is the most common hardware? 22:55 – What are your thoughts on bias? 26:08 – What is your definition for AI to be practical? 31:35 – What do you do when the data is not ready? DECI 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 Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, VP, IBM Expert Services Delivery, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Slater Victoroff the founder and CTO at Indico, an enterprise AI solution for unstructured content with a focus on document understanding and process automation.  Slater builds machine learning solutions for start-ups, governments, and Fortune 100 companies for the past 7 years.  Indico’s framework requires 1000x less data than traditional machine learning techniques. Show Notes 1:34 – Why did you go from CEO to CTO? 3:51 – What are you pitching to me? 10:55 – What use cases is Indico involved with? 13:23 – What industries do you cross? 18:06 – Is there any cleansing of data? 23:12 – How long does it take? 27:20 – How is the data maintained? 28:14 – What’s the business model? 35:13 – What’s the #1 problem that prevents companies from adapting this technology? 38:59 – What can clients expect? 43:16 – What have you learned about leadership?   Slater Victoroff email: slater.website Indico  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.