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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 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 Orr Danon CEO at Hailo Technologies. Hailo has developed a breakthrough deep learning microprocessor based on a novel architecture which enables edge devices to run sophisticated deep learning applications that could previously run only on the cloud. Orr has a decade of software and engineering experience from the Israel Defense Forces’ elite intelligence unit. Orr coordinated many of the unit’s largest and most complex interdisciplinary projects, ultimately earning the Israel Defense Award granted by Israel’s president, and the Creative Thinking Award, bestowed by the head of Israel’s military intelligence. Orr holds an M.Sc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Tel Aviv University and a B.Sc in Physics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Show Notes 4:28 – Is Edge a hardware solution? 11:45 – Where do you think the fastest growth in the Edge is going to be? 14:01 – What makes your AI chip different? 17:10 – Anything else in your secret sauce that makes you different? 18:28 – If I am a customer what do I do for proof of technology? And do your chips work together at the Edge? 21:35 – What about security? 22:50 – Tell us about the data? 26:40 – Where will you be in 5 years? Hailo website    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 Robin Hernandez, Robin is the VP of Offering Management Cloud Data for Watson AI Ops. Robin started out in software development, and then worked in Technical Sales, IBM Cloud Garage, and then Product Management.

Show Notes 3:46 – What is AI Ops? 6:31 – What is the ROI? 12:00 – What does it take to setup AI? 17:48 – How does this really work? 21:34 – I am in Services what do I get? 26:06 – What king of grantees does AI offer? 28:12 – Who is monitoring AI? IBM AI Ops    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 Rob Thomas. Rob is Senior VP of IBM Cloud and Data Platform, a Coach and has a Mentor newsletter, an author, and a Blogger. Rob has been at IBM his whole career, started in consulting moved to microelectronics then moved to software in 2006.

Show Notes 3:26 – What are your learning's from 2020? 7:42 – What’s your vision and objectives for Cloud and Data platform?  11:44 – Discuss the rules of your organization 14:08 - What’s your view on hybrid cloud? 18:30 – What does IBM Cloud and data platform do that nobody else can do? 21:51 – What should companies be looking at to build their competitiveness? 28:18 – What was your reason for writing about “Just Show Up”? The Mentor Newsletter It Takes What It Takes    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 Jeff Richardson. Jeff has a history of database data, information management, and he is now the Chief Information Officer at Accelerated Enrollment Solutions. Jeff was also at Bentley Systems for 17 ½ years as Chief Data Officer.

Show Notes 5:41 – What does it mean to be a technology nerd? 6:53 – What technologies as a CDO or CIO are you addressing on a regular bases? 13:04 – How are you going to tackle the culture and the politics? 17:25 – Is it Cloud or Hybrid to drive the new data lake? 24:03 – What is your plan to get to desired state? 27:04 – Does AI have a role in your new position? 31:44 – Fighting the Infodemic what made you write this article?  Fighting the Infodemic Jeff’s podcast list Analytics on Fire Dissecting popular IT Nerds The Data Chief Data Crunch 

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 Kristen Summers and John Thomas. Kristen is a Distinguished Engineer in Cloud and Cognitive Expert Labs. Kristen has worked in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, PHD in Computer Science, and leads Data Science within our Expert Labs. John is a Distinguished Engineer in Data and Expert Labs, John leads Services that helps clients establish the AI factory.

Show Notes 3:24 – What is the AI academy and how does it all fit together? 4:34 – AI Ladder and AI Maturity 8:32 – How does the AI Factory make it easier to accomplish the AI Ladder? 12:00 – Why does your team do it better? 17:03 – How do you know your data is ready? 21:22 – What is the most practical use case? 23:02 – What does it really mean to infuse AI? 25:15 – Definition of AI maturity curve 28:25 – How do you know it’s trustworthy? 29:14 – What the most important lesson you’ve learned with AI and what is AI not very good at? In the Dream House  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 Suj Perepa and Richard Darden. Suj is a distinguished engineer and specializes AI, machine learning technology in the financial sector.  Suj also has been a lead for security programs and a member of the IBM Academy of Technology leadership team. Richard is a distinguished engineer in digital human evangelism for North America government and a distinguished engineer at IBM in Cloud and Cognitive for the public sector and a former chief architect on federal government agencies.  

Show Notes 6:30 – What is a data framework? 9:16 – What is framework? 11:00 – Governance and people 14:15 – Process and architecture 19:15 – Bringing it all into a playbook   22:56 – Who is the client? 24:36 – How does bias play into it? 27:02 – What products are you using? 27:54 – Explainability 30:44 – Ethics of AI 37:13 Suj and Richard’s most important lessons in AI The Discipline of Technology    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 Kristen Summers who is a distinguished Engineer in Cloud and Cognitive Expert Labs. Kristen has worked in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, PHD in Computer Science, and leads Data Science within our Expert Labs, 

Show Notes 2: 08 - More time needs to be spend on culture and talent management. 3:55 - What does data driven culture mean? 8:49 – What do you see driving fundamental culture? 11:14 - What common tool do we have? 12:55 – What is communicate about data? 14:42 – How do you know you’re doing it well? 17:29 - How do you define AI talent? 23:18 - Describe a Data Scientist? 27:25 - Common Organizational Structures  31:49 - How do you manage and grow AI talent? IBM Skills Academy     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, 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 Ritika Gunnar. Ritika is currently VP, Data and AI Expert Labs Services and Learning and has worked with IBM in various roles within development, support and technical sales. She started her career developing and supporting systems management warehousing and reporting solutions. She worked in various development projects across IBMs brands to create appliances and solutions for clients cloud and virtualization needs. Ritika also managed Tivoli’s world-wide technical sales teams driving solution selling within the portfolio and increasing overall revenue and client satisfaction for the brand.

Show Notes 2:41 – Ritika discusses her background 6:07 – Ritika’s current role 9:09 – Successes of Data and AI 15:21 - Important things to company’s around AI 21:39 – What do you see as great principals of a service business  25:56 – Ritika’s proudest moment at IBM 29:20 – How much time do you spend working with clients? Ritika Gunnar – LinkedIn and Twitter    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, 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 Ayal Steinberg, Global Sales VP, Data and AI at IBM. Ayal Steinberg is the Vice President of Global Sales for IBM's Data and AI business unit.  In his capacity Ayal oversees IBM's largest and one of the most strategic business units with over 1,500 people and several billion dollars of annual revenue.  Ayal has proven success in managing complex and global sales organizations. Throughout his career, Ayal has created and led high-performing sales teams focused on selling complex software solutions to some of the world’s most well-known brands in more then 50 countries. Prior to IBM, Ayal successfully led sales teams through transformation and hyper growth at IBM Netezza, Oracle, Datastax (the open source provider of Apache Cassandra), and other enterprise software companies.  Earlier in his career, Ayal was a pioneer in selling software for several start-ups in price optimization and advanced analytics. Ayal majored in Economics from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Show Notes 4:00 – Ayal’s back ground 15:33 – IBM strategy  18:45 – Moving to cloud 21:23 – Why IBM 23:24 - Value Selling 27:58 – Value vs. price 29:57 - Skills set 31:20 – How do you bring someone back around Solution Selling Challenger Sale Strengths Finder 2.0 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, 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 Ross Mauri General Manager, IBM Z & LinuxONE IBM Systems. Ross has expertise in strategy, technology, engineering, marketing, and sales. This week we discuss his career at IBM, the people and CEOs of IBM, Mainframes, Databases, Cloud, and Datastores, the myth of Z, and IBM's Z15.

Show Notes 3:43 - Ross Mauri's career 8:22 – People of IBM and CEOs 12:11 – Working with CEOs 14:34 – Ross talks legacy  17:20 – What does the mainframe do that no one else can? 18:28 – Z myth 21:22 – LinuxONE 24:29 – RedHat 25:15 – What does Z not do well? 26:00 – Z15 Ross Mauri - LinkedIn Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Meighann Helene - LinkedIn. Producer Michael Sestak - 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, 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 Peter Wang Co Founder and CEO of Anaconda and Shadi Copty VP of Offering Manager. Al, Peter, and Shadi discuss Data Science and IBMs partnership with Anaconda. Show Notes 6:11 - Corporate Mission 8:00 - Use Case 9:20 - IBM and Anaconda partnership 14:04 - Cloud Pak for Data what is it? 15:43 – Python vs R 17:15 – Anaconda’s Future 23:25 – Shadi takes over from Al 25:05 – Data Science Community 33:40 – Centre of Humane Technology   Anaconda - https://www.linkedin.com/company/anacondainc/

Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Meighann Helene - LinkedIn. Producer Michael Sestak - 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, 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 Andy Youniss President and CEO of Rocket Software, co-founded in 1990 with products across the Ladder to AI, Hybrid Cloud and businesses in Technology partnerships. This week we discuss Covid and its personal and professional affects on business.   Show Notes 3:00 - Rockets core values  7:17 – Life and times  10:25 – Portfolio 11:26 - Vision  15:07 - Legacy tagline 20:26 - Rockets responds to Covid 27:17 – Secure file transfer business 28:53 – Where did the name Rocket come from? 30:05 – What does leadership mean to you? IBM Assistance - https://www.ibm.com/watson/covid-response Rocket Software - https://www.rocketsoftware.com/ Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocket-software Twitter - https://twitter.com/rocket Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RocketSoftwareInc Brene Brown - https://brenebrown.com/ Arvind Krishna - https://www.linkedin.com/in/arvindkrishna/ Spillover – https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pandemic/dp/0393066800#reader_0393066800 Bruce Springsteen - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29072594-born-to-run Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Meighann Helene - LinkedIn. Producer Michael Sestak - 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, 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 Priya Srinivasan Director, IBM Data and AI Expert Labs SWAT. In this week’s podcast we talk about Data (world’s new oil), AI (world’s refinery), Cloud (the pipeline), Unified Governance and Data Ops, Security, Analytics and Services.

Show Notes 4:50 Expert labs and what it means 5:52 Al talks how SWAT was for him 6:10 Priya discusses SWAT now 7:18 Priya gives examples of SWAT 9:04 Deliverables from Expert Labs 13:37 Al talks about Services 17:30 Priya talks about solving long term problems 20:04 Priya discusses GROW (Guidance, Resources, and Outreach for Women) 21:25 Al asks Priya what excites her

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sripriya-srinivasan-385a0812/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Priyavikram2

GROW - https://w3-connections.ibm.com/wikis/home?lang=en-us#!/wiki/W7e7074647e13_420c_9abf_875dd706e4b4/page/Welcome%20to%20GROW%20in%20Hybrid%20Cloud%20-%20Guidance,%20Resources,%20Outreach%20for%20Women%20in%20Hybrid%20Cloud

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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 NOTE: This episode was recorded before the COVID-19 outbreak. Any comments made in this episode on travel are no longer relevant or took place during ordered quarantines. Please stay home and be safe. 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 Our guest this week is Alyse Daghelian, Global Vice President Cloud Expert Services at IBM. Alyse has gone through many role transitions, from starting in engineering to being the lead for global sales at IBM. She provides some insightful advice that can help you take the next step towards your career goals. Tune-in to learn more.   Connect with Alyse LinkedIn Twitter Show Notes 01:26 - You should always be looking for a new job. Click here for a Forbes article that explains why. 10:57 - Check out this article on medium that explains the impact of dehydration on the brain.  27:49 - Learn more about the fundamental life skills that poker can tech you here.  Connect with the Team Producer Liam Seston - LinkedIn. Producer Lana Cosic - LinkedIn. Producer Meighann Helene - LinkedIn.  Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Allison Proctor - LinkedIn. Producer Mark Simmonds - LinkedIn.  Producer Michael Sestak - 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 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 This week on Making Data Simple, our guest is Aarti Cherian, Program Director for IBM's Cloud Pak for Data and Watson Data Science Marketing. Aarti discusses key marketing tactics that are currently leveraged by teams at IBM.  Connect with Aarti LinkedIn Twitter Show Notes 3:01 - Check out this article on marketing techniques for tech companies.  14:41 - Not sure what B to B means? Find out here. 21:24 - Learn more about IBM Cloud Pak for Data here. 21:28 - Learn more about IBM Cloud Pak for Data System here. Connect with the Team Producer Liam Seston - LinkedIn. Producer Lana Cosic - LinkedIn. Producer Meighann Helene - LinkedIn.  Producer Mark Simmonds - 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 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 On this week's episode of Making Data Simple, we are joined by Rob Thomas, who is General Manager for IBM's Data and AI team. Rob discusses his recent media features on CNN and Fox News, giving his remarks on those experiences. He also gives his predictions on the IT industries for 2020, noting upcoming challenges. We are also treated to a more personal side of Rob, as he reveals his New Year's resolutions and goals. Tune-in to find out.  Connect with Rob Twitter LinkedIn Personal Website IBM THINK Blogs Show Notes 05:41 - Check out this article on effective methods of time management. 12:53 - Forbes agrees, saying AI needs to be implemented the right way. 27:28 - Find out more on IBM Cloud Pak for Data here. 31:14 - Learn more about Watson Internet of Things (IoT) here. 34:58 - Read here on how Google's AI built another AI.      42:22 - Are you also looking to run the New York Marathon? Here are some tips on how to enter. Connect with the Team Producer Liam Seston - LinkedIn. Producer Lana Cosic - LinkedIn. Producer Meighann Helene - LinkedIn.  Producer Mark Simmonds - 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 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 Our guest this week is Scott Hebner, VP and CMO for IBM Data and AI. This episode revolves around the marketing industry and tactics employed by those in the field. Scott walks us through his perspectives and insights. Connect with Scott LinkedIn Twitter Show Notes 03:38 - Unsure what the cloud business is all about? Take a look at IBM's complete guide here. 11:30 - Click here to learn about data silos and why they will harm your business.  13:36 - Learn about how big data and AI work together in this article. 28:44 - Find out more about data lakes and data swamps here. Connect with the Team Producer Liam Seston - LinkedIn. Producer Lana Cosic - LinkedIn. Producer Meighann Helene - LinkedIn.  Producer Mark Simmonds - 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 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 This week on Making Data Simple, our guest is Adam Kocoloski, VP & CTO of Cloud Databases and IBM Fellow. Adam shares his insight of current trends in the cloud and database markets, while host Al Martin gives insight on how to raise 3 daughters! Tune in for a high level, yet candid discussion. Connect with Adam LinkedIn Twitter IBM Fellow FoundationDB Show Notes 05:50 - Check out this article on the importance of good communication. 09:59 - Read PCMag.com's definition of cloud computing here. 18:54 - Check out the different cloud database offerings from IBM.  27:00 - Here are some tips to becoming a more effective learner.  Connect with the Team Producer Liam Seston - LinkedIn. Producer Lana Cosic - LinkedIn. Producer Meighann Helene - LinkedIn.  Producer Mark Simmonds - 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.