Ibm Analytics Insights Podcasts

Jayson Gehri directs the marketing team for Hybrid Data Management at IBM, following roles as marketing director for Dell and Quest Software. In this special episode, he lets us know what to watch for as IBM kicks off its annual THINK Conference, happening this year in the heart of downtown San Francisco from February 12th to the 15th.---------------------Shownotes00:00 - Check us out on YouTube and SoundCloud! 00:05 - Be sure to check out other MDS episodes here! 00:10 - Connect with Producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn & Twitter  00:15 - Connect with Producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn & Twitter  00:20 - Connect with Producer Rachit Sharma on LinkedIn  00:25 - Connect with Host Al Martin on LinkedIn & Twitter  00:40 – Connect with Jayson Gehri on LinkedIn & Twitter  00:55 – Get more info on THINK  01:30 – Pier 39  02:30 – Rob Thomas  02:35 – Arvind Krishna

 Michael Willette, assistant vice president and technical fellow at USAA, comes on Making Data Simple to discuss database methods in the finance industry. Michael has an extensive, technical background as an architect and senior programmer. He shares his journey, current view on the market, emerging technologies, and more. Listen to gain some key industry insight.  959982------------------------Shownotes00:00 - Check us out on YouTube and SoundCloud!00:10 - Connect with producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter00:15 - Connect with producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter00:20 - Connect with producer Rachit Sharma on LinkedIn 00:25 - Connect with host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter01:00 - Connect with guest Michael Willette on LinkedIn02:25 - What is user architecture? 03:32 - The HiPPO principle. 08:42 - Learn more about USAA.13:20 - The benefits of USAA.29:39 - What is IBM Global Elite?32:15 - The importance of listening to your clients.

Adam Weinstein is currently CEO and Co-Founder of Cursor, having worked at LinkedIn as a Senior Manager of Business Development and having founded enGreet, a print-on-demand greeting card company that merged crowd-sourcing with social expressions. In this episode, he describes his data analytics company and provides insight into creating a successful startup.-----------------------Shownotes 00:00 - Check us out on YouTube and SoundCloud!    00:10 - Connect with Producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn & Twitter    00:15 - Connect with Producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn & Twitter.    00:20 - Connect with Producer Rachit Sharma on LinkedIn. 00:25 - Connect with Host Al Martin on LinkedIn & Twitter.    00:55 - Connect with Adam Weinstein on LinkedIn. 03:55 - Find out more about Cursor. 06:45 - Learn more about Cursor's Co-Founder and CEO Adam Weinstein. 13:10 - Learn more about Big Data Analytics. 19:20 - What is Python/Jupyter Notebooks? 26:35 - Learn more about Data Fluency. 35:30 - What is a star

Host Al Martin, IBM VP of Hybrid Data Management & Client Success, and Sam Lightstone, CTO for Data, IBM Fellow & Master Inventor, present their Kansas City Techweek keynote. They go over what it means to make data ready for AI, become data driven and acquire growth. They deliver key industry insights to drive performance in a way that is easily understandable, avoiding the jargon. Be sure to follow along with presentation slides attached below.-------------------00:00 - Download and follow along with the presentation slides here.00:00 - Check us out on YouTube and SoundCloud.00:10 - Connect with Producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter.00:15 - Connect with Producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter.00:20 - Connect with Producer Rachit Sharma on LinkedIn.00:25 - Connect with Host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Seth Dobrin is back to kick off season 3 and reflect on data and tech in 2018. Seth Dobrin, vice president and Chief Data Officer of IBM Analytics, gives insight to leading the data science elite team, and he details the steps and strategies required to be successful in the field. Host Al Martin and Seth also make some data science predictions for 2019, letting you know what you should be looking out for in the year ahead.Shownotes: 00:00 - Check us out on YouTube and SoundCloud. 00:10 - Connect with Producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter. 00:15 - Connect with Producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter. 00:20 - Connect with Producer Rachit Sharma on LinkedIn. 00:25 - Connect with Host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter. 00:55 – Connect with Seth Dobrin on LinkedIn and Twitter. 02:00 – Seth Dobrin’s first podcast from January 2018. 03:30 - What is data science? 04:25 - Seth Dobrin’s Blog: Don’t let data science become a scam. 10:55 - IBM Data Science Elite Team: Kickstart, build andaccelerate  31:55 - W

Host Al Martin looks back on his top 5 favourite clips from episodes published in 2018. These conversations range from explaining the importance of data visualization, to discussing the differences between A.I. and deep learning. Thanks to all of our listeners for an incredible 2018, and prepare yourself for Season 3 of the Making Data Simple podcast!Show Notes00:00 - Check us out on YouTube and SoundCloud! 00:10 - Connect with producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter.  00:15 - Connect with producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter. 00:24 - Connect with host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter.  00:55 - Listen to the full conversation with Lisa Seacat DeLuca here.05:45 - Listen to the full conversation with John Thomas here.09:59 - Listen to the full conversation with Jillian Lellis here.  13:39 - Listen to the full conversation with Adam Storm here.18:36 - Listen to the full conversation with Jean Francois Puget here.

Happy holidays from the Making Data Simple team! Enjoy a rebroadcast of a conversation with Seth Dobrin, Vice President and Chief Data Officer for IBM Analytics, as he and Al explore the strategies and people your company needs to disrupt and succeed in the year ahead. Do you or your team members need new credentials to work in data? Seth also discusses what you need in your toolkit to be a data scientist at IBM.Show Notes00.30 Connect with Al Martin on Twitter and LinkedIn.01.00 Connect with Seth Dobrin on Twitter and LinkedIn.01.40 Read "What IBM looks for in a Data Scientist" by Seth Dobrin and Jean-Francois Puget.06.00 Learn more about GDPR. 13.00 Learn more about master data management.13.05 Learn more about unified governance and integration. 13.25 Learn more about machine learning. 14.00 Connect and learn more about Ginni Rometty. 14.40 Learn more about cognitive computing.19.35 Connect with Rob Thomas on Twitter and LinkedIn.21.00 Connect with Jean-Francois Puget on Twitter and LinkedIn.Foll

Jason Tatge, CEO, president and cofounder of Farmobile, joins the show to discuss data in the agriculture industry. The conversation touches on Jason's experience launching a startup, tips for finding success, and the value of big data from a farmer's perspective. This episode gives insight to data science for one of the oldest and most important sectors in our society.   Show Notes00:00 - Check us out on YouTube and SoundCloud.00:10 - Connect with producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter.00:15 - Connect with producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter.00:24 - Connect with host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter.01:20 - Connect with guest Jason Tatge on LinkedIn and Twitter.04:24 - Get some insights to commodity trading.10:09 - Check out Farmobile.com.14:21 - Here are some more reasons why data collection in farming is so important.22:21 - How data collection in farming is driving greater efficiency.27:33 - Learn about pipeline entrepreneurs here.Follow @IBMAnalytics

Paul Zikopolous, VP of big data cognitive systems at IBM, joins us to discuss tactics for both career and personal growth. Paul is also an established author and public speaker, and leverages experiences gained through those pursuits in the advice he gives. Have a pen and paper ready as there is a lot to take away from this enlightening conversation.Show notes00:00 - Check us out on YouTube.00:00 - We are now on Soundcloud.00:10 - Add producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter. 00:15 - Add producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter.00:25 - Add host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter. 01:43 - Connect with Paul Zikopolous on LinkedIn and Twitter. 07:02 - Get up to speed with Watson Studio.10:16 - Develop a continuous learning lifestyle.14:27 - How to figure out what you want out of a job.20:55 - How to succeed with failure. 24:50 - "Get comfortable feeling uncomfortable." 30:54 - Here are some tips to make time for the gym.38:28 - "Don't let other people define you." 

In the latest episode of "Making Data Simple," host Al Martin invites Jeff Jonas, CEO, founder and chief scientist at Senzing Inc. to discuss use cases of AI and big data. The discussion ranges from Jeff's personal achievements, his miraculous quadriplegic recovery, his completion of every global Ironman triathlon race, and the birth of his company Senzing Inc. Suit up for what is truly an engaging conversation. Show notes00:00 - Checkout our YouTube channel. 00:10 - Connect with producer Liam Seston on LinkedIn and Twitter.00:15 - Connect with producer Steve Moore on LinkedIn and Twitter.00:24 - Connect with host Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter.01:28 - Connect with guest Jeff Jonas on LinkedIn and Twitter.02:08 - Not sure what the difference between a triathlon and an Ironman triathlon is?02:28 - Here's how NORA and other security software applications are being employed in Las Vegas.13:22 - Here's an interesting article about parent/child naming conventions.16:26 - Check out Jeff&

Making Data Simple host Al Martin has a chance to discuss all thing data with Laura Ellis, also known as Little Miss Data. Laura is an analytics architect for IBM Cloud as well as a frequent blogger. Together, they talk about how critical it is to understand your data in order create specific calls to action, and what it means to build a data democracy.Show Notes00:00 - Follow @IBMAnalyticsSupport on Twitter.00:22 - Check out our YouTube channel. We're posting full episodes weekly.00:24 - Connect with Al Martin on LinkedIn and Twitter.01:20 - Check out littlemissdata.com.01:22 - Connect with Laura Ellis on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.02:20 - Curious to know more about analytics architecture? Check out this IBM article on the topic.03:52 - Check out the Little Miss Data article Al referenced here.04:45 - Learn more about Data Democracy here in Laura's blog post.05:31 - Understand more about the importance of data for your business in this article.09:11 - Find out more about the challenges of bei

On this week's Making Data Simple Podcast, we are joined by Steve Moore, IBM senior content designer and story strategist, along with Aishwarya Srinivasan, IBM data scientist and deep learning researcher. Aishwarya discusses what it means to be a unicorn in an industry and why it is useful to pair textbook learning from schooling with hands-on industry experience. Aishwarya, Steve, and Al explore how to use reinforcement learning to make better data decisions.

Interested in learning what it takes to operate a start-up? On this episode of Making Data Simple, host Al Martin sits down with Simon Lightstone, IBM offering manager, to discuss what it took to get his startup off the ground. Simon offers tips to those facing a similar experience and describes how the decision to pursue a dream ultimately affected his career.