Mark Nelson is the President and CEO of Tableau, a company dedicated to democratizing analytics and putting data back in the hands of consumers. But while this digital pioneer may be excited about the technical side of things, he’s more excited about how accessing data (and asking the right questions) can evolve the human endeavor.
Nov 20
How to Maximize ROI on AI in 2026
<p>The promise of agentic AI has been massive, autonomous systems that act, reason, and make business decisions, but most enterprises are still struggling to see results.</p><p>In this episode, host Chris Brandt sits down with Sumeet Arora, Chief Product Officer at Teradata, to u ... Show More
59m 51s
Nov 6
90% of AI Demos Fail. Here’s How to Build One that Won’t
<p>If you’ve ever shipped an AI feature that looked great in testing — only to watch it behave unpredictably in production — you’re not alone.</p><p>In this episode of IT Visionaries, host Chris Brandt talks with Lawrence Jones, Founding Engineer at incident.io, about the critica ... Show More
59m 22s
Oct 31
The Future of Procurement: Real-Time Supply Chain Intelligence
<p>Every product a company ships depends on thousands of tiny decisions happening deep inside the supply chain. But most organizations are still making those decisions using stale spreadsheets, fragmented systems, and guesswork.</p><p>In this episode, we explore how AI-driven pro ... Show More
53m 20s
Dec 2021
The Top Trends in 2022 for Data Leaders from DataRobot, Databricks, and Google
<p>At the end of every year, you’re probably asking the same questions we are. What are the big changes coming next year? How do I stay ahead of them? And what’s separating real trends from the hype?</p><p>To answer these questions, we are excited to bring together some of the to ... Show More
1h 12m
Dec 2021
What To Expect on The Data Chief
<p>We are back with more episodes! In the coming months, you’ll hear from executives and data leaders from companies like Databricks, Google, General Motors, Etsy, ServiceNow, and more. Our guests cover topics like cloud acceleration, ethical AI, data fluency, scaling data teams, ... Show More
1m 41s
Apr 2020
About The Data Chief
<p>Data is transforming how we think about life, work, business, healthcare, education, and everything in between. Meet the world’s top data and analytics leaders bringing this data revolution to life.</p> <p>In each episode of The Data Chief, host Cindi Howson, Chief Data Strate ... Show More
1m 41s
Feb 2021
ThoughtSpot’s Cindi Howson on Chief Data Officer Success Strategies
<p>Much like a roller coaster, 2020 was full of many loops, twists, and turns. From accelerated digital transformations to expedited migrations to the cloud, you were asked to do it all— often with far less time and resources. Through it all, <i>The Data Chief</i> was right there ... Show More
38m 3s
Nov 2022
ThoughtSpot’s Cindi Howson on Best Practices for Driving Impact from Data & Analytics (Ep. 26 Refresh)
<p>On this episode of The Data Chief, we look back at some of the key themes from season one, including the rise of the CDO, the intricacies of aligning your department’s goals with that of the businesses, and how you coped with accelerated timelines. While we relive these import ... Show More
37m 21s
Sep 2022
Société Générale’s Innovation Data & AI Leader Julien Molez on Creating a Value-Driven Data Framework
<p>At French bank, <a href="https://www.societegenerale.com/en">Société Générale</a>, providing the best customer experience in the modern digital world means rethinking everything about banking, including its corporate structure. Three years ago, <a href="https://www.linkedin.co ... Show More
45m 7s
Jul 2022
American Express CDO and EVP Enterprise Digital & Data Solutions, Pascale Hutz on Managing Data as a Product and Rewarding Creative Destruction
<p>What keeps a data pro at one company for almost thirty years? On this episode of The Data Chief, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascale-hutz-79aab742/">Pascale Hutz</a>, the Chief Data Officer and EVP of Enterprise Digital & Data Solutions at <a href="https://www.america ... Show More
39m 28s
Apr 2020
ThoughtSpot's Cindi Howson on the new role of the CDO
<p>Cindi Howson is the Chief Data Strategy Officer at ThoughtSpot and our host of The Data Chief. To kick off this new podcast, we wanted to switch the roles… today, Cindi is our guest!</p> <p>Tune in for a discussion between Cindi and Ian Faison, Executive Producer of The Data C ... Show More
30m 43s