As chief data officer of payroll and benefits management company ADP, Jack Berkowitz has three primary responsibilities. One is to oversee the organization’s data overall, ensuring that functions like data governance, security, and analytics, are running well. Another is to build ADP’s data products, such as people analytics and benchmark tools. But the resp ... Show More
Nov 11
From Rabbit Holes to Recommendations: Reddit’s Vishal Gupta
Vishal Gupta, engineering manager, machine learning at Reddit, joins the podcast to explain how the social media community platform uses artificial intelligence to improve user experience and ad relevance. Much of the advertising work relies on increasingly sophisticated recomme ... Show More
25m 9s
Oct 14
Never Fight a Megatrend: Cisco’s Jeetu Patel
Cisco is well known for its data, networking, security, and collaboration products. On today’s episode, Cisco’s president and chief product officer, Jeetu Patel, joins Sam for a discussion about artificial intelligence, a “megatrend” Jeetu sees as perhaps more significant than th ... Show More
32m 57s
May 2024
#208 Monetizing Data & AI with Vin Vashishta, Founder & AI Advisor at V Squared, & Tiffany Perkins-Munn, MD & Head of Data & Analytics at JPMC
Everything in the world has a price, including improving and scaling your data and AI functions. That means that at some point someone will question the ROI of your projects, and often, these projects will be looked at under the lens of monetization. But how do you ensure that wh ... Show More
1h 1m
Jan 2022
GM’s Iwao Fusillo on Recruiting Top Talent and Building a Successful Data Literacy Strategy
<p>For years, businesses have prioritized academic background and domain expertise when searching for top talent, matching current skills to job reqs with little regard for candidate aptitude. But according to Iwao Fusillo, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at General Motors, this ... Show More
51m 23s
Sep 2023
#153 From Data Literacy to AI Literacy with Cindi Howson, Chief Data Strategy Officer at ThoughtSpot
For the past few years, we've seen the importance of data literacy and why organizations must invest in a data-driven culture, mindset, and skillset. However, as generative AI tools like ChatGPT have risen to prominence in the past year, AI literacy has never been more important. ... Show More
39m 19s
Mar 2023
#131 How the Aviation Industry Leverages Data Science
Data leaders play a critical role in driving innovation and growth in various industries, and this is particularly true in highly regulated industries such as aviation. In such industries, data leaders face unique challenges and opportunities, working to balance the need for inno ... Show More
35m 53s
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
Sep 2020
Vertafore's Chad Hawkinson on Cloud Data Security and Streamlining Workflows
<p>Joining Cindi today is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-h-6b41872/">Chad Hawkinson</a>, the Chief Product and Data Officer at <a href="https://www.vertafore.com/">Vertafore</a>, the leader in creating modern insurance technology. A seasoned data and analytics guru, Ch ... Show More
53m 58s
Aug 2020
Just Eat's Alberto Rey Villaverde on Machine Learning, A.I., and Bridging the Imagination Gap (pt. 2)
<p>This is Part 2 of Cindi's interview with Alberto Rey Villaverde, the Chief Data Officer at British online food order and delivery service Just Eat.</p> <p>Listen to Part 1 of their interview <a href="https://bit.ly/2DyhJMC">here</a>.</p> <p>On this episode, Alberto and Cindi d ... Show More
23m 7s
Oct 2023
Context Matters: Generative AI, the spectrum of worldviews, and understanding propaganda's appeal
Ben Dubow studied the Middle East during his undergrad and took a job tracking terrorist groups. After a brief stint at a large tech company, he launched Omelas, a company that combines AI and subject matter expertise to deliver intelligence to national security professionals.In ... Show More
50m 45s