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Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Alex Gold. Alex is the Director of Solutions Engineering + Support at posit and author of DevOps for Data Science. In this episode we talk about Alex's experience working in data for presidential campaigns, his experience in solutions engineering, and the role that DevOps plays in the data domain.
Book: https://www.routledge.com/DevOps-for-Data-Science/Gold/p/book/9781003213345
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Alex's Links:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexkgold/
Twitter - https://x.com/alexkgold
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Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Serena Huang. She is one of the leaders in the field of people analytics. In this episode, we dive deep into what people analytics are and how companies are evaluating their workforce with data. We also touch on her transition from executive to solopreneur and speaker.
Serena's Links:
Her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/serenahhuangphd/
Her Thought leadership program - apply here
https://www.datawithserena.com/tla
Her First Book book, The Inclusion Equation - Leveraging Data & AI for Organizational Diversity and Wellbeing, will be published early next year.
Resources cited in podcast:
Research: Women Ask for Raises as Often as Men, but Are Less Likely to Get Them
https://hbr.org/2016/09/diverse-teams-feel-less-comfortable-and-thats-why-they-perform-better
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👔 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenjee/
📈 Kaggle - https://www.kaggle.com/kenjee
📑 Medium Articles - https://medium.com/@kenneth.b.jee
💻 Github - https://github.com/PlayingNumbers
🏀 My Sports Blog - https://www.playingnumbers.com
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Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Jake Schuster. Jake is the CEO of Gemini Sports Analytics, a company that is making it easier for college and professional sports teams to leverage data into insight. Jake came from a sports science background, and found that his own pain point was making the data he was collecting into something actionable for the teams. In this episode, we talk about the challenges sports teams face and the challenges that Jake faced as a non-technical founder.
Jake's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-george-schuster-2263a359/
Gemini: https://geminisports.ai/
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Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Derek Larson. Derek runs New York AI, an exclusive community for data people in New York. Derek also started Kin, a company that designs useful tools for local communities. In this episode we learn how important communities are for innovation, where AI is going based on what he is seeing in his communities, and much more!
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Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Deotte. He is a member of NVIDIA's KGMON Team (Kaggle Grandmasters of NVIDIA), and one of the greatest kaggle grandmasters of all time. He has been previously ranked first in Discussions, Notebooks, and Datasets. Currently he is ranked 11th in competitions and has been ranked as high as 4th. Chris also has an immense love for sports and board games. He has worn all sorts of hats throughout his life and he believes that all of them have helped him to be successful in kaggle and in his career.
In this episode we learn how Chris got into kaggle competitions, how he hacked the meta for a popular board game, and how he has able to have so much success in the kaggle domain.
Chris on Kaggle: https://www.kaggle.com/cdeotte
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Today I had the pleasure of Interviewing Scott Hickle. Scott is the co-founder of Throne Science, an innovate company that is looking to measure and evaluate our waste. In the episode we learn about the comical origins of the idea behind Throne, the value of tracking our data, and the importance of N=1 experimentation.
Scott's Links:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/ScottHickle
Throne - https://www.thronescience.com/
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Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mark Moyou. Mark is a Senior Data Scientist and the host of the AI portfolio podcast and the Caribbean Tech Pioneers podcast. He grew up in Trinidad and Tobago, and his work is deeply inspired by his family and upbringing there. In this episode, we dive into how he landed his first job in the States, what makes a successful data scientist, how to make meaningful connections, and how work at a large company is different than his previous jobs.
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Mark's Links:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/
@caribbeantechpioneers
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Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Andrew Kemp. Andrew is the head of product marketing for data science and AI at Z by HP. Andrew recruited me into the Z by HP global ambassador program and is responsible for its creation. In this episode we learn about his experience teaching in North Korea for 4 years as well as how the landscape of hardware and community is changing.
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Andrew's Links:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewallenkemp/
Z by HP Ambassador - https://www.hp.com/us-en/workstations/industries/ambassadors.html -
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Ruchi Bhatia. Ruchi is the youngest ever 3x Kaggle Grandmaster. She recently started work as a product marketing manager at HP after being a Z by HP global data science ambassador. In this episode we talk about why Ruchi shifted to product, what she has learned from transitioning into the workforce at HP, and what she thinks of all of the new changes going on in the AI space.
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Ruchi's Links:
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruchi798/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/techbyruchi/ -
Today I brought back my good friend Tina Huang on the podcast! We talked about her continuing venture into content and entrepreneurship as well as our experience and learnings from NVIDIA's GTC conference.
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Tina's Links:
https://www.youtube.com/@TinaHuang1
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Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Nick Singh. He is the author of Ace the Data Science Interview and the Head Lemur at datalemur, a website helping you prepare for interviews. In this episode we learn what Nick has been doing since the publication of his book, how the interview process has changed with new advances in AI, and how you can stand out in the challenging job market.
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Nick's Links:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-singh-tech/
Personal Website - https://www.nicksingh.com/
Book - https://www.acethedatascienceinterview.com/
Data Lemur - https://datalemur.com/ -
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Daliana Liu. Daliana is the host of the Data Scientist Show. She also has experience in developer advocacy and working as a data scientist in large tech companies and startups. Today we talk about why she quit her job in tech, how developer advocacy could be improved, and much more!
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Daliana's Links:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu/
Personal Website - https://dalianaliu.com/
Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/c/thedatascientistshow -
Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Wes McKinney. Wes is well known in the open source community for his work building the pandas library. He also has a fascinating background leading the production of other data tooling with a focus on ubiquitous language-agnostic, hardware-optimized analytical computing. In this episode we learn about the origin of pandas, Wes' transition into a new role at Posit, and his perspective on the future of open source.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesmckinn/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wesmckinn
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Today I had the pleasure of interviewing @AlexTheAnalyst yet again on the podcast. So much has changed for him in a short period of time with his analyst builder platform. In this episode, we talk about his journey creating a product, the changing field of data, and how he dealt with burnout.
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Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Hunter Kempf for a second time on the KNN podcast. Hunter is a fellow Z by HP global ambassador who works as a Data Scientist at Cloudflare. He is at the intersection of Data and Cyber security. In this episode, we touch on if kids should learn to code, the implications of AI on security, and much more!
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Hunter's Links:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterkempf/ -
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Monica Kay Royal. She is the host of Data podcast for nerds which can be found here @nerdnourishment ! She went from working as an auditor to leading a team making data driven audit decisions. In this episode we talk about how she made her transition, the benefits and drawbacks of standardization of data science learning, and what she learned from making her own podcast!
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Monica's Links:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicakayroyal/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLX8ysIVTifR0BkqJYkQIMQ
Personal Website - https://www.nerdnourishment.com/ -
Antonio Ivanovski (A.I.) is husband and father of two amazing kids who works as a senior data analyst at Google working on protecting Google's ad ecosystem from invalid traffic. Antonio has experience working at Verizon as an A.I. Product Manager and as a Business Intelligence Analyst. When not working, Antonio is spending time with family, playing sports, or researching crypto. In todays episode we learn how one mentor shaped Antonio's career, how he was able to advance quickly in his career at google, and how his career priorities shifted when he became a father.
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Antonio's Links:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanovskia1/
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Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Louis-Francois Bouchard! Louis is the host of the @WhatsAI and he just recently left his PhD to pursue the channel and podcast full time. In this episode we dive deep into this decision, how he is choosing to spend his new free time, and how he recovered from the early stages of burnout.
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Louis's Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOD9-WyWExs
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/whats-ai/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@UCUzGQrN-lyyc0BWTYoJM_Sg@What'sAI -
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Immanuel Tacky. Immanuel is currently a data scientist at Canadian tire company. In this episode, we talk about why Immanuel decided to pursue a masters degree to break into the data science field. We also talk about how he went from a masters in divinity into his current career in data.
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Immanuel's Links:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/immanueltacky/ -
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing my good friend @LukeBarousse ! We dive into how Luke is now using AI for all of his data work, the incredible opportunity he got working for mr. beast, and much more!
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Luke's Links:
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@LukeBarousse
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-b/
Website - https://www.lukebarousse.com/ - Vis mere
