Episodes
Saturday Sep 17, 2022
Leadership Perspectives: Heidi Bailey, VP, Futures & AI, The Integer Group
Saturday Sep 17, 2022
Saturday Sep 17, 2022
ABOUT THIS EVENT These days, data & analytics leaders hold key importance for guiding their organizations toward digital transformation and evolution. They are the lighthouses that help direct their organizations toward the incredible value that is unlocked through the leverage of properly-run data and analytic programs. But, they are also are humans, and just like many of us, they must work through conflict, company politics, time zone changes and other challenges.
ABOUT THIS SERIES Please join us for our new monthly Leadership Perspective Series where we talk to some of the greatest data & analytics leaders across the globe. These quick, slide-free discussions will highlight the leader's perspectives, challenges and triumphs. What are they working on? How do they keep their heads above water? What creative approaches they are using to bring a data-driven culture to the forefront of their organizations?
THIS MONTH'S FEATURE This month we will feature Heidi Bailey, the VP of Futures & A.I. for The Integer Group, Dallas. In our work at Great Data Minds, we are constantly looking for organizations that are innovating. After meeting with Heidi, we began to understand that she and her team were doing just that. With AI/ML at the core of their customer data solutions, Integer Group stands out in the marketplace. Please join us as we talk to Heidi about her approach to innovation, what hurdles she had to overcome, and how she continues to keep pace with modern data solutions.
MORE ABOUT HEIDI Heidi is a visionary by nature – relentlessly reimagining process, models and ways of doing things. Heidi sees technology not as a human-replacement tool, but as a chance to extend our capabilities. Enhance reach. Expand thinking. Heidi has a BA in International Business, with minors in Chemistry and German, from Texas Tech University. She holds certificates for Futurist Thinking through the Institute for the Future and Digital Acceleration from Southern Methodist University. She is an unabashed sneaker-collecting, travel-loving, coffee enthusiast and has dedicated her life's work to understanding and predicting what’s next. Except when it comes to her daughter’s next sentence. That’s always a surprise.
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Privitar Deep Dive
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
INTRODUCING, PRIVITAR:
The Privitar Modern Data Provisioning Platform enables self-service access to data that users can trust is safe for their purpose. Streamlined data registration, access and approvals come together with policy-based data protections to promote responsible data use.
FLOW OF THE EVENT:
We will kick off with a brief overview of Privitar and explore the urgent need for modern data provisioning in today's data-driven and privacy-conscious world. From there we will showcase Privitar’s technology, with a deep dive on:
- What it takes to provide safe and meaningful data without friction or delay
- What it takes to provide protected data that retains all its analytical value
- Why everything you know about context will help match data protection to your business use and compliance goals
We will maintain an open forum for audience questions throughout the presentation, with specifically reserved time at the end for a formal Q+A.
Join us for this interactive discussion and walk away with a deeper understanding of one of today's most critical pieces of tech.
Friday Aug 19, 2022
Nomads & Expats: The Pros and Cons of Working Abroad
Friday Aug 19, 2022
Friday Aug 19, 2022
It seems like now (more than ever) there are many Americans who feel a strong desire to pack up their laptops and take their remote jobs overseas. There are benefits and drawbacks to doing this, and we've gathered an expert panel of wonder women who are already living this dream. Join us to hear the pros and cons of become an expat or a digital nomad.
Our special guests:
- Patricia Klauer - Leadership Team Member @ Future Capital - Expat Residing in Mexico
- Christine Carpentier - MDM Architect / Solution Architect @ Elite DW Consulting - Expat Residing in Italy
- Cyd Crouse - Executive Advisor @ The Shift Network - Expat Residing in the Netherlands
- Julie Burroughs - CEO @ GDM + GDMIL - Nomad soon to be residing in Slovenia
Topics we will cover:
- Work Limitations - Time Management Across Time Zones
- Visa Limitations
- Amazing Experiences
- Recommendations if you are considering being an Nomad or Expat
ABOUT GDM: Humans
Great Data Minds is committed to helping promote, educate and inspire the people that make up the life of the data community. We are creating an inclusive space with events and discussions that feature humans of all walks of life, from around the world.
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Castor Deep Dive
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
INTRODUCING, CASTOR:
Castor is a collaborative, automated data discovery and catalog tool that was specifically designed to help you spend less time fumbling around to find and understand your data. Castor has recently secured $23.5M Series-A and brought aboard a healthy portfolio of customers that include Canva, Deliveroo, and RentTheRunway.
Castor redesigns how data professionals collaborate by providing a single source of truth to reference and document all data-related knowledge within your company.
Inspired by internal tools created by Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, and Spotify, Castor has developed a plug & play solution that deploys in minutes to drive value for companies of all sizes who are modernizing their data practice.
FLOW OF THE EVENT:
First, we will kick off with a brief overview of Castor and explore the evolution of data catalog 3.0. From there we will showcase Castor’s technology, with a deep dive look at:
- How Castor connects to your BI infrastructure, automates popularity, unlocks query history, and provides rich lineage at the table and column level for discovery & impact analysis
- How Castor centralizes, simplifies, and automates painful documentation tasks
- Why Castor is designed for Viral Adoption across business and technical teams
We will maintain an open forum for audience questions throughout the presentation, with specifically reserved time at the end for a formal Q+A.
Join us for this interactive discussion and walk away with a deeper understanding of one of today's most elevated pieces of tech.
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Leadership Perspectives: Laura Merrick, Sr. Director eSolutions (MHN)
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Data analytics leaders are key to their organizations. Join the conversation with amazing leaders who share their powerful perspectives.
These days, data & analytics leaders hold key importance for guiding their organizations toward digital transformation and evolution. They are the lighthouses that help direct their organizations toward the incredible value that is unlocked through the leverage of properly-run data and analytic programs.
But, they are also are humans, and just like many of us, they must work through conflict, company politics, time zone changes and other challenges.
Please join us for our new monthly Leadership Perspective Series where we talk to some of the greatest data & analytics leaders across the globe. These quick, slide-free discussions will highlight the leader's perspectives, challenges and triumphs. What are they working on? How do they keep their heads above water? What creative approaches they are using to bring a data-driven culture to the forefront of their organizations?
This month we will feature Laura Merrick, Sr. Director of eSolutions at Medical Home Network (MHN). Laura's area of excellence is where data meets adoption to drive transformation that improves patient outcomes in the Healthcare industry. In this candid, slide-free session she will share insights and personal stories around that journey.
Laura will also touch upon MHN's mission to adopt the HL7® FHIR® (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standard and to provide an open, flexible and extensible Healthcare Interoperability architecture built upon the Google Cloud Healthcare API.
ABOUT LAURA:
Laura Merrick is an experienced Program and Product Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. She has strong program and project management professional skills in Nonprofit Organizations, U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Public Speaking, Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), and Healthcare Management.
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Armchair Analytics: DataRobot Cohort and Deep Dive
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
In this multi-week program you will receive an extended free trial of DataRobot, the best-in-class Artificial Intelligence Cloud Platform.
What is Armchair Analytics?
Armchair Analytics refers to the group of data analytics pioneers who like to explore technology on their own schedule, with their own agenda and use cases. These are self-directed learners who like to get in and go deep, to create their own unique pathway of learning a new technology platform.
After this self-directed learning phase, you will idea share with other members of the cohort during the Deep Dive session.
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Author Series: ”Winning The Room” by Bill Franks
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Delivering an effective data-driven presentation to a nontechnical live audience isn’t the same as discussing technical details with peers. You must be purposeful and diligent if you want to develop a presentation that conveys a compelling story while simultaneously avoiding myriad traps that undercut your credibility and limit your impact.
Join Mike Lampa, GDM CAO, as he interviews Bill Franks on his new book, Winning The Room, that is specifically designed for the data practitioner to use during presentation development.
Just like athletes continue to practice basic skills throughout their careers, it is also necessary to constantly refresh yourself on how to create and deliver data-driven information effectively and to routinely practice the basics. Join us to learn how!
ABOUT BILL FRANKS:
Bill Franks is the Director of the Center For Statistics and Analytical Research within the School of Data Science and Analytics at Kennesaw State University. In this role, he helps companies and governmental agencies pair with faculty and student resources to further research in the area of analytics and data science. He is also Chief Analytics Officer for The International Institute For Analytics (IIA) and serves on the advisory board of ActiveGraf, Aspirent, DataPrime, DataSeers, and Kavi Global.
Bill continues to provide perspective on trends in the analytics, data science, AI, and big data space to help organizations understand how to further their analytics and data science efforts.
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
How Covid-Inspired Cycling Changed My View of the Data World
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
During the Covid lock down, many people were inspired to use their free time to try new things. Steve Neat, the GM of Alation in EMEA was no exception; he took up cycling. Though of course he was intimately familiar with the strong benefits that the Alation data catalog offers, he had never really experienced these benefits for himself in such a clear-cut way. Listen is as he shares his unique story.
ABOUT STEVE NEAT:
A software industry executive and sales leader with over 30 years of experience helping leading global enterprises to maximize the business value of their IT investments and data assets.
Successfully assisted high-growth companies like Oracle and Siebel to establish their UK sales operations, transformed the commercial sales organisations at SAP and SAS, and successfully scaled early-stage, VC-backed start-ups like Roambi and Collibra in the EMEA market.
Experienced in building and managing direct (enterprise and inside) and indirect sales teams by attracting, motivating and leading some of the best talent in the industry. Operating internationally across all vertical industry sectors, and accomplished in SaaS, Cloud, ERP, CRM, BI, analytics, mobile and data intelligence propositions.
ABOUT ALATION:
Alation is the leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions including data search & discovery, data governance, data stewardship, analytics, and digital transformation. Alation’s initial offering dominates the data catalog market. Thanks to its powerful Behavioral Analysis Engine, inbuilt collaboration capabilities, and open interfaces, Alation combines machine learning with human insight to successfully tackle even the most demanding challenges in data and metadata management. More than 330 enterprises drive data culture, improve decision making, and realize business outcomes with Alation including AbbVie, American Family Insurance, Cisco, Exelon, Fifth Third Bank, Finnair, Munich Re, NASDAQ, New Balance, Parexel, Pfizer, US Foods, and Vistaprint. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Alation was named to Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces list and is backed by leading venture capitalists including Blackstone, Costanoa, Data Collective, Dell Technologies, Icon, ISAI Cap, Riverwood, Salesforce, Sanabil, Sapphire, and Snowflake Ventures. For more information, visit alation.com.
Sunday May 08, 2022
Thought Leadership: Ethical Implications for Ungoverned AI
Sunday May 08, 2022
Sunday May 08, 2022
In this thought-provoking conversation we will chat with Matthew James Bailey, international authority on AI and its ethical implications.
Artificial Intelligence is a fascinating aspect of today's world. However, there is a gaping lack of safety guardrails or a proper framework to help guide the companies that are programming the AI. Matthew James Bailey is on a mission to change this. He has developed a new world vision for how we can build an ethical framework that brings humans and computers together in a safe and future-proofed way.
ABOUT MATTHEW:
Matthew is an internationally recognised pioneer and leader in AI-centric futures, AI, Global AI Ethics, IoT, Smart Cities and Innovation. His extraordinary leadership is widely acknowledged throughout governments and the private sector. Matthew has been classified by the US government as “A Person of Extraordinary Ability”. He is an entrepreneur, coach, advisor, visiting scholar and speaker. He has enjoyed meeting famous pioneers such as Steve Wozniak, Sir David Attenborough, John P Milton, Professor Stephen Hawking. He has advised prime ministers, ministers, under secretaries, officials of G7 countries, and many more. Matthew is also a Visiting Scholar to The National Institute of Aerospace (and NASA).
He is the author of the book Inventing World 3.0: Evolutionary Ethics for Artificial Intelligence and he runs the consultancy AI Ethics.World.
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Author Series: Data Driven Business Transformation
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Join Mike Lampa as he interviews Peter Jackson about his bestselling book "Data Driven Business Transformation."
Data Driven Business Transformation illustrates how to find the secrets to fast adaptation and disruptive origination hidden in your data and how to use them to capture market share. Digitalisation – or the Digital Revolution – was the first step in an evolving process of analysis and improvement in the operations and administration of commerce.
The popular author team of Caroline Carruthers and Peter Jackson, two global leaders in data transformation and education, pick up the conversation here at the next evolutionary step where data from these digital systems generates value, and really use data science to produce tangible results.
ABOUT CARRUTHERS + JACKSON:
Carruthers and Jackson was founded by global leaders in data transformation, Caroline Carruthers, and Peter Jackson, to support organisations to fully drive the value of their data.
With so many exciting developments being made around innovations, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, organisations first need to get their data right to ensure the right foundations.
At Carruthers and Jackson, we place data literacy at the heart, ensuring an organisational wide approach to data transformation.
As authors of best-selling books Data Driven Business Transformation and The Chief Data Officer’s Playbook, Caroline Carruthers, and Peter Jackson, embed their principles, models, practical, hands on approach combined with their years of experience in leading data driven businesses, to transform organisations across the world.