Data Futurology - Leadership And Strategy in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science

The end goal is to provide business users with trusted data, faster at lower cost. How do you build to achieve that? What approach should you take, which tools and what resources and skill-mix are required to support that? Our Data Engineering Summit coming up on 31st August will look at exactly those demands. As we explore these challenges, we revisit a special recording from our Future Proofing Data Platforms event where our brilliant guests took a broader view and debated the pros and cons of centralised vs decentralised architecture. In an interesting session Naveen Siddareddy, Data Solutions Architect at PlayStation advocated for decentralised platforms. Taking the opposing view was Rohan Dhupelia, Data Platform Senior Manager with Atlassian who championed for centralised platforms. Take a listen and see what you think of their reasoning and share your thoughts on which ecosystems are best suited to centralised vs decentralised structures. Rohan will be joining us again at the Data Engineering Summit in person to offer up a retrospective on ensuring productive, adaptive, and resilient environments that are verifiable, less resource heavy and that critically produce greater outcomes. It’s going to be a fantastic event sharing lessons learned on building trust in the data that you provide and your role in enabling the business to succeed through data. Thanks to our sponsor, Talent Insights Group! We're always striving to further the conversation around the latest AI advancements and we would love to keep you involved in future conversations. Please join our Slack community to keep in touch with the wider data community. Read the full podcast episode summary here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

We’re thrilled to have Dr Aleksandar Lazarevic, Former VP of Advanced Analytics & Data Engineering at Stanley Black & Decker, joining us from the U.S.! He holds a wealth of experience and shares many of his hard-earned lessons in today’s episode. Data is Alex’s passion and his journey in the data science field started 20 years ago with his PhD in Machine Learning. Throughout his career, he’s been able to evolve from someone with a solid technical background into a full-on data executive who’s able to drive real value across the company. Alex’s proficiency with data, AI and ML, expands across industries. He has worked in healthcare, property and casualty insurance, banking and manufacturing. No matter the industry, building a data-driven culture within the organisation is always one of the things he strives for. His diverse background has granted him a unique perspective when it comes to approaching business problems using analytics. Stay tuned as he shares his tips on identifying the areas within your organisation where applying data science can contribute huge value, and much more! Thanks to our wonderful sponsor, Talent Insights Group! We're always striving to further the conversation around the latest AI advancements and we would love to keep you involved in future conversations. Please join our Slack community to keep in touch with the wider data community. Read the full podcast episode summary here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

We are joined by Andy Sutton, General Manager Data Driven Transformation from Endeavour Drinks Group. Endeavour Group is the master brand that holds several well-loved Australian brands like Dan Murphy’s and BWS. One of the benefits of the retail industry is the massive amount of data that is generated, not just from customers but from the operations side as well. Andy stepped down from his previous role in Endeavour Group to dive straight into devising the organisation's data strategy and now serves as the bridge between the business and the analytics team. One of the key aspects of his current role is to identify priority use cases to work and focus on. When they started, 6 months ago, they had 275 use cases. A vital component of their effort’s success was going back to the ‘why’. “Why do we need a data transformation team to exist?  How is it going to operate? What is it going to do?” All these questions were the starting point of their journey and helped them identify the path they would follow. Instead of focusing on just building fancy models, they describe their mission as delivering real value through data. A lot of their initial work was prioritising and identifying the biggest opportunity areas that would bring value to the customers and organisation. Out of their initial list of 275 use cases, they narrowed it down to four, three of which are being worked on currently, and the other one will be tackled in 2023. Read the full episode summary here: www.datafuturology.com Thanks to our wonderful sponsor, Talent Insights Group! We're always striving to further the conversation around the latest AI advancements and we would love to keep you involved in future conversations. Please join our Slack community to keep in touch with the wider data community. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

Woodside Energy has made great strides in leveraging AI for operational success and cost savings but getting to the point where the business was ready to invest was no easy feat. Lauchlan shares how to first gain investment in all frameworks so that you can successfully layer a decision making framework and roll out an AI strategy. Thanks to our sponsor Talent Insights Group! Join us in Melbourne on 6th & 7th April 2022 for Advancing AI, Overcoming the barriers to adoption: https://www.datafuturology.com/advancing-ai Read the full podcast summary here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

In this episode, Felipe sat down with Aruna Kolluru, Chief Technologist for AI at Dell Technologies ahead of our Advancing AI Melbourne event on 6-7 April. She shared how they work on providing solutions for their customers and use all available technologies - AI, IoT, data, etc, - to reach their desired outcomes. Aruna works with clients across a vast range of industries and this is a testament to the power data & AI hold to promote growth and generate business value, regardless of the area you work in. In her own words, data has become the core of innovation for every industry. With the key role data plays in today’s organisations, making it accessible for the analytics team to extract insights from it is of the utmost importance. That’s why data platforms have become essential for providing reliable, quality data that can be leveraged to achieve business goals. Tune in for the full conversation with Aruna on how to leverage data platforms. You can also join her in person when she presents with David Siroky, Asia Pacific Head of AI, Data Analytics & HPC, Director, Dell Technologies at Advancing AI Melbourne (6-7 April, 2022). Huge thanks to our Diamond Sponsors, Dell Technologies and Microsoft for supporting this event for the data community - to learn more from them register here: https://www.datafuturology.com/advancing-ai --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

Ant and Felipe sat down ahead of Advancing AI Melbourne (6-7 April) 2022 to discuss what executives need to be thinking about when it comes to advancing AI initiatives across the enterprise. In this candid chat they explore how artificial intelligence impacts humans and common fears around the machine. They also share on the opportunities with AI, where the machine can enhance human performance and free up time for more strategic work. To hear more from Ant in person, register for Advancing AI where he will be on a panel covering: “Business readiness and engagement – navigating the path to business value.” Use code COMMUNITY for a special discount. https://www.datafuturology.com/advancing-ai-registration#aai-registration Thanks to our sponsor, Talent Insights Group! Read the full podcast summary here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

In this episode, Felipe caught up with Anuj Anand, CIO at Ausenco on his career path through the company from System Engineer to CIO. It’s a very real interview in which Anuj shares some very honest life lessons that have helped to get him to where he is at today. On presenting his first 5-year tech strategy to the board he was told that was definitely what they didn’t want to see! Undeterred he went away only to return and nail it! He shares some of the common challenges faced by CIOs today across everything from cybersecurity to recruitment. He also shares how AI is influencing their data strategy and the importance of building diverse tech teams. Enjoy the show! Read the podcast full summary here Thanks to our sponsor Talent Insights Group! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

In this episode, Felipe is joined by three special guests and pioneers of data and analytics in Australia. In celebration of International Women’s Day 2022 we tackled the trifecta of tough topics in the data analytics community right now – teams, culture, and talent. Often we hear that the data and the tech, even the analytics itself, are the easy part. People, engagement, and culture matter the most. If the shiny tools just sit on a shelf, with a disengaged audience then no one wins. What does it take to turn that around? Right now, we're exploring the limits of organisation-wide data literacy. Inside organisations, we want to change how decisions are made, but as yet it's not clear how much expertise people are willing to acquire as part of their day job. It takes a culture that will encourage and support that growth, teams that can flourish beyond siloes and the ability to find in-demand talent. This show includes such a great discussion full of insight and real-world application. You can catch even more from two of our fantastic guests, Michelle-Joy (MJ) and Kathryn, at our Advancing AI event taking place at the Crown Promenade Melbourne on 6-7 April. Register here to catch up with Felipe, MJ and Kathryn in-person: https://bit.ly/3HL8Iv1 Thanks to our sponsor Talent Insights Group! Enjoy the show. Read the full podcast episode summary here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

In this episode, Felipe is joined by Jason Mars, professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. Also, an entrepreneur and an author, he cares deeply about creating an impact in the world. Describing himself as a tinkerer at heart, he has always tried to experiment and explore, with an ultimate focus on making a difference in the world. His background is in artificial intelligence at scale, having worked that on a large-scale computing system for many years. He has written about 100 research papers that worked with 14+ PhD students. Having started several companies, he has grown one technology company to a $200 million valuation bringing state of the art conversational AI to market.  In this podcast, Felipe and Jason discuss creating the kind of technology that can define the next 10 years of artificial intelligence and scalable systems. Thanks to our sponsor Talent Insights Group! Read the podcast full episode summary here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

As the data analytics space matures demands from the business for the products and services being generated has been increasing. There is a thirst and appetite for internal and external data and analytics outputs. However, we need visible platforms and the ability to orchestrate complex data pipelines to enable this growth and underpin the mechanism. Cue the emergence of the engineer. We started with the data engineer and have welcomed more specialised roles including the Analytics Engineer, ML Engineer and AI Engineer. Heavily leveraging from the IT side, these roles have evolved and are becoming integral to the business. How exactly is the engineer in the data analytics space evolving? How is this enabling reliable accessible, performant systems that are monitored appropriately? Can we look at team structures? Are there ways we can implement or better use the modern data stack? As an industry we’re maturing, we’re further specialising and we’re reacting to the demands of the business. We’re seizing the opportunity to create more value for our organisations! That’s what Felipe will discuss in this week’s podcast episode. Enjoy the show. Thanks to our sponsor Talent Insights Group! Read podcast full summary here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

Scaling AI. There is a reason it's a hot topic for discussion, we all need to do it but it is fraught with challenges from the complexity of the tech itself to the people and processes needed to underpin scaling AI for production.  In this session we share the common challenges faced and address how to tackle those issues. We explore methodologies and approaches to successfully lift AI projects into production, the key architecture and tech needed, skills and talent required and finally, the processes needed to support all of this. Thanks to our sponsor Talent Insights Group! Read the podcast full summary here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

For the first episode of 2022, Felipe speaks with Kari Jones, Head of Analytics and Insights at Countdown (Woolworths NZ). Don’t miss all the gold in this episode as Felipe and Kari talk about leadership, analytics and more! Enjoy the show. Thanks to our sponsor Talent Insights Group! Join us at our live events, learn more here: https://www.datafuturology.com/events Read the podcast full summary here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

Don’t miss this week’s episode, as Felipe closes this three-part series for the Top 5 Data and Analytics AI Trends to watch for 2022. Whether these data analysis and AI trends inspire you to brainstorm new models or update the existing ones in your toolkit, the choice is entirely yours. Thanks to our sponsor, Talent Insights Group! Read the full podcast episode summary here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

Felipe’s roundup of the top data analytics and AI trends for 2022 and beyond should give our creators a good idea of where the industry is heading. Enjoy the show! Thanks to our sponsor Talent Insights Group! Read the podcast full summary here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message

Don’t miss this episode as Felipe talks about the Top 5 Data Analytics and AI Trends as we move into 2022. Enjoy the show! Thanks to our wonderful sponsor, Talent Insights Group Read full podcast episode summary here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message