Summary: David studied applied physics and began his career as a consultant. He’s had his own company where he created a video asset management & workflow software in the 90s!. Then worked in the education/not-for-profit sector and then went into the finance sector as VP of BI & Data Analysis. Today, he is the Senior Vice President and Head of Data, Analytics and Research at BankMobile. We discuss: - the insights into large companies from his early days in consulting - why technology provides the “guard rails” for the business - why our roles as data scientists is to make sense of the mess - what’s missing in today’s analytics education and how to learn what you need - what to look for when building a diverse team - the importance of creating a narrative in analytics - the mindset to maintain during your analysis - motivations behind problems with data definitions - how data is like a flashlight Show notes: www.datafuturology.com/podcast/20 David is based in Providence , Rhode Island, USA --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message
