#99 Utilizing a High-Performance Analytics Database with Irina Farooq – Chief Product Officer

Summary: <p>Irina is Chief Product Officer for Kinetica. Irina has over a decade of product management experience across a variety of sectors, including enterprise software, networking, hardware, IoT, SaaS, and Cloud. Irina joins Kinetica from Riverbed Technology, where she held a variety of leadership roles including Vice President of Products and Strategy for the Service Provider Business and Vice President of Product Management for Steelhead, Riverbed's flagship product.</p> <p><strong>Enjoy the show!</strong></p> <p><strong>We speak about:</strong></p> <ul> <li>[00:30] About Irina Farooq<br> </li> <li>[01:20] How did you get started in data?<br> </li> <li>[02:50] Why did you switch from engineering to product management?<br> </li> <li>[03:50] What did your career look like after switching to product management?<br> </li> <li>[04:35] How did you learn the craft of being a product manager?<br> </li> <li>[06:20] What type of products were you working on at the time?<br> </li> <li>[08:10] What kept you going during the tough times?<br> </li> <li>[11:25] What has your career looked like after Oracle?<br> </li> <li>[16:00] What challenges did you help customers overcome?<br> </li> <li>[18:15] How do the improvements work?<br> </li> <li>[19:50] What is feature engineering?<br> </li> <li>[24:15] How do you manage the lifecycle of operational models?<br> </li> <li>[30:45] What type of information do you keep track of?<br> </li> <li>[31:20] About Kinetica<br> </li> <li>[34:00] What does a day on the job look like?<br> </li> <li>[35:00] What are your biggest challenges?<br> </li> <li>[37:00] Why did Kinetica decide to go to Australia?<br> </li> <li>[39:30] How does tiered storage work?<br> </li> <li>[42:15] How much has the platform changed?<br> </li> <li>[44:45] What are you most proud of?<br> </li> <li>[49:00] What do you think about challenges in the data space?<br> </li> <li>[50:00] What is a piece of advice for the listeners?<br> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Resources:</strong></p> <p>Irina’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/irinafarooq/"><u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/irinafarooq/</u></a></p> <p>Kinetica: <a href="https://www.kinetica.com/"><u>https://www.kinetica.com</u></a></p> <p>Kinetica on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Kineticahq"><u>https://twitter.com/Kineticahq</u></a></p> <p>Kinetica on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/kinetica/"><u>https://www.linkedin.com/company/kinetica/</u></a></p> <p>Kinetica on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/kineticadb/"><u>https://www.youtube.com/kineticadb/</u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Quotes:</strong></p> <ul> <li>“Learning and self-improvement kept me going during the tough times.”<br> </li> <li>“The biggest transformation has been being deployed in some of the world’s largest enterprises.”<br> </li> <li>“Figure out what your superpowers are and focus on those things.”<br> </li> <li>“You can’t just fit the mold with everything.”</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Thank you to our sponsors:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.fyrebox.com/">Fyrebox</a> - Make Your Own Quiz!</p> <p><a href="https://studyonline.rmit.edu.au/online-programs/master-data-science">RMIT Online Master of Data Science Strategy and Leadership</a></p> <p>Gain the advanced strategic, leadership and data science capabilities required to influence executive leadership teams and deliver organisation-wide solutions.</p> <p>We are <a href="https://www.wearerubix.com.au/">RUBIX</a>. - one of Australia’s leading pure data consulting companies delivering project outcomes for some of the world’s leading brands.</p> <p>Visit <a href="http://online.rmit.edu.au/">online.rmit.edu.au</a> for more information</p> <p><br></p> <p>And as always, we appreciate your Reviews, Follows, Likes, Shares and Ratings. Thank you so much for listening. Enjoy the show!<br> </p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datafuturology/message