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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Today I had the pleasure of Interviewing Scott Hickle. Scott is the co-founder of Throne Science, an innovative 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.
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Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mark Moyou. Mark is a Senior Data Scientist at NVIDIA 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.
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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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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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Today, I brought back my good friend @TinaHuang1 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. Pathrise - | Career mentorship for job applicants (Free till you land a job)
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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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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.
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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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