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Welcome back to My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.In this episode, we speak with Lulit Tesfaye, Partner and VP of Knowledge and Data Services, Joe Hilger, Chief Operating Officer, and Zach Wahl, President and CEO of Enterprise Knowledge. Together, they share their career journeys and discuss how the worlds of data, knowledge management, and artificial intelligence are increasingly converging.Listen as they explore the importance of breaking down silos between data and content teams, the growing role of semantics and context in AI success, and how organizations are leveraging knowledge and data together to drive better outcomes. They also share insights into the future of data careers and why expertise in data, knowledge management, and AI governance is more in demand than ever.Learn more about our guests and their work:Lulit TesfayeJoe HilgerZach WahlLearn more about their book:Bridging Knowledge, Data, and AI: Harnessing the Semantic Layer Framework to Drive IntelligenceLearn more about Enterprise KnowledgeNever miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome to Inside Applied Data Governance, a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we explore the practical realities of data governance with the experts who helped build the Applied Data Governance Practitioner (ADGP) certification.In this episode, we speak with Jimm Johnson about one of the most critical success factors in any governance initiative: executive commitment. Jimm shares practical insights on gaining stakeholder support, communicating the value of governance to leaders, and moving beyond passive agreement to active sponsorship. Learn how governance practitioners can build the relationships and organizational alignment needed to turn governance efforts into lasting business initiatives.Connect with Jimm Johnson on LinkedInLearn more about the Applied Data Governance Practitioner (ADGP) Certification Buy the ADG BoKTake the Training Schedule Your Exam 

Welcome to Inside Applied Data Governance, a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we explore the practical realities of data governance with the experts who helped build the Applied Data Governance Practitioner (ADGP) certification.In this episode, we speak with John Ladley about proving the value of data governance and sustaining long-term momentum. John shares practical insights on measuring governance success, connecting initiatives to business outcomes, and communicating value in ways that resonate with stakeholders. He also discusses common signs that a governance program may be losing traction, why traditional ROI calculations often miss the bigger picture, and how trust, engagement, and organizational culture contribute to lasting success.Connect with John Ladley on LinkedInLearn more about the Applied Data Governance Practitioner (ADGP) Certification Buy the ADG BoK Take the Training Schedule Your Exam 

Welcome back to an all-new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.In this episode, we speak with Samuel Spencer, CEO and co-founder of Aristotle Metadata and a recognized leader in data governance and metadata management. Samuel shares his unconventional journey into the world of data, reflecting on how a career that began far outside traditional data roles ultimately led him to building one of the industry's leading metadata platforms.Listen as Samuel discusses the growing importance of metadata in modern organizations, why communication and business context are critical to successful data governance, and how professionals from diverse backgrounds—including healthcare, philosophy, and psychology—can thrive in data careers. He also shares valuable insights on breaking down technical barriers, bringing data conversations into the boardroom, and helping organizations understand the true value of their data assets.Learn more about Samuel and his work:Connect with Samuel Spencer on LinkedInAristotle MetadataInterested in strengthening your data governance expertise? Explore DATAVERSITY training and certification opportunities, including the Applied Data Governance Practitioner Program, which Samuel has publicly recommended for data professionals looking to advance their governance skills.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome to Inside Applied Data Governance, a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we explore the practical realities of data governance with the experts who helped build the Applied Data Governance Practitioner (ADGP) certification.In this episode, we speak with John Ladley about designing data governance frameworks that actually work. Drawing on decades of experience, John discusses why governance structures must align with organizational culture, how to evaluate centralized and federated models, and why copying another organization’s framework rarely succeeds. Discover practical guidance for building governance approaches that are sustainable, scalable, and tailored to your organization’s needs.Connect with John Ladley on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnladley/Learn more about the Applied Data Governance Practitioner (ADGP) Certification https://training.dataversity.net/applied-data-governance-certification-adgBuy the ADG BoK https://training.dataversity.net/courses/adgbok-applied-data-governance-body-of-knowledgeTake the Training https://training.dataversity.net/learning-paths/adgp0-applied-data-governance-practitioner-certification-programSchedule Your Exam https://training.dataversity.net/courses/adgp4-applied-data-governance-practitioner-certification-exam

Welcome back to an all-new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.In this episode, we speak with Mageshwaran Subramanian, Managing Consultant, ERP Data Transformation at Delaware North America. With over 15 years of experience in SAP data migration and governance, Mageshwaran shares his journey working across global ERP transformations and how his career has evolved alongside the shift to cloud and AI-driven architectures.Listen as Mageshwaran explains why data is the “digital memory” of an organization, how data quality underpins successful AI initiatives, and what skills—like SQL and core data fundamentals—remain essential for the next generation of data professionals.Learn more about Mageshwaran and his work:LinkedIn Mageshwaran SubramanianDelaware North AmericaNever miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome to Inside Applied Data Governance, a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we explore the practical realities of data governance with the experts who helped build the Applied Data Governance Practitioner (ADGP) certification.In this episode, we speak with John Ladley about why data governance is more than policies and processes; it’s a critical business capability. John shares insights on the business drivers behind governance initiatives, common misconceptions organizations face, and what effective governance looks like in practice. Learn why successful programs focus on business outcomes and how practitioners can help organizations turn governance from a concept into a competitive advantage.Connect with John Ladley on LinkedIn Learn more about the Applied Data Governance Practitioner (ADGP) CertificationBuy the ADG BoK Take the TrainingSchedule Your Exam Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all-new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.In this episode, we speak with Joe Devon, technology entrepreneur, accessibility advocate, Co-Founder of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), and Chair of the GAAD Foundation. From early internet ventures and high-scale platforms like American Idol to launching a global movement for digital accessibility, Joe’s career has followed an unexpected path shaped by risk, reinvention, and impact.Listen as Joe shares how one idea became a worldwide accessibility movement, why AI is changing the future of inclusive technology, and what data professionals need to understand as software, accessibility, and artificial intelligence continue to converge.Learn more about Joe and the work he does:LinkedIn Joe Devon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joedevon/LinkedIn GAAD Foundation: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gaad-foundation/GAAD Foundation: https://gaad.foundation/Global Accessibility Awareness Day: https://accessibility.day/AIMAC Initial Report: https://aimac.ai/AIMAC Open Source Benchmark: https://github.com/GAAD-Foundation/AIMACAccessibility & GenAI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@A11yGenAINever miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Sanjal Kanti Howlader, Insights Analyst, Greene King Limited. At six years old, he dreamed of becoming an actor to be the hero solving everyone's problems, later imagining himself as a detective solving mysteries before earning degrees in applied statistics and joining telecommunications where his first customer segmentation assignment in SPSS revealed that data could answer unanswered questions and solve real organizational problems. Listen how after 13 years in telecom rising to head of customer analytics, he made a bold move to the UK so his wife could pursue her PhD, testing his transferable skills across industries from sports governance to his current role as Insight Analyst at Greene King, one of the UK's largest pub and hospitality companies with over 1,000 locations.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Green King Limited.Connect with Sanjal Kanti Howlader  on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Karina Blackman, Master Data Governance Manager, GrainCorp. At six years old, she dreamed of becoming a librarian and ironically, she's now doing something remarkably similar as Master Data Governance Manager. For years, she assumed data careers were only for analytical people living in spreadsheets and code. Hear how she realized the real leverage sits in strategic thinking & understanding how things fit together, how people work, how organizations change, and how data affects all of it.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about GrainCorp.Connect with Karina Blackman on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Duru Ahanotu, PhD, Sole Proprietor , Ahan Analytics. At six years old, he dreamed of becoming a scientist solving big problems, never imagining he'd spend his career doing data management, sometimes without even realizing it until later. After earning his PhD at Stanford working with expert systems and automotive diagnostics, he was pulled into boutique management consulting where he built a legendary 100-tab spreadsheet modeling IBM's manufacturing supply chain, though he just thought of himself as a "modeler" rather than a data professional. Listen how his career bounced between startups and established companies, until deciding to work for himself.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Ahan Analytics.Connect with Duru Ahanotu, PhD on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Suresh Srinivas, CEO and Co-founder, Collate. At six years old, he dreamed of being a scientist passionate about math and puzzles but fell in love with computers for the same reason later in life. Debugging problems and fixing what doesn't work, a passion he still pursues by coding on weekends when not serving as CEO - "chief of everything officer". Hear how his journey took him from Nortel Networks to Yahoo's Hadoop team during the big data revolution, to co-founding various data driven companies. Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Collate .Connect with Collate on LinkedIn.Connect with Suresh Srinivas on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Ron Zionpour, Chief Technology Officer, Healthee. At six years old, he never dreamed of becoming a CTO. He grew up in the 90’s taking apart old radios and flashlights to reassemble them into something more useful, inspired by his father's electronics work and driven by an innate desire to solve problems and create. When his love of math and science led him to computer science in college, he started at a large corporation but quickly left for an early-stage tech startup. Listen how he spent eight and a half years growing from junior developer to VP of Engineering, discovered he loved leading people more than writing code but stayed obsessed with technical details and knowing the platform better than anyone. As well as landing at Healthee to help people navigate the confusing U.S. healthcare system by turning complex benefits information into clear, actionable insights through AI built on rock-solid data foundations. Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Healthee.Connect with Ron Zionpour  on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Macie Minier, Director of Strategy and Evaluation, Coburn Place Safe Haven. She never imagined working with data on a macro level. Growing up watching her social worker mother, she assumed social work meant directly helping people face-to-face, starting as a case manager at a domestic violence emergency shelter realizing that is not always the case working with survivors brought in from police departments and hospitals. While she loved the interpersonal connection, she kept facing the same systemic problems beyond individual cases, so she stayed vocal with supervisors about trends and persistently offered to tackle administrative work until she transitioned into program analysis. Listen to how as Director of Strategy and Evaluation at Coburn Place, a domestic violence safe haven, handles data governance, grant reporting, strategic planning, and KPIs across the entire organization and learning that her biggest challenge wasn't analytical ability but communication. Listener note: This episode features a conversation with a professional who works at Coburn Place, a domestic violence shelter. While we do not share personal stories or detailed accounts, the topic is mentioned in this episode. This note is shared simply so you can make an informed choice about listening.If you or someone you know needs support, help is available. In the U.S., you can contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at thehotline.org or call/text 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). You can learn more about Coburn Place at coburnplace.org/.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Coburn Place.Connect with Macie Minier on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Erin Woodward, Lead AI Architect, Cyclotron. At six years old, she dreamed of becoming an astronaut due to an aunt sending her items from space camps and watching the film of the same name. But being in the middle of the country left little opportunities for that path. Her advisor suggests computer science since "computers were becoming a thing" which fed into her natural talent for math and love of puzzles. Nothing about her 25-year data career turned out to be as easy as she thought. Follow along how she went from a call center worker to becoming the lead AI Architect at Cyclotron.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Cyclotron.Connect with Erin Woodward on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Malcolm Hawker, Chief Data Officer, Profisee. At six years old, he dreamed of getting paid to build Lego for the rest of his life. While that didn't pan out, his winding career path through data and product management has been just as creative. After earning a business degree, he pursued a master's in communications while dreaming of becoming the next Richard Branson. Instead, he sent 400 resumes and landed as a call center rep at AOL in 1995. Listen how that AOL role launched a 30-year career spanning product management, data and analytics, and leadership roles at companies like Dun & Bradstreet and Gartner, eventually leading him to make the unconventional decision to step away from people management and a multi-million dollar budget to become an individual contributor and thought leader, advising CDOs, CIOs, and CEOs. Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Profisee and Podcast.Connect with Malcolm Hawker on LinkedIn.Get Malcom's Book Here.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome to the season finale of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Shannon Fuller, Lead Data Governance, Ahold Delhaize USA. At six years old, he dreamed of becoming a pilot. When he discovered he was colorblind, he shifted his interests to architecture, a passion fueled by his family's construction company where he worked summers as a teen. Tune in to hear how his journey to electrical engineering shaped him to become a Data Governance leader for a global grocery retailer.Season 04 set to begin in early 2026!Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Connect with Shannon Fuller on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Susan Ray, Associate Professor of English, Delaware County Community College. She never imagined she'd become invested in data as an English professor specializing in Victorian literature, but her crash course came when developing an accelerated learning program. There, data shaped everything from student placement to school funding decisions. When AI-generated essays flooded her classroom, she refused to be like her undergraduate instructors from the past who resisted technology. Instead, she surveyed 100 students and discovered some surprising information that led her to "Bridging the AI Gap" where she tracks retention and grades while learning crucial lessons about data credibility from institutional research experts. Listen to her journey in proving that someone in the humanities can lead data-driven change by staying transparent about what she doesn't know while keeping students' needs and authentic human voices central.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about DCCC.Connect with Susan Ray on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Ariel Utnik, CEO, Seemore Data. He never knew what he wanted to be at six years old, or even at twenty-six, and honestly admits he still doesn't know. What he does know, is that he loves climbing mountains, taking on challenges and learning from his mistakes. His career journey began almost by accident when a friend told him about a QA tester position where the only requirement was "having a heartbeat". Hear how he turned his curiosity and thirst for knowledge into a leading AI optimization platform.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Seemore Data.Connect with Seemore Data on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Niruta Talwekar, Data Engineer at Meta. At six years old, she dreamed of becoming a university professor, like her father, inspired by the profound impact he made on his high school students' lives. Discover how she became the first engineer in her family during the big data boom, and why she made the pivotal transition from front-end software engineering to data engineering.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Meta.Connect with Niruta.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Ronen Schwartz, CEO, K2view. His mother joked that he tried to manage his parents and sister from a very young age, but his real dream was to be an engineer and build something significant that hadn't been built before. This vision evolved into the belief that software would “eat everything” and become the key to creating meaningful impact when he realized that data was behind everything. Join us in hearing his enlightening tale from his beginnings as an engineer, to becoming a CEO, and everything in between.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about K2view.Connect with Ronen.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Shree Periakaruppan, Head of Data Engineering and Analytics at the American College of Radiology. At ten years old, she walked into her father’s office which was a data center for nuclear science, saw massive mainframe computers, and her destiny was sealed. From that moment, she pursued every data role imaginable from software engineer, to DBA, to analyst, to architect, learning that true data success comes from investing in people and processes before technology. Listen along as she shares how childhood curiosity evolved into career building data strategies that save lives.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Connect with Shree.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Muzna Jamil Mallal, Senior Data Consultant, Nike, As a child her dream of becoming a flight attendant for free travel did not work out, but coming from a family of scientists naturally led her towards the engineering and STEM fields. Particularly math, a subject she genuinely enjoyed while her peers dreaded it because problems had clear right or wrong answers without lengthy explanations. Discover how she started in the US aid project, her thirst for continuous learning by gaining a degree at Arizona State University, and eventually landing at Nike.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Connect with Muzna.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Daragh O Brien, CEO, Castlebridge, his parents used to joke that the perfect job for him would be “to tell people they're doing it [a task] wrong”. Finding a problem and solving it is what he loved to do. Through data management, a field that didn't really exist when he was growing up, aligned perfectly with his hardwired problem-solving brain. Tune in to hear how a strategic thinker found his calling at the intersection of data, business transformation, law, and human behavior.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Castlebridge.Learn how the company got the name "Castlebridge".Daragh's co-authored book about Data Ethics.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Laura Clayton McDonnell, President of Corporates, Thomson Reuters, from childhood dreams of becoming an astronaut to witnessing her immigrant parents fight housing discrimination through the courts, Laura's path led her to law school to advocate for the voiceless. While specializing in corporate securities law and helping women and people of color start businesses pro bono, her curiosity about how businesses actually operate sparked a transition from legal work into sales, marketing, and business development. Discover how her journey evolved from practicing law to leading in the data management field at Thomson Reuters.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Thomson Reuters.Connect with Thomson Reuters on LinkedIn.Connect with Laura on LinkedIn.Thomson Reuters Future of Professionals Action Paper for Corporate Professionals.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Prateek Arora, Business Analyst, Non-Profit in Fintech & Retail, a playful six-year-old who saw studying as an afterthought to a data professional who discovered his career path by his calling through curiosity. With no knowledge that roles like 'business analyst' even existed, he followed his instinct toward technology, becoming fascinated with fixing what wasn't working and finding better ways of organizing information. This natural problem-solving drive led him from computer hardware through systems and into data, where he now thrives in a role that perfectly combines both his technical passions. Join us for an inspiring conversation about how following your curiosity can lead to unexpected career fulfillment.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Explain My Stack.Prateek's Article "A New Role for Analysts: Curating the Shadow Stack".Connect with Prateek on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Marcia Rhode, Leadership Coach, Marcia Rhode Coaching & Consulting Services, hear how she broke free from small town traditional expectations to forge her own path through an unexpected journey of discovery. A seemingly mundane volunteer opportunity to learn a computer system at a state agency became the catalyst that launched her into data management, despite having zero technical training. Mentored by industry legends, she evolved from unlikely beginner to a data warehousing pioneer, building a thriving 15-year consulting practice with Fortune 500 giants. And that was just the beginning, listen now!Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Connect with Marcia on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Stacy Bein, Principle Business Data Steward, Discover, from a six-year-old's dream of becoming a dental hygienist to mastering complex data challenges is a testament to following your strengths. After discovering biology wasn't her calling in college, she took a bold detour into business collections, where everything clicked. Thriving on multi-team problem-solving, she became a self-taught data analyst, using insights to crack tough cases. This passion drove her back to school and completed an accounting degree and pursued an MBA then focused on data management and business intelligence. Tune in to hear how all this took place.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Discover.Connect with Discover on LinkedIn.Connect with Stacy on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Tim Alexander, Director of Technical Product Marketing, Yellowbrick Data, What started as a six-year-old's fascination with paleontology evolved into dreams of becoming a music industry power player. Armed with a business & technology degree and talent agency internships, he dove headfirst into the world of artist representation. But reality hit hard – the glamorous industry wasn't what it seemed from the outside. This eye-opening experience led to an unexpected pivot into tax accounting software as a sales engineer, where he discovered his true calling in product management. Join us for a candid conversation about following your passions, facing hard truths, and finding success in places you never expected to look.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Yellowbrick Data.Connect with Yellowbrick Data on LinkedIn.Connect with Tim on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Monica Miller, Senior Product Manager, Starburst Data, she shares how a personal physical challenge first sparked her interest in audiology, and how a pivotal college internship completely shifted her trajectory from mechanical engineering to the dynamic world of data. Discover the unexpected turns that led her to where she is today."Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Starburst.Connect with Starburst on LinkedIn.Connect with Monica on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Dia Adams, Enterprise Data/AI Strategist, TCG Incorporated , about her fascination in becoming a Supreme Court Justice as a child, later redirecting drive towards finance in high school, and ultimately discovering a passion for data and AI in university.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about TCG Incorporated.Connect with Dia on LinkedIn.Portfolio & Consult with Dia Adams .Get Her Book Now.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Christina Sandema-Sombe, CEO Christina Sandema-Sombe DBA LLC and Co-Founder & CDAIO Datum Cafe, about her aptitude for science in Zambia & focus to becoming a doctor but with the help of mentors altering her career path to becoming a leader of not one but two data centered companies.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Christina Sandema-Sombe D.B.A. LLC.Learn More about Datum Cafe.Connect with Christina on LinkedIn.

Welcome back to an all-new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Jacqueline Paneque, Head of Data Literacy & Data Quality, TE Information Solutions , about how she went from loving arts & crafts as a child with data not even on her radar to becoming the leading person in her company to raise data literacy and quality.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about TE Information Solutions.Connect with TE Information Solutions in LinkedIn.Connect with Jacqueline on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all-new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Eric Polet, Director of Product Marketing at Arcitecta, about how he went from not knowing the difference between a petabyte and terabyte into becoming the Director of Product Marketing for a premiere data management software company.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Arcitecta.Connect with Eric on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all-new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Michel Morgan, General Counsel of Operations, Universal P&C Insurance Company, about how she followed her childhood dream of becoming a lawyer and then learned to incorporate data management to ease her team's burden.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Universal P&C.Connect with Michel on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all-new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Michael Meyer, Solutions Engineer at Snowflake, about how he turned his early interest in weather to a career in data.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Snowflake.Connect with Michael on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This episode we speak with Peter Vennel, the Global Data Office Leader at Equifax, about how he went from an interest in coding to a career in data.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Equifax.Connect with Peter on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to an all new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This week we talk with Sandesh Gawande, the CTO and Founder of iceDQ, about how he turned his talent for building things into a career in data.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about iceDQ.Connect with Sandesh or iceDQ on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to and all new season or My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This week we're talking with Dr. Suman Mathur, a Senior Lecturer at Regenesys Business School, about how education fuels her career in data.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Connect with Dr. Mathur on LinkedIn.Explore the Lrn&Shr platform.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to season two of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This week we talk with Kiomi Soledad Spriestersbach, the Head of Data Quality and Governance at Lufthansa Group, about how she translated an interest in mathematics and languages to a career in data.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Lufthansa Group.Search careers at Lufthansa Group.Connect with Kiomi or Lufthansa Group on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to season two of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This week we're talking to Ramla Suhra, the Senior Staff Software Engineer at H-E-B, about how she translated an early interested in how things work to a career in data.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about H-E-B.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to season two of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This week we talk with Gloria Zukauskaite, an Advisory Board Member at Inox Fintech, about how she went from an interest in social work to a career in data.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Inox Fintech.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to season two of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This week we chat with Ben Little, the CEO of Bloomfire, about how he managed to be both a cowboy and build a career in data!Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Bloomfire.Connect with Ben on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to season two of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This week we're talking with Susan Lin, the Director of Data, Analytics, and Business Intelligence at Cornell University about how she went from a data entry job to a career in data.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Cornell University.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to season two of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This week we talk with Pragyansmita Nayak, the Chief Data Scientist at Hitachi Vantara Federal, about her journey to a career in data.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Connect Pragyansmita on LinkedIn.Learn more about Hitachi Vantara Federal.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to season two of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This week we chat with Ngan MacDonald, the Director of Data Innovation at Mathematica and the Chief of Data Operations at The Institute for AI in Medicine at Northwestern University, about how she transitioned from originally wanting to study economics to a career in data.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Mathematica.Learn more about The Institute or AI in Medicine.Connect with Ngan on LinkedIn.View the (currently) open positions at Mathematica: Principal Data Scientist Data Strategy LeadInterested in being a guest?

Welcome back to season two of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This week we talk with Patrick Danial, the Co-Founder and CTO at Terakeet, about how he built his early entrepreneurship into a career in data.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Terakeet.Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to season two of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This week we chat with Dr. Bridget Bratt, the Associate Director of Data Protection Strategy at Protiviti, about how she followed her curiosity from a early desire to work in fashion journalism to a career in data!Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Connect with Dr. Bratt on LinkedIn.Learn more about Protiviti.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to season two of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This week we chat with Alyssa Lien, a Fraud Data Scientist at The Standard, about how she followed her curiosity from an early interest in pathology to a career in data!Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about The Standard.Connect with Alyssa on LinkedIn.Interested in being a guest?

Welcome back to season two of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data.This week we talk with Mike Schumacher, the Founder of Lakeside Software, about how he turned his love for mathematics into a career in data.Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter.Learn more about Lakeside Software.Interested in being a guest?