Data Unplugged - The podcast

It was highly enjoyable speaking to Thomas Gengler, the Head of Chapter Reporting & BI Solutions, about PHOENIX group - Integrated Healthcare Provider's journey to become more data driven. I had the pleasure to speak to many data leaders about this topic, and especially about the reasons those initiatives fail. Speaking to Thomas, it was clear, that they developed a strong understanding of...

What makes a good leader in Data? What makes a good leader in general?   In our 17th episode of #dataunplugged , I had the pleasure to discuss Ellen König s - currently the Head of Engineering at alcemy - journey from individual contributor to leader and what she thinks makes a good leader.   What did we discuss? 👇 - 00:34 - Introducing Ellen. - 01:14 - Starting off in a leadership position. - 04...

In this weeks episode, I had the pleasure to discuss everything data with Kevin Haferkamp, Head of Data Intelligence & Analytics, at Deichmann, at their HQ. What did we talk about? 👇 - 00:26 - Introducing Kevin. - 01:23 - How the COVID challenge was tackled. - 04:08 - Modern stack transformation. - 10:38 - The state of Deichmann now. - 14:24 - The biggest achievements to date. - 16:30 - Data...

In episode 15 of #dataunplugged , I had the pleasure to discuss Handelsblatt’s journey to build and release a request management tool, with Ana Moya, Head of Data Science & Analytics. They kicked off their journey with one thing in mind… streamline and prioritize requests for the data team. How did they do? More about the episode below 👇 - 01:26 - Introducing Ana. - 04:36 - What is the reques...

2 part!!! Data unplugged Episode In today’s episode of #dataunplugged I had the pleasure to speak to Michael Hein the co-founder of Datatoolbox. With their help, Handelsblatt, implemented a new process, automating business processes for Data Teams. In this episode we talk about what Datatoolbox does and what is important when starting off working with data.  More about the episode 🤘 - 00:34 - Int...

What do vikings have to do with voice assistants and what is the future of voice assistants? In the 13th episode of #dataunplugged, I spoke to Lara Ehrenhofer, an NLP specialist.   We discussed everything from how language developed, to how NLP is being used, GPTs hallucinations and also what the future holds for voice assistants.   More about the episode below   - 00:30 - Introducing Lara. - 07:4...

In our 12th episode of #dataunplugged I had the pleasure to speak with Alexey Dubrovin, Director Data at CARFAX Europe about data products and data as a product, the journey at Carfax and how to get paid for your data – sometimes not even with money.    More details on the episode below - 00:30 - Introducing Alexey and Carfax - 01:09 - The differences between data products and data as a product -...

How do you build multiple products for 12 markets across multiple countries🤷‍♂️ Let Andre tell you that… Andre, from ViiV healthcare, joined me on the #dataunplugged podcast, episode 11, to discuss how he helped ViiV healthcare develop multiple data products, that bring various benefits to the organization.   More details about the episode 👇 - 00:19 - Introducing Andre Sharf & ViiV Healthcar...

In our 10th episode of Data unplugged, we are joined by Dani Solà Lagares, the SVP of Data & Analytics at Clark – a digital insurance broker. In this episode we have discussed Clarks data journey, their transition from an old school data stack to a scalable modern data stack and how data & analytics is empowering the organization. More details about the episode below: 00:30 - Introduction...

In our 9th episode of Data unplugged we had the pleasure to speak to Valentin Umbach from komoot, about Self Service Analytics. Is self service analytics just a hype that is being pushed by vendors? Is true self service analytics possible? What even is true self service analytics?! Tune in to find out what Valentin has to say!

In the 8th episode of Data unplugged, we have Tim Hiebenthal from Project A, a VC that invests in digital companies and also has their own consulting unit, which adivses those start-ups. Tim talked us through some common mistakes he saw early-stage start-ups make and how to prevent them. We discussed different topics such as differences between sectors and business models, at what stage you need w...

In the 7th episode of the Data Unplugged podcast, we discuss the differences between providing data for a business and providing data as a business, with Viviana the Head of Data at parcellab.   We begin by exploring how to provide value through data, to a business, including having the right people, technology, and mindset. We also discuss common challenges when building data teams and how to pre...

In our 6th episode of the "Data unplugged" podcast, the focus was on how to get data science projects into production and generate business value – quickly. In this episode, we were joined by Florian Scheibner, the Head of Data Science at NKD Group, one of the largest discount retailers in Europe. The conversation covered a wide range of topics related to data science, including how to f...

Welcome to the 5th episode of "Data Unplugged," the podcast where we explore the world of data and analytics from a practical perspective. In this episode, I am joined by Laurent Dresse, a Data Governance Evangelist and the host of the "Data governance kitchen", to discuss the importance of data governance and how it can be implemented effectively within organizations. The podc...

Welcome to the fourth episode of "Data Unplugged," the podcast where we explore the world of data and analytics from a practical perspective. In this episode, I am joined by Vinnie Dalpiccol, the founding Data Engineer at Mushlabs.  In this episode, we delve into the topic of the orchestration of the modern data platform, exploring what it is, what the modern data stack entails, and the...

Welcome to the third episode of "Data Unplugged," the podcast where we explore the world of data and analytics from a practical perspective. In this episode, I am joined by Roman Jendrusch - a Software Developer, turned Data Architect, now helping various organisations setting up their data architecture.  In this episode we discussed what a good data architecture looks like and why the w...

Welcome to the second episode of "Data Unplugged," the podcast where we explore the world of data and analytics from a practical perspective. In this episode, I am joined by Etoma Egot - Head of Data, BI and AI at AirUp, a rapidly growing StartUp and we're going to focus on the topic of scaling a data team from scratch and providing value quickly. He will share his insights and experiences on how...

In this episode, I am joined by Elizabeth Press, the Co Founder of D3M Labs, a blog and a community for data professionals.  She will talk us through some best practices around Data Mesh, road maps and important things to look out for and also what is needed to prevent it from turning into a money draining mess.