Making Data Simple

Making Data Simple

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Hosted by Al Martin, IBM VP of Data and A.I. Development, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.

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Jul 8, 2026

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Starting a business that merges technology and medicine: Sean Bozorgzad, CEO Potentia, will make medical rooms near you more efficient via historical patterns, current events, futures, and virtual predictions. 17.08.2022

Send us Fan Mail Starting a business that merges technology and medicine: Sean Bozorgzad, CEO Potentia, will make medical rooms near you more efficient via historical patterns, current events, futures, and virtual predictions. Show Notes 02:45 Sean = medicine + tech 10:04 Starting Potentia Analytics 16:58 Potentia real-time insights 19:04 HIPAA and use cases 23:02 How it all works 30:36 Knowledge...

The most interesting man alive : Neil Sahota, CEO ACSILabs, is taking on AI for Good with the UN. Hear about his UN workings, new book, and think differently with TUCBO. 10.08.2022

Send us Fan Mail The most interesting man alive : Neil Sahota, CEO ACSILabs, is taking on AI for Good with the UN. Hear about his UN workings, new book, and think differently with TUCBO. Show Notes 02:57 Mr. Neil Sahota 05:34 Approaching the UN0 8:30 The UN pitch 10:37 An AI book for ALL of us 14:17 AI for Good 19:07 Use cases 22:46 Own the AI revolution 32:13 Think differently with TUCBO 38:57 Th...

Of course you're tired of spreadsheets. Data exploration is better. Ryan Buick, Co-Founder of Canvas. 03.08.2022

Send us Fan Mail Tired of spreadsheets? Yes you are. Ryan Buick, Co-Founder of Canvas, has the answer. Canvas is a data exploration tool for business teams to automate manual reporting, build dashboards, and answer ad-hoc questions without SQL.  Show Notes 02:36 Who is Ryan Buick?  04:43 The Canvas mission 06:57 Startups during a pandemic 09:36 Problem(s) solved 14:33 Modernizing spreadsheets 20:1...

Kansas Rules. John Darbyshire, CEO SmartSuite & Serial Entrepreneuer joins Al to discuss work management, data, and passion as king. 27.07.2022

Send us Fan Mail This week a Kansas boy done good. Jon Darbyshire, CEO SmartSuite and serial entrepreneur on work management to manage process, from any industry, within a single platform.  Show Notes 03:28 From Haysville to Newport Beach 07:18 Why start a business in a pandemic? 08:48 Who needs venture funding. Not Jon. 09:26 Workplace automation defined 14:12 SmartSuite capabilities 19:30 Target...

Back to School Replay! Sales Sales Sales [Part 1] Al & Ayal Steinberg discuss data and AI, market growth, and “Switzerland” 20.07.2022

Send us Fan Mail Hey Folks! Back to school replay here while we edit some of our recent guests.  Enjoy! Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple ? Reach out to us at [almartintalksdata@gmail.com] or for faster response, complete this form and tell us why you should be next. Abstract Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales,...

Part 2 : Back, back again... "Two Sales experts walk into a bar". Frank Attaie, GM Technology IBM Canada, and Matt Kosinski, VP Data and AI and Automation Sales Americas. 13.07.2022

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 : Back, back again... "Two Sales experts walk into a bar". Frank Attaie, GM Technology IBM Canada, and Matt Kosinski, VP Data and AI and Automation Sales Americas. I start right out with addressing sales performance. 😳 Game on. Show Notes 00:00 How to address those not achieving quota 02:37 What is a Robertson screw driver??? 04:51 Biggest Sales failures 09:05 TH...

Two Sales experts walking into a bar... and divulge all the secrets. Art or science? Frank Attaie, GM Technology IBM Canada, Matt Kosinski, VP Data and AI and Automation Sales Americas. 06.07.2022

Send us Fan Mail Part 1 : Two Sales experts walking into a bar... and divulge all the secrets. Art or science? Frank Attaie, GM Technology IBM Canada, Matt Kosinski, VP Data and AI and Automation Sales Americas. Show Notes 06:42 Sales advice for a new leader 09:43 Client research in a pinch 14:57 Sales philosophy 17:51 Defining "listening" 22:57 Cringeworthy questions 25:37 The right sty...

Life's burning questions... are type A personalities really satisfied? Let's discuss with Kris Kluver, Founder of Life on your terms. 29.06.2022

Send us Fan Mail Personal health to match business success.  Welcome Kris Kluver, Founder of Life on Your Terms.  Speaker, Facilitator, Advisor, Best-Selling Author, and Coach. Show Notes 02:39 Who is Kris Kluver, the coach? 05:33 Any A-type personalities really satisfied? 06:23 Kris' brand 12:14 How to grow a business and yourself 20:37 Defining success 26:09 The one action to better your li...

Part 2 of Decision Intelligence with David Collins - what is the technology, and the swamps! My, the swamps. 22.06.2022

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 : David Collins, Chief Revenue Officer of Diwo, enters the building.  We go a bit deep to learn about Decision Intelligence this week.  Enjoy.   00:38 Decision Intelligence technology  3:13 Data is ... a... swamp.    6:38 Bias or evidence detection 8:33 Monetization 14:18 AI is, is not, is magic 18:35 Diwo's differentiation 22:45 Lake house fun Find David :  https://ww...

Diving Deep into Decision Intelligence with David Collins, CRO of Diwo 15.06.2022

Send us Fan Mail Part 1 : David Collins, Chief Revenue Officer of Diwo, enters the building.  We go a bit deep to learn about Decision Intelligence this week.  Enjoy.   Show Notes 03:28 Meet David Collins.  Who is this dude? 07:46 Why Diwo? 09:53 Decision Intelligence is NOT Data Science 14:44 Skip the dashboard 17:23 The pursuit of data perfection? 19:24 Contextual intelligence 23:12 Where does D...

Data Reliability: Detection, Resolution, Prevention. With Barr Moses, CEO & Founder of Monte Carlo 08.06.2022

Send us Fan Mail Welcome Barr Moses CEO & Co - Founder of Monte Carlo, a data reliability company.  We talk detection, resolution, prevention and the 5 pillars of data observability.   Great dialog. Show Notes 03:53 : Zero defect data 06:02 : Customer success learnings  10:42 : Delivering value with data 14:00 : Monte Carlo, the name 18:20 : Data observability 23:38 : Detection, resolution, pr...

Following up with Data man, Tarush Aggarwal CEO & Founder of 5x, is back on the podcast with part 2. 01.06.2022

Send us Fan Mail Part 2: Data man, Tarush Aggarwal, is back on the podcast. Setting up the data lake, flexible pricing for managed services, and the laborious life of a CEO. Enjoy.  Show Notes  00:37 Is 5x in the consulting business? 02:20 Flexible pricing  12:35 Envisioning your destination 16:01 What is the CEO doing?  17:15 Hire for skill or culture?  Show Notes  00:37 Is 5x in the consulting b...

Back to our Data roots - all about Data with Tarush Aggarwal, founder and CEO of 5x Part 1 26.05.2022

Send us Fan Mail Part 1: Welcome Tarush Aggarwal, a Data man on the podcast. He talks modern data stack and a managed service to make all your data wishes come true. Show Notes 01:23 The benefits of being a "bad software engineer" 5:54 The great escape to … China 7:50 What's in a name "5x"? 9:24 Born during Covid 12:14 The modern stack 17:36 Why 5x? 18:08 Target customer p...

Back to our Data roots - all about Data with Tarush Aggarwal, founder and CEO of 5x Part 1 25.05.2022

Send us Fan Mail Part 1: Welcome Tarush Aggarwal, a Data man on the podcast. He talks modern data stack and a managed service to make all your data wishes come true.  Show Notes  01:23 The benefits of being a "bad software engineer" 5:54 The great escape to ... China  7:50 What's in a name "5x"?  9:24 Born during Covid  12:14 The modern stack  17:36 Why 5x?  18:08 Target c...

Instituting a practice around exercising... oh, and outlining the Customer Success Management profession with Janine Sneed, VP Customer Success, IBM. 18.05.2022

Send us Fan Mail Instituting a practice around exercising... oh, and outlining the Customer Success Management profession with Janine Sneed, VP Customer Success, IBM.  Show Notes  01:12 The exercise formula  04:42 Janine's career ladder  08:50 What is Customer Success Management (CSM) 13:30 The CSM practice  19:40 Creating is easy, scaling is hard  24:02 It's hard to say NO. Being intent...

Let's talk supply chain efficiency of beer! Federico Crespo, CEO Valiot 11.05.2022

Send us Fan Mail Let's talk supply chain efficiency of beer! Federico Crespo, CEO Valiot, takes us there with supply chain AI that increases Heineken production by 5%. Related within, time to get over Tom Brady. Seriously.  Show Notes  06:19 What's up with supply chain 11:14 Ok, what about Inflation?  12:34 Valiot, the gods of IOT  15:08 Optimizing beer production 21:53 Shifting from IOT...

Enter at your own risk! Learn the secrets of Branding, Writing, and Comedy. The show after the show.... with Mark Van Name 04.05.2022

Send us Fan Mail Ok.  Want to hear more from Mark Van Name?  This is really the "After Show" material.  Not your typical Making Data Simple Podcast but.... we're having fun.   Enter at your own risk. Show Notes 04:06 Personal branding 04:16 Why is Mark so angry? 08:02 How does comedy help? 11:21 Back to Business:  Principled Technologies 16:14 The secret to writing : show up 21:48 N...

"Data systems are just like toddlers" - Rohit Choudhary, Acceldata 27.04.2022

Send us Fan Mail Core hypothesis is all companies are data driven, all have data complexity, and there is not enough talent out there to solve it.   Show Notes 04:01 Why Start Acceldata 06:02 Core hypothesis for Acceldata 08:59 Will Hadoop survive? And a tip of the hat to mainframes 11:12 Meaning of Data Observability & managing the data pipeline 13:26 The most troublesome data layer 20:10 Acc...

"Ferret"ing out the bad actors with Matt Heisie. You'll have to listen to get the joke! 20.04.2022

Send us Fan Mail Ferret, the company that performs due diligence for you.  Relationship intelligence to avoid high - risk individuals.  With Ferret Theranos doesn't happen.  Welcome Matt Heise, Co-founder and head of Product at Ferret. Show Notes 03:28 Attraction of serial entrepreneurship 05:17 The unbelievable story of Ferret's founding 11:37 Why due diligence isn't really done 18...

BOLD is a super power! Learn to grow your bold superpower as Al interviews Fred Joyal on the superpower of being bold. 13.04.2022

Send us Fan Mail Fred Joyal Notes  This week on Making Data Simple, Fred Joyal. Perhaps you've seen Fred on 1-800-DENTIST commercials. Now, he's turned marketing genius into the art of being BOLD.  Show Notes  02:20 Brand Fred Joyal  19:20 Monetization Strategy  20:58 Boldness is a Super Power  23:18 Just Show Up  26:15 Step Up with Exercises  27:00 Failure's are Steps Up, Take Anot...

Part 2 Mr. President, here is the situation with Eric Daimler, Chair, CEO, & Co-Founder Conexus AI, Inc. 06.04.2022

Send us Fan Mail Part 2: This week on Making Data Simple, we have Eric Diamler. Eric is an authority in the Artificial Intelligence community with over 20 years of experience in the field. He currently leads MIT’s first-ever spinout from its Math department and has co-founded six technology companies that have pioneered work in fields ranging from software systems to statistical arbitrage.  Show N...

Mr. President, here is the situation, part 1 with Eric Daimler, Chair, CEO, & Co-Founder Conexus AI, Inc. 30.03.2022

Send us Fan Mail Part 1: This week on Making Data Simple, we have Eric Diamler.  Eric is an authority in the Artificial Intelligence community with over 20 years of experience in the field. He currently leads MIT’s first ever spinout from its Math department and has cofounded six technology companies that have pioneered work in fields ranging from software systems to statistical arbitrage.  Show N...

[Replay] Al and Scott Taylor discuss making data fun and simple in data management 23.03.2022

Send us Fan Mail Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [almartintalksdata@gmail.com] and tell us why you should be next. Abstract Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Mak...

(Replay) Have you picked your bracket yet? Al Martin and Nancy Hensley discuss the role of Data and AI in Sports. 16.03.2022

Send us Fan Mail Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple ? Reach out to us at [almartintalksdata@gmail.com] and tell us why you should be next. Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, Data and AI Expert Services and Learning at IBM, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Sim...

Al and Mark Van Name discuss Principled Technologies Moat in reference to audience, usage model, and context 09.03.2022

Send us Fan Mail Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple ? Reach out to us at [almartintalksdata@gmail.com] and tell us why you should be next. Abstract Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Account Technical Leader IBM Technology Sales, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. This week on Ma...

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