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Send us Fan Mail I took extended time to learn from two IBM Champions on the state  of the IT industry.  Welcome Heather Cole, President and CEO at  Lodestar Solutions and Steven Perva, Sr. Mainframe Innovation  Engineer at Ensono.  Special guest, Libby Ingrassia, Program Director for IBM Champions joins us. 03:21 Individuals whose first language is binary 13:17 What is an IBM Champion? 19:34 Why...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2: "See the Game, Change the Game".  More money ball with Paul Bessire,  VP of Data, Coterie Insurance.  Fascinating stuff.   01:00 Paul's customers <Ok, off the rails on sport psychology>  09:50 Moneyball for insurance 15:10 Can you underwrite at the individual level? 20:17 In summary 24:09 Startups and adverse selection 31:10 Three tweetable nuggets? 33...

Send us Fan Mail Part 1: Can't get enough of money ball?  Feels more like sports radio.  Making Data Simple welcomes Paul Bessire, VP of Data, Coterie Insurance.   05:11 Paul's KC connection 07:59 The Prediction Machine 08:38 Who is this guy??? 15:31 Paul's story 27:01 And about the Tech? 29:48 "Box Score" is all the matters LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbessir...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 : Learning leadership from a 2-star General : "The harder right versus the easier wrong". Hear about the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP) 00:12 How to become a 2-Star General 01:22 Raising 3 girls 4:10 Leadership style 05:21 MDMP to civilian leadership 09:55 General McConville's book recommendation 10:54 How military influences POV 14:06 Advice to othe...

Send us Fan Mail A 2-star General on the #MakingDataSimple podcast! Dianne Del Rosso, Brigadier General and VP, WW Services, IBM. Lab Services : World class consultants with certified skills providing value-based services via simple, repeatable practices, methodologies, and offerings 03:08 Meet the General 08:02 Why ditch Westpoint (twice)?! 10:10 How do you still balance the Reserves? 11:15 Do yo...

Send us Fan Mail Hey folks!  Replay this week as we crunch through a backlog of editing.  My favorite coach, Lynne Snead, is guest today to discuss Leadership and Coaching, the good, the bad, and the great.  Lynne is the founder of Talent Evolution Systems, a behavioral analyst, consultant, training specialist, speaker, coach, Lynne has a back ground in Educational Psychology, and has specialized...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Nicholas Freund, Founder and CEO of Workstream.io. Nicholas spearheads a seed-stage technology startup that integrates directly with analytical tools data, and existing workflows, to empower data teams to use data assets in a more effective way. 01:50 Meet Nichola Freund 05:18 Why leave the golden child : Tesla? 14:10 Time to start another data company 18:37 A startup in COVI...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 : A different take on technology. Iain Thomas, Group Creative Director, Virtue talks about the book he wrote with AI. Yes with a non-human called "What Makes Us Human". Why do we suffer? What is the meaning of life? Oh boy... 00:00 Writing a book with AI 02:56 Has AI provided the meaning of life? 07:37 Can AI sell too? 07:56 Do we lose our humanity with AI? 12:40...

Send us Fan Mail Part 1 : A different take on technology.  Iain Thomas, Group Creative Director, Virtue talks creativity and humanities, connecting people with technology, and Artificial Intelligence's impact on the creative arts.  AI, NFTs, Web 3.0, Metaverse.  01:34 The brand of being Iain Thomas 12:47 AI, NFTs, Web 3.0, Metaverse, and Crypto 14:36 Have Millennials rented their lives? 17:37...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 : Malcolm Hawker, Head of Data Strategy for Profisee, and thought leader in the field of Master Data Management (MDM) and Data Governance. If you're an MDM zealot, let's go deep! Show Notes: 00:32 The Head of Data Strategy 02:00 Make it Easy, Accurate, and Scale 05:48 What is Real vs Hype 09:00 Profisee's Differentiator 14:26 Reach out to Malcolm 15:28 How to...

Send us Fan Mail Part 1 : Welcome Malcolm Hawker, Head of Data Strategy for Profisee, and thought leader in the field of Master Data Management (MDM) and Data Governance. If you're an MDM zealot, let's go deep. Show Notes 01:28 Meet Malcolm Hawker 06:33 MDM's future 09:48 A unique view on data fabric 14:07 The rise and fall of AOL 19:46 The definition of MDM 26:28 MDM reference arch...

Send us Fan Mail 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, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while k...

Send us Fan Mail Let's talk tech strategy: IBM strategy with Roger Premo, General Manager, Strategy and Corporate Development at IBM. The state of the industry, hybrid cloud, containers, competition. We hit it all. Show Notes 02:00 Roger Premos path to strategy 08:37 First impressions of IBM 10:42 Hybrid cloud 15:33 Facts to support hybrid 18:57 Cloud's future 21:40 Why containers, Why R...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2: Money Ball yet again! Nancy Hensley, Chief Marketing Officer for Stats Perform, talks sports analytics offerings, what sports use data the best, AND find out which gender is better at sports analytics. I wonder... Show Notes 00:45 Optivision 06:57 Which sport gets data? The NFL?  15:48 Was Covid good or bad for business? 19:16 Which gender is better at Sports Analytics??!...

Send us Fan Mail Money Ball is back! Nancy Hensley, Chief Marketing Officer for Stats Perform, gives us the latest on data analytics in sports. If you like sports don't listen unless you have time to be entertained. Show Notes 04:09 What does Money Ball look like now? 07:30 Mrs Chicago's personal update 08:40 Fan website: The Analyst 11:16 Stats Perform for the rest of us 17:25 Sports te...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...