The Data Cloud Podcast

This episode features an interview with Ari Margalit, Global Vice President of Architecture & Data Solutions at Anheuser-Busch InBev. Ari was previously the CTO & Head of Solutions at WeissBeerger and Vice President of R&D and Israel site general manager at Jive Software. In this episode Ari talks about ABI leading the CPG industry in AI, the importance of being cloud-agnostic, the impact Coronavi...

Today’s episode features an interview with Yves Caseau, Group CIO at Michelin. Yves also previously served as the President of the ICT Commission at the National Academy of Technology in France. Yves is a global thought leader on organization theory, social networks, and computer-mediated communication.  In this episode, Yves talks about the importance of keeping humans involved in AI systems, ada...

Today’s episode features an interview with Michael O’Rourke, Senior Vice President of Machine Intelligence and Data Services Technology at Nasdaq. In this episode, Michael talks about deploying AI to detect stock market abuse, Nasdaq’s innovation in the alternative data space, rising AI expectations from consumers, and much more. So please enjoy this conversation between Michael O’Rourke, Senior V...

This episode features an interview with Andrew Fong, Vice President of Infrastructure at Dropbox. Previously, Andrew has served  as a senior system administrator at a number of technology companies including YouTube and AOL. In this episode, Andrew talks about how to use data storage to create better workflows, the future of cloud data storage, and much more. -------- How you approach data will de...

This episode features an interview with Jaya Kolhatkar, Chief Data Officer at Hulu. Jaya previously served as Senior Vice President at Data and Analytics Platform at Walmart and has more than 30 years of career experience with companies like Amazon, eBay, and PayPal. In this episode, Jaya talks about using data to improve and grow Hulu, the future of analytics and cloud data management, and much m...

This episode features an interview with Florian Deautteau, CEO of Dataiku. Florian is an expert data scientist, he as a degree in maths and computer science from ENS, one of the most prestigious universities in France, and he previously served as the vice president of research and development of Exalead.   In this interview, Florian talks about Machine Learning and Deep Learning, how to bring big...

Jennifer Belissent works for the market research firm Forrester Research as an analyst focused on the data economy. Her research and analysis have appeared in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Time, Computer Weekly, and CIO Magazine. She also has industry experience having worked 8 years at Sun Microsystems. In this episode, Jennifer dives deep into the data economy. She talks about w...

This episode features an interview with Jon Hyman, Co-Founder, and CTO of Braze. In this interview, Jon talks about migrating data to the cloud, why data-driven companies outperform competitors, improving email marketing with data, and much more. -------- How you approach data will define what’s possible for your organization. Data engineers, data scientists, application developers, and a host of...

This episode features an interview with Didier Le Tien, Vice President of  App Development at US Foods. Didier has nearly 20 years of experience strategizing and executing digital and Big Data transformations.  In this episode Didier talks about integrating data into US Foods’ business process and innovation strategy, COVID-19’s impact on the restaurant industry, the new technology landscape the c...

Minna Karha, Head of Data at Finnair, joins us for this episode of Rise of the Data Cloud. She came to Finnair two and a half years ago as the first person in that role. The company considers data expertise to be essential for its ongoing digital transformation.  She built a team and developed a long-term data strategy through 2025. A key element of the strategy is moving much of Finnair’s data to...

In this episode, Steve Hamm sits down with Francois Ajenstat, Chief Product Officer at Tableau, and a leader in the data analytics industry. They discuss the ins and outs of data visualization, how Francois approaches data integration at Tableau, and the future of artificial intelligence. -------- How you approach data will define what’s possible for your organization. Data engineers, data scienti...

As founder and CEO of Snowflake, Frank Slootman, has had a first-hand look at the rise of the data cloud. In fact, he helped coin the very term "data cloud." He is a pioneer in helping organizations migrate their data to the cloud, manage it there, and make it accessible for machine learning and other sophisticated analytics techniques. In this episode, Frank speaks about some of the powerful new...

There is a data revolution. Data strategy is being written and rewritten each year and business leaders are struggling to keep up.  Data-driven companies aren’t just succeeding, they’re driving non-data-driven companies to the point of extinction.  You don’t want to be a dinosaur. You want to be a data leader, who takes your organization to new heights. That’s why we created this podcast: to bring...