The Dayta Dahta Podcast: Where Data, AI, and Career Growth Intersect

In this episode of the Data Data Podcast, Kishawna Peck, Founder of Woven (formerly Womxn in Data Science), sits down with Kimberlee West, Marketing Director at Maple and Founder of Kids Swag, for an illuminating conversation about what leadership looks like in the age of AI. With a decade of product marketing leadership under her belt, Kim brings a people-first philosophy that pushes back against...

In this episode of the Data Data Podcast, Kishawna Peck talks with Janice Liu, the founder and CEO of the Mantis Group, about her journey from a senior leader at a major media agency to launching her own successful data tech company. They discuss Janice's motivations for leaving a secure executive role, the importance of trust in building a startup team, the challenges women face in corporate...

In this episode, Kishawna Peck, Founder of Woven (formerly Womxn in Data Science), sits down with Faezeh Khabbaz, VP of Security Insights and AI at RBC, for an executive fireside chat exploring the cutting edge of AI-powered cybersecurity. Faezeh brings a unique perspective to the conversation, drawing from her distinguished career spanning robotics research, capital markets data science, and cybe...

In this episode, host Kishawna Peck welcomes Katrina Ingram, founder and CEO of Ethically Aligned AI, for an in-depth conversation about building ethical practices into AI design, development, and deployment. Drawing on over two decades of executive leadership across technology, media, and public sectors, Katrina shares why diverse voices—especially educators—are essential to shaping the future of...

In this episode, Kishawna Peck interviews Sandra Zhou, Senior Manager of Data Science at Scotiabank. Sandra breaks down the real challenges organizations face with data—from centralization and standardization to getting people to actually use it. She explains why you need to nail down your business questions before you touch the data, and shares practical approaches to building data-informed teams...

In this episode, we’re joined by Stefania Pecore, a multidisciplinary expert in data science and natural language processing (NLP). Stefania shares her journey from studying foreign languages in Italy to leading innovative NLP projects across industries such as e-commerce, mental health, gaming, and healthcare. We delve into the concept of NLP superpowers —not just as a technical skillset but as a...

In this episode, we sit down with Olga Tsubiks, Director of Strategic Analytics and Data Science at the Royal Bank of Canada and one of the Top 25 Women in AI in Canada. She shares her fascinating journey from running a business in China to becoming a data science leader, sparked by her early experiments with email automation. Olga discusses how she's leveraged diverse experiences across multiple...

This episode features an interview with Lindsay Murphy, a known data leader and active member of the data community. Lindsay shares insights from her experience leading data teams at startups, discusses the challenges of building data infrastructure, and discusses her involvement in various data community initiatives.

In this episode, we dive deep into the transformative impact of AI on clinical and medical data science with Dr. Nardin Samuel, a Resident Physician and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Toronto. With an extensive background in neuroscience, oncology, and cancer genetics, Dr. Samuel shares her insights into how AI reshapes healthcare—from disease detection to treatment optimizatio...

Join us on The Dayta Dahta Podcast as Deborah Jones, an award-winning data analyst in the nuclear power industry, shares her transformative journey from telecommunications to data science. In this episode, Deborah discusses her passion for Power BI and her role as a mentor and offers five essential lessons for women navigating the tech landscape. Discover practical strategies for career growth and...

Alex LaPlante is currently the interim Head of Borealis AI, RBC's R&D lab for artificial intelligence, where she and her team build leading-edge AI solutions to complex, high-impact business problems. Previously, Alex led Borealis' business development and product management teams, which saw her design the company's long-term product vision and build strategic partnerships with RBC stakeholder...

We got the chance to chat with Claudia Cabas Claudia Cabas- Director Data Architecture Canada- RBC Capital Markets Technology. Since 2012 Claudia has been working in multiple strategic projects related to sourcing and consuming capital, markets datasets, supporting finance, operations and regulatory initiatives. Most recently her focus has been data lineage, data profiling and data quality control...

We got the chance to sit down and speak with the founder and CEO of Toronto Womxn in Data Science Kishawna Peck on what it’s been like running Toronto Womxn in Data Science, and the 5th anniversary of Toronto Womxn in Data Science conferences. She gave us great knowledge of the behind-the-scenes of the organization and explained a little bit about what life in her shoes is like.

Janice Liu is the SVP & General Manager of Magnet Consultancy, a data and technology consulting firm based out of Toronto. Janice is an experienced data broker, investor and entrepreneur who, through her innate leadership qualities and passion projects, works to inspire a new generation of women and BIPOC individuals in technology. Her leadership of Magnet enables smarter, more impactful adver...

Kaitlin is a Data Scientist at ProCogia providing end-to-end data solutions to clients within the life sciences sector. Throughout the last 24 months Kaitlin completed her studies obtaining her Bachelor of Science in Psychology; Minor in Statistics and Data Science Diploma. Additionally, she became a Certified Data Science Practitioner, AWS Cloud Practitioner and Subject Matter Expert in AI whilst...

Kristin is the SVP, Analytics, Insight, and Strategy at Cossette Media whose passion lies in making data and analytics accessible to everyone and truly rooted in real human insights. Starting her career at the CBC, Kristin developed a deep respect for establishing processes, building content, and using data to truly support and positively impact Canadians from coast-to-coast. Since leaving the CBC...

Helen Kontozopoulos is the co-founder & Chief Technical Evangelist of ODAIA. Helen co-founded ODAIA in 2018, an AI-powered commercial insights SaaS platform for Pharma companies. As Chief Technical Evangelist, Helen brings her understanding of artificial intelligence, customer analytics and digital transformation to drive ODAIA’s thought leadership efforts, ultimately helping pharma teams adop...

Myra R. dives into topics of climate change and the intersections of data science in this 3 part series.

Myra R. dives into topics of climate change and the intersections of data science in this 3 part series.

Myra R. dives into topics of climate change and the intersections of data science in this 3 part series. 

Myra R., Data Drop's hosts sits down with Kishawna Peck the founder of Toronto Womxn in Data Science to speak about how she got into data as a profession and started the organization. 

Episode Two of Data Drop is finally out, this month's special guest is the Director of Risk at Wave HQ. They touch base on scams and how they tie in with Data Science.  According to a 2020 study conducted by the CPA (chartered professional accountants), 34% of Canadians have personally experienced at least one type of fraud. That is roughly 12,780,600 people. Around 4 times the population of...