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  • Beyond the Resume: How Alooba is Redefining Hiring with Tim Freestone {Replay}
    Nov 13 2024

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    Synopsis

    What if hiring wasn’t about flipping through endless CVs but instead focused solely on skills? In this episode of Making Data Simple, we sit down with Tim Freestone, founder of Alooba, the groundbreaking platform revolutionizing how businesses hire for analytics, data science, and engineering roles. Tim shares how Alooba eliminates bias, speeds up hiring, and ensures candidates are evaluated based on what really matters—their capabilities.

    From his journey as an economics teacher to leading data teams, Tim’s insights are a must-hear for anyone tackling hiring challenges in today’s competitive job market. Learn how Alooba’s data-driven approach is transforming recruitment and why the future of hiring might just leave resumes in the dust.

    Show Notes

    • 4:46 – How do you go from economics teacher to head of business intelligence?
    • 7:53 – Do CV’s matter anymore?
    • 13:22 – What business problem is Alooba solving?
    • 16:05 – Do you have any data that supports your theory?
    • 19:01 – Why analytics, data science, data engineering?
    • 20:26 - What do you do that others don’t?
    • 23:50 – How does Alooba define success?
    • 25:42 – Who’s your target client base?
    • 32:40 –Is there a customer you can talk about?
    • 36:24 – What does Alooba mean?

    Alooba

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    Executive Producer Kate Mayne - LinkedIn.
    Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.

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    47 minutos
  • The AI Edge with Phillip Swan: Turning Complex Challenges into Strategic Opportunities
    Nov 6 2024

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    Phillip Swan is a dynamic, forward-thinking leader renowned for turning complex challenges into strategic opportunities. As Chief Product and go-tomarket (GTM) Officer at The AI Solution Group, Phillip blends customercentric go-to-market strategies with cutting-edge product development, leadership, and partnerships.

    • 01:19 Meet Phillip Swan
    • 03:33 Wind River Systems
    • 07:30 Responsible AI Solutions
    • 08:25 3 Key Areas : Manufacturing, Financial, Pharma
    • 10:22 AI on Quicksand
    • 11:30 AGI in 6 Months. Seriously?
    • 13:08 The Definition of AGI 14:32 A Responsible AI Culture
    • 19:51 Is Regulation the Catalyst?
    • 21:57 AI Change Management
    • 24:24 Phillip and the AI Group
    • 25:33 AI Solution Group
    • 29:16 Achieving Responsible AI
    • 30:36 Clean Data
    • 36:16 What Scares the Responsible AI Guy
    • 39:36 Shadow AI
    • 40:54 A Summary

    Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/phillip-swan

    Website: https://www.theaisolutiongroup.ai/

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    #CustomerCentricity
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    45 minutos
  • "It turns out, Python is still a thing" - Peter Wang, Chief AI and Innovation Officer, Co-Founder of Anaconda, is back!
    Oct 30 2024

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    Peter Wang, Chief AI and Innovation Officer and Co-founder of Anaconda, is back. Peter discusses Anaconda’s AI incubator. "It turns out Python is still a thing". Python and much, much more.

    • 01:27 Meet Peter Wang
    • 05:10 Python or R
    • 05:51 Anaconda's Differentiation
    • 07:08 Why the Name Anaconda
    • 08:24 The AI Incubator
    • 11:40 GenAI
    • 14:39 Enter Python
    • 16:08 Anaconda Commercial Services
    • 18:40 Security
    • 20:57 Common Points of Failure
    • 22:53 Branding
    • 24:50 watsonx Partnership
    • 28:40 AI Risks
    • 34:13 Getting Philosophical
    • 36:13 China
    • 44:52 Leadership Style

    Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/pzwang
    Website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/anacondainc/, https://www.anaconda.com/
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    50 minutos
  • Part 2 with Mr. Ian Smith, the most interesting man alive… Serial Entrepreneurial and Co-founder of Lighthouse Technology, accelerating AI in the data center to optimize IT, Cloud and Data environments.
    Oct 23 2024

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    Part 2 with Mr. Ian Smith, the most interesting man alive… Serial Entrepreneurial and Co-founder of Lighthouse Technology, accelerating AI in the data center to optimize IT, Cloud and Data environments.

    • 00:50 Lighthouse Technology
    • 02:23 A Closed, Free AI Model?? How is it Monetized?
    • 08:17 Back to the Data Center
    • 10:44 The Edge
    • 11:51 Lighthouse GTM
    • 19:29 The Future
    • 21:12 Reaching Lighthouse
    • 21:43 Rapid Fire- Hardest Part of Entrepreneurship- Easiest Part of Entrepreneurship

    Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/ian-smith-a803701
    Website: https://lighthousetechnology.ai/

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    31 minutos
  • Mr. Ian Smith, the most interesting man alive… Serial Entrepreneurial andCo-founder of Lighthouse Technology, accelerating AI in the data center to optimize IT, Cloud and Data environments
    Oct 16 2024

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    Mr. Ian Smith, the most interesting man alive… Serial Entrepreneurial andCo-founder of Lighthouse Technology, accelerating AI in the data center to optimize IT, Cloud and Data environments.


    00:58 Meet Ian Smith
    03:24 Knowing when to Walk Away
    06:32 Back to Ian
    08:14 Startup Companies
    09:51 A Wine Making Distraction
    14:54 Exercise?
    16:01 Back to Exciting Tech
    19:12 Lighthouse Technology
    26:46 Optimize Cloud via Conversational AI

    Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/ian-smith-a803701
    Website: https://lighthousetechnology.ai/

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    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. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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    29 minutos
  • Get better at decision making: "The harder right versus the easier wrong" with 2 Star General Diane del Rosso {Replay}
    Oct 9 2024

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    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 others
    • 15:52 Finally! The lighting round

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dianne-del-rosso-7950871
    Website: https://www.ibm.com/products/expertlabs
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    Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM,
    where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and
    leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

    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. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

    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. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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    21 minutos
  • Learn about the benefits of a SLM (small language model) and other GenAI use cases with Armand Ruiz, Director watsonx Client Engineering {Replay}
    Oct 2 2024

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    More on GenAI, Hallucinations, RAG, Use Cases, LLMs, SLMs and costs with Armand Ruiz, Director watsonx Client Engineering and John Webb, Principal Client Engineering. With this and the previous episode you'll be wiser on AI than 98% of the world.

    • 00:12 Hallucinations
    • 02:33 RAG Differentiation
    • 06:41 Why IBM in AI
    • 09:23 Use Cases
    • 11:02 The GenAI Resume
    • 13:37 watson.x
    • 15:40 LLMs
    • 17:51 Experience Counts
    • 20:03 AI that Surprises
    • 23:46 AI Skills
    • 26:47 Switching LLMs
    • 27:13 The Cost and SLMs
    • 28:21 Prompt Engineering
    • 29:16 For Fun

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/armand-ruiz, linkedin.com/in/john-webb-686136127 Website: https://www.ibm.com/client-engineering

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    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. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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    31 minutos
  • "The story is the difference" What story do you tell? Learn how to tell a story with impact with Vinca LaFleur, West Wing Writers {Replay}
    Sep 25 2024

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    We all need to tell a better story.

    Meet Vinca LaFleur of West Wing Writers. As a writer, the West Wing is the dream job. Learn how to embody "The story is the difference". Fascinating and only Part 1.

    • 02:28 Meet Vinca LaFleur, the diplomate, wait?!
    • 08:25 Politics? Continuous news?
    • 10:40 "Hanging" with Bill Clinton
    • 18:41 The craft of writing
    • 23:53 Not a PowerPoint hater, but...
    • 26:53 A writers process (case study)

    President Clinton at the Mackie Plant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLCBP3o2kOM

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vinca-lafleur-28909315

    Website: https://www.westwingwriters.com/

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    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. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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    40 minutos