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Radio DaTaData Journey with Chris Tynan (DistroKid) - Data & AI in large-scale music distribution to Spotify, Apple, Google and moreChris Tynan lives in London (the UK) and works as a Director of Data at DistroKid. Before joining DistroKid, Chris had been working at intersection of music, data and tech at Utopia Music and Spotify, as well as as a Lead Data Scientist in the UK Government Administration.DistroKid is is the world’s largest music distributor to Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, YouTube and all major streaming services. Most new music today is released through DistroKid and every day, millions of musicians rely on its products.Topics that we talk about include:2023-12-0338 min
Radio DaTaData Update with Michał Rudko (GetInData) - Data Management, Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Discovery and Observability. How could you and your organization get involved in this topic?What's data management? How does it relate to data governance, data observability, and other similar terms? In this episode, we'll try to lay out what you should know about modern data management and how you and your organization could get involved in this topic.Topics that the podcast includes:What Data Management is? How does it relate to data governance, data observability, and other similar terms?Why do we care about Data Management?What does it take to introduce data management in the organization?How do we get from an AS-IS situation to a desired...2023-11-1222 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Agnieszka Bomersbach (Pleo) - Data, engineering and analytics at PleoAgnieszka Bomersbach lives in Uppsala (Sweden) and works as a Staff Data Engineer at Pleo. Before joining Pleo, Agnieszka had been working at Acast and Skyscanner and she has graduated from the University of Edinburgh with Masters in Artificial Intelligence.Pleo is a fintech scaleup from Denmark that builds is a cloud-based solution for managing company spending and automating expense reporting, using virtual and physical company cards. Today, Pleo is used and trusted by 25,000+ customers across Europe.Topics that we talk about include:What Pleo is, who uses it a...2023-11-0126 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Nicola Lombardi (Polestar) - Data, analytics and AI at Polestar and the electric vehicles industryNicola Lombardi works as a project manager for Telematics & Data Analytics at Polestar. Polestar is the Swedish electric performance car brand determined to improve society by using design and technology to accelerate the shift to sustainable mobility. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, its cars are available online in 27 markets globally across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.Topics that we talk about include:What Polestar is, it’s roots and its unique features e.g. performance, safety, design, subscription modelThe importance of data at Polestar e.g. digital channels, car ow...2023-09-1449 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Kacper Łodzikowski (Pearson) - Data and AI in learning and educationKacper Łodzikowski lives in Poznań (Poland) and works as the Vice President of AI Learning Capabilities at Pearson. Kacper is also a researcher & lecturer in Artificial Intelligence at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.Pearson the world's leading learning company, serving customers in nearly 200 countries with digital content, assessments, qualifications, and data. The group's remit involves designing & building AI systems as well as providing technical & ethical leadership in application of AI for learning.Topics that we talk about include:Data & AI functionalities provided by Pearson in their productsLearning new (human) languages with Pearson and...2023-08-1543 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Dainius Kniuksta (Forecast) - Data and AI in the people & project managementDainius Kniuksta lives in Copenhagen (Denmark) and works as a Artificial Intelligence Product Lead at Forecast. Dainius is a tech enthusiast with more than 15 years of digital product and platform management, strategy, development, team leadership, and PSA / log-tech / ad-tech focused Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning experience in global companies like Maersk, Adform, and Sermo.Forecast is the work intelligence company that is delivering an AI-native platform for profitable project & resource management. The platform automates busywork, surfaces best practices, predicts outcomes, guides projects to success, and most importantly empowers every team member to do their best work.2023-08-0249 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Ola Sars (Soundtrack Your Brand) - Data and AI in the music streaming B2B industryOla Sars lives in Stockholm in Sweden and he is a successful serial music tech entrepreneur. He is the founder, CEO & chairman of Soundtrack Your Brand. Previously he started a number of successful business is the music/audio industry including e.g. Beats Music Beats by Dr. Dre.Soundtrack Your Brand is a company that offers a cloud-based music streaming platform designed specifically for businesses (B2B). It provides licensed commercial music and analytics insights, plus curated playlists, customisable scheduling, and offline playback to help businesses create a unique and cohesive brand identity through music.2023-07-0545 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Jakub Janicki (Commerzbank AG) - Data, analytics and AI in banking industryJakub Janicki lives in Frankfurt (Germany) and works as Vice president | Big Data & Advanced Analytics at Commerzbank. He has over 15 years of experience in the financial industry, especially in using data & analytics at banks. Before joining Commerzbank in 2019, he had been working at mBank and Alior Bank. Topics that we talk about:How banks use data & analyticsTypes of data that banks analyze e.g. payments, clickstream, chatbot conversationsImportance of personalized approach to every customer and its real-world examplesUse of AI in banking industry e.g. Doc AI, Personalized AI assistants & advisorsLeveraging AI to improve financial...2023-06-1059 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Varun Bhatnagar (Swedbank) - MLOps in the Cloud at Swedbank - Enterprise Analytics PlatformVarun Bhatnagar works as a Lead Designer in DevOps and MLOps area in the Group Business Intelligence value stream at Swedbank. Before joining Swedbank, Varun had been working with designing effective solutions for cloud deployment and possesses in-depth knowledge of implementing core DevOps concepts such as containerization, virtualization, version control, cloud computing, database management & administration, load balancing, etc. by using a wide variety of technologies.Swedbank is the largest bank in Sweden and the third-largest in the Nordic countries. Five years ago, the bank started looking at how to integrate and analyze data and use insights...2023-04-2655 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Yetunde Dada & Ivan Danov (QuantumBlack) - Kedro (an open-source MLOps framework) - introduction, benefits, use-cases, data & insights used for its developmentYetunde Data and Ivan Danov both live in London, work at QuantumBlack, and develop Kedro which is an open-source MLOps project. Yetunde works as a Director of Product Management, while Ivan works as a Senior Principal Machine Learning Engineer and the Engineering Director of Kedro.QuantumBlack, a McKinsey company is a data science and advanced analytics company that works with customers from various industries. QuantumBlack was founded in 2009 and has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom. The company became a part of McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, in 2015, and now operates as part of...2023-04-2345 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Ludwig Holmstrom (Mentimeter) - Data and analytics for an audience engagement platformLudwig Holmstrom works as a Product Analytics Director at Mentimeter. Before joining Mentimeter, he had been working with data & analytics for more than a decade at various companies such as Kry, Spotify, and Google.Mentimeter is a Swedish company that builds an interactive audience engagement platform. The platform allows users to create and conduct real-time polls, quizzes, and surveys. It is often used in educational and business settings to engage audiences and gather feedback. With Mentimeter, presenters can create various types of interactive presentations, including multiple-choice questions, open-ended questions, and rating scales. Audience members can respond...2023-04-1843 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Jonas Björk (Acast) - Data & analytics at Acast, AI & trends in the podcasting industryJonas Björk works as the CTO at Acast. Before joining Acast around 5 years ago, Jonas had been working with data, analytics, and ML at Spotify, BizOne, and Ericsson.Acast is a Swedish-founded podcast hosting and monetization platform that allows creators to distribute their podcasts to multiple podcast apps such as Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts, and to monetize their content through advertising and listener support. Acast also provides analytics and data insights to help creators understand their audience and optimize their content, as well as tools for promoting and growing their podcasts. In addition, A...2023-03-3156 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Liudmyla Taranenko (Metadata.io) - Using data science to automate B2B marketing tasksLiudmyla Taranenko works as the Head of Data Science at Metadata.io.Metadata.io builds a product for B2B marketers that automates many manual and repetitive tasks. By taking care of tasks like running paid campaigns, personalizing web experiences, and optimizing everything for revenue, Metadata.io frees up time for marketers to focus on strategy, creativity, and driving revenue.Topics that we talk about:Data sources collected and used by Metadata.ioData-driven features and product analytics at Metadata.ioML algorithms at Metadata.io e.g. Neural NetworksTech stack used at Metadata.io...2023-03-1644 min
Radio DaTaData Update with Adrian Dembek, Piotr Menclewicz (GetInData) - Data-driven, data literacy issue, regression-based forecasting model for e-commerce. Two stories on how data-driven approach helped solve different business problemsIf you hear that your company should be data-driven, but you are not sure what does it mean in practice, in this episodes we share two stories of data driven companies. Both of them are the examples of data literate companies from different prospectives. In the fist story you can learn how the big tech company were allowed to detect problem and start solving the right one. The second one, how e-commerce company had prepared more effective promotion and increase revenue.This podcast episode was recorded by Adrian Dembek and Piotr Mencelewicz (GetInData | Part of Xebia)....2023-02-0627 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Henrik Feldt (Causiq) - Using data & real-time ML to maximise ROI of marketing activities, lessons learned about building an advanced tech productHenrik Feldt is the founder, CEO and CTO of Causiq. He previously worked as a cloud or system architect at companies such as VOI Technology or Tradera.Causiq is a marketing analytics company. It builds a product that utilizes ML to give enterprises a comprehensive understanding of the efficiency of their marketing channels. This allows them to identify ROI for each marketing channel daily (or near real-time) and offers companies immediate insights into the efficiency of their marketing activities.Topics that we talk about:What Causiq is, who uses it and whyHow data...2022-12-0237 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Kevin Goldsmith (Anaconda) - Data & analytics used internally at Anaconda, SQL vs. Python, Layoffs and hiring in the tech sector, Agile data projectsKevin Goldsmith works as a CTO at Anaconda, and he had previously worked in various roles at several companies e.g. CTO at Onfido and Avvo, as well as VP of Engineering at Spotify. He is also a Board Member and Advisor at several companies.Anaconda is the most popular open-source distribution of the Python and R programming languages for data science that aims to simplify package management and deployment. Currently, ~30M practitioners from 235 countries and regions use Anaconda in their work. Topics that we talk about:What Anaconda is, who uses it...2022-11-3050 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Michał Wróbel (RenoFi) - Doing more with less with a Modern Data Platform and ML at a home renovation FinTechMichał Wróbel works as a senior data engineer at RenoFi and has over 7 years of experience in data engineering and building data platforms.RenoFi is a U.S.-based FinTech that uses the after-renovation value instead of your home's current value, enabling you to borrow the most money at the lowest rates.Topics that we talk about:What RenoFi is, who uses it and whyData that is used at RenoFiBusiness use cases that are developed using this data (e.g. lead scoring)Modern Data Platform on top of Google Cloud Platform at Re...2022-11-1455 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Arunabh Singh (Willa) - Building robust ML & Analytics capability very early at a FinTech, skills & competences for data scientists, ML/AI predictions for the next decadesArunabh Singh lives in Stockholm in Sweden and he works as a director of data science at Willa.Willa is a Sweden and U.S.-based FinTech that helps professional freelancers, influencers, and social media content creators get paid immediately by brands for their freelance work and paid collaborations. The company’s founders are former early members of Spotify’s growth team.Topics that we talk about:What Willa is, who uses it, and whyData that is used at Willa and business use cases that are developed using this dataThe most important ML m...2022-11-0749 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Alessandro Romano (FREE NOW) - Dynamic pricing in a real-time app, technology stack and pragmatism in data scienceAlessandro Romano lives in Hamburg in Germany and he works as a data scientist at FREE NOW.FREE NOW is Europe's largest multi-mobility app where you book a taxi, electric scooter, electric bike, and other vehicles.Topics that we talk about:What FREE NOW is, who uses it and why Alessandro joined it as a data scientistData, techniques, signals, and KPIs used to develop the dynamic pricing ML model for a real-time mobile appWorking with stakeholders to understand changing priorities to adapt and optimize ML modelsCollecting the feedback from users in the...2022-09-0156 min
Radio DaTaData Update with Paweł Leszczyński (GetInData) - Future-Aware Data EngineerThis time our episode title is "Future-Aware Data Engineer". It is the story of past and current inventions like Facebook by Mark Zuckerberg vs airplane by the Wright brothers. What is the Dunning-Krueger effect and what does it have in common with Wikipedia? Why did Jacek Kuroń not have to pay his phone bills?We're going to look at the inventions through the lens of Yuval Noah Harari, Daniel Kahneman, and Slavoj Zizek. Seems like the perfect authors' trio for the ideal data-related holiday podcast.This podcast episode was recorded by Paweł Leszczyński (Get...2022-08-0843 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Wouter de Bie (Datadog) - Multi-cloud developer experience, Datadog vs. Spotify, areas to watch in the data landscapeWouter de Bie lives in New Orleans and he has been working with big data for around 12 years! Wouter comes from the Netherlands, but he has spent most of his time working with data in Sweden and USA where he worked at Delta Projects, Spotify, The New York Times, and now as a Director Of Engineering at Datadog. Topics that we talk about:What Datadog is, who uses it, what data it collects, and how data is used in their productMulti-cloud developer experience at Datadog (technology stack, cloud providers, open-source)Future plans for the evolution of the data...2022-07-1947 min
Radio DaTaData Update with Jakub Pieprzyk (GetInData) - Modern Data Platforms, the what's, why's and how's?In this episode, we analyze changes and trends that resulted in the creation of so-called Modern Data Platforms. This includes e.g. adoption of best practices from the software development domain (e.g. dbt), the shift from ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) to ELT (Extract-Load-Transform) paradigm, serverless databases (e.g. Snowflake, BigQuery, Athena), public cloud, and support for SQL everywhere.This podcast episode was recorded by Jakub Pieprzyk (GetInData).Follow-up links:Modern Data Platform - the what's, why's and how's? Demystifying the buzzwordUp & Running: data pipeline with BigQuery and dbtAn example of a template to create a...2022-07-0613 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Max Schultze (Zalando) - Data Mesh at Zalando, what it is, what it is NOT, how it helps Zalando to become even more data-driven companyMax Schultze lives in Berlin and he works as a data engineering manager at Zalando. Zalando is one of the largest European online retailers of shoes, fashion, and beauty. We talk with Max about how they use data and analytics at Zalando, and how their data platform has evolved during the last few years, however, the most important topic of our conversation is Data Mesh - what it is, what it is NOT, how it helps Zalando to become even more data-driven company, if, when & how to introduce it to your organization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...2022-06-201h 03
Radio DaTaData Update with Adam Kawa (GetInData) - 5 current trends in the data and AI landscape (H1 2022)I describe 5 trends in the data and AI landscape that we see in our daily work at GetInData and as a part of the data community (e.g. Big Data Tech Warsaw conference co-organizers).Retail becomes a very hot sector for AI/ML (plus new data sources, Metaverse, MLOps, Responsible AI)Modern Data Platforms (plus SQL, hiring, open-source, data engineering pipelines)Public Cloud (plus data residency, multi-cloud & cloud-agnostic approach)Data quality and data auditingData access (data cataloging, data discovery, and data mesh).Bonus: a few ideas on how to follow such trends.This podcast episode...2022-05-1340 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Sergiy Tkachuk (Reckitt) - Data, analytics, cloud and AI/ML in the retail and FMCG industrySergiy Tkachuk lives in Warsaw in Poland and he works as a Data Science Manager at Reckitt. Reckitt is a British multinational consumer goods company that produces a number of well-known health, hygiene, and nutrition products such as Vanish, Calgon, and Air Wick. We talk with Sergey about how he and his company uses data, cloud, analytics, and AI/ML in the retail and FMCG industry. Data scientists at Reckitt have implemented many business use-cases such as basket analysis, attribution, reporting adverse events, and use the Azure cloud, Databricks, Power BI, and programming languages such as Python, Scala, R, and S...2022-05-1122 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Simona Meriam (Aidoc) - Unstructured data and data auditingSimona works as a senior data engineer at Aidoc. Aidoc is an Israeli healthcare technology company that develops AI solutions to analyze medical images so that physicians can expedite patient treatment and enhance efficiencies. We talk with Simona about two topics. The first of them is working as a data engineer with complex & unstructured data such as medical images at Aidoc and the second is data auditing. Before joining Aidoc, Simona had been working at Nielsen for almost 5 years where she had built, among others, an in-house data auditing solution for tracking a large volume of text data (used technologies...2022-04-2024 min
Radio DaTaData Journey with Victoria Bukta (Shopify) - Apache Iceberg and data ingestionViktoria works as a senior data engineer at Shopify. Shopify is one of the most well-known e-commerce companies and it is a very early adopter of big data & cloud technologies. We talk with Viktora about how her team ingests data at Shopify using a mix of open-source and cloud-native technologies such as Apache Iceberg, Debezium, Kafka, and GCP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-04-0634 min