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Who's your Data? Podcastep 32: AI & LGBTQ HealthcareOne of the most rewarding use-cases of AI is providing access of life changing services to minority populations who are underserved. Nowhere is this more true than in the medical field, and specifically in the quote-unquote niche field of LGBTQ Health.
Today’s guest is Dr. Roy Zucker, Director of LGBTQ Health Services at Clalit, Israel’s biggest HMO and chairman of the Israeli LGBTQ medical association.
We chat about the state of LGBTQ medicine in Israel, difficulties for LGBTQ patients trying to seek access to services and what his vision is for using AI to improve LGBTQ healthcare.
We disc...
2025-01-0747 min
Who's your Data? Podcastep 31: Generative AI and The EnterpriseGenerative AI has become a hot buzzword everywhere and it is especially true in the Enterprise Organization space - but how do Enterprise organizations use it and what are the challenges and pitfalls in attempting to implement it? Can it truly be cross-organizational or be relagated to specific tasks in specific departments? To help ponder these questions I chat with Inna Tokarev Sela, founder and CEO of Illumex, a company that specializes in implementing generative AI solutions in the Enterprise. We discuss being in the third wave of generative AI, what it means to have business semantics across the organization...
2024-12-0136 min
Who's your Data? Podcastep 30: Bots, Bias and Big Data: The AI RollercoasterIn the 30th episode of Who's Your Data? I am very excited to host the one, the only Dr. Claudia Perlich - Data scientist extraordinaire, mentor and friend who dives deep into the evolving landscape of AI and data science, navigating the hype around AI's capabilities and addressing ethical concerns. Claudia brings her no-nonsense, real-world insights and tackles everything from the unpredictability of human behavior to the challenges of maintaining privacy in a data-driven world. Thought-provoking and candid, this conversation explores whether AI is set to replace us — or if human judgment will always reign supreme.
2024-11-0644 min
Who's your Data? Podcastep 29: Using AI to Combat Health MisinformationWe’ve heard many stories about how AI has become increasingly responsible for spreading misinformation, whether in politics, health information or otherwise. But did you know that AI can be used to combat misinformation too? In this episode we chat with Amelia Burke Garcia, Director at the Center for Health Communication Science at NORC at the University of Chicago and Rebecca Soskin Hicks, Pediatrician and Fellow at NORC. We discuss their new initiative to create health communication using AI. Their thesis is that AI can be the next form of opinion leader like social media influencers have been so far.
We...
2024-06-1945 min
Who's your Data? Podcastep 28: AI and Stakeholder EngagementWe talk a lot about data and AI and how they influence our work and society, but today we get in the trenches!
Today I chat with Mo Villigran, Associate director of insights, analytics and data at Cambrex, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company, about AI projects she is implementing. We discuss what it’s like for data teams to implement AI projects - how to communicate with stakeholders, what unique challenges these projects hold.
We discuss Mo’s book - Data Insights Delivered - and how she sees the 7 stages of stakeholder engagement, future trends in AI project management and what she...
2024-05-2333 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp 27: Culturally Sensitive Representation - Black Maternal Health WeekApril 7 marks the beginning of Black Maternal Health week and to honor this important topic I have a chat with Bianca Pryor.
Bianca is VP of consumer insights at BET networks but also the co-founder of the Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project, a non-profit organization that seeks to empower Women of color to reach out and find support in their community, utilizing an innovative app called “Believe Her”.
Bianca tells us Dr. Shalon’s story and how she herself became involved in this endeavor and how she brings Big Data and her expertise in insights to tackle this important issue. W...
2024-04-0843 min
FemInnovationEp. 15: The AI Question in Femtech: Evaluating Data ReadinessDetermining whether and how to integrate artificial intelligence into your femtech product can feel like a daunting task. In today’s world of AI, big data, and machine learning, it can be tempting to assume that your product needs to incorporate AI to attract investment or secure a competitive advantage. While AI certainly has a place in femtech, its incorporation into your product should be deliberate and meaningful and provide recognizable value to your users. Otherwise, founders risk artificially inflating the price and complexity of their products without providing value to their consumers. In this special episode of...
2024-02-1529 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp26: AI And PhySec - Will Big Brother Be a Robot?PhySec, or physical security, encompasses everything that physically protects, alerts and monitors us - from burglar alarms to video surveillance. Unsurprisingly, this industry is also being revolutionized by AI.
I speak to Don Morron, host of the AI Physec Today podcast, about how AI is changing the physical security industry, and also how they continue to think about privacy and about human and data bias, as well as how regulation affects innovation.
So will Big Brother end up being a robot? Check out the episode to find out!
2024-02-1426 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp25: AI & Market Research in the MetaverseI chat with Karlien Kriegler and David Wright, co-founders of Hello Ara, a tech-forward market research company in South Africa that has created a Metaverse environment to run focus groups!
What does it mean to create a Metaverse environment for market research? How is AI utilized in several stages of its lifecycle? What are the localization/cultural considerations for South Africa as opposed to the US or Europe? And how close are we to a hologram of Cher asking me about my beauty routine and skincare concerns?
If you want to find out check out the episode!
2024-01-1237 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp24: 2023 - A Year In Review!Whew! We made it to the end of 2023! Join me as I remember my favorite moments and guests of the year, with my favorite pearls of wisdom that they discussed. It's a cornucopia of knowledge from the HealthTech, Financial Services, Music Streaming, Analytics, Art and other industries.
2023-12-2630 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp23: AI & The Music Industry - A Data Scientist's ViewGenerative AI has already started to have major implications in regards to the content we consume - and this is especially true in music! In today’s episode I chat with Eyal Golshani, VP of Data Science at Vevo, the world’s leading music video network, to discuss how data and generative AI influence their work.
We explore how their Data Science team uses data, talk about AI generated content, the effect of emerging platforms such as tiktok, what kind of bias they deal with and how they communicate data to promote stakeholder trust.
We also discuss AI's emerging place in t...
2023-10-1935 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp22: Will AI Replace Doctors? A HealthTech Investor's ViewAI is rapidly changing the landscape of innovative healthtech. In this episode I chat with Dr. Yoni Goldwasser, a digital health investor and entrepreneur, about the exciting new trends in healthtech and whether or not AI will advance enough to replace doctors in the future.
We discuss how accurate medical models need to be in his opinion, how he and his team of investors evaluate new healthtech startups in terms of algorithms, bias in the data and he provides tips on what makes a good startup pitch.
2023-09-1430 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp21: Ethical Sourcing of Medical DataProgress in healthcare and medical research requires a lot of data. In the era of Big Data health data is among the most valuable and the most private information anyone can have. Two major hurdles with finding quality medical data are access to that data in a private and ethical way as well as bias on the data due to underrepresentation of women, certain racial or ethnic groups.
In this episode I talk to Dinidh O’Brien about how donateyourdata.org and DataLake are trying to solve this problem with a patient-first approach to sourcing medical data for research. Data La...
2023-08-2847 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp20: Banks Turned Data From a Regulatory Headache To Secret WeaponIn this episode I chat with Rich Edwards, CEO of Mindspan systems, about the changing tech and data landscape for Financial Institutions, especially big banks vs. regional ones - how Mindspan turns tech into a commodity and data from what was once a regulatory liability into a democratized operating asset.
In this age of consolidation we chat about how data is the smaller banks’ secret weapon to improve service, add innovation and combat bias in financial data that has historically barred access to services from underrepresented communities. We also chat about how financial data is shared more broadly among financial in...
2023-08-1245 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp19: Generative AI-Powered Business Intelligence - Will LLM’s Replace Data Analysts?In this episode I talk to Ryan Janssen and Paul BLankley, the founders of Zenlytic, a company that strives to bring the world Generative-AI-powered self-serve business intelligence.
But what does that even mean? How does it work? And most importantly - will it make the Analyst Role obsolete in the future?
Join us as we discuss the problem that Zenlytics aims to solve, how LLM’s understand your business data, how they will affect the role of the data analyst in the organization and where data products are today in the innovation cycle.
You can learn more about Zenlytic at: ht...
2023-07-1936 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp18: Femtech - Women's Health Data in a Post Roe V. Wade WorldFemtech - or Female Health Technology, which includes apps such as period trackers, is experiencing unprecedented growth. But nowhere is this podcast’s tagline - how life affects data and how data affects life - more relevant than in this industry in the shadow of the Dobbs decision by the supreme court overturning Roe V. Wade this year.
In this episode I talk to Bethany Corbin, a Femtech innovation and data privacy attorney, about the Femtech industry and its challenges in a post Roe V. Wade world - what kind of data do these apps collect? What are the unique da...
2023-05-2550 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp17: Data And Public Health - Tale Of A PandemicThe field of Public Health has always involved collecting and analyzing data but when a worldwide pandemic hit suddenly, it was necessary to speed up these processes so as to make decisions and recommendations in real time. As the pandemic changed and shifted, with vaccines and treatments, so did the need for public health data. In this episode I talk to Amelia Burke-Garcia and Lucy Rabinowitz Bailey of NORC at the University of Chicago, an independent research organization, who conducted just such a study in real time to understand the pandemic’s effect on public mental health and coping strategies.
We...
2023-04-2844 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp16 - AI-Generated Art: The End Of Human Creativity?In this episode we tackle the issue of AI generated art - Recently the news has been abuzz with names like chatgpt, Dall-E, Lensa AI and other services that utilize AI to generate art. Is this the beginning of the end for human creativity and artistry? I am joined by Tery Spataro, an author and creator who uses AI tools to create and enhance her art - we talk about how these tools actually get used and what it means for the future of human artistry, privacy and copyright. Lastly we discuss some current hot topics that have been in...
2023-02-0639 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp15 - Using Data To Reduce Maternal Mortality for Women Of ColorDid you know that the US has one of the highest if not THE highest maternal mortality rate in the world? This is especially true for Women of color who suffer from lack of access to quality care and cultural sensitivity. Join me for a conversation with Mohamed Kamara, Founder and CEO of InovCares, an app for women, particularly women of color, that provides access to culturally-sensitive clinicians. It combines real-time metabolic health data gathering with telehealth, computer vision, artificial intelligence in order to provide access to quality maternal healthcare.
We discuss what it means for clinicians to be culturally...
2022-12-0638 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp14 - Inclusive Product DesignIn this episode I chat with Josh LaMar, who after many years of doing Design Research at Microsoft now heads Amplinate, a Design firm that fast-tracks domestic and international product growth, helping tech companies save millions by building the right product for the right audience in the right markets.
We discuss LGBT representation in Tech, what it means to be inclusive when designing software products by being cognisant of cultural and global differences. We discuss the type of data they use, the difference between qualitative and quantitative data and how they complement each other in this field. Josh gives us...
2022-11-0333 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp13 - Coming Out At Work. Every Day.In this special episode to commemorate National Coming Out Day on October 11th, I give my perspective on what it means to come out in the workplace, why it's important and why it's not a singular event but rather something that happens continuously throughout our careers.
2022-10-1007 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEp12 - Cellphones to Satellites: Geo-location Data and the Democratization of Space with Peter LenzI chat with Geographer and Data Scientist Peter Lenz, Head of Data Science at Near, about geo-location data - what is it? How is it used and what are some of the ethical concerns around it? We discuss how it’s collected - from cellphones to Satellites, and we talk about the democratization of space and how accessible it has become for private enterprise to launch satellites. Lastly I get Peter’s perspective on some interesting data-related topics that have been in the news lately.
As always Peter is a master storyteller and a veritable encyclopedia of information so this is a...
2022-08-2739 min
The Insighter's Club PodcastPeople, Data, and Insights: Connecting the Dots with Gilad Barash, VP of Analytics at Dstillery“When you’re telling data stories, you’re affecting people’s lives.” Data is generated constantly in today’s digital world. But to truly get value from that data, it needs to be turned into actionable insights that foster meaningful engagements with both stakeholders and consumers. In this episode of the Consumer Insights Podcast, Thor is joined by Gilad Barash, VP of Analytics at Dstillery.
2022-08-2525 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEpisode 11: Building Africa's Financial Data Network with Okra's Fara Ashiru JitubohIn this episode we talk to Fara Ashiru Jituboh, Co-Founder and CEO of Okra, a Nigerian Financial tech startup who’s mission is to digitize financial services in Africa and connect a Billion Africans to the Global Economy.
We discuss what it means to build Africa’s financial data network, the social consequences like building and strengthening a middle class. We discuss how they think about the financial data they collect and use for anything from personalization of services to fraud detection all while maintaining privacy and security for their customers.
We also touch on Fara’s experience as a Black...
2022-06-0120 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEpisode 10: Data Science and Global Humanitarian Crises with Dr. Lauren MooresJoin the discussion with Dr. Lauren Moores, Head of Data Innovation at Montai Health about her work on the data advisory board of USA for UNHCR, a nonprofit organization that supports the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and builds awareness and support for the global refugee crisis.
We discuss how data is utilized in that work to help address the Refugee Crisis, her take on corporations doing work for social good, AI and the issue of privacy in health tech, as well as why I won’t be doing the 23 & me thing anytime soon.
2022-02-2232 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEpisode 9: AI For Social Good with James HodsonI talk to James Hodson, CEO and board member of AI FOR GOOD, an organization that aims to use AI to affect meaningful social change.
We discuss how the organization defines social good, how Corporations and Academia are hampered in their ability to push social innovation and how AI For Good seeks to fill that void. We discuss a few of their projects, especially around diversity and inclusion in the workplace - quantifying and measuring corporations' adherence to their D&I goals.
We also discuss why public confidence in AI algorithms (such as social media) is at an all time...
2021-12-2347 minWho's your Data? PodcastEpisode 8: A Fire Episode! Climate Research, Data and YOUTHIS EPISODE IS FIRE! No, literally, it’s about fire. And water. And Climate Change!
I talk to Professor Naomi Tague of the UC Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental Science and Management about her research predicting and forecasting forest fire frequency and severity in California as well as modeling how water flows through landscapes.
We discuss how she does her research, what data is used in the models and how machine learning helps at different points. We also discuss how to visualize the results and how society benefits from her work - from urban planning to forest management.
Finally ta...
2021-11-2245 min
All I want to do is talk about MadonnaS2, E39 - RainMark and Kenny celebrate the gorgeous (and multi-meaning) power ballad from Erotica. Topics include the importance of counterpoint vocals, the necessity of a radio remix, Mark Romanek’s video of beauty portraiture, Whitney Houston’s radio dominance, bukkake, the glorious maxi-single and justice of its forgotten (and rare) non-album track, and Kenny’s reaction to the possibility of working with Madonna. PLUS, special guest (and fellow podcaster) Gilad Barash joins Kenny for a conversation about the song and its impact on his life, as well as his smart and insightful podcast “Who’s Your Data?” - and Mark issues a social med...
2021-09-0755 minWho's your Data? PodcastEpisode 7: Closing The Wealth Gap Through Community-Based Tech EducationI talk to Jerelyn Rodriguez, co-founder and CEO of The Knowledge House, an organization created with the purpose of closing the gaps in the education-to-employment pipeline by leading digital skills training in coding and design for underserved young people in the Bronx. TKH combines technology training, career support, and a comprehensive network of partners to help disconnected job seekers secure rewarding careers in the tech economy and become financially independent, fostering the next generation of tech and data wranglers.
Jerelyn and I discuss how TKH came to be, its different programs, the exciting expansion into new Markets (LA, At...
2021-08-0942 min
Reel Talk: The Customer Insights Show33: Your brand wants to be socially active, but how do you know what your customers care about?Many brands are being socially active or are considering it, but how do you know what to focus on?
Gilad Barash, vice president of analytics at Dstillery, joins me on this episode of "Reel Talk: The Customer Insights Show" presented by Voxpopme to share ideas and dive into the topic. Join us.
Check out Gilad's podcast, "Who's Your Data", that discusses life, data, AI and how they all interconnect!"
On Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whos-your-data-podcast/id1550972541
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5sM6fmBKW7ttoCk6Vswa5a
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2021-06-1626 min
Who's your Data? PodcastEpisode 6: Using Anomaly Detection to Avoid Surprises in BusinessI chat with Dr. Ira Cohen, Founder and chief data scientist at Anodot, about how his company uses a machine learning technique called anomaly detection to help businesses avoid being impacted by surprises
We discuss what anomaly detection actually is (spoiler: you learn what’s normal and then detect abnormalities), why it’s challenging to define quote/unquote “normal” behavior and how black swan events such as I dunno a global pandemic that suddenly shuts down the whole world affect these techniques. We also discuss what Ira looks for in potential data scientists (hint: it’s not necessarily anomaly detection skills) an...
2021-06-1142 minWho's your Data? PodcastEpisode 5: Data, Diversity and Market Research on a Global ScaleWho's Your Data goes Global. I talk to Serial Entrepeneur and Growth Strategy expert Kristin Luck who has started multiple marketing technology companies and is currently president of ESOMAR, a Global association of market research companies that promotes data ethics, research standards and protection. We discuss her experience using data to grow and scale companies, her vision for ESOMAR during her tenure, what it means to think about data ethics on a Global scale and tackling diversity through sensitivity to cultural differences around the world. We talk about Women In Research, the non-profit organization Kristin founded to champion Women in the...
2021-05-0637 minWho's your Data? PodcastEpisode 4:AI and Mental Health - Identifying Trauma with Voice Recognition TechnologyVoice data is the future. In this episode we talk to Dr. Yared Alemu, founder and CEO of TQIntelligence, that uses AI and voice recognition technology to identify and diagnose trauma in at-risk, under-privileged youth. We discuss the lack of funding, expertise and data in public mental health services today and how TQIntelligence addresses this challenge and strives to provide quality mental health services to these communities. We discuss what trauma is and the challenges of collecting data and addressing its biases. Dr. Alemu also shares his experience as a Black founder in the startup ecosystem and we discuss the cognit...
2021-04-0938 minWho's your Data? PodcastEpisode 3:"If you can't see the example, be the example"Journalist/pop-culture-expert-turned-tech-entrepeneur Chris Witherspoon joins me to discuss his social app startup PopViewers and how it democratizes the space of content reviews by a social community that creates an innovative set of data points around content consumption that traditional media companies do not capture.
Chris discusses his journey from journalism into tech and how an outsider's perspective as a Gay Black Founder underscored the lack of representation in the tech innovation space, how he needed to set his own example, how being your true authentic self is the best way to accomplish those goals and how 2021 is going to be an e...
2021-03-1632 minWho's your Data? PodcastEpisode 2:"Don't be an ALLY, be an ACCOMPLICE!"Jason Scott, head of Google Startup Accelerator in the US, discusses how the Black Founders Accelerator and Women Founder Accelerator programs came into being, the challenges of being an underrepresented founder in the tech entrepreneur space, the importance of thinking about inclusivity early in a startup's life - avoiding bias in the data, the team and the product to prevent the exclusion of addressable markets.
We discuss Jason's article on Medium that discusses the difference between being an ally to underrepresented communities vs. being an accomplice. Jason also shares his secret to figuring out what a fulfilling career looks like, a...
2021-02-2437 minWho's your Data? PodcastEpisode 1: "You cannot follow someone else's winding path"Join us as my guest Dr. Melinda Han Williiams, Chief Data Scientist at DStillery, and I discuss creating your own voice and career path, whether or not a PhD is necessary for a career in Data Science and how AI-based desserts may just be the end of human civilization as we know it.
2021-02-0527 min
Who's your Data? PodcastWho's Your Data - Season 1 TrailerTrailer for season 1 of the new Who's Your Data podcast!
Join us to learn how Life affects data and how Data affects life. Thoughts on a career in Data Analytics and Data Science, inclusivity and representation in Tech, and conversations with interesting people in the industry are all on the menu.
2021-01-2701 min