Making Data Simple

May 01, 2024

00:34:21

Cody Schneider Part 2, co-founder of Swell AI and Drafthorse AI : two AI content creation platforms helping businesses scale content production.

Consider this an early stage founder discussion. A ton of fun topics in this one.

00:12 Short Nvidia?
06:39 THE Platform of Choice
13:51 Brain Rot
14:43 AI Guidance
17:10 Swell AI's Value
22:56 It's Ok to Take Kudos!
25:47 Business Predictions
28:07 Distribution > Product
29:27 Finding Cody
30:08 Getting Offline

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/codyxschneider

Website: https://www.swellai.com/, https://www.drafthorseai.com/

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.

Apr 24, 2024

00:32:00

Part 1. Getting to know Cody Schneider, co-founder of Swell AI and Drafthorse AI : two AI content creation platforms helping businesses scale content production. Consider this an early stage founder discussion. It starts with Marketing and builds to where AI is being used today.

01:31 Meet Cody Schneider
05:27 Differentiating a 2x4
06:52 Avid Skier
10:41 Early Stage Startups?
13:27 Swell AI
15:00 Differentiation using AI
18:35 Monetization Strategy
21:42 The Billion $ Company of One
24:22 Marking AI Tools
26:30 Foundational Models
27:26 AI Training Affordability

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/codyxschneider

Website: https://www.swellai.com/, https://www.drafthorseai.com/

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.

Apr 17, 2024

00:40:23

Toby Coulthard, CPO at Phrasee talks to Marketing Tech as the interface between human psychology and technology. Phrasee is a marketing platform that leverages generative AI for natural language generation, optimizing content at scale for enterprise clients such as Walgreens, Macy’s, Currys, and more.

01:21 Meet Toby Coulthard

05:46 MarTech
06:43 Chief Product Officer at Phrasee
10:02 LLMs in MarTech
10:56 Tools at Phrasee
12:21 Client References 17:00 The Marketing Journey 20:50 What Model Then???
22:22 "Winning a Campaign"
29:54 Phrasee Differentiation
32:43 Marketing of the Future
39:29 For Fun

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toocou/

Website: https://phrasee.co/

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.

Apr 10, 2024

00:45:22

When I need to re-center and remind myself to stay grounded and that growth is accessible to all of us (that's the reskill part) I'm reminded of this episode. The Mindful Response with Estela Zuheros, Corporate Social Responsibility, IBM. Come for social responsibility in reskilling the world, stay for lessons in being mindful and being kind to yourself.

· 02:06 Meet Estela Zuheros

· 05:21 Your personal why?

· 07:16 Reskilling

· 11:41 The skills problem to solve

· 18:44 Measuring success

· 20:07 Primary areas of reskilling 23:02 Program selection criteria

· 26:31 The Mindful Response

· 37:30 Avoiding burnout

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/estelaquesadazuheros

Website: https://estelaquesadazuheros.com

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.

Apr 03, 2024

00:57:01

The master of Artificial Intelligence: Ruchir Puri, Chief Scientist of IBM Research, an IBM Fellow, and Vice-President of IBM Corporate Technology. AI questions you were afraid to ask, from hallucinations to watsonx. #makingdatasimple #watsonxWelcome to the enlightening world of AI with Ruchir Puri, the Master of Artificial Intelligence and esteemed guest on our podcast. Join us as we embark on a captivating journey, delving deep into the realms of AI that you've always been curious about but hesitant to ask. From hallucinations to WatsonX, we leave no stone unturned in our quest for knowledge. Ruchir Puri, Chief Scientist of IBM Research and IBM Fellow, as well as Vice-President of IBM Corporate Technology, shares his expertise and insights, unraveling the complexities and potential of AI. Tune in to gain a comprehensive understanding of AI's capabilities and its impact on our lives. Prepare to have your questions answered and be amazed by the wonders of AI.

02:17 Meet Ruchir Puri the "Maker"
09:24 A day in the life 14:22 The AI hype 24:21 Why now?
27:36 The AI triangle
35:57 Why IBM 40:58 Deciding factors
43:57 Is bigger better?
47:59 Hallucinations
49:53 watsonx
52:33 Who are you betting on?
54:23 First steps

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ruchir-puri-b117021a

Website: https://www.ibm.com/watsonx

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.

Mar 27, 2024

00:33:44

This is one of my favorite episodes with Nancy Hensley, when she was CMO at Stats Perform. I've got to get back to my bracket!Money Ball is back! Nancy Hensley, Chief Marketing Officer for Stats Perform, gives us the latest on data analytics in sports. If you like sports don't listen unless you have time to be entertained.

Show Notes

· 04:09 What does Money Ball look like now?

· 07:30 Mrs Chicago's personal update

· 08:40 Fan website: The Analyst

· 11:16 Stats Perform for the rest of us

· 17:25 Sports tech competitors

· 18:34 Monetizing data. $115M for NFL data! What?

· 27:44 Broadcaster and Pressbox

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyhensley/

Website: https://statsperform.com/

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.

Mar 20, 2024

00:40:22

More AI with Don Finley, Founder of FINdustres, a leading product development agency. Don talks about fusing science, art, and technology into one. Not your conventional CEO.

01:30 Meet Don Finley
03:50 The Midlife Crisis
06:36 FINdustries
07:02 Kilimanjaro Break
09:40 Work/Life Integration
10:30 Client Profiles
12:00 FINdustries Differentiation
13:43 The 2-min Pitch
14:58 Science, Art, plus Technology
16:34 Good to Great
18:18 Predominate Use Cases
20:06 When to Seek Help
22:20 The Role of the Developer
26:37 AI Risks
28:17 Big Bets
31:22 Methodology and Scale
34:41 Top Learnings
36:23 The Next Kilimanjaro

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dfinley

Website: https://findustries.co/

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.

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.

Mar 13, 2024

00:20:56

A live, impromptu podcast with Kevin Nugent, Data & AI Global Partner Sales @ IBM with the IBM partner community in Toronto. A quick and fun discussion on the state of AI in the industry.

01:04 Kansas City Chiefs
01:93 Meet Kevin Nugent
02:25 Shorting Nvidia 03:25 State of the AI Business 05:520 What is watsonx
07:22 IBM's Differentiation
08:39 Again, Why IBM?
14:13 Making Money with AI
16:37 AI Skills
20:06 Go IBM Partners!

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kevinrnugent

Website: https://www.ibm.com/partnerplus

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.

Mar 06, 2024

00:36:46

Let's talk data transformation and what makes a greatseller with Co-founder and CEO of Coalesce, ArmonPetrossian. As more companies move to the cloud theweakness in data transformation is becoming profound.

01:15 Meet Armon Petrossian
02:21 The problem in being data driven
04:28 Introducing Coalesce
07:53 Automation defined
09:56 The ETL to ELT shift
11:54 Typical customer use case
12:55 The Coalesce differentiator
16:18 Proof of value
24:39 Column metadata
25:40 Data transformation inhibitors
28:17 The future
31:52 What makes a great seller

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/armonpetrossian/Website:https://coalesce.io/Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?Reach out to us at almartintalksdata@gmail.com and tellus why you should be next. The Making Data SimplePodcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales,IBM, where we explore trending technologies, businessinnovation, 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.

Feb 28, 2024

00:43:48

Understanding Search, GenAI, RAG methodology, and vector databases with Nixon Cheaz, Engineering Lead at IBM's Experience Engine.

02:24 Meet Nixon Cheaz
04:32 Search without Google
06:35 Experience Engine
08:30 Elements of Good Search
12:46 Search Data Source
15:36 GenAI Use Cases and Vector DBs
19:40 Foundational Models?
22:07 Impact of Vector DBs
25:38 IBM Public Content DB
28:02 Use Cases
29:58 IBM Technologies
32:54 RAG
40:12 Health is Wealth

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nixon-cheazWant 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.