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Season 6 Episodes:
- Ep. 21: What Really Drives Career Growth in Data Analytics
with Albert Bellamy, Best Selling Author - Ep. 20: How Is AI reinventing MDM and Data Governance?
with Ken Brown, Head of Customer Success and Bruno Billy, President of APGAR North America - Ep. 19: Why Data Sovereignty Matters for AI Innovation
with Vinay Samuel, CEO and Founder of Zetaris - Ep. 18: Changing Student Recruitment and Retention with AI
with Emily Chase Coleman, CEO of HAI Analytics - Ep. 17: ROI Framework for Data Teams
with Ollie Hughes, CEO and co-founder of Count - Ep. 16: Unlocking the Future of Enterprise AI with Salesforce Agentforce
with John Kucera, Senior VP of Salesforce AI - Ep. 15: How to Get Your KPIs Without the Data Hassle
with Lior Gerson, Co-Founder and CEO of Target Board - Ep. 14: How to Master the New Era of Data Management
with Kamal Hathi, Senior VP and GM at Splunk, a Cisco company - Ep. 13: How AI Agents Are Reshaping Data Observability
with Salma Bakouk, Co-Founder and CEO of Sifflet - Ep. 12: Machine Learning in Complex Systems and Non-Linear Systems
with Dr. Chris Kulp, Author and Professor of Physics and ML - Ep. 11: AI Compliance & Risk Management: Best Practices with Santosh Kaveti
with Santosh Kaveti, the Founder and CEO of ProArch - Ep. 10: Unpacking DevOps Bull: Challenges, Solutions, and the Future
with Cory O'Daniel, CEO and Co-Founder of Massdriver - Ep. 9: Data Lineage Best Practices
with Caitlyn Truong, co-founder and CEO of Zengines - Ep. 8: How to Start and Thrive as a Freelance Data Scientist
with Dimitri Visnadi, Freelance - Ep. 7: Creating Immersive Experiences with AI
with Geoff Thatcher, Executive Creative Director for the Game On AI - Ep. 6: How to Future-Proof Your Career and Thrive in the AI Industry
with Dr. Joan Bajorek - Ep. 5: Industrial AI: Transforming Manufacturing
with Bryan DeBois, Director of Industrial AI at RoviSys - Ep. 4: Business 101 for the Data Professional
with Jordan Morrow, Author - Ep. 3: How Organizational Culture Impacts Data Governance
with Joyce L. Myers, Chief Data Officer at Modern Technology Solutions - Ep. 2: Simplify AI for Non-Tech Leaders
with Sumedha Rai - Ep. 1: Why Copilot is an Illusion
with T. Scott Clendaniel, Director of Data and Analytics and AI expert at Gartner
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