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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 well-managed data environment?This podcast episode was recorded by Michał Rudko, Data Architect (GetInData | Part of Xebia).Do you want to read more about the topics? Check "Data Democratization Through Data Management" White Paper written by Michał Rudko

Agnieszka 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 and how it worksHow data is collected and utilized by PleoData analytics use-cases implemented at PleoPleo's data tech stack, Including GCP, BigQuery, Kafka, Metabase, and LookerPleo's approach to Generative AIFocus for the upcoming monthsEvaluation criteria for deciding between open-source and proprietary technologyDifferences in working with data at Pleo, Acast, and SkyscannerThe podcast was recorded by Adam Kawa (GetInData). Find more about our data, analytics, cloud, and MLOps projects and services at getindata.com.Subscribe to Radio Data on Spotify to get notifications about future podcast episodes.

Kacper 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/or AIHow AI changes the access to education and opens new opportunities worldwideThe most important skills that one should focus on in the futureWhat skills we should be teaching at schools & universitiesDisadvantages, negative consequences, risks of using AI in educationTech & data stack at PearsonInteresting future AI projects/challenges at PearsonLinks to topics that Kacper is referring toSkills Outlook report #1: the most in-demand skills from an employer’s perspectiveSkills Outlook report #2: how employees are preparing for a tech-focused world by building human skillsPearson’s leading AI textbooksAbout Pearson’s pioneering automated assessment and example data processing pipelinePearson’s upcoming generative AI productsPearson 2023 Interim Results PresentationThe podcast was recorded by Adam Kawa (GetInData). Find more about our data, analytics, cloud, and MLOps projects and services at getindata.com.Subscribe to Radio Data on Spotify and Google Podcasts to get notifications about future podcast episodes.

Dainius 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.Topics that we talk about include:Introduction to Forecast and its integrated intelligenceData that is collected and analysed at Forecast e.g. projects, budgets, scope, time, peopleData & AI-driven use-cases at Forecast e.g. reporting, warnings, similarity of tasks, work anomaly, burnout, Insights that can be taken from using Forecast related to people management, suitability (80% of accuracy currently), passion, career pathsTech, data & MLOps stack used to develop ML/AI models at Forecast e.g. NLP libraries, Google Bard, AWS, SageMaker, TensorFlow. Amplitude, home-grown solutions.Trends in people management, power of AI, AI vs. humansUsing Forecast measure the adoption of AI tools in the tasks and projectsDefinition of the AI Product Lead role and his/her daily work at ForecastThe podcast was recorded by Adam Kawa (GetInData). Find more about our data, analytics, cloud, and MLOps projects and services at getindata.com or contact us using hello@getindata.com.Subscribe to Radio Data on Spotify, YouTube, and Google Podcasts to get notifications about future podcast episodes.

Ola 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.Topics that we talk about include:What Soundtrack Your Brand is, what the product is about, it’s value, who uses it, why and howThe importance of data at Soundtrack Your BrandData-driven use-cases implemented at Soundtrack Your BrandComplexity of building digital music streaming productsDifferences between B2B music streaming (e.g. Soundtrack Your Brand) vs. B2C music streaming (e.g. Apple, Spotify)Update of their road to profitabilityIf and how data & AI helps in achieving profitability at Soundtrack Your BrandCurrent plans for investing in data & AI at Soundtrack Your BrandGenerative AI in the B2B music streaming industryInteresting future trends for the next few years in the B2B music streaming industryArtists, music creators and their compensation in the B2B and B2C music industryKey metrics & dashboards that Ola looks at every day as the CEO of the companyThe podcast was recorded by Adam Kawa (GetInData). Find more about our data, analytics, cloud, and MLOps projects and services at getindata.com or contact us using hello@getindata.com.Subscribe to Radio Data on Spotify, YouTube, and Google Podcasts to get notifications about future podcast episodes.

Jakub 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 literacy, educate customers, help to build their financial portfolioCutting-edge technologies at a banking industry e.g. cloud, metaverseComparison between German and Polish banking sectors in the context of data, analytics, regulations and customer profiles.Why banking sector is so competitive and being a pioneer might not give you competitive advantagesThe podcast was recorded by Adam Kawa (GetInData). Find more about our data, analytics, cloud, and MLOps projects and services at getindata.com or contact us using hello@getindata.com.Subscribe to Radio Data on Spotify, YouTube, and Google Podcasts to get notifications about future podcast episodes.