Data Experience from San Francisco by Askdata

In this episode, Deval Motka, VP of Rocket Data at Quicken Loans discusses what she thinks are the primary soft skills that make or break successful data analysts. Deval has written about this topic extensively about this topic, and she is an expert in her field. Some interesting highlights are the need to be able to present insights without preparing, the need to have the mindset of a ‘consultant’, and how the need for these soft skills will only increase as time goes on.

In this episode of the Data Experience Podcast we were joined by Mike Hansen, VP of Business Intelligence and Data Strategy at Guggenheim Partners.Mike has 15 years of experience in Business Intelligence space designing, building, and maturing business intelligence environments from the ground up for several companies. Proven track record growing, managing, and maturing teams around these systems.We talked about how to Covid impacted the way of working for the Data Analysts and Data Scientists

In this episode of the Data Experience Podcast we were joined by Aleks Lazarevic, VP of Advanced Analytics at Stanley Black and Decker. Aleks is an analytics veteran, with over 20 years experience in the field. In college, he studied Machine Learning, and quickly moved his academic interests into practice by helping the world's biggest companies make data driven decisions. During our discussion Aleks gave in depth insight into how COVID-19 is changing supply chain analytics for enterprise companies. We talked about the new strategies and the new types of data being employed to attempt to predict demand. And Aleks gave his opinions on the future of our economy with COVID - spoiler alert he is cautiously optimistic. Great news from an expert who is watching the numbers closely. Listen to the full episode for a fascinating discussion!