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This is TAG Data Talk where we discuss news, trends, and ideas in the world of Data Science and Analytics.

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    • Jul 2, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 21m AVG DURATION
    • 76 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from TAG Data Talk

    Applying AI Technologies for Business Operations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 17:10


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Huzaifa Sayed, Senior Manager of Data Science at The Home Depot:What are some business operations solvable via AI?How can AI technologies help streamline, improve, or otherwise support operations?What does the future hold for leveraging AI as part of operational activities?What final piece of advice would you give to someone trying to find ways to leverage AI technology used to support business functions?Huzaifa Sayed, Senior Manager of Data Science at The Home DepotFollow Huzaifa Sayed

    The challenging nature of making everyone an AI expert

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 23:43


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Fouad Bousetouane, PhD, Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer at InterspectAI:What does it mean to be an AI expertWhat's the problem with allowing everyone the ability to leverage AIHow can we solve for this challenge (surely we don't want to just allow LLMs for those with PhDs)What do we see for the future of leveraging AIFouad Bousetouane, PhD, Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer at InterspectAIFollow Fouad Bousetouane

    Leveraging AI to optimize energy consumption of renewable energy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 22:50


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Chelsea Lamar, VP, Global Sustainability @ AIT Worldwide Logistics:Tell us about the world of energy – and what's considered renewableHow is AI related to renewable energy? Where is AI applied to help with renewables?What are the problems we need to solve more effectively with AI to help with renewable energy?Help us understand what companies can do to leverage AI as a way of helping advance renewable energy?What do you see for the future of AI in relation to renewables?What do you see for the future of knowledge work as it relates to GenAI?Chelsea Lamar, VP, Global Sustainability @ AIT Worldwide LogisticsFollow Chelsea Lamar

    Exploration of When and Where to Leverage GenAI in Knowledge Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 20:51


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Brian Burns, Senior Manager of AI, Sprout Social:Talk about knowledge work – what does the term mean?Describe a few examples of how we might leverage GenAIWhat are the challenges when trying to incorporate AI and GenAI for knowledge work?How can we make this collaboration successful between human and machine?What do you see for the future of knowledge work as it relates to GenAI?Brian Burns Senior Manager of AI, Sprout SocialFollow Brian Burns

    AI in the Real World: Balancing Innovation & Risk in a Regulated Landscape

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 25:25


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Raghu Kulkarni:• Tell me about what we mean by AI in this context?• Let's talk about regulation.. What does that really mean? How does it limit or support organizations?• Regarding the notion of innovation, can you give some examples of how that might look in a regulated sense?• The possibilities with AI are endless! Are we having to compromise on innovation, especially being in a regulated environment because of responsible AI? How can we balance our pace for creating new cutting edge ways of doing things while staying responsible and aligned with regulatory requirements?Raghu Kulkarni Chief AI Officer EquifaxFollow Raghu Kulkarni

    Back to basics: Essentials for Product Development in the Age of AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 27:25


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Marcy Cunningham:• The goal is to get more data, solutions, and AI into the hands of our consumers… Does this present certain difficulties?• What are some of the issues associated with not meeting the prerequisites for new AI tools?• Are we trying to use AI to fill gaps?• How can we improve our way of hitting the basics?• What advice would you give for the future efforts of streamlining these processes and ultimately leveraging AI to improve our data inspired decision-making?Marcy Cunningham, Head of Information Governance, IHG Hotels & ResortsFollow Marcy Cunningham

    AI for the Rest of Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 24:18


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Andrew Simmons:What are some examples of GenAI for retailLet's talk about the difficulties and challenges GenAI can bringHow about the positive opportunities presenting from GenAIIs the juice worth the squeezeWhat do you see for the future of retail with GenAI Geneva Taylor, Director of Data Analytics and InsightsFollow Geneva Taylor

    Analytics Challenges Specific to the Manufacturing Sector

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 21:26


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Prateek Shrivastava:Describing some of the use cases in manufacturing.What sorts of specific challenges do manufacturing companies face?How can analytics adjust to take these issues into account?What does the future hold for advancing analytics in manufacturing?Prateek Shrivastava, Principal Data Scientist at Cummins Inc.Follow Prateek Shrivastava

    The Criticality of Mature data and AI for Accurate GenAI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 22:11


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Aparajit Agarwal, Kao Corporation:What is analytics maturity as it relates to GenAI?Discussing relationship between a solid machine learning strategy and developing GenAI capabilities.Finding the applicable use cases for GenAI given maturity levels.Advice for getting GenAI implemented in your organization.Aparajit Agarwal, Enterprise Data and AI Architect at Kao CorporationFollow Aparajit Agarwal

    How AI Impacts How We Develop and Grow Data Teams

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 27:00


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Akhil Mahajan, Technical Director at Proctor & Gamble:What are some of the core skill of traditional data teams?How is AI modifying the way we work in data?Describe ways to upskill, re-skill, or hire data teams of the future.Akhil Mahajan, Technical Director at Proctor & GambleFollow Akhil Mahajan

    Leveraging AI Technology in Healthcare

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 21:49


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Bhavna Mehta , Assistant Vice President at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: What are some examples of ways AI technology can support healthcare operations and decision making?Describe some of the challenges specific to healthcare when thinking about leveraging AI.How do you think AI will work with us in the future to support and improve community health?Bhavna Mehta, Senior Manager of Data Science at The Home DepotFollow Bhavna Mehta

    Getting the Absolute Best Data Science Talent to Solve Marketing Problems

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 18:46


    -Describe the marketing / data science dance - do we need data science for successful marketing? -What are the types of jobs for data scientists in marketing? -What are the key skills for a marketing data scientist? -What about other types of non-technical skills? Like domain knowledge or personal attributes? -How should data science talent vary based on Marketing context? -Describe your final piece of advice for anyone getting into the marketing data science space?

    The Role of the CAIO

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 19:04


    What is this How this interacts with other C”suite Technical business culture What can this solve for us

    Reducing Barriers to Complex Data Science Entry by Leveraging AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 18:08


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Hua Ai: What are the types of data science work able to get automated, managed with AI? How can AI help, what steps are reduced  How does this change the necessary skill set? Are we writing ourselves out of a job? Final piece of advice for leveraging AI to reduce data science barriers 

    Defining and Adapting your Data Science Career

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 25:41


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Giang Do: What is a Data Science career? Value of Experience, Exposure and Knowledge. What are the tricks to a successful career? Tips you wish you had known.

    Building Data Science and AI Capabilities to Last

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 22:14


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Deepac Jose: what are some of the capabilities importance of challenging status quo breaking silos how to know you've won final piece of advice

    Applying a Data-Informed Approach to Influence Leaders and Business Decision-Makers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 24:03


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Ned Caron: What do we mean by data-informed? How does this differ from data-driven or other philosophies? What are the challenges and benefits for adopting data-informed decision making? What advice would you offer to someone trying to move in the data-informed direction?

    Evolution of Data Science: Enhancing Productivity, Not Replacing You

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 17:39


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Jorge Figueroa: AI Monopoly - Join or fight. Some developers are scared about AI being monopolized instead of thinking about the possibilities and opportunities new AI platforms represent in their projects. AI - A new danger to some professions or a new tool?  Will use reporting as an example. Reports were created by IT specialists and were fixed and timely to create. These were mostly replaced by BI tools. Surely there were report-experts how thought BI was a danger to their work at some point in time that later migrated to using BI tools and found them a great evolution from basic reporting. Even when integrating ML or Data Science projects is faster and easier with newly available platforms and resources, experts are still needed to work out these integrations. You should not consider your expertise replaced but empowered by these new tools. Millions of research hours and dollars in investment are now at your disposal to expedite your work. I recently had a talk with some friends from the art community and they feel threatened by tools like Dall-e, Stable Diffusion, Craiyon, etc. I explained new tools often look threatening to some professions but are an opportunity. Those who learn to use them faster and better have an advantage over others. As an example, Prompt Engineering is now an important competence.

    Ensuring Scalable Data Science Solutions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 15:52


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Dinakar Deshmukh: what does it mean for a solution to be scalable how have we lacked in this area as an industry  why it's important to make solutions that last the future of data science products and scalability

    Successfully Leveraging AutoML to Solve Complex Problems

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 21:18


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, Dr. Beverly Wright discusses with Chad Harness: describe automl to the business person how do these types of tools work what are the right ways to leverage automl expectations for the future of automl tools

    Getting the Education Right: Choosing academic programs to stimulate a successful career in data

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 16:27


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, host Dr. Beverly Wright talks with Justin Grieshop: Describe the backgrounds and disciplines in data science and analytics How to show the importance of diversity of thought Advice for understanding the right education and how to extract value from those resources

    Building and Managing the Data Science Product Development Process

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 18:42


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Patrick Halpin about Building and Managing the Data Science Product Development Process

    Evolution of Data Scientists: The Transitioning Role of Data Scientist

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 23:25


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Lyndsey Padden about the Evolution of Data Scientists: The Transitioning Role of Data Scientist

    Dispelling the AI Hype

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 21:15


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Nan Li about Dispelling the AI Hype

    Developing and delivering a quick data science project

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 26:29


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Kevin Enyekwe and Chanyong Yoo about Developing and Delivering a Quick Data Science project

    Enabling an Analytics Culture through Transformative Processes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 21:47


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Stephanie Dean about Enabling an Analytics Culture through Transformative Processes

    Leading Data Scientists

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2022 22:51


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Ken Viciana about Leading Data Scientists

    Power Up with Data

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 18:01


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Johnny Howze on how to Power Up with Data

    Leveraging Data Science for Actionable Insights

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 17:46


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Eric Friedman about Leveraging Data Science for Actionable Insights

    Connecting and Leveraging Academic Partnerships in Data Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 31:40


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Anqi Zou about connecting and leveraging academic partnerships in data science

    Unlocking Data along the Value Chain in Manufacturing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 20:53


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Frank Borovsky about Unlocking Data along the Value Chain in Manufacturing

    Identifying the Why Why: Strategies to understand true problems and questions for data science projects

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2022 18:45


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Selma Dogic about strategies to understand true problems and questions for data science projects

    Building and Advancing a Data Science Career

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 24:43


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Christina Stathopoulos about building and advancing a data science career.

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    Aligning IT data function with data science efforts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 27:03


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Scott Taylor about Aligning IT data function with data science efforts.

    Data Science and Artificial Intelligence from a CTO's perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 19:36


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Manuj Aggarwal about Data Science and Artificial Intelligence from a CTO's perspective.

    The Many Faces of Data Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2021 20:56


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Alexander Yurchenko, SVP, Chief Data Science Officer at Black Book, about The Many Faces of Data Science.

    Enabling AI Efforts by Improving Data Governance

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 23:55


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Peggy Tsai about Enabling AI Efforts by Improving Data Governance.

    Enterprise Data Literacy to Scale Analytics Solutions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 28:18


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Jerry DiMaso and Ryan Gertenbach about enterprise data literacy to scale analytics solutions.

    Making Analytics a Business as Usual Function

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 29:42


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Monica Kedzierski about Making Analytics a Business as Usual Function.

    Data Ops for Dynamic Business Needs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021 16:43


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Arvind Prabhakar, Chief Technology Officer at StreamSets, about Data Ops for Dynamic Business Needs.

    Importance of Involving Analytics Stakeholders Early

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 21:43


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Jason Poovey, Director of Data Science and Analytics at Greenlight Financial Technology, about the Importance of Involving Analytics Stakeholders Early.

    Advanced Analytics for Financial Functions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 18:50


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Jim Haller about advanced analytics for financial functions.

    The Lost Art of Listening for Improved Analytics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 17:03


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with LaRae Bennett, Sr. Director, Data & Analytics at Premier Research, about the lost art of listening for improving analytics.

    Leveraging Workforce Analytics for Strategic Advantage

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 31:07


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with a panel of experts about leveraging workforce analytics for strategic advantage.

    Stimulating Data Science Innovation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 19:26


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Doug Laney about the stimulating data science innovation and getting beyond the process.

    The Value of Imperfection: Embracing the Realities of Model Building

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 20:25


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Shelly Kunkle about the challenges and imperfections encountered during the model building process, and how to derive value despite the imperfections within the models.

    Landing a career in the AI field

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021 24:59


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Jason Schlachter about landing a career in the AI field. Describe the AI field What are some of the roles within the AI field Skills and strategies for gaining access to a career in AI

    The Criticality of Understanding Business Context in Analytics

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 18:35


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Winn Martin, Chief Data Officer at Steady about The Criticality of Understanding Business Context in Analytics.

    Encouraging Model Adoption among the Executive Suite and Beyond

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 25:25


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with T. Scott Clendaniel, Lead Data Scientist at Franklin Templeton Strategic Artificial Intelligence Labs, about Encouraging Model Adoption among the Executive Suite and Beyond.

    Data Management in a Global Marketplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 21:42


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Juan Gorricho, Executive Data Science Leader in Financial Services, about Data Management in a Global Marketplace.

    The Importance of a Data Science Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 21:07


    In this episode of TAG Data Talk, we talk with Kate Strachnyi, Founder, Story by Data, and DATAcated Academy about The Importance of a Data Science Community.

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