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Omar Tawakol is CEO and co-founder Rembrand, a company using generative AI to automate product placement in online videos. Earlier this year, he announced an $8 million seed funding round and this month added several more strategic investors. Rembrand represents a return to Tawakol's roots in advertising technology and his graduate work in AI. He saw there was an underutilized opportunity for product placement at scale that could be delivered cost-effectively for online influencers. AI is enabling the company to significantly expand the market. Tawakol was my guest for Episode 61, in 2018. At the time, he was CEO of Voicera, which later rebranded to Voicea and then was acquired by Cisco 2019. Voicea was an early leader in the automated meeting transcription space and pioneered novel architectures that led to rapid increases in performance. Earlier in his career, Tawakol was CEO of Blue Kai, the leading DMP for enterprise marketers. The company was acquired by Oracle in 2016 and he then served as SVP of Oracle Data Cloud. He was formerly a board director at PlaceIQ and is a board member for Liveramp.

Grant Ries is the CEO of Deep Sync, a leading data and technology company in the marketing industry. Before Deep Sync, Grant was a member of the executive leadership team at Liveramp, where he continues serving as a strategic advisor. During his time at the company, he held several roles, including CEO of Liveramp B2B, as well as running the following businesses: Data, Marketplace, Advanced TV, and most recently as the Executive VP of Emerging Markets. Grant joined Liveramp through the acquisition of Pacific Data Partners, a B2B data and technology company he co-founded. Prior to Liveramp, Grant co-founded and served as a Board Member and Chief Revenue Officer of BlueKai. When Oracle acquired BlueKai in 2014, Grant co-launched the Oracle Data Cloud, a global business unit, and served as its Vice President. Grant currently serves on the board of directors of Mountain and Rembrand, is an active angel investor, and has provided advisory and operating support for his various investments in the technology sector over 20 years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Omar co-founded pioneering data platform BlueKai and lead Oracle Data Cloud before launching Voicera and now Rembrand - and AI tool for video product placementMore

Omar co-founded pioneering data platform BlueKai and lead Oracle Data Cloud before launching Voicera and now Rembrand - and AI tool for video product placementMore

Joseph moved from Experian to Datalogix and was at the company through its explosive growth and acquisition into the Oracle Data Cloud in 2012More

Joseph moved from Experian to Datalogix and was at the company through its explosive growth and acquisition into the Oracle Data Cloud in 2012More

Mike DeGagne is VP of Sales for quantilope in the U.S. He brings to the company almost 15 years of experience in data, analytics, and consumer insights. Mike worked successfully for large data, analysis, and market research companies such as Forrester, Experian, and Oracle and for Moat, a start-up that Oracle bought for almost $1 billion. Most recently, he was Enterprise Senior Partner with the Oracle Data Cloud for well-known, global FMCG/CPG brands.   Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!   Connect with Mike DeGagne: Website: https://www.quantilope.com/en/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/quantilope?lang=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-fandrich-ph-d-00b546165/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quantilopeUS/

  Why do walled gardens exist in the first place? The answer is quite simple, because they can. When it comes to advertising, giant firms like Facebook and LinkedIn hold all their own cards. And with the demise of 3rd party data and cookies, the amount of data they have on users who readily allow access to personal information is unprecedented. But we are learning that this may spell bad news in the future for us marketers. Listen in to this episode with Heather Blank on how Walled Gardens will impact the future of advertising. About our Guest: Heather Blank Heather Blank has over 20 years of experience scaling and innovating the go-to-market strategies of digital enterprises. A background in both client-side and in-house technology roles gives her a unique perspective and solutions-oriented approach to product innovation. Heather started her data career running the first digital CRM program for PETCO Animal Supplies and has worked to build successful data businesses for Responsys, Oracle Data Cloud, Datalogix and MediaMath. In her current role as SVP Data Solutions at Revenue Vision Partners, she helps clients in retail, financial services and adtech develop data monetization strategies. Heather graduated with a B.A. in journalism from the University of Arizona and lives in San Diego with her husband and two children. WVU Marketing Communications Today: Horizons is presented by the West Virginia University Reed College of Media, which offers renowned online master's degree programs in Marketing Communications.  

Do you leave people with more energy, or do you drain it from those with whom you come in contact? How do you maximize your energy in a time of justified burnout? Hear from Eric Roza, CEO of CrossFit on how he journeys through the complexities of rebuilding a business he loves in a world where uncertainty is ever present, hard work is non-negotiable, and where community is everything. As an amazing storyteller you'll hear his underlying belief in what he's doing every day to make the world a better, healthier and more connected place at a time when everyone is craving it. Eric shares what he has learned through the many stages of his career that will help him guide his company to new heights of innovation and growth. Prior to CrossFit,  Eric's past experiences range from being a Bain Consultant to the SVP/GM of Oracle Data Cloud. Prior to Oracle, Eric was probably most known for being a passionate, entrepreneurial leader that thrives on taking small start-ups such as Asurion and Datalogix into innovative, sustainable growth businesses. He sits on numerous for-profit and not-for-profit Boards trying to help them achieve the same success. You can read more about Eric in the Feb. 2021 issue of Men's Health in an article entitled “These two men are on a mission to save CrossFit.”Thank you to our episode sponsor Macrostax - www.macrostax.com

On this week's episode of The MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire's Rachel Smith and Ciaran O'Kane are joined by Chris Stark, senior director of product management at Oracle Data Cloud, to discuss the latest news in ad tech and martech. In this session, they cover: UK ecommerce spend; Asos' plans for a programmatic ad business; and YouGov's expansion of their Global Fan Profiles tool to esports.

On this week’s episode of Speed Secrets Podcast, Bryce Kliewer joins me as we go in depth about the lessons learned from racing that apply to business – and vice versa. We also touch on how autocross teaches car control, and compare autocross to time trials to road racing! Bryce’s speed secret: No one wins a championship alone. Bryce’s ran the Analytics and Business Intelligence at Coldwater Creek, helping to double the size of the business up to a $1b retailer, through catalog, web sales and the opening of over 350 retail locations. He was the VP of Client Analytics and Operations at Datalogix (a small ad-tech company looking to improve how data is used to make advertising more effective) before it was acquired by Oracle. He now is the VP Enterprise Project Management Office at Oracle as part of the Oracle Data Cloud. Bryce started out getting his feet wet with local autocross driving a Subaru WRX bugeye wagon, winning multiple local class championships in STX and several top 5 season PAX driver awards. He switched to something rear-wheel drive and acquired a pretty haggard 2003 BMW 330 which he used to win multiple Rocky Mountain SCCA STX class championships and BMW CCA class championships, as well as winning the SCCA Mountain Match Tour Club Shootout. Bryce eventually found his way to the racetrack and over time gutted and caged the BMW 330 for time trials through NASA (built and sponsored by SCR Performance out of Loveland, CO).  He used this car to set track records in multiple classes (TTD, TTC, TT5) over the past several seasons at various tracks (Circuit of the Americas, Thunderhill Raceway, High Plains Raceway, Hallet Motorsport, Utah Motorsport Complex, Pueblo Motorsports Park, Motorsports Park Hastings, Pikes Peak International Raceway, La Junta Raceway (some more prestigious than others...)). This culminated in winning the NASA TTC West Coast championships in 2017 (uncontested) and the 2018 NASA National Championships in TT5 at COTA.

“Breaking Up with Blocklists” was a favorite among AW2020 panels. Mike Hemmings, Director of Customer Insights at Oracle Data Cloud joins to discuss why the industry needs to break up with blocklists, as well as what comes after their inevitable departure from our lives.

This episode of The Idealcast features the second part of Gene Kim’s interview with Team of Teams coauthor and CrossLead CEO David Silverman and CrossLead Head of R&D Jessica Reif.  In this episode, they take up the topic of how internal marketplaces are structures that can connect mid-level leaders to each other, helping allocate scarce resources to where they're needed most, which enables the further unlocking of capacities. They discuss challenges around the cost of change and the new skills that mid-level leaders need in order to survive and thrive in an era where being functionally excellent in one’s own silo is not enough. They further talk about the similarities between special operations and agile, especially comparing and contrasting terms that further concretize concepts the agile and DevOps community have held for years but struggled to name. And finally, they discuss where we go from here. BIO: David Silverman Entrepreneur, bestselling author, and former Navy SEAL, David Silverman is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CrossLead, Inc. Founded in 2016, CrossLead is a technology company whose leadership and management framework is used by leaders and companies around the globe.   In 2015, David co-authored the New York Times bestselling leadership and management book Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World. As a thought leader on culture change, high-performing teams, and leadership, he is a frequent guest speaker for business leaders and conferences around the globe. After his 13-year career as a Navy SEAL, David and a group of like-minded friends sought to reinvent the way the world does business in today’s dynamic environment. Based on their collective service in the world’s premier Special Operations Units, they devised a holistic leadership and management framework called CrossLead. Today, CrossLead is a leading framework for scaling agile practices across the enterprise. Implemented in some of the world’s most successful organizations, CrossLead drives faster time-to-market, dramatic increases in productivity, improvement in employee engagement, and more predictable business results.  Prior to CrossLead, David co-founded the McChrystal Group where he served as CEO for five years. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, David served as a Navy SEAL from 1998-2011. He graduated Basic Underwater Demolition School (BUD/S) Class 221 in 1999 as the Honor Man. David deployed six times around the world, including combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Southeast Asia where he received three Bronze Stars and numerous other commendations.  David serves on the advisory board of the Headstrong Project and is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization. David lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, Hollis, and their two children. He maintains an active lifestyle as a waterman and runner.   Twitter: @dksilverman Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-silverman-648035a/ Website: https://www.crosslead.com/ Jess Reif                                                                                        Jessica Reif is the Director of Research & development for CrossLead Inc, where she leverages the latest management research to develop new approaches to increasing business agility for CrossLead’s clients. She leads CrossLead’s education efforts and has developed training programs that have been delivered to over 20,000 leaders. Previously, Jessica served as a Product Delivery Manager for applied machine learning and engineering teams at Oracle Data Cloud, where her role was to facilitate agile development among a team-of-teams. Jessica holds a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. In her free time, she enjoys golfing, baking, and hiking.  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jess_Reif Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-reif/ Website: https://www.crosslead.com/ YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT How internal marketplaces are structures that can connect mid-level leaders to each other and allocate scarce resources to where they are needed most Concept and terms found within the agile and special operations communities What happens when the cost of change is intolerably high New skills that midlevel need to survive and thrive to help organizations win   RESOURCES Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chris Fussell The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt Beyond the Goal: Eliyahu Goldratt Speaks on the Theory of Constraints (Your Coach In A Box) by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt Beyond The Phoenix Project: The Origins and Evolution Of DevOps by Gene Kim and John Willis Peter Skillman’s Ted Talk: Marshmallow Design Challenge Tom Wujec’s Ted Talk: Build a Tower, Build a Team The (Delicate) Art of Bureaucracy by Mark Schwartz Sooner Safer Happier by Jonathan Smart IT Revolution’s virtual library The Great Man Theory Transformational Leadership and DevOps - Dr. Steve Mayner Learning to be a Transformational Leader - Dr. Steve Mayner The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn Paradigm shift Isaac Newton by James Gleick   TIMESTAMPS   [00:08] Intro [01:55] What parallels Jessica Rief sees in the technology domain [08:56] What Steve Spear’s story means to David Silverman [14:47] Empowerment is not inherently a good thing [20:35] The Core, Chronic Conflict and the Marshmallow Challenge [28:28] Leaders, get comfortable with the unknown and trust somebody [37:39] Micromanagement in the technology space [41:11] IT Revolution’s new books and virtual library [42:39] Advice to micromanagers [46:34] Auditing your time appropriate to your level of leadership [48:28] Solving problems closer to the edge [53:20] The role of mid-level management [58:47] What skillsets are important to winning [1:07:22] Leadership theories [1:08:47] How Team of Teams has affected daily work [1:18:32] How to contact Jessica and David [1:19:40] Thomas Kuhn’s Paradigm shift [1:23:22] Newton’s three laws of motions [1:25:35] Outro

In this episode of The Idealcast, Gene Kim sits down with Team of Team’s coauthor and CEO of Crosslead, David Silverman, and Director of Research and Development at CrossLead, Jessica Reif, for a two-part interview.  In Team of Teams, David and his coauthors explained how the Joint Special Forces Task Force in Iraq was struggling to achieve its mission, and how they turned it into a success. Their experience led to a deep and critical rethinking of almost everything in US military services and in the commercial industry. Now at CrossLead, David works with Jessica Reif to continue researching and codifying these practices into their management framework. In Part 1 of the interview, Gene and his guests discuss the structure and dynamics of the transformation described in Team of Teams and how these leadership characteristics are needed today in the new ways of working. This leadership framework reinforces the concepts of common purpose, shared consciousness, empowerment, and trust within organizations to help teams work together more effectively in complex environments, particularly when they have to continuously adapt to change. Stay tuned for Part 2.   BIO: David Silverman Entrepreneur, bestselling author, and former Navy SEAL, David Silverman is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CrossLead, Inc. Founded in 2016, CrossLead is a technology company whose leadership and management framework is used by leaders and companies around the globe.   In 2015, David co-authored the New York Times bestselling leadership and management book Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World. As a thought leader on culture change, high-performing teams, and leadership, he is a frequent guest speaker for business leaders and conferences around the globe. After his 13-year career as a Navy SEAL, David and a group of like-minded friends sought to reinvent the way the world does business in today’s dynamic environment. Based on their collective service in the world’s premier Special Operations Units, they devised a holistic leadership and management framework called CrossLead. Today, CrossLead is a leading framework for scaling agile practices across the enterprise. Implemented in some of the world’s most successful organizations, CrossLead drives faster time-to-market, dramatic increases in productivity, improvement in employee engagement, and more predictable business results.  Prior to CrossLead, David co-founded the McChrystal Group where he served as CEO for five years. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, David served as a Navy SEAL from 1998-2011. He graduated Basic Underwater Demolition School (BUD/S) Class 221 in 1999 as the Honor Man. David deployed six times around the world, including combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Southeast Asia where he received three Bronze Stars and numerous other commendations.  David serves on the advisory board of the Headstrong Project and is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization. David lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, Hollis, and their two children. He maintains an active lifestyle as a waterman and runner.   Twitter: @dksilverman Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-silverman-648035a/ Website: https://www.crosslead.com/ Jess Reif                                                                                        Jessica Reif is the Director of Research & development for CrossLead Inc, where she leverages the latest management research to develop new approaches to increasing business agility for CrossLead’s clients. She leads CrossLead’s education efforts and has developed training programs that have been delivered to over 20,000 leaders. Previously, Jessica served as a Product Delivery Manager for applied machine learning and engineering teams at Oracle Data Cloud, where her role was to facilitate agile development among a team-of-teams. Jessica holds a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. In her free time, she enjoys golfing, baking, and hiking.  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jess_Reif Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-reif/ Website: https://www.crosslead.com/   YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: The philosophy and thinking behind the book, Team of Teams The organization and management required to support the large group of personnel involved in the mission described in the book The dramatic changes in the transformations mentioned in the book and how and why it worked The structure and dynamics before and after the transformation What leadership characteristics are needed in this new way of working Ops Intelligence Update Call What was required to increase the temp of operations   RESOURCES What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team by Charles Duhigg Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend Wharton’s Carton: CEOs Have Real Vision Problems by Howard R. Gold Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chris Fussell DevOps culture: Westrum organizational culture Psychological safety Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz How Can Leaders Overcome the Blurry Vision Bias? Identifying an Antidote to the Paradox of Vision Communication by Andrew M. Carton and Brian J. Lucas Sooner Safer Happier by Jonathan Smart The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations by Gene Kim, Patrick Debois and John Willis   TIMESTAMPS   [00:08] Intro [03:26] Meet David Silverman [05:50] Meet Jessica Rief [06:59] Writing down his experiences to teach [12:58] Who are David’s students and what he was teaching [14:05] Applying these techniques to COVID-19 [17:54] Comparing David’s experience to General Stanley McChrystal’s experience [23:30] Remembering Defense Information Systems Agency CTO Dawn Meyerriecks’ org chart [25:30] Getting out of own way [28:31] Top differences in what David was trying to achieve [33:46] Compare and contrast the leadership characteristics [37:24] Jess reflecting on changes required at various levels of leaderships [39:58] A look at structural changes or lack thereof [47:50] The chessmaster vs the gardner [49:18] Changing the middle management [56:28] DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas - Virtual [58:04] The frozen middle [1:00:06] Advice to define the work [1:06:10] Ops Intelligence Update Call [1:15:29] Create concrete manifestation of the vision [1:23:30] The dynamics of having the Ops Intelligence Update Call [1:26:03] The need for middle management to augment the process [1:30:55] Gene’s favorite part of Team of Teams [1:34:43] Creating these relationships in a large scale [1:39:55] Successful execution drives strategy [1:41:51] How to reach David and Jessica [1:43:06] Outro

In the second episode of Xaxis’ “People of Programmatic” podcast, host Cecile Blanc speaks with Oracle’s Derek Wise about a range of topics relevant to omnichannel advertising.In This Episode, We Discuss:How recent events, especially the COVID-19 pandemic, have had a profound impact on the customer journey.The future of ID targeting for our industry after big moves by Google and Apple.Why an omnichannel approach to reaching customers is more important than ever.How contextual advertising will evolve for newer “text-less” programmatic channels such as audio and video.The data, media, tools, and tactics needed to ensure the relevance of advertising. How contextual and gaming will work together to spark new approaches, and the measurement challenges in in-game advertising.What’s exciting us about tech and digital for the next few years.

Armen looks at older interviews and podcasts with Eric Roza when he was still SVP at Oracle and GM of Oracle Data Cloud to learn about how the man thinks and how that might apply to CrossFit. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cory Treffiletti is a successful marketer, author, entrepreneur and student of popular culture with a deep background in digital dating back to 1994. He is currently Global Head of Marketing for Cisco's Webex.com and previously was Chief Marketing Officer for Voicea (acquired by Cisco in 2019). Cory was also CMO for BlueKai, the leading cloud-based, marketing data management platform acquired by Oracle in 2014, where he became CMO of the Oracle Data Cloud.  Here are the key links from the episode:   Join the Breakthrough Success Facebook Group Schedule a free strategy call with me   Did you enjoy this episode? It would greatly help if you subscribe to Breakthrough Success and leave a quick review.  

Eric Roza is executive-in-residence with General Catalyst (one of the country’s leading venture capital firms) and serves as Chairman of TrueCoach (the leading SaaS platform for personal trainers). He recently stepped down as the general manager of Oracle Data Cloud, a post he assumed following his sale of Datalogix to Oracle for $1.25B in 2015, delivering a 35x return to Series A investors in 5 years. In this keynote conversation moderated by Chicago Booth alum Alex Hodgkin, Eric reflects on his career trajectory that led him from Asurion to Datalogix, and the eventual sale to Oracle. Eric discusses his post-Oracle life and current role as an active investor, and offers his advice for those embarking on ETA careers.

Guest Pam Erlichman is the Chief Marketing Officer at Jebbit, a first party data company that facilitates volunteered, declared data exchange between consumers and brands. She has more than 20 years of marketing experience, most recently serving as the VP of marketing at Oracle Data Cloud, a role she assumed following the Datalogix acquisition. Prior to Datalogix, Erlichman worked at Digitas, leading relationships with world class brands including Delta Air Lines, AT&T, FedEx, Ahold USA, Celebrity Cruise Lines and Progressive Insurance. The mother of three (13, 11, 3) still finds time to mentor working new moms and other female professionals on advancing their careers. She also recently joined the Leadership Council of the AdCouncil so that Jebbit can help advance causes that are important to the collective team at Jebbit. Most recently, Jebbit helped support the summer anti-buzzed driving campaign with Anheuser-Busch. Additionally, Elrichman is very active in her Bridgetown, MA community, having spearheaded a local "Put It Down" campaign against texting and driving, and currently working on an initiative to combat teenage vaping issues. Discover more Boston Speaks Up at Boston Business Journal's BostInno: www.americaninno.com/boston/boston-speaks-up/

This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to democratize the skills of great leaders and make every one of us more productive. My guest is Omar Tawakol.Omar Tawakol is Chief Executive Officer of Voicea which was recently acquired by Cisco. Prior to Voicea, Omar Tawakol was the founder and CEO of BlueKai which was the leading Data Exchange and Data Management Platform company in the marketing industry. Oracle acquired BlueKai in 2014. At Oracle, Omar was the SVP & GM of the Oracle Data Cloud (ODC). The ODC pioneered the Data-as-a-Service category and was used by 97 of the top 100 US brands to create a 360o view of their customers across all channels. Omar earned an MS in CS from Stanford (BS, MIT) where he researched and published work on AI agents.Their promise: “Voicea transforms your meetings into time well spent”. This inspired me, hence I invited Omar to my podcast. We explore what’s broken in our busy business life that are increasingly loaded with meetings, and what can be if technology and people blend in the right way. Here are some of his quotes:I was running the Oracle Data Cloud after Oracle acquired my company BlueKai.I'd meet with some great leaders like Satya at Microsoft, of course, Larry Ellison, sir Martin Sorrell, just great business leaders.What struck me when I'd meet them is that they'd be in a meeting with me completely focused on our conversation. They didn't have their laptop open so that they could take notes and then get distracted. They weren't looking at their phone, they were looking at me.And when they left the meeting, there was an email with a follow up, and you realize, of course, they have a staff around them. That's helping them, but they also had some excellent skills themselves. And so, given how much time we spend in meetings, it's one of the largest time sinks of all knowledge workers, I saw that there was an opportunity really to help democratize the skills of these great executives.During this interview, you will learn four things:That a new generation of applications is arising around the concept of a Voice First UI – and that this could open up a wealth of innovation opportunities for youWhy the best way to solve a problem is often to do the very opposite of peoples’ natural reaction. Voicea for example transforms habits such as the fear of missing out to the joy of missing out.How big impact is created by looking for areas where you can have a position of data advantage or ideally data dominance.Why you should aim to embed elements of virality in your solution – elements that people talk about, and create desire amongst others. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mindshare's Simona Gentile joins Ciaran O'Kane and Lindsay Rowntree to discuss publishers, McKinsey, and Oracle Data Cloud.

Oracle restructures Oracle Data Cloud, laying off between 10%-15% of staffers. Google restructures its ad business units, and DoubleClick vets are no longer in charge of the display business. What's going on, and what do these two transformations have in common?

In this inspiring episode, Sal Silvester interviews Eric Roza, the former CEO of Datalogix and GM of Oracle Data Cloud. Eric led Datalogix to a billion plus dollar acquisition by Oracle, and was instrumental in leading several multi-billion dollar acquisitions while at Oracle. This interview will not only motivate you to create better business results - it will inspire you to adapt a healthy life style and lead and live at a higher level.

In this episode of Inside Jobs, we meet Tara DeZao (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-dezao-083a463/), Director of Content and Creative Services for Oracle Data Cloud at Oracle. A Jersey girl by birth, Tara’s move west put her in the path of the Silicon Valley boom where she ultimately found her place in the tech industry. When Tara’s talents were spotted by a savvy exec, she migrated from channel management to content management—contributing to the build of Oracle’s internal agency while bridging the gap between the business and creative. —— This podcast is supported by the In-House Agency Forum (www.ihaforum.org) and hosted by Robert Berkeley (www.linkedin.com/in/rberkeley/) from Express KCS (www.expresskcs.com).

This is our very first episode and we're really excited to share it with you. This is a conversation with Omar Tawakol, CEO of Voicea. Omar and I have worked together for close to 7 years now. He was previously SVP and GM of the Oracle Data Cloud and co-founder, CEO of BlueKai. Omar has a history of disrupting categories with technology and a strong sense of what customers will enjoy. Have a listen to his vision for Voicea and the category of voice-activated AI as a whole.

One of my favorite pieces for how to think about technology platform shifts is Chris Dixon's "What's Next in Computing". Chris notes that if we look at history, we see that irrespective of the way financial markets perform, technology platform shifts happen consistently every 10–15 years. One of the most important platform shifts of the next decade is voice. Consumer markets have started to appreciate the strength of Alexa, Echo and Google Home but the recent demonstration of Google Assistant at Google I/O 2018 really expanded the imagination for what will be possible in a decade as deep learning and natural language exponentially improve. Lately, I've been incredibly interested by the impact voice will have in the enterprise. This week, it was a thrill to chat with Omar Tawakol, one of the key players in today's enterprise voice landscape. Omar is the CEO of Voicera, a voice-activated AI for the workplace; he's raised $20M to leverage AI to augment tasks, make meetings more productive and create more efficient workflows. Eva (Voicera's AI-assistant) in actionPrior to Voicera, Omar was the founder and CEO of BlueKai which built the worlds largest consumer data marketplace and DMP. Oracle acquired BlueKai in 2014 & Omar led Oracle Data Cloud where he scaled the team to over 1,000 people and pioneered the ODC to become the leading Data-as-a-Service provider to 96 of the top 100 US marketers. Omar earned an MS in CS from Stanford (BS, MIT) where he researched and published work on AI agents. Check out the conversation and our other episodes on iTunes.

Omar Tawakol is Chief Executive Officer of Voicera. Prior to Voicera, Omar Tawakol was the founder and CEO of BlueKai which built the worlds largest consumer data marketplace and DMP. Oracle acquired BlueKai in 2014 & Omar served as the SVP & GM of the Oracle Data Cloud. Omar earned an MS in CS from Stanford (BS, MIT) where he researched and published work on AI agents. This episode is sponsored by Liberty Tax, InStitchu, Elitra Health, and Right Networks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week’s episode of “Marketing Today,” Alan talks with Cory Treffiletti, CMO of Voicera, a technology company that has created an AI virtual assistant named Eva (Enterprise Voice Assistant). Eva can be invited to meetings and will listen and take notes as well as follow up on identified action items and decisions. Previously in his career, Treffiletti was the head of marketing for the Oracle Data Cloud, SVP and CMO of BlueKai, and was co-founder of numerous startups. Treffiletti also writes a long-running column for MediaPost (every Wednesday for the past 18 years, without fail), one of which, “The Future of AI? Just Watch Your Kids,” he discusses with Alan. During the podcast, Trefffiletti also talks about the importance of building teams that are driven by ideas, not egos. “You can set up any kind of culture, and process and incentives, and organizational structures you want,” says Treffiletti. “But the people that you have and their approach to business, and their balance of ego and humility, is going to define the way that business is grown.” Highlights from this week’s “Marketing Today” podcast include: Treffiletti discusses his background and career path. (1:34) Treffiletti draws distinctions between marketing strategies for startups and bigger companies. (2:58) “You should always be learning.” (6:10) Making sure the promise of the brand matches the experience of the brand. (11:07) Humility and authenticity go hand in hand. (13:12) Treffiletti on team building. (17:29) It’s OK to make mistakes, just not the same ones over and over again. (22:00) The future of AI according to Teffiletti: Just watch your kids. (24:14) Support the show.

Today’s headline, courtesy of AdWeek, is that Snapchat has now signed a deal with Oracle Data Cloud to arm marketers with more intelligence. This means that Oracle's treasure trove of data will let advertisers serve ads in Snapchat based on offline purchases and loyalty reward programs. Snapchat already lets advertisers target its 150 million daily users based on their behaviour in the app, but this is the first time that it's used a third party to target ads.