Catalog & Cocktails: The Honest, No-BS Data Podcast

TAKEAWAYS - Is Data a First Class Citizen in your Company?

Everyone says they want to be a data-driven driven company. To do so, data must be a first class citizen, at the heart of all strategy and reporting to the CEO. Is that really happening at your company? Wendy Turner-Williams will discuss how data is at the center of AI, Ethics, Privacy, Security and more.

Ranting about (lack of) business value by data teams w/ Ethan Aaron

How is your data team driving revenue and reducing costs? How is the impact of your data team being measured? All of these business value topics and more will be discussed with Ethan Aaron, CEO of Portable.

TAKEAWAYS - Ranting about (lack of) business value by data teams w/ Ethan Aaron

How is your data team driving revenue and reducing costs? How is the impact of your data team being measured? All of these business value topics and more will be discussed with Ethan Aaron, CEO of Portable.

People and Data w/ Tom Redman, The Data Doc

Live from CDOIQ, we will joined by Tom Redman, The Data Doc, to discuss what's broken, why we go in circles, and how we can objectively evaluate the data world. Oh, we will also chat about his upcoming book: People and Data

TAKEAWAYS from People and Data w/ Tom Redman, The Data Doc

Live from CDOIQ, we will joined by Tom Redman, The Data Doc, to discuss what's broken, why we go in circles, and how we can objectively evaluate the data world. Oh, we will also chat about his upcoming book: People and Data

Modeling and Semantics are more important than ever, because of AI with Joe Reis

In this episode, Joe Reis, best-selling author of Fundamentals of Data Engineering explains why data modeling and semantics need to take the center stage for AI to truly succeed.

TAKEAWAYS: Modeling and Semantics are more important than ever, because of AI

In this episode, Joe Reis, best-selling author of Fundamentals of Data Engineering explains why data modeling and semantics need to take the center stage for AI to truly succeed.

Catalogs & Cocktails Live from Snowflake Summit 2023 in Las Vegas

Tim Gasper and Juan Sequeda debrief after 4 days on-site at Snowflake Summit 2023 in Las Vegas. Key Takeaways: [00:00 - 00:40] Intro, Tim and Juan are at the Snowflake Summit in Las Vegas [00:43 - 01:27] AI [01:27 - 04:04] Large language models (LLMs), and associated costs [04:04 - 04:46] Costs of maintaining data infrastructure for larger models [04:50 - 06:58] AI and LM use cases for businesses [07:07 - 09:52] New capabilities added to Snowflake: Snow Park and Snowflake Container ...

There is no “I” in Data Governance with Aakriti Agrawal from American Express

In this episode, we delve into the world of change management and its crucial role in the nonprofit sector, particularly concerning data governance. Our special guest, Aakriti Agrawal from American Express, shares her expertise and insights on the change management process, emphasizing the need for leadership rather than mere management. Join hosts Juan and Tim for this insightful episode as we explore change management in the nonprofit sector, uncover the power of data governance, and l...

Takeaways with Aakriti Agrawal from American Express

Juan's on Vacation

We all need a break sometimes. Juan is on vacation but he wasn't skipping this week's episode of Catalog & Cocktails. Join Tim Gasper and Juan Sequeda for this weeks mini-sode.

UPDATED RELEASE: Automating Data Governance, it’s the only way to go w/ Ben Clinch from BT Group

Takeaways with Ben Clinch from BT Group

Using data to change the game w/ Maddy Want from Fanatics

Are you criminally under leveraging your data? This week Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper will be joined by Maddy Want, VP of Data at Fanatics and author of “Precisely: Working with Precision Systems in a World of Data” to discuss digital transformations stories from her book.

Takeaways with Maddy Want from Fanatics

Live from the Knowledge Graph Conference with Katariina Kari from IKEA

Join this weeks episode of Catalog & Cocktails LIVE from the Knowledge Graph Conference. Hosts Tim Gasper and Juan Sequeda will be joined by Katariina Kari, Lead Ontologist at IKEA to chat about all things Knowledge Graph.

Takeaways with Katariina Kari from Ikea

Unpacking Responsible AI with Ricardo Baeza-Yates

With the hype of AI, one of the important topics to discuss is Responsible AI. In this episode, we will be unpacking Responsible AI, what is the problem, what are solutions such as principles, governance, auditing, regulation with renowned computer scientist researcher, Ricardo Baeza-Yates.

Takeaways with Ricardo Baeza-Yates

What is the DNA of a data organization? w/ Alex Vayner from KPMG US

There’s a high turnover of CDO/CDAO positions. Data teams are not directly contributing to ROI. What’s the root cause? It’s all in the DNA of the organization. Understanding this will be critical in addressing this issue in organizations. Hosts Juan and Tim will be joined by special guest Alex Vayner, from KPMG US to also discuss the data roles in the different types organizations and also dive into the buy vs. build decision-making process.

Takeaways with Alex Vayner from KPMG US

KG + LLM = Happily Ever After? w/ Tony Seale, Knowledge Graph Engineer

Knowledge graphs and large language models. A match made in heaven. This pair will drive centralization and eventually work with AI to further consolidate and connect your data. So why aren’t people prepared for it and what’s going to happen when AI steps in? Join us on this weeks episode of Catalog & Cocktails with hosts Tim, Juan, and special guest Tony Seale, Knowledge Graph Engineer. 

Do’s and Don’t for the Next Gen Data Leaders w/ Veronika Durgin, VP of Data at Saks 5th Avenue

Survival guides, rulebooks, blueprints and more. The best way to prepare yourself as a next generation data leader is this episode of Catalog & Cocktails with Tim Gasper, Juan Sequeda, and special guest Veronika Durgin, VP of Data at Saks 5th Avenue. Get deep into some preparation-curriculum with topics like:-Do’s and Don’ts of Data Leaders -Are you skeptical enough? -How curious are you? -Joining communities that educate and inspire -and MORE

Takeaways with Veronika Durgin, VP of Data at Saks 5th Avenue

Passing the buck; Business or Data?

Is business the problem or is it the data? Business science hasn’t changed since Peter Druker. But, it needs to change. It was designed in an era of certain technologies and data limitations. We had to work in isolation.  Those days are long gone. So who’s to blame for inefficiencies, unsolved problems, mismanaged processes and other barriers? Join this weeks episode of Catalog & Cocktails with hosts Tim, Juan and special guest Benny Benford to find out where the buck stops. 

Takeaways with Benny Benford

SHOW ME THE METRICS w/ Abhi Sivasailam

Metrics are one of the most important and durable primitives in a company. And if data teams are looking to create value FAST… they have to learn how their businesses work. To figure out how you business works, you have to find the right starting point; back to the METRICS. Join Tim, Juan and special guest Abhi Sivasailam from Levers Lab on this week’s episode of Catalog & Cocktails to hear more about the most valuable use cases.  Episode highlights: [00:09 - 02:45] Introductions & Chee...

Takeaways with Abhi Sivasailam

Takeaways from Gartner D&A with Juan and Tim

Juan and Tim give their ultimate takeaways from Gartner in Orlando with a TON of guests. Guests like: Cindi Howson, Chief Data Strategy Officer at Thoughtspot, and Host of the Data Chief Podcast Wayne Eckerson, President at Eckerson Group Sean Anderson, Host of Sources & Destinations Podcast, and Head of Product Marketing at SelectStar Benn Stancil, CTO + Founder @ Mode Malcolm Hawker, Head of Data Strategy, Profisee Malcolm Chisholm, President, Data Millennium  Kuldeep Sharma, Sr ...

School of Building Data and Business Relationships w/ Kristin Schooley

In this episode of Catalog & Cocktails, Kristin Schooley from Learning Care Group sits down with Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper to discuss the importance of teamwork and building relationships when it comes to scaling an analytics team within a large organization. The conversation covers a lot of ground, including the need to understand what reporting is needed and what story is being told, how to ensure scalability and compliance, as well as the importance of measuring usage and interpreting ...

Takeaways with Kristin Schooley

Data Operations vs. Data Analytics

Are we doing data and analytics correctly? Self service, centralization vs decentralization, analytics vs operations… so many aspects that data teams need to consider. Join this week’s episode of Catalog & Cocktails with hosts Juan and Tim as they speak with special guest Bethany Lyons to discuss how we should have a separation between data operations an data analytics Key Takeaways: [00:10 - 02:36] Meet Bethany Lyons, Chief Proctor Officer at KAWA Analytics [02:40 - 04:23] What's your f...

Takeaways with Bethany Lyons

Catalog & Cocktails: Throwback Elixir

This week, we are having a throwback elixir with some very special surprise guests. Tune in with hosts Juan and Tim to find out who. Key Takeaways: [00:26 - 01:51] Episode intro: Data Day and What keeps you up at night in data? [02:04 - 02:54] Joe Reis, the economy and showing value [02:59 - 03:30] Omar Khawaja: Anything that ends with board, data dashboards [03:54 - 04:05] Vip Parmar: Jet lag & underutilized data [04:16 - 04:51] Laura Ellis: Data governance and change management [0...

Increasing adoption of data products, by design. w/ Brian T. O'Neill

Increasing adoption of data products, by design Look no further than Brian T. O’Neill’s bio to tell you that’s what he does best. Our special guest this week knows that low adoption of data products are enterprises biggest enemy. Not just in terms of quantity, but also quality of these investments. Why are teams so often creating technically right, effectively wrong data products? Why do people fail to adopt when it’s them post crucial part of becoming data driven organizations? These bur...

Takeaways with Brian T. O'Neill

Metadata, is this a graph problem? w/ Mohammad Syed from Capco

Metadata management has been a topic for a while now. Lately, the industry is pushing that metadata is a knowledge graph problem. What does metadata in a pre and post graph world look like? Join Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper with special guest Mohammad Syed, Head of Data Architecture & Engineering at Capco to chat about metadata and knowledge graphs. Key Takeaways: [00:06 - 02:40] Introduction & Cheers [02:43 - 03:55] What's your go-to karaoke song? [03:57 - 05:38] Metadata is a graph pro...

Takeaways with Mohammad Syed from Capco

Everywhere you look, there it is; entity resolution w/ Jeff Jonas

Entity resolution.Is it a single source of truth? Is it multiple sources of truth? Is it multiple data sources that refer to the same real-world thing? How do we make sense of it? How can we harness the value of data through entity resolution? Talk to Jeff Jonas from Senzing on this week’s episode of Catalog & Cocktails and you’ll understand. Key Takeaways [00:33 - 05:14] Episode intro & cheers [05:20 - 06:53] What is something you thought to be true in life that ended up being false? ...

Takeaways with Jeff Jonas

Is Master Data Management (MDM) dead? w/ Malcolm Hawker from Profisee

If there were a tombstone for this episode it would read “here lies Master Data Management,” But would you agree? In this episode, join Tim, Juan, and special guest Malcolm Hawker from Profisee, will discuss the history of master data management, the buzzwords surrounding it, and where it’s headed, assuming it’s still alive. Key Takeaways: [00:01 - 00:54] Introduction [02:31 - 04:55] Toast to sun on the beach [05:21 - 10:09] What's something in the world that is popular or trending that...

Takeaways with Malcolm Hawker from Profisee

Data Modeling: your data isn't going to model itself w/ Anna Abramova

Data modeling isn’t new. So why is it still a problem? Maybe the problem isn’t data modeling itself, but rather there is no modern solution for companies, or the incentives are not well understood. It’s a learn-as-you-go type of thing, but that’s where the trouble lies. Do you hire one data engineer and have them do everything? Do we encourage training in data modeling? OR… do we throw in the towel and keep doing things as they’ve always been done? Join Tim, Juan, and special guest Anna ...

Takeaways with Anna Abramova

Providing data business value and building data teams w/ Jane Urban from Takeda

Imagine planting seeds and not watering them. Or putting water on the stove but not turning on the gas. Sounds silly, right? Now take your organizations data and think about not leveraging it as an asset. It’s like taking the initial step of planting something in the garden and deciding not to provide nourishment.  Join Tim, Juan, and special guest Jane Urban from Takeda to understand the difference between a data asset and a data product and why companies still struggle finding the real v...

Takeaways with Jane Urban

A conversation with the father of the data warehouse, Bill Inmon

Those who don’t know their history are doomed to repeat it. If there is someone who can speak to data history, it’s Bill Inmon. How did data warehouses start? Why is the computing profession still immature? Join Tim Gasper, Juan Sequeda and Bill Inmon, the father of the data warehouse and Founder of Forest Rim Technology, to learn about the past and present of data, and where things might be heading in the future.  Key Takeaways [00:05 - 01:00] Introduction to the Father of the data wareh...

Takeaways with Bill Inmon

Season 4 Finale

Well, another incredible season of Catalog & Cocktails concludes this week with hosts Tim Gasper and Juan Sequeda. Join in for the ultimate takeaways of the takeaways as Tim and Juan recap best moments, favorite hot takes, and the most controversial opinions over the last season.  Listeners, please submit your feedback: https://forms.gle/FdjMfarUaVnJ3SzB9 Key Takeaways [00:05 - 02:40] Introduction, end of year growth [02:43 - 04:54] Themes in culture, team structures, education opportun...

2022 State of Data Governance

What better place to discuss the current state of data governance and what should the industry be focusing on than a live episode at the Data Governance and Information Quality (DGIQ) Conference. Join Tim Gasper and Juan Sequeda LIVE from DGIQ in Washington, D.C. with special guests Anthony Algmin and Shannon Moore to have an honest no-bs discussion data governance and how it's all about people. Key Takeaways [00:09 - 03:39] Introduction, Cheers & Drinks [03:40 - 04:38] Is Die Hard a Chr...