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

Getting into the Pool without Drowning. w/ Allison Sagraves

Think back to when you were first learning to swim. How’d you do it? Chances are, you weren’t thrown into the ocean being circled by sharks. We sure hope not, anyway.  You probably picked it up under the watch of a lifeguard in most cases.But once it became second nature, the lifeguard didn’t hold SO much power. Well, data engineers are the lifeguard, and if there isn’t a checks and balances system between them and the business teams, the engineers will be determining your every move in AND...

Takeaways with Allison Sagraves

Are data teams keeping up with AI teams? w/ Theresa Kushner

You have to have a lot of data to get AI to work. But the data folks are not jumping on it as fast as they should.  So what happens when data teams aren’t up to speed, companies are hiring more data scientists than they are engineers, AND current data teams are focusing too much on biz reporting and not supporting AI? This week on Catalog & Cocktails, join hosts Tim Gasper and Juan Sequeda as they chat with special guest, Theresa Kushner, Head of North America Innovation Center at NTT Data...

Takeaways with Theresa Kushner

Where are the semantics in the data dictionary? w/ Dan Bennett

Machines and people. Why can't we just speak the same language? The truth is we can, and doing so could make life demonstrably better for data scientists. Yet here we are, living in a world of rows and columns that few people outside of the data owner understand. Join this weeks episode of Catalog & Cocktails as hosts, Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper with special guest, Dan Bennett, tackle semantics and how to get everyone -- machines and people -- on the same page. Key Takeaways: [00:01 - 02...

Takeaways with Dan Bennett

Put the Business in charge of their own data w/ Gabi Steele and Leah Weiss of Preql

Data and business teams become a convoluted intersection, and when they struggle to communicate, it leads to bigger problems than awkward water-cooler talk. So what comes first? Translation? Data literacy? Company culture? The chicken? The egg? Co-founders of Preql, Gabi Steele and Leah Weiss, join hosts Tim and Juan to discuss how to put the business in charge of their own data and how this leads to the answers AND massive alignment between data and biz teams.  Key Takeaways [00:05 - 0...

Takeaways with Gabi Steele and Leah Weiss

AI: No one wants your models. w/ Andrew Eye

You can’t buy a predictive model off the shelf. And if you COULD… would you? It’s the old “build versus buy” debate and with data in a constant state of change, building and deploying AI is more challenging than ever. Join Tim, Juan, and Andrew Eye, CEO at ClosedLoop.ai, to discuss the challenges of AI deployment, AIOps, and maintaining models as data changes. Key Takeaways [00:08 - 01:45] Cheers for AI [01:48 - 04:44] Taking advantage of incoming data and considering the data footprint ...

Takeaways with Andrew Eye

Knowledge: the missing piece to understanding your business

The most effective way to understand your business is the special balance between things like tribal knowledge and extracted knowledge, technical teams and business teams, confidence and skepticism. Join Tim, Juan, and Loris Marini, CEO of Discovering Data, as they zoom in to find that balance and the humility it may take. Key Takeaways [00:11 - 03:10] Introduction & Toasts [03:13 - 05:32] What's the weirdest place you've ever misplaced your keys? [05:44 - 08:01] The most effective way ...

Takeaways with Loris Marini

Data empathy; you either got it or you don’t w/ Laura Ellis from Rapid7

Data needs to be in the hands of the people who really need it. Sounds simple, right? So where is the disconnect? If your teams aren’t partnering to get projects done, it’s often due to a lack of understanding of each others pain points. That’s where empathy is a must.  Join Tim, Juan and special guest Laura Ellis from Rapid7 as they discuss supporting all the cooks in the kitchen when it comes to data projects, why that’s a hill to die on and HOW to actually get that done.  Key Takeaways:...

Takeaways with Laura Ellis from Rapid7

AI/ML: where should the focus be? w/ Patrick Bangert of Samsung

AI and ML are both at the center of many applications today from autonomous vehicles to healthcare. But where is this ship heading? Join Tim, Juan, and Patrick Bangert, VP of AI at Samsung SDS where they will discuss where the focus of AI is today and where it should be tomorrow. Key Takeaways [00:04 - 01:06] Episode introduction/trailer [01:18 - 02:22] Drinks & Toasts [02:23 - 04:40] What is the most unfocused situation you've ever been in? [04:49 - 10:08] Where is the focus of AI tod...

Takeaways with Patrick Bangert, VP of AI at Samsung

Struggles of Setting up a Data Governance Program w/ Rupal Sumaria

You have been asked to start the Data Governance program in your organization. Sounds easy, right? How do you start? How do you define success? Who needs to be part of the team? Join Tim, Juan and Rupal Sumaria, Head of Governance of Penguin Random House UK to discuss the steps for a successful data governance program and what to avoid. Key Takeaways [00:06 - 03:16] Introduction and Toasts [03:17 - 04:51] If you could only keep three apps on your phone, what would they be? [04:52 - 07:3...

Takeaways with Rupal Sumaria

BONUS EPISODE: Live from Big Data London

Keeping it 100 about metadata; the data stack glue w/ Fraser Harris, VP of Product, Fivetran

Answering critical business questions relies on integrating data from a variety of systems. But it takes a lot of work to understand what the disparate data means and how it all fits together. How do we make data as reliable as an electricity? Join Tim Gasper, Juan Sequeda and Fraser Harris, VP of Product at Fivetran, as they celebrate the 100th live episode of Catalog & Cocktails and discuss how #metadata, #datacatalogs, and #dataintegration act as the power source for your connected enter...

Takeaways of EPISODE 100 w/ Fraser Harris

The Future of Data Catalogs w/ Ole Olesen-Bagneux

Data Catalogs are at the center of every enterprise’s data strategy. It’s important to explore the current state and how data catalogs are evolving. Who better to talk about Data Catalog than the author of the upcoming O’Reilly book “The Enterprise Data Catalog”, Ole Olesen-Bagneux from GN.   Join Tim, Juan, Ole to discuss the future of data catalogs and why knowledge is at the center. Conversation highlights: [00:07 - 03:06] Intro & Drinks [03:10 - 05:11] Warm up, if data catalog were...

Takeaways with Ole Olesen-Bagneux

In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Ole Olesen-Bagneux, author of O’Reilly “The Enterprise Data Catalog, discuss the future of data catalogs. This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming show.

Data Engineering: where are we and where are we going? w/ Joe Reis and Matt Housley of Ternary Data

What is the state of Data engineering today and where is it going (or should it be going)?  Who better to talk about Data Engineering than the authors of the recent O’Reilly book “Fundamentals of Data Engineering”, Joe Reis and Matt Housley from Ternary Data.   Join Tim, Juan, Joe and Matt to discuss the state of data engineering. Conversation highlights: [00:44] Introduction to Joe Reis and Matt Housley [03:24] Warm up: what have you engineered or built that has gone terribly wrong? ...

Takeaways with Joe Reis and Matt Housley of Ternary Data

Catalog & Cocktails: Bonus Episode with John Kutay

Lucid Streaming; how to take full advantage of data streaming Data streaming, Stream Processing, Real-time analytics, operational analytics — what is this? What’s the difference? Most important use cases for data streaming There are lots of misconceptions especially for the MDS crowd (not as much enterprise) between fast batch vs streaming Memory-first processing (in-memory) vs disk space batch jobs Change data capture (and only capture of change) Data warehouses are now tying to suppo...

Your thoughts become action; going from Thought Leadership to Practice w/ Roel and Valentijn of Vopak

You are listening to great talks, podcasts, webinars on how to improve and take your data and analytics to the next level. You want to take all these ideas and start implementing them in your organization. But how do you start? Join Tim, Juan and Roel Pot, Global Data Manager at Vopak where they discuss how to go from thought leadership to practice. Conversation highlights: [01:09] Today's drinks [05:02] Sifting through noise and convincing your organization on the importance of data [0...

Takeways with Roel and Valentijn

This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming episode with Roel and Valentijn from Vopak.

Build bridges. Don't Burn them. W/ Vip Parmar, WPP

Catalog & Cocktails is BACK! Tune in for the SEASON FOUR PREMIERE with hosts Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper! Bridging the gap between business and IT is an age-old problem. IT doesn’t understand the business. The business doesn’t understand IT. Everyone looks at IT and business as if they were separate and point fingers, when they should actually be together.  Join Tim, Juan and Vipul P., Global Head of Data Management at WPP where they discuss approaches to bridge the gap between business an...

Build bridges. Bon't Burn them. W/ Vip Parmar, WPP

Catalog & Cocktails is BACK! Tune in for the SEASON FOUR PREMIERE with hosts Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper! Bridging the gap between business and IT is an age-old problem. IT doesn’t understand the business. The business doesn’t understand IT. Everyone looks at IT and business as if they were separate and point fingers, when they should actually be together.  Join Tim, Juan and Vipul P., Global Head of Data Management at WPP where they discuss approaches to bridge the gap between business an...

Season 4 Premiere Takeaways

Catalog & Cocktails is BACK! Tune in for the SEASON FOUR PREMIERE with hosts Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper! Bridging the gap between business and IT is an age-old problem. IT doesn’t understand the business. The business doesn’t understand IT. Everyone looks at IT and business as if they were separate and point fingers, when they should actually be together.  Join Tim, Juan and Vipul P., Global Head of Data Management at WPP where they discuss approaches to bridge the gap between business an...

Bonus Episode: Juan's Trip Takeaways from MIT CDOIQ

Juan's Trip Takeaways from MIT CDOIQ

Season 3: Bonus Episode with Producer of the show, Karli Burghoff

Ever wondered how Catalog & Cocktails happens? How does the show go from an idea to a full-blown episode every single week? Karli Burghoff, Producer of Catalog & Cocktails AND data.world Demand Generation Specialist, joins this bonus episode to talk about the processes, pains and prizes of creating a podcast. Oh, and she roasts the hosts multiple times in this episode too, don't miss that.

Season 3 Finale

Join Juan and Tim for the Season Three Finale of Catalog & Cocktails. The hosts discuss the takeaways of the takeaways, best guest moments and valuable advice from some of the guests from the last 20 episodes!

Data Models are Divas w/ Ergest Xheblati

We live in a data first world. Give me more and more data. But what about the meaning of that data? How should the data be modeled so it can be easily understood and consumed by data scientist and analyst? In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Ergest Xheblati, will live discuss why data modeling should be at the core of an enterprise. This episode will also cover: How data modeling is going to change the world moving forward. How to start in data modeling Why are data models such freakin diva...

Takeaways with Ergest Xheblati

In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Ergest Xheblati, will live discuss why data modeling should be at the core of an enterprise. This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming show.

Don't let good metadata go to waste w/ Peter Kapur

LIVE from the Snowflake Summit in Vegas. The hosts of Catalog & Cocktails sit down with Peter Kapur from WM to explore how we should be getting true value from metadata, data and analytics.

Takeaways with Peter Kapur

LIVE from the Snowflake Summit in Vegas. The hosts of Catalog & Cocktails sit down with Peter Kapur from WM to explore how we should be getting true value from metadata, data and analytics. This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming show.

Getting all meta about data w/ Sanjeev Mohan

So much of the focus of the analytics and vendor community today is on data. We have solutions for data visualization, warehousing, observability, cataloging, transformations, and more. But data is nothing without context. So why does metadata tend to draw the short straw? In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Sanjeev Mohan, former Gartner analyst and principal at SanjMo, explore how metadata acts as a proverbial travel guide for your data and analytics journey. This episode will also cover: Vi...

Takeaways with Sanjeev Mohan

In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Sanjeev Mohan, former Gartner analyst and principal at SanjMo, explore how metadata acts as a proverbial travel guide for your data and analytics journey. This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming show.

Does our understanding of data bias our analytics outcomes?

Why do some data-driven decisions seem to go so disastrously wrong? Ironically, the answer to this question likely isn’t found in the data at all, but rather our subconscious. In a time when companies have never been more data rich, it’s often our inherent information biases that doom critical analytics and data science work. Is it possible to take the bias out of data work? That’s the question we ponder in this episode featuring Ciaran Dynes, chief product officer at Matillion. This episo...

Takeaways with Ciaran Dynes

Is it possible to take the bias out of data work? That’s the question Tim and Juan ponder in this episode featuring Ciaran Dynes, chief product officer at Matillion. This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming show.

The Data Entrepreneur’s Essentials w/ Brett Hurt

What does it take to build a successful data & analytics business? An entrepreneurial spirit, a problem-solving mindset, a sense of adventure, and the strength to get started. We are live from the data.world All Hands and joined by Brett Hurt, CEO and co-founder of data.world, author, and serial entrepreneur. Brett will share what it’s like to fundraise and scale a data company in this challenging economic climate, who inspires him and why, and how he sees the data and analytics landscape e...

Takeaways with Brett Hurt

In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Brett discuss what it’s like to fundraise and scale a data company in this challenging economic climate, who inspires him and why, and how he sees the data and analytics landscape evolving. This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming episode.

A Roadmap to Data Mesh Success w/ Omar Khawaja

Some of the greatest breakthroughs throughout human history can be attributed to the biotech field, from life-saving vaccines to advances in supply chains. So it’s no surprise that biotech is also a fast-mover when it comes to innovative socio-technical paradigms like data mesh. In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Omar Khawaja, Global Head of BI at Roche, break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of the company's data mesh journey. This episode will also feature: How to identify potential us...

Takeaways with Omar Khawaja

Some of the greatest breakthroughs throughout human history can be attributed to the biotech field, from life-saving vaccines to advances in supply chains. So it’s no surprise that biotech is also a fast-mover when it comes to innovative socio-technical paradigms like data mesh. In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Omar Khawaja, Global Head of BI at Roche, break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of the company's data mesh journey. This episode will also feature: How to identify potential us...

Is your Modern Data Stack delivering value? w/ Sarah Krasnik

Everyone has an opinion on the modern data stack. What’s in it? What’s out? What’s the cool new buzzy technology? Unfortunately, it’s often the most important question that people fail to ask: How are your tools delivering value? In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Sarah Krasnik get back to first principles and remind us why everyone was excited about the modern data stack to begin with. This episode will also feature: How to think about “minimum viable data stack” vs. modern data stack Crit...

S3E18 Takeaways with Sarah Krasnik

In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Sarah Krasnik get back to first principles and remind us why everyone was excited about the modern data stack to begin with. This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming episode.

Automating the Enterprise: LIVE from the Knowledge Graph Conference w/ Francois Scharffe

How do the most successful companies stitch together data governance, understanding, access, and use to create active and engaged data cultures? The answer, as usual, can be found in the knowledge graph. And what better place to talk nodes and edges than the Knowledge Graph Conference in New York City? In this episode, Tim and Juan are joined by conference chair, Francois Scharffe, to discuss how knowledge graphs are driving the automated enterprise. This episode will also feature: How to...

S3E17 Takeaways with Francois Scharffe

What better place to talk nodes and edges than the Knowledge Graph Conference in New York City? In this episode, Tim and Juan are joined by conference chair, Francois Scharffe, to discuss how knowledge graphs are driving the automated enterprise. This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming episode.