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Nancy Duarte is a communication expert and the leader of the largest design firm in Silicon Valley, Duarte, Inc. She has more than 30 years of experience working with global companies and counts eight of the top ten Fortune 500 brands in her clientele. She is the author of six books, and her work as … Read more032 – How and Why Talented Analytical Minds Leave People Scratching Their Head Around Data with Nancy Duarte

Ganes Kesari is the co-founder and head of analytics and AI labs at Gramener, a software company that helps organizations tell more effective stories with their data through robust visualizations. He’s also an advisor, public speaker, and author who talks about AI in plain English so that a general audience can understand it. Prior to … Read more031 – How Design Helps Enable Repeatable Value on AI, ML, and Analytics Projects with Ganes Kesari

Joost Zeeuw is a data scientist and product owner at Pacmed, a data-driven healthcare and AI  startup in Amsterdam that combines medical expertise and machine learning to create stronger patient outcomes and improve healthcare experiences. He’s also taught a number of different subjects—like physics, chemistry, and mathematics—at Lyceo, an online education service, and Luzac College … Read more030 – Using AI to Recommend Personalized Medical Treatment Options with Joost Zeeuw of Pacmed

Di Dang is an emerging tech design advocate at Google and helped lead the creation of Google’s People + AI Guidebook. In her role, she works with product design teams, external partners, and end users to support the creation of emerging tech experiences. She also teaches a course on immersive technology at the School of … Read more029 – Why Google Believes it’s Critical to Pair Designers with Your Data Scientists to Produce Human-Centered ML & AI Products with Di Dang

When it comes to telling stories with data, Cole Knaflic is ahead of the curve. In October 2015, she wrote a best-selling book called storytelling with data: a data visualization guide for business professionals. That book led to the creation of storytelling with data, an agency that helps businesses communicate more effectively using data, and … Read more028 – Cole Knaflic On Data Storytelling, DataViz, and Why Your Data May Not Be Inspiring Action

Angela Bassa is the director of data science and head of data science and machine learning at iRobot, a technology company focused on robotics (you might have clean floors thanks to a Roomba). Prior to joining iRobot, Angela wore several different hats, including working as a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley, the senior manager of big … Read more027 – Balancing Your Inner Data Science Nerd While Becoming a Trusted Business Advisor and Strategist with Angela Bassa of iRobot

Tom Davenport has literally written the book on analytics. Actually, several of them, to be precise. Over the course of his career, Tom has established himself as the authority on analytics and how their role in the modern organization has evolved in recent years. Tom is a distinguished professor at Babson College, a research fellow … Read more026 – Why Tom Davenport Gives a 2 out of 10 Score To the Data Science and Analytics Industry for Value Creation

Dean Malmgren cut his teeth as a chemical and biological engineer. In grad school, he studied complex systems and began telling stories about them through the lens of data algorithms. That led him to co-found Datascope Analytics, a data science consulting company which was purchased by IDEO, a global design firm. Today, Dean is an … Read more025 – Treating Data Science at IDEO as a Discipline of Design with Dean Malmgren

David Stephenson, Ph.D., is the author of Big Data Demystified, a guide for executives that explores the transformative nature of big data and data analytics. He’s also a data strategy consultant and professor at the University of Amsterdam. In a previous life, David worked in various data science roles at companies like Adidas, Coolblue, and … Read more024 – How Empathy Can Reveal a 60%-Accurate Data Science Solution is a Solid Customer Win with David Stephenson, Ph.D.

Dr. Murray Cantor has a storied career that spans decades. Recently, he founded Aptage, a company that provides project risk management tools using Bayesian Estimation and machine learning. He’s also the chief scientist at Hail Sports, which focuses on applying precision medicine techniques to sports performance. In his spare time, he’s a consulting mathematician at … Read more023 – Balancing AI-Driven Automation with Human Intervention When Designing Complex Systems with Dr. Murray Cantor