Matt Cowell didn't start out in tech. In fact, he studied the chemical world heavily in school, getting his Bachelors in Chemistry and Masters in Chemical Engineering. So - by trade, he was clearly a chemist. However, when he joined Accenture, he started in with programming and establishing the SDLC methodology for the company. Matt is married with 2 kids, loves sports - specifically Illinois basketball - loves to play music and golf. He likes to travel with his wife to see family, and make frequent visits to their lakehouse.In his professional past, Matt had held several roles in SaaS companies and startups. He met a company that was an artificial intelligence consultancy, which had a POC around assessments. They wanted to start up a separate company to support launch this POC and take it to market. This is when Matt got involved.This is the creation story of QuantHub.LinksWebsite: https://quanthub.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattcowell/Our Sponsors:* Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY* Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORYSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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We're trying to teach people data skills. A lot of people don't even realize that they don't realize even what data is or are, if you like the plural form of data. And so we're trying to make sure that people understand that they need data skills if they're in an entry-level HR role or sales or marketing. It's not just for data professionals or technical professionals.
And so one quote that I really loved from a recent customer discussion was they thought data was just numbers. before they got into QuantHub. And then they started realizing that there's some concepts in there. It's not just about numbers. My name is Matt Cowell. I'm the CEO at QuantHub.
This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change an industry and build and lead a team that has your back. I'm your host, Noah Laphart. And today, how Matt Cowell created a necessary platform to assess data skills and upskill your workforce. All this and more on CodeStory.
Matt Cowell didn't start out in tech. In fact, he studied the chemical world heavily in school, getting his bachelor's in chemistry and master's in chemical engineering. So, by trade, he was clearly a chemist. However, when he joined Accenture, he started in with programming and established the SDLC methodology for the company.
Matt's married with two kids, loves sports, specifically Illinois basketball, and loves to play music and golf. He likes to travel with his wife to see family and make frequent visits to their lake house. In his professional past, Matt held several roles in SaaS companies and startups.
Eventually, he met a company that was an artificial intelligence consultancy, which had a POC around skill assessments. They wanted to start up a separate company to support and launch this POC. This is when Matt got involved. This is the creation story of QuantHub.
What Hub is a data skill platform. And so we really have two lines of business. One is we have an assessment platform of data skills. And so think data scientists, data engineers. So if you're hiring a data scientist at a large company, you're hiring probably hundreds of data scientists. It's a little bit hard to tell people apart and know who has the skills to do the job and who doesn't.
And so we have an assessment platform to do just that. And so we have companies all over the world using us for that. And then the second part of our business is in upskilling of data skills. And so helping organizations build really data literacy across the entire enterprise.
So not just data science and data, true data analytics skills, but just helping salespeople, marketing, HR operations be more effective at using data and being more data driven. And so there's a big skill gap globally in and around data, but data is everywhere. So it's no longer optional to have data skills. And that's really where we come in and fit in helping organizations build those skills.
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