Ken's Nearest Neighbors

How Can Data Teams Get Out of Their Own Way (Alex Gold) - KNN Ep. 196

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Alex Gold. Alex is the Director of Solutions Engineering + Support at posit and author of DevOps for Data Sci...

How She Went From Analytics Executive to Solopreneur (Serena Huang PhD) - KNN Ep. 195

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Serena Huang. She is one of the leaders in the field of people analytics. In this episode, we dive deep ...

The Journey of a Non-Technical Founder in a Data Company (Jake Schuster) - KNN Ep. 194

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Jake Schuster. Jake is the CEO of Gemini Sports Analytics, a company that is making it easier for college and...

Inside New York's Most Exclusive Data Community (Derek Larson) - KNN Ep. 193

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Derek Larson. Derek runs New York AI, an exclusive community for data people in New York. Derek also started ...

4X Kaggle GM Shares His Surprising Secret to Success in Competitions (Chris Deotte) - KNN Ep. 192

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Deotte. He is a member of NVIDIA's KGMON Team (Kaggle Grandmasters of NVIDIA), and one of the grea...

The Crappiest Data Company I've Ever Heard Of (Scott Hickle) - KNN Ep. 191

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of Interviewing Scott Hickle. Scott is the co-founder of Throne Science, an innovate company that is looking to measure and e...

Caribbean Data Scientist Explains How to Go Out and Get Your Career (Mark Moyou) - KNN Ep. 190

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mark Moyou. Mark is a Senior Data Scientist  and the host of the AI portfolio podcast and the Caribbean Tec...

Lessons from Teaching in North Korea for 4 Years (Andrew Kemp) - KNN Ep. 189

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Andrew Kemp. Andrew is the head of product marketing for data science and AI at Z by HP. Andrew recruited me ...

The Youngest Ever 3x Kaggle GM Explains Why She Switched to Product (Ruchi Bhatia) - KNN Ep. 188

21 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Ruchi Bhatia. Ruchi is the youngest ever 3x Kaggle Grandmaster. She recently started work as a product market...

How Fast is AI Innovation Really Happening? (Tina Huang) - KNN Ep. 187

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I brought back my good friend Tina Huang on the podcast! We talked about her continuing venture into content and entrepreneurship as well as our...

How AI Changes the Interview Process (Nick Singh) - KNN Ep. 186

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Nick Singh. He is the author of Ace the Data Science Interview and the Head Lemur at datalemur, a website hel...

The Problem With Developer Advocacy (Daliana Liu) - KNN Ep. 185

30 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Daliana Liu. Daliana is the host of the Data Scientist Show. She also has experience in developer advocacy an...

Speaking with the Creator of Pandas on the Future of Open Source (Wes McKinney) - KNN Ep. 184

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Wes McKinney.  Wes is well known in the open source community for his work building the pandas library. He ...

The Story Behind the Analyst Builder (Alex Freberg) - KNN Ep. 183

16 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing  @AlexTheAnalyst yet again on the podcast. So much has changed for him in a short period of time with his a...

Should Kids Still Learn to Code? (Hunter Kempf) - KNN Ep. 182

02 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Hunter Kempf for a second time on the KNN podcast. Hunter is a fellow Z by HP global ambassador who works as ...

From Auditor to Data Driven Decision Maker (Monica Kay Royal) - KNN Ep. 181

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Monica Kay Royal. She is the host of Data podcast for nerds which can be found here  @nerdnourishment ! She ...

How Fatherhood Changes Career Goals (Antonio Ivanovski) - KNN Ep. 180

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Antonio Ivanovski (A.I.) is husband and father of two amazing kids who works as a senior data analyst at Google working on protecting Google's ad...

Why He Left His PhD to Pursue His AI Podcast (Louis-Francois Bouchard) - KNN Ep. 179

10 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Louis-Francois Bouchard! Louis is the host of the  @WhatsAI and he just recently left his PhD to pursue the ...

From Divinity Student to Data Scientist (Immanuel Tacky) - KNN Ep. 178

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Immanuel Tacky. Immanuel is currently a data scientist at Canadian tire company. In this episode, we talk abo...

How AI Reshaped This Data Analyst's Job (Luke Barousse) - KNN Ep. 177

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing my good friend  @LukeBarousse ! We dive into how Luke is now using AI for all of his data work, the incredi...

The Past and Future of Healthcare and AI? (Eric Doherty) - KNN Ep. 176

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Eric Doherty. Eric is a global executive leader in the healthcare space. He has held senior executive roles i...

Why His Data Tik-Tok is so Addicting (Elijah Butler) - KNN Ep. 175

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Elijah Butler. Elijah is a Data Analyst at Humana who has developed an impressive following on tik tok for hi...

Why Your Company May Need a Part Time Chief Data Officer (Eric Gonzalez) - KNN Ep. 174

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Eric Gonzalez. Eric is the VP of Business Intelligence Architecture at Eastern Bank. He also works as a for h...

Life / Podcast Update! - KNN Ep. 173

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a while since I've done an update! Have some life changes coming up. Wanted to share and talk about how these may impact the podca...

Confronting the Biggest Problem with the Data Science Interview (Jack Blandin) - KNN Ep. 172

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Jack Blandin. Jack is a brilliant data scientist and manager that I had the pleasure of working with at Gohea...

The Difference Between Working at Google and Founding a Startup (Mike Dezube) - KNN Ep. 171

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Mike Dezube. This is Mike's second appearance on the podcast! In this episode we learn about Mike's...

The Surprising Importance of Timing on AI Innovation (Marinela Profi) - KNN Ep. 170

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Marinela Profi is the Head of Product Marketing Strategy for AI at SAS. Marinela moved to North Carolina from...

How a Book Landed Him His Dream Job (Tyler Richards) - KNN Ep. 169

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of bringing Tyler Richards back on the show. Last time I talked with him, he was a data scientist at Meta who had just writte...

How He Became the Biggest Podcaster in Data Science (Jon Krohn) - KNN Ep. 168

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Jon Krohn. Jon is the host of the Super Data Science podcast, a cofounder of Nebula, and force in the data sc...

Why He Quit Being an Analytics Manager ( @AlexTheAnalyst ) - KNN Ep. 167

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing my good friend  @AlexTheAnalyst . Alex just passed the 500k subscriber threshold on YouTube producing incred...

250,000 Subscriber Q&A!! - KNN Ep. 166

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Answering some of your questions to celebrate 250,000 subscribers on  @KenJee_ds !Podcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:- Pathrise - http://path...

How Companies and Data Scientists Can Capitalize on the AI Boom (Vin Vashishta) - KNN Ep. 165

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Vin Vashishta. Vin is the author of the Wiley book, ‘From Data To Profit.’ It’s the playbook for moneti...

From Unemployed Subscriber to Director in 3 Years (Ray Ojel) - KNN Ep. 164

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of bringing back Ray Ojel to the podcast. He was an early subscriber who landed his first job the last time I talked to him. ...

Why Data Scientists Should Break Things (Daniel Parris) - KNN Ep. 163

16 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Daniel Parris. Daniel is a data scientist and data journalist with over eight years of experience. He was one...

Leaving Google and BCG to Start Their Own Data Firm (Gleb Drobkov & Mike Dezube) - KNN Ep. 162

09 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Gleb Drobkov and Mike Dezube. They are the founders of Charles River Data, a Boston-based data science consu...

How AI is Altering Music Forever (Ale Koretzky) - KNN Ep. 161

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of bringing back my good friend Ale on the podcast. Ale has spent the last year traveling the world while working full time. ...

What is Langchain and Why Will it Change the World? (Greg Kamradt) - KNN Ep. 160

26 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Greg Kamradt. Greg ( @DataIndependent )  has been in and around data science and analytics his entire career...

What Separates High Output Data Scientists from the Rest? (Jeff Li) - KNN Ep. 159

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing my good friend and fellow teacher Jeff Li. Jeff is one of the most prolific data scientists I know, he also h...

Why RStudio is now Posit (J.J. Allaire | Posit CEO) - KNN Ep. 158

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing JJ Allaire. J.J. is the founder of RStudio and the creator of the RStudio IDE. He is an author of several pac...

How He Became a Data Strangler (Abe Diaz) - KNN Ep. 157

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Abe Diaz. Abe is a Marine Corps veteran with a diverse background in data analytics consulting, financial ana...

Why He Left Google DeepMind at the Peak of AI Hype (Aleksa Gordić) - KNN Ep. 156

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Aleksa Goridc ( @TheAIEpiphany ) Aleksa is a ex-Google deepmind and Microsoft ML engineer who recently launch...

Q&A: Job Market, LLMs, Future of Data Science - KNN Ep. 155

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It has been some time since I did a Q&A on the channel! These are my responses to some user submitted questions on Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and...

What You Can Learn from a "Normal Guy" Pursuing Data Science (Nash Mundondo) - KNN Ep. 154

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Nash Mundondo.  @datanash8200   thought he could never learn to code. At 16 he dropped out of his high-scho...

Understanding Data Privacy in the Age of AI (Katharine Jarmul) - KNN Ep. 153

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Katharine Jarmul. Kathrine recently published Practical Data Privacy a book that is extremely relevant with t...

Finding Your Tribe in the Tech World (Rabie Zahri and Zaheer Ali) - KNN Ep. 152

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Z and Rabie who are the co founders of Positon. Their company provides programmatic M&A capability as a s...

Finding Your Perfect Career in the Age of AI (Tina Huang) - KNN Ep. 151

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing  @TinaHuang1 one of my closest friends. She is also an incredible content creator and an excellent business...

Risking it all to Join a Stealth Startup (Mark Freeman) - KNN Ep. 150

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of having Mark Freeman back on the show! He has some exciting news. He left his data science job to be employee #1 at a steal...

What Makes Someone Stay in Data Science (Richad Nieves-Becker) - KNN Ep. 149

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Podcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:- Pathrise - http://pathrise.com/KenJee | Career mentorship for job applicants (Free till you land a job)- ...

Why the Best Teachers Learn Alongside You (Kevin Markham) - KNN Ep. 148

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Podcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:- Pathrise - http://pathrise.com/KenJee | Career mentorship for job applicants (Free till you land a job)- ...

I Interview ChatGPT (GPT-4) - KNN Ep. 147

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of Ken’s Nearest Neighbors is powered by z by hp, hp’s high compute, workstation grade line of products and solutions. Please check o...

How to Craft a Fulfilling Career by Embracing Your Authentic Self (Jess Ramos) - KNN Ep. 146

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Jess Ramos. Jess is a Senior Data Analyst at Crunchbase, a LinkedIn Learning Instructor, and a content creato...

What Does ChatGPT Mean for Students, Teachers, and Kagglers? (Ruchi Bhatia) - KNN Ep. 145

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Ruchi Bhatia. She is a 3x kaggle grandmaster and grad student at Carnegie Mellon studying Information Systems...

Seeds of Innovation: Data Science's Role in Agribusiness (Serg Masís) - KNN Ep. 144

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Serg Masis. Serg is a Data Scientist at Syngenta, a leading agribusiness company with a mission to improve gl...

The Myth of Job Security in Big Tech (Michael Galarnyk) - KNN Ep. 143

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is Michael's second appearance on the podcast! Today we talked about why he left his most recent job in big tech, diversifying income and sk...

The Best Way for Universities to Prepare Data Science Students? (Greg Hogg) - KNN Ep. 142

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Greg Hogg. Greg was a statistics major from the university of waterloo turned YouTuber with a love for teachi...

Inside the Kaggle Grandmaster Team at NVIDIA (Theo Viel) - KNN Ep. 141

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Be sure to check out Theo's Session at GTC! You can register here: https://nvda.ws/3XQRqoF Win a RTX 4080 or DLI credits here: https://forms.gle...

Rage Quitting SF (Tina Huang and Zach Wilson) - KNN Ep. 140

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This Week I had the privilege of interviewing Tina Huang and Zach Wilson. We were roommates for the month in Salt Lake City. Both have been previous g...

The Modern Data Stack: Everything You Need to Know (Chris Tabb) - KNN Ep. 139

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Tabb. Chris is the Co-Founder & CCO at LEIT DATA. In this episode he schools me on the modern data ...

Where AI Meets Religion and Psychedelics (David Gonzalez) - KNN Ep. 138

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David “Gonzo” González is an Executive and Data Science professional with well over a decade of experience putting AI and ML into production in m...

The Data Project too Risky to Share in an Interview (Zach Quinn) - KNN Ep. 137

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Quinn is a data engineer and writer with a master's degree in Data Science and an undergraduate degree in journalism. During his, admittedly...

Creating Career Insurance in the Age of Tech Layoffs (Matt Harrison) - KNN Ep. 136

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Harrison is a renowned author, python / pandas enthusiast, corporate trainer, and meetup organizer. I had the pleasure of speaking with him this ...

Why are Data Science Jobs Disappearing? (Jay Feng) - KNN Ep. 135

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Jay Feng. Jay is the founder of interview query, a platform that helps you prepare for data science interview...

From Highschool Teacher to Data Science Leader (Ben Doremus) - KNN Ep. 134

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Ben Doremus. Ben is a leader in Healthcare Analytics with a broad background in data, engineering, and manage...

The Future of Data Engineering (Joe Reis and Matt Housley) - KNN Ep. 133

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joe and Matt are two pioneers in the data engineering space. They recently published the book: The Fundamentals of Data Engineering which is now a bes...

The TRUTH About Landing Your First Data Job (Avery Smith) - KNN Ep. 132

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had  @averysmith back for his second appearance on the KNN podcast! We talked about fatherhood, growing your own business, and landing your ...

How To Prioritize Work and School For a Data Career - KNN Ep. 131 (Devansh)

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Devansh is Nomad working in AI Research and Machine Learning. While he is still a college student, Devansh has been able to start a compay, land resea...

When Comedy Collides with the Tech Scene (Socially Inept) - KNN Ep. 130

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

interview Austin, Jesse, Nikita, and Lee about unique tech roast style of comedy, their origins, and about what makes the technology scene inherently ...

The TRUTH About Working in Gaming as a Data Scientist (Carly Taylor) - KNN Ep. 129

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Carly Taylor. Carly is a technology strategist, video game enthusiast, and founder of Rebel Data Science. Sh...

How She Built Her Own Role at Google (Stephanie Wong) - KNN Ep. 128

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Stephanie Wong. Stephanie is a 3x Webby award-winning Head of Developer Engagement. She is a global keynote s...

Leaving His Data Analyst Job for Good (Stefan Masnikovic) - KNN Ep. 127

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

​ @Stefanovic92 held a stable job as a data analyst for 7 years. Right at his "career peak" when he was working as a freelancer earning a...

Podcast Update, Feedback, and Future Plans - KNN Ep. 126

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I give a short update on the podcast, ask for feedback on ways to improve, and talk about the future of KNN and my YouTube channel.

The Secret Analytics War Behind International Team Golf (Dylan Beirne) - KNN Ep. 125

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dylan Beirne is a quant trader and data scientist, most focused on golf. Currently he works with Nellie Analytics, part of SIG, modelling and trading ...

The Woman Behind the Kaggle Days World Championship (Maria Parysz) - KNN Ep. 124

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Maria Parysz. Maria is the CEO of LogicAI, founder of ElephantAI and the mastermind behind kaggle days. K...

Working at Kaggle as a Kaggle Grandmaster (Walter Reade) - KNN Ep.123

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Walter Reade. Walter is a data scientist at kaggle where he helps to prepare competitions. He is also a kaggl...

Why She Left a Big Tech City to Advance Her Career (Christina Stathopoulos) - KNN Ep. 122

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Christina Sathopolous. Christina is an Analytical Lead at Google where she works with the Waze. She also teac...

Multiplying His Income 6X in 4 Years With Data Jobs (Shashank Kalanithi) - KNN Ep. 121

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of welcoming back  @Shashank Kalanithi . Shashank is the reigning iron analyst, a data analyst turned senior data engineer,...

Cowboys vs. Scientists (DJ Rich) - KNN Ep. 120

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

DJ is an educational content creator on YouTube who covers Machine Learning relating topics, from Reinforcement Learning to Information Theory. As a D...

An Inside Perspective on Baseball Analytics (Jeremy Frank) - KNN Ep. 119

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Frank is the creator of the Twitter account @MLBRandomStats which has amassed nearly 100,000 followers. He's currently studying data scien...

Why You SHOULD Take Risks Early in Your Career (Patrick Akil) - KNN Ep. 118

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Patrick Akil. Patrick is a software engineer, consultant, and host of the  @Beyond Coding Podacst. In this ...

Quantifying "Soft Skills" to Get the Most Out of Your Career (Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic) - KNN Ep. 117

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of iterviewing Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic who was introduced to me via my good friend and podcast guest  @Luke Barousse .  Col...

Using GPT-3 To Automate Dating and Work (Dmitri Mirakyan) - KNN Ep.116

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Dmitri Mirakyan. Dmitri Dmitri runs the consumer product analytics team at Opendoor. Prior to that, he was a ...

Why He Left His Startup To Pursue Data Science Tutorials on YouTube (Keith Galli) - KNN Ep 115

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had  @Keith Galli back on the KNN podcast for round 2! Since our last talk, he left his startup to pursue YouTube and data science contracti...

What You're Getting Wrong about Data Vis - According to a UX Designer (Thomas Watkins) - KNN Ep 114

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Thomas Watkins. Thomas is a thought leader in the User Experience space, a speaker and industry practitioner ...

Why He Shared His Tech Salary on LinkedIn (Zach Wilson R2) - KNN Ep. 113

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of speaking with  @Data with Zach , a Staff Data Engineer at Air BNB. Zach is best known for his radical transparency about ...

The Man Behind the Bam! (Josh Starmer Round 2) - KNN Ep. 112

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing  @StatQuest with Josh Starmer   for a second time! We talked about his new book: "The statquest illust...

Data Analytics YouTuber Faceoff! (Luke Barousse & Alex Freberg) - KNN Ep. 111

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Had the honor of chatting with  @Luke Barousse and  @Alex The Analyst at the same time this week at the #brightdatahouse! It was fascinating to he...

Everything You Need to Know About ML Ops (Miki Bazeley) - KNN Ep. 110

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing the incredible  @Miki Bazeley - The MLOps Engineer for the second time!  Watch the first interview here: ht...

Recession Planning for Data Scientists(Shailvi Wakhlu) - KNN Ep. 109

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Shailvi Wakhlu. Shailvi is the Sr. Director of Data at Strava, where she leads a large team of product analys...

Answering Your Anonymous Questions (Data Science Masters, Learning, Salary) KNN Ep. 108

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I switched it up a bit and took some anonymous questions from you all! If you want to ask more, use this link: https://ngl.link/kenjee_ds ! I co...

Navigating The Maker vs Manager Tradeoff (Jared Dean) - KNN Ep. 107

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jared Dean is a data scientist SAS and an adjunct professor at Duke University. Jared is the mastermind behind the batting lab at SAS that was the top...

How Analytics Fits into a Competitive Jiu Jitsu Career (Breylor Grout) - KNN Ep. 106

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Breylor Grout. Breylor is a data analyst who has built his work lifestyle around his full time competitive Ji...

Can Data Science Be Beautiful? (Thu Vu) - KNN Ep. 105

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Thu Vu. Thu is a Data Science Consultant with 5+ years of experience in data analytics + data science. She ha...

How a Sports Agent Uses Data Science (Ian Greengross) - KNN Ep. 104

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

 Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Ian Greengross. Ian is my friend, a business partner, and a sports agent with over 25 years of experience. ...

What Comes After Landing Your Dream Data Science Job? (Jeff Li Round 2) - KNN Ep. 103

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I had the pleasure of interviewing Jeff Li for the second time on the podcast (Episode 24). Jeff is a good friend of mine and we are currently working...

Lost After College to Top Data Scientist (Kristen Kehrer) - KNN Ep. 102

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Kristen Kehrer. Kristen is currently a Developer Advocate at Comet sharing about MLOps best practices.  Sinc...

How He Made Learning to Code Completely Free (Quincy Larson) - KNN Ep. 101

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Quincy Larson is the founder of freeCodeCamp. A Non-Profit with a mission to make learning to code free to everyone. Currently over 40,000 freeCodeCam...

[Special] A Parent's Perspective on Our Work (Art Jee) - KNN Ep. 100

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today is the 100th episode of the KNN podcast! I wanted to do something special for this monumental occasion. Taking a page out of  @Lex Fridman&apos...

The Power of Bringing People Together (Tina Huang & Luke Barousse ) - KNN Ep. 99

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode I brought back two of my friends and previous guests of the show: Tina Huang & Luke Barousse. I spent the last 2 weeks...

Behind the Scenes of a Data Science Movie (Hunter Kempf) - KNN Ep. 98

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Hunter Kempf. Hunter is a Data Scientist at Cloudflare, a Z by HP Global Data Science Ambassador and is finis...

What Is A Tech Lead REALLY? (Zach Wilson) - KNN Ep. 97

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Wilson is a tech lead at Airbnb and a content creator on LinkedIn with over 150k followers. He is passionate about data engineering and mental he...