The Tech Trek
Episodes
Establishing a security champion and culture and developers make for great security engineers with Arkadiy Tetelman, Head of Application & Infrastructure Security at Chime
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Arkadiy is Head of Application & Infrastructure Security at Chime. He is passionate about all forms of digital harm reduction, ranging...
Dealing with Covid’s impact on security within the retail space and security becoming more agile with Rick Medina, Security Practitioner
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Rick Medina is a security practitioner, OSINT junkie, button pusher, and checkbox un-checker What you’ll learn: Dealing with Covid’s i...
Bootstrapping a security program and security policy as code with CISO Kyle Randolph
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Kyle is a CISO and VP, Security, Privacy, and Compliance. He has 18 years of establishing, growing, and leading Security and Software Engineerin...
Modern data warehousing and data engineering viewed as specialized software engineering with Ken Farmer, Data Engineering Manager at Alto Pharmacy
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Ken is the data engineering manager at Alto Pharmacy - which offers free, same-day medication delivery to customers. Alto's da...
Adjusting to a less regulated industry and technology choices and tradeoffs with Nikhil Goyal, Director of Data & Analytics at LeafLink
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Prior to LeafLink, Nikhil led the data science function for Gartner’s Marketing practice, gaining deep expertise in building scaled data produ...
Empowering engineers to understand the why behind what they are working on with Nachi Joshi, Director of Engineering at Electric.AI
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Nachi is a Director of Engineering at Electric.AI. Having started his career building software at a large investment bank, he has since transiti...
Moving security from a black box view, thinking about security earlier in the design and development phase, and mental health aspects for security professionals with Kunal Bhattacharya, Head DevSecOps
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Kunal Bhattacharya is a Security Leader, Organization builder, and mentor who helps organizations build robust Cyberdefense and detection capabi...
Learning from a security breach and applying an innovative mindset to healthcare with Chris Millikin, Head of Infrastructure and Security at Nuna
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Chris Millikin is the Head of Infrastructure and Security at Nuna. Prior to Nuna, Chris spent over a decade building security engineering teams ...
The impact of machine learning in healthcare data and can machine learning be overused with Ben Birnbaum, Senior Director of Software Engineering at Flatiron Health
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Ben is a Senior Director of Software Engineering at Flatiron Health, where he leads the Machine Learning Team. Prior to Flatiron, he worked at G...
Navigating Compliance as a Growing Company, Mainland China Deployments, and CI/CD Business Systems for Performance and Security with Joel Anderson, VP Technical Operations at MongoDB
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Joel Anderson has worked in cybersecurity and IT as an engineer, advisor, and executive with impact across public, private, and social sectors: ...
Move quickly and optimize later and new data science features that impact business revenue with Ella Alkalay Schreiber, VP of FinTech at Hopper
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Ella Alkalay Schreiber, Head of Pricing and Recommendations she leads a cross-functional team of product managers, data scientists, designers, a...
Understanding your “impact”, how to better run your projects and communicate more effectively with Wen-Ying Feng, the Vice President of Analytics at Plastiq
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Wen-Ying is helping revolutionize how data insights can be turned into accelerators for strengthened growth at Plastiq. She has been a leader an...
Moving towards scale, bringing in more specialization to help scale, and the pillars of engineering management with Sen Xu, Head of Engineering at Replica
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Sen Xu is the head of engineering at Replica, where he leads the engineering effort to build a scalable data solution to provide movement insigh...
Brand growth in emerging markets and removing bias from investing with Anjali Samani, Director of Data Science
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Anjali Samani is a Director of Data Science at Salesforce. When we recorded this episode, she was leading the Predictive Modelling team at Circl...
Transitioning to the data industry via a code camp and stepping up to a manager role with Allen Ko, Data Science Manager at States Title
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Allen Ko is a data science manager working at States Title, where he's leading the company's efforts to automate document processing and parsing...
How to hire and grow your Data Science team, the future of data scientists and a Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) example with Connan Snider, Head of Data Science at Just Auto Insurance
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Connan has a strong background in Economics with his Ph.D. and has also taught at UCLA as a professor. He was a Data Scientist at Uber for over ...
Focusing on delivering the most value for the business and Fueling growth by discovering a new uses case for a product with Anson Whitmer, Head of Data at Calm
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Anson Whitmer - Head of Data. After completing a Ph.D., then a post-doc at Stanford, in cognitive neuroscience, Anson transitioned into data sci...
Finding ways to identify new requirements and evaluating soft skills through virtual interviewing with Dan Gremmell, Head of Data at Policygenius
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Daniel Gremmell is the Head of Data at Policygenius where he leads data engineering, data analysis, and data science. Before Policygenius, he wa...
How and when to hire for your data science team and the pros and cons of building in-house vs 3rd party apps, with Peter Jaffe, Head of Data at Teachable
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Peter has held management-level positions at Hearst and Freestar, before landing at Teachable, where he is the Head of Data. He also has his MBA...
The convergence of AI and Art with Marnie Benney, Co-founder of AIArtists.org
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Marnie Benney is an Independent Curator working at the juncture of contemporary art and technology. Over the last decade, she has produced 27 ex...
Graduate school, what you get from it and what you can do to jumpstart your career and the pros/cons of remote work, with Bryan Davis, Data Science Manager at Nextdoor
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Bryan has worked at Facebook and Indeed on the Data Science and Machine Learning teams. He’s currently the Data Science Manager at Nextdoor. W...
Finding a small pilot project to start shifting security left and becoming more of an engineering-based security team with CISO Josh Scott
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Josh Scott, an experienced security leader that focuses on building high performing and innovative security programs that are business-focused. ...
Creating a data moat and how data scientists can quantify their value, with Sean Chang, Data Science Manager at Goodwater Capital
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Sean has worked at Google and Facebook. He was a Data Science Manager at Facebook working on the VR team before moving over to Goodwater Capital...
Understanding the relationship between product and data science and the risk of optimizing your model before doing enough experimentation with Clare Corthell, Product Manager at Lyft
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Clare Corthell is an entrepreneur and product manager in mapping and data science. She founded companies in drone mapping, data science consulti...
Finding the right balance as a product-focused CISO and compliance requirements as your SaaS solution sells to the enterprise space with CISO Silvano Silva
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Silvano has 20 years of experience in IT and Information Security and his interests include DevSecOps, AppSec, and business-driven risk-based ap...
Seize the opportunity to develop soft skills and ask for help sooner (don’t spin your wheels wasting time) with Jesse Lehmier, Data Engineering Manager at ASAPP
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Jesse Lehmier is a data engineering manager at ASAPP. He previously worked in analytics, big data, and full-stack software engineering roles. Wh...
Machine Learning, commoditization of tooling, how to structure ML at your org and getting traction with ML projects with Adam Oliner, the Head of Machine Learning at Slack
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Adam Oliner, Head of Machine Learning at Slack. Prior to Slack, Adam was leading the team at Splunk. He has his Masters and Ph.D. in Computer Sc...
Leveraging AI to deliver answers faster to your mobile device and why aren’t enterprise apps as easy to use as consumer software with Rohit Vashisht, CEO of whiz.ai
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Rohit Vashisht is the co-founder and CEO of whiz.ai, a conversational AI platform for Life Sciences commercial ops and field teams. Previously, ...
Machine learning driving business value and the machine learning battle against email hackers with Jesh Bratman, Head of Machine Learning at Abnormal Security
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Jeshua Bratman is an expert in building technology products powered by artificial intelligence. He’s a founding member of Abnormal Security an...
Machine Learning, how to effectively apply ML, managing ML reality vs expectations and mentoring advice for aspiring leaders with Gagan Sandhu, the Sr. Engineering Director at Square
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Gagan Sandhu, Sr. Engineering Director at Square. He leads the ML, Data Engineering and Mobile engineers within the e-commerce product division ...
The impact of AI on the music-making process and how Amper Music empowers people to compose and create music easier with Drew Silverstein, CEO of Amper Music
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Drew Silverstein is the CEO and co-founder of Amper Music. Founded in 2014, Amper Music combines the highest levels of artistry with groundbreak...
DevOps culture shift and the delicate dance of replacing older technologies with Adam Robertson, Director of DevOps
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Adam Robertson is a DevOps Leader with more than 15 years of professional experience architecting and building technical organizations from earl...
Conversation around web search, applying trust to data sources, and validating statements with Jude Gomila, Founder of Golden
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Jude Gomila is currently CEO and Founder of the startup Golden. Jude Gomila was previously President and Co-Founder of Heyzap (Union Square Vent...
Data engineering interview tips and when do you buy vs build with Kunal Haria, Data Engineering Manager at StyleSeat
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Kunal Haria, Data Engineering Manager at StyleSeat. He has his Masters in Information Management from Syracuse University. What you’ll learn: ...
Moving from academia to business and data science challenges within the cybersecurity industry with Phillip Schafer, Director Data Science at IronNet
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Phillip Schafer leads the data science team at IronNet. He has a PhD in physics from Penn State, where he developed voice recognition algorithms...
Being the 1st Data Science hire, transitioning to being a manager, and letting your ego go in coding with Ryan Scolnik Head of Data Science at FortressIQ
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Ryan Scolnik, the Head of Data Science at FortressIQ. He was employee #4 and currently leads the company's data science, computer vision and AI ...
Tips to hire security professionals, insights on how to break into the security field, and keeping security at the foreground with Michael Weiss, CISO at Funding Circle
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Michael Weiss has spent the past 16 years in information security. While at Microsoft, he managed the Security Assurance Program for Windows 7. ...
Data Analyst interview/resume advice and career advice for women in sharing their achievements and job promotions with Shailvi Wakhlu, the Head of Analytics at Komodo Health
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Shailvi Wakhlu, the Head of Analytics at Komodo Health. She loves to volunteer, mentor, and inspire within the data and analytics community. Wha...
Impacts of CCPA and GDPR on a business, dealing with data deletion requests, and how to make the process more efficient with Daniel Barber, DataGrail CEO
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Daniel Barber is the CEO & Co-founder of DataGrail. In the new age of privacy, DataGrail is the only purpose-built privacy management platfo...
Becoming a mentor, working with mentees, and what to look for in a mentor with Chris Byington, VP of Data at Updater
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Chris Byington is VP of Data at Updater, where he leads the Data team in partnering with stakeholders to bring data to bear on the company’s t...
Personalized 3D avatars, Zoom fatigue, and digital personas during Covid with Mahesh Ramasubramanian, CEO at Loom.ai
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Mahesh Ramasubramanian is the co-founder and CEO of Loom.ai, a San Francisco-based company that has developed an end-to-end deep learning platfo...
How do be happy in your career, what makes a good data engineer and the internal data engineering academy program she started with Lisa Mirkovic, VP of Data Engineering at Capital Group
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Lisa Mirkovic, VP of Data Engineering at Capital Group. Lisa has been at the Capital Group for over 20 years and is passionate about paying it f...
Transitioning into data science, ramping up during the pandemic, and balancing delivery with Mike Doll, Head of Data at Udacity
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Mike Doll is the Head of Data at Udacity, an online education platform dedicated to training the world's workforce in the careers of the future....
Building Data Analytics Teams
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Suxi Li, the head of data analytics at Investors Business Daily in Los Angeles, California. They discuss building teams, o...
Transitioning from Academia to a Career in Data Science
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sivan Aldor-Noiman, Data Science leader, speaks on the podcast about her transition from academia to industry and why data science is an ideal field f...
Hiring and building teams, interview pointers and an interview failure to learn from with Sri Sethupathy Vice President of Data and Analytics at Age of Learning
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet: Sri Sethupathy, the VP of Data and Analytics at Age of Learning. Sri built the analytics team at Hulu. He has served as an executive advisor to ...
Establishing ROI for AI projects, AI models, and the future of data science roles with Pedro Alves, Founder and CEO of Ople.ai
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Pedro Alves, founder and CEO of Ople.ai. Pedro founded Ople.ai in 2017. He started Ople with the goal of creating a platform that puts the knowle...
Start-ups do’s and don’ts, in-demand data science skills and interview tips with Raghu Dhara Head of Data Science at KeepTruckin
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Raghu Dhara, the Head of Data Science at KeepTruckin. He is a Harvard grad who founded a start-up from his dorm room and was also a staff writer ...
Hiring, trusting and managing your Data Science team with Jon Morra, Chief Data Scientist
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Jon Morra, the Chief Data Scientist at Zefr, in episode #2 of The Tech Trek. Jon founded a start-up early in his career and was the...
Entrepreneurship, the startup race, and AI scheduling assistants with Dennis Mortensen, CEO of X.ai
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I had an insightful conversation with Dennis Mortensen, CEO and founder of x.ai, about the software’s uses and the people it serves. Founded in 2014...