Unleash the Power of Data: Your Business Analysis Podcast

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This podcast dives deep into the world of data and business analysis, making it accessible and actionable for everyone. We'll explore how to harness the power of information to make smarter decisions, improve efficiency, and achieve real-world results.

Whether you're a seasoned analyst or just starting out, you'll find valuable insights on:

Data analysis techniques: Learn the latest methods for wrangling, cleaning, and analyzing your data.

Business communication: Bridge the gap between data and decision-making by effectively communicating insights.

Industry trends: Stay ahead of the curve with discussions on emerging technologies and best practices.

Real-world case studies: See how data analysis is being used to solve real business problems across different industries.

Join our host (and your friendly data guide) as we interview industry experts, share practical tips, and answer your burning questions.

This podcast is for you if:

You're curious about how data can be used to improve your business.

You're looking to develop your data analysis skills.

You want to stay informed about the latest trends in business analytics.

Subscribe today and unlock the power of data for your business!



All About Data

Discover the strategies that convert data into insights and action for propelling business value. Acclaimed data analytics leaders will unearth the secrets of success in each episode. Subscribe to stay abreast of the techniques, trends, and technologies driving our fast-paced industry!

Secrets of Data Analytics Leaders Podcasts

Dewayne Washington is back this week for part II of his Secrets of Data Analytics Leaders podcast with Eckerson Group. In part I, Dewayne and I discussed the role of the CIO. In this episode we discuss the keys to IT success.

Washington is a senior consultant with 20+ years of experience in BI and Analytics in over two dozen verticals. He is the former BI manager at Dallas/Fortworth International Airport and the current CIO at The Business of Intelligence. He is also the author of the book Get In The Stream, the ultimate guide to customer adoption, and his Data Warehousing and Mobile Solutions implementations have been featured in CIO Magazine and the Wall Street Journal. Washington is also a sought-after speaker and mentor for organizations striving to leverage BI and Analytics to meet business goals, thus earning him the title, BI Pharaoh.

Dewayne Washington: Part II - Keys to IT Success

In this podcast, Wayne Eckerson and Joe Caserta discuss what constitutes a modern data platform. Caserta is President of a New York City-based consulting firm he founded in 2001 and a longtime data guy. In 2004, Joe teamed up with data warehousing legend, Ralph Kimball to write to write the book The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit. Today he’s now one of the leading authorities on big data implementations. This makes Joe one of the few individuals with in-the-trenches experience on both sides of the data divide, traditional data warehousing on relational databases and big data implementations on Hadoop and the cloud. His perspectives are always insightful.

Joe Caserta: Exploring Modern Data Platforms

In this episode, Mike Masciandaro and Wayne Eckerson discuss how to partner with the business and ensure high levels of customer satisfaction and adoption. 

Mike is a veteran business intelligence practitioner who recently retired from an illustrious career at Dow Chemical. Mike has seen and done just about everything there is to do in the world of BI, data, and analytics. He is now intent on sharing his hard-won knowledge with others.

Mike Masciandaro: Part II - BI Customer Satisfaction and Adoption

In this podcast, Henry Eckerson and Stephen Smith discuss the movement to operationalize data science.

Smith is a well-respected expert in the fields of data science, predictive analytics and their application in the education, pharmaceutical, healthcare, telecom and finance industries. He co-founded and served as CEO of G7 Research LLC and the Optas Corporation which provided the leading CRM / Marketing Automation solution in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.

Smith has published journal articles in the fields of data mining, machine learning, parallel supercomputing, text understanding, and simulated evolution. He has published two books through McGraw-Hill on big data and analytics and holds several patents in the fields of educational technology, big data analytics, and machine learning.  He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from MIT and an MS in Applied Sciences from Harvard University. He is currently the research director of data science at Eckerson Group.

Stephen Smith: Operationalizing Data Science

In this episode, Wayne Eckerson and Lenin Gali discuss the past and future of the cloud and big data.

Gali is a data analytics practitioner who has always been on the leading edge of where business and technology intersect. He was one of the first to move data analytics to the cloud when he was BI director at ShareThis, a social media based services provider. He was instrumental in defining an enterprise analytics strategy, developing a data platform that brought games and business data together to enable thousands of data users to build better games and services by using Hadoop & Teradata while at Ubisoft. He is now spearheading the creation of a Hadoop-based data analytics platform at Quotient, a digital marketing technology firm in the retail industry.

Lenin Gali: Past and Future of the Cloud and Big Data

In this episode, Wayne Eckerson and Jen Underwood explore a new era of analytics. Data volumes and complexity have exceeded the limits of current manual drag-and-drop analytics solutions. Data moves at the speed of light while speed-to-insight lags farther and farther behind. It is time to explore intelligent, next generation, machine-powered analytics to retain your competitive edge. It is time to combine the best of the human mind and machine.

Underwood is an analytics expert and founder of Impact Analytic. She is a former product manager at Microsoft who spearheaded the design and development of the reinvigorated version of Power BI, which has since become a market leading BI tool. Underwood is an IBM Analytics Insider, SAS contributor, former Tableau Zen Master, Top 10 Women Influencer and active analytics community member. She is keenly interested in the intersection of data visualization and data science and writes and speaks persuasively about these topics.

Jen Underwood: Exploring the New Era of Analytics

In this episode, Wayne Eckerson and Rich Fox discuss what differentiates data science from analytics, why and how data science addresses business needs, why balance scorecards are relevant, and why Excel is a problem. Throughout the podcast, Fox shares many real-life examples and personal experiences.

Fox is vice president of Data Science and Analytics at Apex Parks Group, one of the largest entertainment center companies in the United States, which operates amusement parks, water parks, and family entertainment centers.

Rich Fox: Deliver Data Science, Not Reports

Listen to data and analytics leaders share the secrets of their success. Wayne Eckerson, long-time global thought leader interviews guests who run data and analytics programs at Fortune 2000 organizations around the world. Tune in to stay abreast of the latest technologies, techniques, and trends in our fast-paced industry.

Rich Fox: Deliver Data Science, Not Reports

Secrets of Data & Analytics Leaders