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Date with D8A

Date with D8A

Hosted by D8A Directors

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Episodes

10

Latest episode

May 2025

Language

EN-US

About the show

A date with data. Industry leaders are interviewed on topics related to data innovations within organisations. D8A believes that data innovation is the next wave. And in this podcast, we cover relevant topics around data and innovation. Every podcast will cover a specific topic. One of our D8A members will interview an industry leader about the given topic. We’ll talk to a range of organisations, diving into the specific of different industries. Find us at www.d8a.eu. Giving you and your data direction.

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10 recent
September 24, 202114 min

Trusted data awareness

Arjan Pepping (Corporate Data Manager at MN) on: creating awareness around trusted data and the role of data in control for a pension provider. Listen for the golden tip on implementing data awareness.

May 26, 202518 min

Data Platform for Business

Vinoth Raman (Founder and CEO at Vintr) on: how a data platform for business helps create a bridge between the siloes of business, data and IT. Vinoth explains the importance of a non-technical platform to put the business in the drivers seat.

July 2, 202434 min

Democritisation of data analytics

Paula Hansen (President and Chief Revenue Officer at Alteryx Technologie) on: how data democratisation is empowering businesses in their digital transformation. Learn how democratization provides access to data and analytics tools for employees of all levels, fostering innovation, improving operational efficiency, and driving overall business growth. At D8A we see the importance of governance, reliability, and user-friendliness for digital maturity and competitive edge of companies. Paula shares her vision on how Alteryx Technologies & democratized data empowers that! Host note: True to the speed of growth and change in the analytics market, Paula Hansen is departing Alteryx as of July 3 and leaves a legacy of having helped build one of the most beloved analytics platforms in the market. We wish her well!

April 30, 202421 min

The product is data

Paolo Platter (founder at AgileLab) on one of the four pillars of the data mesh paradigm: data as a product.

March 28, 202435 min

How to go green with data analytics

Pierre Louis Usselman, founder at Sweeft.ai shares about his journey in bringing analytics to mobile devices and the discoveries he made regarding the sustainability of analytical operations. He talks about Sweeft’s framework and product, helping companies reduce carbon emissions in the data analytics lifecycle.

February 1, 202431 min

How to unboss your data platform

Axel Goris (Founder at dataXPdesign) on: what is needed to create a healthy data platform using his self-service development framework: "unboss, enable and accelerate". Axel explains how to shift the workload from IT to the business, using risk assessments as a tool to facilitate communication between business and IT.

January 14, 202433 min

Revving up your data quality

Mark de Brauw (Cofounder at Mesoica) on: how data quality is traditionally addressed as a technical issues rather than a business issue. Mark explains how more than a data governance is required in order to implement successful data quality management processes. He explains the advantage of using dedicated data quality tooling that support business users.

May 9, 202325 min

Material Science with Materials Zone

Ori Yudilevich (Chief Technology Officer at Materials Zone) on: the history of Materials Zone, the company and its product. Ori explains how Materials Zone’s Materials Informatics platform applies material science techniques to save costs. He also explains what challenges with regards to data they usually come across.

April 25, 202319 min

Trends and Developments in Data Analytics Consulting

Ryan Price (Executive Data & Artificial Intelligence at Avanade) on: trends and developments within data analytics consulting. Ryan talks about how Avenade approached data and AI on a global scales and discusses his views regarding important topics around data and AI.

March 20, 202330 min

Data Innovation in Retail

Caroline Fluit (Global VP Digital Product Engineering at IKEA) on: data innovation within the retail industry. Caroline shares her experience and lessons learned with regards to data innovation as well as leadership.

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