Making Data Simple
by IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub
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Hosted by Al Martin, WW VP of Technical Sales at IBM, Making Data Simple cuts through the hype to reveal how data and AI reshape the modern enterprise.
Thought leaders, researchers, and innovators share firsthand lessons on leading teams, scaling analytics, and driving real-world impact—delivered in Al’s signature straightforward, witty style.
Tune in to Making Data Simple today. From data and AI breakthroughs to leadership hacks, top experts drop actionable gems that help businesses thrive in a data-driven world. #MakingDataSimple #AI #Leadership
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- One Year Later: Is AI Making Us Better, or Just Making It Easier? — with Geoff Thatcher, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Creative Principals · 45 minSend us Fan Mail Originally aired October 2025. Exploring the intersection of creativity and innovation, Geoff Thatcher, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Creative Principals…
- #423 Drowning in Data? Chris Rafter, COO of Inzata and Chief AI Officer at SIGNLD, on Governance, Third-Party Data, and Decision Intelligence · 51 minSend us Fan Mail Drowning in data but struggling to unlock its potential? Chris Rafter, Chief AI Officer at SIGNLD and COO of Inzata, shares his insights on navigating the…
- #422 Your AI Can’t Read That — Neil Katz, CPO of Valantor, on Why Document Understanding Is the Missing Layer of Enterprise AI · 45 minSend us Fan Mail Today, I'm your host, Katherine Mayne, and we’re joined by Neil Katz, Chief Product Officer at Valantor and co-founder of EyeLevel AI, who is building AI…
- Ep. 420 ICYMI - Why Your Structured Data Is Stuck — and How Graph Neural Networks Unlock It, with Jure Leskovec, Stanford Professor and Co-Founder of Kumo · 43 min · Episode 420Send us Fan Mail Since this aired, Kumo has moved from GNNs to relational foundation models — the ‘secret sauce’ segment at 17:57 is where that story starts Data’s everywhere…
- Ever wondered why brilliant CEOs sometimes seem to stall? Meet Andrea Petrone. · 47 minSend us Fan Mail Ever wondered why brilliant CEOs sometimes seem to stall? Andrea Petrone’s groundbreaking work reveals that success can actually become a trap, freezing leaders…
- Stop Buying AI Tools and Start Changing the Work — with Ashley Gross, Founder & CEO, AI Workforce Alliance · 44 minSend us Fan Mail Most companies have bought the AI tools. Far fewer have changed how the work actually gets done. Ashley Gross, Founder & CEO of the AI Workforce Alliance and…
- Learn how to leverage your data for authentic leadership and strategic decision-making with Kate Mayne, Executive Producer of this Podcast and Coach! · 46 minSend us Fan Mail Unlock your full potential with Kate Mayne, Executive Coach and data expert! In this episode, Kate dives into the surprising ways our behaviors impact our data…
- In case you missed it....How Do You Build AI That Actually Works 99.999999% of the Time? With Tina Tarquinio Chief Product Officer of IBM Z and LinuxONE · 44 minSend us Fan Mail Dive into the powerful world of mainframes! Chief Product Officer of IBM Z and LinuxONE, Tina Tarquinio, reveals the truth behind those eight nines of uptime and…
- Real Consumer Insights: Beyond the Data Hype with Lev Mazin of AYTM · 46 minSend us Fan Mail Want to cut through the noise and understand *real* consumer behavior? Lev Mazin, CEO of aytm—Ask Your Target Market—is here to challenge the hype around AI and…
- 🧠 Is AI a Tool or a Teammate? — with Phanish Puranam, Professor of Strategy & Organisation Design, INSEAD {Replay} · 32 minSend us Fan Mail ICYMI — revisiting one of our most useful conversations on what AI actually does to the shape of an organization. How do we make organizations not just run — but…
- Why Physical Stores Aren't Dying — with Ron Johnson, Creator of the Apple Store and Author of Shop Different · 47 minSend us Fan Mail We dive into the surprising wisdom of retail with Ron Johnson — creator of the original Apple Store, founder of Enjoy Technology, and author of Shop Different…
- AGI in Six Months? Here's How That Prediction Aged — with Phillip Swan, Chief Product & GTM Officer, The AI Solution Group {replay} · 45 minSend us Fan Mail Phillip Swan is a dynamic, forward-thinking leader renowned for turning complex challenges into strategic opportunities. As Chief Product and Go-to-Market (GTM)…
- Big Episode: IBM's AI Operating Model, Death by Powerpoint, and Behavioral Economics · 52 minSend us Fan Mail This episode unpacks IBM's ambitious AI Operating Model. We dig into everything from sales training strategies to architecture advantage, drawing on insights…
- In case you missed it.... Live Data, Smarter AI with Snow Leopard founder Deepti Srivastava {Replay} · 39 minSend us Fan Mail What if AI could tap into live operational data — without ETL or RAG? In this episode, Deepti Srivastava, founder of Snow Leopard, reveals how her company is…
- Where's the Smart Money Going in AI? Rob May, Co-Founder & CEO of NeuroMetric AI, on Inference, ROI, and the Bets That Matter · 44 minSend us Fan Mail Rob May, Co-Founder & CEO of NeuroMetric AI, who’s revolutionizing how multi-model systems think and run, dramatically reducing expenses while boosting…
- ⚡In case you missed it....Surviving the AI Data Flood — Ajay Kulkarni, CEO of TigerData, on Time-Series, IoT, and What's Next · 46 minSend us Fan Mail This week on Making Data Simple, join Ajay Kulkarni, CEO and co-founder of TigerData, as we dive into the rapidly evolving world of data. Ajay shares his…
- When AI Stops Waiting for Instructions — Matt Glickman, Co-Founder and CEO of Genesis Computing, on Autonomous Agents · 48 minSend us Fan Mail We dive into the exciting world of autonomous AI agents with Matt Glickman, Co-Founder & CEO of Genesis Computing. Join us as we explore how this technology is…
- Dave Trier, CEO of ModelOp, explores the rapidly evolving world of AI in navigating safely deploying AI and navigating critical governance challenges · 46 minSend us Fan Mail Making Data Simple sits down with Dave Trieer, CEO of ModelOp, to explore the rapidly evolving world of AI – particularly what happens when it starts acting…
- In case you missed it...The Invisible Engineering That Keeps Mission-Critical Hardware From Failing — with Todd VanGilder & Ryan Smith, Genuen · 47 minSend us Fan Mail In case you missed it....For the Electrical Engineers in Test out there, this is your episode. Todd VanGilder, CTO and CRO, and Ryan Smith, Tech Fellow, for…
- Is RAG Dead? The Pioneer Who Invented AI's Memory Layer Answers — with Douwe Kiela, Co-Founder, Contextual AI {ICYMI} · 38 minSend us Fan Mail In case you missed it..... RAG didn't just survive the LLM boom — it became the backbone of how enterprises put AI to work. In this replay, we sit down with…
- In case you missed it! Stop, Start, Succeed: Jacob Hicks on Time Management & Coaching with Guest Host Katherine Mayne · 34 minSend us Fan Mail In case you missed it.... Ready to reclaim your time and live with intention? In this episode, Katherine Mayne sits down with Jacob Hicks, Coach and Speaker, to…
- In case you missed it.... The Contrarian AI Takes Most People Won't Say Out Loud — with Dr. Sean Falconer, AI Entrepreneur in Residence, Confluent · 46 minSend us Fan Mail Most people building with AI are working from the same playbook. Dr. Sean Falconer isn't. As AI Entrepreneur in Residence at Confluent, Sean sits at the…
- What If the Data Inside Your Head Could Diagnose What Doctors Miss? — with Dr. Nicholas Dogris, Founder, NeuroField & Dr. Tiff Thompson, PhD, NeuroField Neurotherapy · 44 minSend us Fan Mail Your Brain Generates Data. Are You Using It? Your brain is producing data every second. The question is whether anyone is actually reading it — and what happens…
- What Happens to the DBA when AI Agents take over? A conversation with Satya Krishnaswamy, Director, IBM Db2 Genius Hub · 42 minSend us Fan Mail The database has always needed a human hand — someone to tune it, protect it, and keep it running. But what if AI could do most of that work autonomously? And if…
- AI Deployments: A Practical Guide · 43 minSend us Fan Mail Raffi Khatchadourian, Account Technical Leader at IBM, shares his expertise - from AI deployments to infrastructure and more. Raffi dives into the latest trends…
- {In Case You Missed It} From Sovereign AI to Social Impact: The Big Shifts You Need to Watch with IBM VP and CTO of IBM Canada, Manav Gupta · 49 min · Season 10 Episode 21Send us Fan Mail From Sovereign AI to Social Impact: The Big Shifts You Need to Watch with IBM VP and CTO of IBM Canada, Manav Gupta Manav Gupta, Vice President & CTO at IBM…
- The Rapidly Evolving World of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) · 44 minSend us Fan Mail The rapidly evolving world of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) with Manav Gupta, VP & CTO of IBM Canada! We’re tackling the big questions – is an ‘AGI…
- In case you missed it: David Hirschfeld; CEO of Tekyz. What it takes to make a startup successful - is it the founder or the technology? · 46 minSend us Fan Mail In case you missed it.... 🎧 Episode Description: This week on Making Data Simple, we welcome David Hirschfeld, Founder and CEO of Tekyz. With a background…
- Chief Operating Officer of IBM Infrastructure, Barry Baker, oversees the world’s most critical systems – including the iconic IBM Z. · 44 minSend us Fan Mail Ever wonder how your bank transaction really gets processed without a hitch? Barry Baker, Chief Operating Officer of IBM Infrastructure, oversees the world’s…
- In case you missed it — The Way Elite CEOs Actually Think: Dave Martin on Mega Thinking, High-Stakes Decisions & What's Holding You Back · 40 min · Season 10 Episode 17Send us Fan Mail What separates the leaders who scale from the ones who stall? According to Dave Martin — CEO, tech entrepreneur, investor, and coach to elite executives…
- Still Essential: Ruchir Puri on AGI, Jensen Huang's Bold Prediction, and Why Reasoning Is the Missing Piece {Replay} · 27 min · Season 10 Episode 12Send us Fan Mail Last week we brought back Part 1 of our Ruchir Puri masterclass. This is the episode that completes it. If Part 1 was about how AI works — agentic loops…
- The Partner X Factor: What IBM's SVP Kareem Yusuf Knows About Ecosystems That Most Leaders Miss · 42 min · Season 10 Episode 13Send us Fan Mail Today we're joined by Kareem Yusuf, SVP at IBM, where he leads Ecosystem and Strategic Partnerships. His career journey spans IoT, sustainability, and product…
- Making Developers and AI Agents more productive with an Enterprise MCP. An in depth review with Craig McLuckie, Founder and CEO of Stacklok. · 28 min · Season 10 Episode 13Send us Fan Mail Part2: Craig McLuckie, Founder and CEO of Stacklok and inventor of Kubernetes, discusses his latest venture: Stacklok, an Enterprise MCP Platform that makes…
- The Man Who Built Kubernetes Is Betting Everything on This New Idea: Craig McLuckie Founder and CEO of Stacklok · 30 min · Season 10 Episode 12Send us Fan Mail Craig McLuckie is the Founder and CEO of Stacklok and one of the original inventors of Kubernetes — the open-source container orchestration system that became…
- Still Essential: Ruchir Puri, IBM Chief Scientist, on the Death of Prompt Engineering and the Rise of Agentic AI {Replay} · 30 min · Season 10 Episode 11Send us Fan Mail First Aired Apr 23, 2025 If you've been following the AI space lately, this episode hits differently the second time around. When Al sat down with Ruchir Puri —…
- The Data You Never Collected: Adam Kamor Co-Founder & Head of Engineering, Tonic.ai, on Synthetic Data's AI Revolution · 43 min · Season 10 Episode 10Send us Fan Mail Making Data Simple dives into the exciting world of synthetic data with Adam Kamor, Co-Founder & Head of Engineering at Tonic.ai — a company building a synthetic…
- From Two Phones to Crystal Balls — A CISO's Unfiltered Take on AI and Security with Josh Scott, CISO and VP of Security at Hydrolix · 36 min · Season 10 Episode 9Send us Fan Mail Making Data Simple dives into the world of data security with Josh Scott, CISO and VP of Security at Hydrolix — a real-time data platform built for massive…
- The Hidden Laws Behind Every Decision You Make — with Princeton's Tom Griffiths and his new book, The Laws of Thought · 44 min · Season 10 Episode 8Send us Fan Mail Tom Griffiths, Henry R. Luce Professor at Princeton University, joins the show to explore the surprising science behind how we actually think. His new book, The…
- From Hollywood to High-Tech: Marco Rota’s, VP Strategic Technology Alliances at Lumen Technologies, Blueprint for Cultural Transformation {Replay} · 32 min · Season 10 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Making Data Simple, where we explore how data-driven strategies ignite innovation and transform businesses. In this exciting episode, we sit down…
- Taming the Messy Data Reality: Turning AI Training Chaos into an $80T IP Asset Class with Andrea Muttoni, President and CPO of Story · 43 min · Season 10 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail Tackling the messy reality of data fueling artificial intelligence, Andrea Muttoni—President & CPO at Story—joins the show to unpack how Story is building an…
- This Episode is Deep into the Tech! From Graph DB Fundamentals to Grid Security: Engineering the Next-Gen Infrastructure · 20 min · Season 10 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail Prasad Calyam, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and Center Director at the University of Missouri, joins the show to explore how knowledge graphs, modern data…
- From Sovereign AI to Social Impact: The Big Shifts You Need to Watch with IBM VP and CTO of IBM Canada, Manav Gupta · 49 minSend us Fan Mail Manav Gupta, Vice President & CTO at IBM Canada, returns to the podcast to unpack the fast-changing landscape of artificial intelligence. From keeping a…
- Say What!? Bad ideas are the key to to better innovation? Dive in for this contrarian take and more on AI for organizational intelligence with Phanish Puranam, Professor of Strategy and Organizational Design {Replay} · 32 min · Season 10 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail This was a fantastic 2 part series on how to design intelligent organizations. Check it out! Part 1 of 2 How do we make organizations not just run — but run…
- The End User Advantage: How Smart Software Asset Management Unlocks Performance and Savings with Agnelpoint's Ron Brill and Kris Johnson · 53 min · Season 10 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail We're joined by Ron Brill, President and Chairman of the Board, and Kris Johnson, Chief Product Officer of Anglepoint, a global leader in software asset…
- AI Power Plays: How IBM’s Clarity Levels Up Every Customer Conversation with Paul Zikopoulos, Matt Bateson, and Kyle Sava · 53 min · Season 10 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail Unpack a groundbreaking application of IBM’s AI technology designed to revolutionize training and learning. This episode delves into how IBM’s AI-powered partner…
- Fresh off a high-profile appearance on CNBC! Jure Leskovec, Chief Scientist at Kumo and a Stanford Professor who's fundamentally reshaped how we understand networks {Replay} · 43 min · Season 9 Episode 53Send us Fan Mail Fresh off a high-profile appearance on CNBC’s Worldwide Exchange discussing how AI will move beyond chatbots to autonomous agents that reshape jobs and…
- Warm Hearts, New Skills! – The Mindful Response with Estela Zuheros {Replay} · 45 minSend us Fan Mail When there’s a need to re-center, stay grounded, and remember that growth is accessible to all of us, this is the episode to revisit. The Mindful Response with…
- From Disengaged to High-Performing: Dave Garrison’s Data-Driven Playbook for Team Buy-In · 49 min · Season 9 Episode 51Send us Fan Mail Are your teams struggling with disengagement and declining performance? What if the real problem isn’t talent or strategy, but a hidden “buy-in” gap quietly…
- How to Choose, Use, and Trust AI Models with Manav Gupta, Vice President and CTO, IBM Canada {Replay} · 49 min · Season 9 Episode 50Send us Fan Mail On this replay of Making Data Simple, Manav Gupta, VP and CTO of IBM Canada, jumps straight into the world of large language models and what they really mean for…
- Bright Ideas, Bold Bets: Entrepreneurship, Agentic AI, and Career Gold with Lighthouse CEO Ben Lowe. {Replay} · 47 min · Season 9 Episode 49Send us Fan Mail Hit replay on this high-energy conversation with Ben Lowe, Founder and CEO of Lighthouse Technology, as he breaks down what it really takes to build something…
