Data Science Perspectives

In Bill’s roles as Chief Analytics Officer for both Teradata and The Int'l Institute For Analytics, he was lucky enough to meet with analytics executives in hundreds of large companies around the world. Now with Kennesaw State U's School of Data Science and Analytics, he interviews executives he’s met to learn about how their careers unfolded, what skills they look for when hiring, what trends they think are coming next, and more! If you want an inside view into what some of today’s top data science names are thinking about, this series is for you!

Data Science Perspectives is a business podcast hosted by Bill Franks, with 60 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 81. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Bill Franks hosts Data Science Perspectives, a business show with 60 episodes published.

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  Episode #6

  Season 10, Episode 6 - Chris Miller, VP, Biometrics - Respiratory & Immunology & Stat. Innovation, AstraZeneca

  Apr 17, 202530 minS10

  A discussion with Chris Miller, VP, Biometrics - Respiratory & Immunology and Statistical Innovation at AstraZeneca. Impressively, he was one of the first non-PhD employees to break into senior roles on the clinical side of the business.Chris talks about why he tasked everyone on his team to have three examples of using AI in their daily jobs by end of year. He also talks about how AI agents are being used to explore complex drug data to identify new paths to explore. He explains why he is like a fox and how important relationships are to a career. Chris also...

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  Episode #5

  Season 10, Episode 5 - Hatem Sellami, Founder & CEO Cognira and RetSci

  Apr 3, 202526 minS10

  A discussion with Hatem Sellami, founder and CEO of both Cognira and RetSci. His career has been centered on software and modeling solutions in the retail forecasting and promotion space. He previously founded Predictix and sold it to Infor. He started his career with Retek, which was acquired by Oracle.Hatem talks about how, growing up, his family owned some retail stores, but that he didn’t plan to also get into the industry. He outlines some of the key data and analytics challenges faced in the retail space. He discusses how he has learned to be more comfortable with ri...

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  Episode #4

  Season 10, Episode 4 - Divyes Patel, Director, Innovation, Research, & Development at a large Healthcare company based in TN

  Mar 20, 202530 minS10

  <p>A discussion with Divyes Patel, Director, Innovation, Research, & Development at a large Healthcare company based in Tennessee. During his current tenure, as well as past jobs at UnitedHealth Group and Cigna, he’s focused on using data to make healthcare more efficient and effective.</p><p><br /></p><p>Divyes talks about how he initially started programming in COBOL, but quickly moved to building reports, and then to analytics. He dives into the complexity and inconsistency of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems data with a memorable sarcastic quote of “If you’ve seen one EMR, you’ve seen one EMR!” He...

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  Episode #3

  Season 10, Episode 3 - Kira Barclay, CEO and founder of Black Antler Advisory & Consulting

  Mar 6, 202530 minS10

  A discussion with Kira Barclay, CEO and founder of Black Antler Advisory & Consulting. Kira is also the past Chief Data & Analytics Executive at John Deere, where she spent nearly 20 years.Kira talks about how growing up on a farm gave her an innate understanding of John Deere’s business. She knew how customers used Deere’s equipment and even went to the John Deere store with her grandpa for coffee when she was young. She dives into how sensors have transformed both factories and equipment, leading to a current goal of individually tracking and managing literally every seed planted! She outl...

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  Episode #2

  Season 10, Episode 2 - Doug Hague, Executive Director, Corporate Engagement, UNC Charlotte

  Feb 20, 202529 minS10

  A discussion with Doug Hague, Executive Director, Corporate Engagement at UNC Charlotte. In recent years, he helped UNC Charlotte establish its School of Data Science. Prior to that, he spent many years with Bank of America ending with the role of Chief Analytics Officer of Bank of America Merchant Services. Doug discusses how the variety and growth in the financial industry kept him happy over the years. He also discusses his long-term plan and path to academia and how his management style has had to adjust. We have a back and forth on how the roles of CAO, CDO, and...

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