E507 Mark Brady, Deputy Chief Data Officer for TRMC at KBR

Today's guest is Mark Brady, Deputy Chief Data Officer for TRMC (Test Resource Management Center) at KBR. KBR partner with government and industry clients to provide purposeful and comprehensive solutions with an emphasis on efficiency and safety. With a full portfolio of services, proprietary technologies and expertise, KBR's employees are ready to handle projects and missions from planning and design to sustainability and maintenance. Whether at the bottom of the ocean or in outer space, their clients trust them to deliver the impossible on a daily basis.

Mark works as the Deputy Chief Data Officer of the Test Resource Management Center at KBR, which provides testing and evaluation capabilities to develop, acquire, field and sustain reliable and effective weapons systems to meet current and future needs of the warfighter. In previous roles with the US Space Force, Air Force Space Command, Department of Justice and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Mark established the first data management programs and data policies for all four organizations.

In today's episode, Mark talks about:

His fascinating background and journey to KBR,

Advocating next-gen data management to tackle low Data Science maturity,

Why Data as a pipeline is vital for Next Generation data management,

Addressing AI safety concerns with six laws,

Building diverse data teams by prioritizing skills and training,

Key skills needed to excel in the data world