The Data Cloud Podcast

Lisa Lim Ah Ken, climate migration expert at UN Migration Agency (IOM), and Fawad Qureshi, Global Industry Field CTO at Snowflake, discuss the impact of climate change on migration, the collaboration between IOM and Snowflake in using data analytics for solutions, and the importance of evidence-based policies and predictive modeling. They also explore the classification of migration, analyzing human migration data with AI, and understanding climate-induced migration through data analytics.

Madhav Kondle, CIO at Janie and Jack, discusses implementing big data for mid-size companies, the role of Snowflake in removing pain points, and the importance of domain knowledge. They also explore use cases for large language models and generative AI, and the intersection of engineering and business in the tech world.

Jed Clevenger, VP of Growth and Analytics at Indeed, discusses bridging the gap between business and technology, cross-functional teams working together, and secure data sharing through clean room technology. They explore the effectiveness of direct mail for acquiring new businesses and the partnership between Indeed and Snowflake for secure data sharing. They also discuss the importance of understanding both creativity and math in driving growth and enhancing storytelling techniques for marketers.

Andrew Curry, Chief Data Officer at ExxonMobil, talks about using data and analytics to reduce carbon footprint, the future of gen AI, seeing data as an enabler to business capabilities, data consistency for corporate scale, ExxonMobil's focus on sustainability, and emerging technology and data trends.

Matt Dugan, VP of Data Platforms at AT&T, discusses delighting customers, employing LLMs, and businesses being limited only by their own cleverness. They also talk about the importance of fairness and justice, AT&T's adoption of Snowflake for data security, and utilizing Snowflake Compute Services and large language models for efficiency and innovation.

Mike Siswanto, Sr. Vice President at Northern Trust, explains how Snowflake can eliminate the noisy neighbor problem and provide a single source of truth for data. He discusses Northern Trust's role in asset management, challenges of bridging public and private data, anonymization of health data, and the parallel between real-time insights and golfing.

Alex Izydorczyk, Founder and CEO at Cybersyn, discusses the power of integrated data for decision-making and policy, the need for better branding of alternative data, the 'Moneyballization' of business, the role of large language models in Cybersyn technology, the influence of strategy video games on decision-making, and the challenges of funding solutions for alternative data collection.

Saad Zaheer, VP of Data Science and Engineering at Endeavor, discusses the decade of data and its influence on industries. He highlights the importance of the Snowflake ecosystem for Endeavor's work and emphasizes the need for investing in education. Topics include the transformation to data companies, the changing role of data scientists, the power of data in solving complex problems, and the significance of education and economic empowerment.

Dimitrije Jankovic, Head of Data and AI at Sanofi, talks about responsible use of generative AI and Sanofi's plan for data democratization. They discuss building an AI factory for scale and consistency, transitioning to the Snowflakes data cloud, the benefits of the data mesh initiative, the emergence of generative AI applications in drug discovery, and the Catalyst program for new grads.

Shahran Haider, AVP of Enterprise Information Management at NYC Health and Hospitals, discusses the importance of centralizing patient data and establishing trust in healthcare. They explore collecting data on social determinants of health, starting their partnership with Snowflake, major trends in data management and analytics (including AI and generative AI), the evolution of personal digital assistants, and the importance of quantifying the value of data for improving healthcare.