As a leader, you are always making choices. Even when you think you have no choice. And if you are unable to make a decision, you are choosing to stay in a state of indecision. The only question is - are your choices taking you where you want to go? I am Sumit Gupta, and this is "Choosing Leadership" - a podcast for high performers with big dreams - who know deep inside that there is more. This is a podcast for people who know they are more powerful than the level they are currently playing. ...
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The Data Engineering Show is a podcast for data engineering and BI practitioners to go beyond theory. Learn from the biggest influencers in tech about their practical day-to-day data challenges and solutions in a casual and fun setting. SEASON 1 DATA BROS Eldad and Boaz Farkash shared the same stuffed toys growing up as well as a big passion for data. After founding Sisense and building it to become a high-growth analytics unicorn, they moved on to their next venture, Firebolt, a leading hig ...
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Leadership Journeys [256] - Don Hammond - "Great leaders don’t seek victory—they create progress for everyone."
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Leadership Journeys [255] - Bill Benjamin - "Managing emotions in tough moments defines your culture."
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Leadership Journeys [254] - Dr. Santosh Honnagunti - "Mentors, risk-taking, and curiosity turned me from an engineer into a leader."
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Leadership Journeys [253] - Benoit Honnart - "In business, trust opens more doors than opportunity."
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Leadership Journeys [252] - Alay Jhaveri - " Leadership is letting people be who they are."
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60 Billion Predictions Daily: Inside Credit Karma’s Agentic Data Layer with Maddie Daianu
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19:55What does MLOps look like when you are deploying 22,000 models a month? Maddie Daianu, Head of Data and AI at Intuit Credit Karma, joins the Data Bros to pull back the curtain on one of the most high-volume data environments in FinTech. With a 100-person team serving 140 million members, standard data practices break down. Maddie shares how her tea…
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Leadership Journeys [251] - Griff Parry - " I am more motivated by the journey rather than the destination. "
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Leadership Journeys [250] - Adewale Yusuf - "The greatest risk is letting fear rule your responsibilities."
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Leadership Journeys [249] - Jason Hayes - " If I were to write a book, it would be called 'Thriving on Chaos'. "
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Leadership Journeys [248] - Ryan Howsam -"With structure and the right direction, success becomes inevitable."
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Leadership Journeys - Steven Meersman - " You can never achieve balance because then you're standing still and you die"
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Leadership Journeys [247] - Jag Dhanda - "Great teams grow from passion, clear vision, and strong communication."
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Leadership Journeys [246] - Tom Gegax - "The consultant said the problem was me—and after cancer, divorce, and a failing business, I was finally ready to hear it."
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Leadership Journeys [245] - Syed Ahmed - "What people wouldn't know around me is i prefer solitude"
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Block Bad Data Before the Write with Nike’s Ashok Singamaneni
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Leadership Journeys [244] - Conor McGowan Smyth - "I have a deep hunger to explore—both the world and my spiritual side."
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Leadership Journeys [243] - Gillian-Alexandre Huart - "When I was in Belgium, I was called French. When I was in France, I was called Belgian."
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Leadership Journeys [242] - Kahraman Yigit - "The best manager is the one who replaces himself"
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Postgres vs. Elasticsearch: The Unexpected Winner in High-Stakes Search for Instacart with Ankit Mittal
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21:38In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, Benjamin Wagner sits down with Ankit Mittal, former Senior Engineer at Instacart, to explore how they revolutionized their search infrastructure by transitioning from Elasticsearch to PostgreSQL. Learn how Instacart tackled the unique challenges of fast-moving grocery inventory, achieved high-performanc…
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Leadership Journeys [241] - Zach Smith - "Connection through new cultures or places can spark powerful inner growth."
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Leadership Journeys [240] - Jonne Välilä - "Most things—whether in life or business—just aren't worth the stress."
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Leadership Journeys [239] - Steven Meersman - " You can never achieve balance because then you're standing still and you die"
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Is Self-Service BI a False Promise? Lei Tang of Fabi.ai Thinks So
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21:07Explore the future of AI-powered business intelligence with Lei Tang, CTO and Co-founder of Fabi.ai, as he discusses the evolution from traditional self-service BI to "Vibe-analytics." Learn how AI is transforming data accessibility, enabling anyone to perform sophisticated analytics without deep technical expertise. From building trust in AI-gener…
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Leadership Journeys [238] - Saasha Celestial-One - "Every dollar that you spend is a vote for the world that you wanna live in"
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Leadership Journeys [237] - Anant Agarwal - " Sales is vanity. Profit is sanity, and cash is reality. "
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Leadership Journeys [236] - Jason Foster - "People do their best work when they feel safe to disagree."
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Leadership Journeys [235] - Jonathan Brun - "Anything valuable and lasting takes time to build."
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31:33This is the Leadership Journey series on the Choosing Leadership Podcast. In this episode, Jonathan Brun—Founder and CEO of mnemonic—shares what it really takes to build a company that lasts. Far from the glamorized startup hustle, Jonathan’s journey is a masterclass in patience, consistency, and values-driven leadership. He opens up about competin…
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Leadership Journeys [234] - Siddhi Joshi - "Being a CEO & the only female employee was adventurous"
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Building Uber's AI Assistant: How Genie Revolutionizes On-Call Support with Paarth Chothani from Uber
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25:31Journey inside Uber's innovative AI assistant "Genie" with Paarth Chotani, Staff Engineer at Uber, as he shares how they're revolutionizing on-call support using LLMs and vector search. From processing massive amounts of internal documentation to building scalable RAG pipelines, discover how Uber tackles the challenges of implementing AI assistants…
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Leadership Journeys [233] - Bidhan Baruah - " I spend 70% of my time in one-on-ones with my teams"
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Leadership Journeys [232] - Craig Dunham - " You can be direct and transparent without being mean."
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Leadership Journeys [231] - Crafting a Meaningful Legacy: KK Gupta's Leap into Entrepreneurship
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Leadership Journeys [230] - Puneet Shivam - "Every critical choice is the beginning of an action set."
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Leadership Journeys [229] - Akhil Shahani - "Your mind wants to be challenged"
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Leadership Journeys [228] - James Jackson - " Our culture is being humble and not having egos."
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From Zero to 100M Users: Inside Notion’s Data Stack and AI Strategy with Sumit Gupta
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22:13AI's transformative impact on data engineering and analytics is reshaping how professionals create value, shifting focus from technical skills to strategic thinking and communication. In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, the bros talk with Sumit Gupta, Lead BI Engineer at Notion, about his journey through prominent tech companies, modern d…
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Leadership Journeys [227] - MJ - " Today's leaders must think beyond their companies for larger community impact."
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Leadership Journeys [226] - Tessa Clarke - "The current system is profoundly and fundamentally broken"
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Leadership Journeys [225] - Lamar J Romero - " The entrepreneurial journey is about leaving some kind of a mark on the world"
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Leadership Journeys [224] - Viktor Pryshlyak - " If you don't know how to sell, you probably won't succeed"
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Leadership Journeys [223] - Kevin Kilty - " In six months of a startup, I learned more than 10 years in investment banking"
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How Rising Wave Is Redefining Real-Time Data with Postgres Power
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31:35In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, host Benjamin and co-host Eldad sit with Yingjun Wu, founder and CEO of Rising Wave, to explore the evolution of stream processing systems and the innovations his company is bringing to the space. What you’ll learn: Yingjun's journey from academic research in stream processing to founding Rising Wave, a…
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Leadership Journeys [222] - Heather Udo - " I was taught to work hard for what I want at an early age"
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Leadership Journeys [221] - James Kellett - " It makes more sense investing and then founding rather than the other way round."
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Revolutionizing Data Governance with DataStrato’s Unified Open Source Approach
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23:36In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, the bros sit with Lisa Cao, Product Manager at DataStrato, to explore data catalogs and Apache Gravitino, a unified metadata lake used to manage access and perform data governance for all data sources. What You’ll Learn: How Apache Gravitino differs from others like Unity catalog and Polaris by being ab…
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Leadership Journeys [220] - Rupesh Sanghavi - " There are no set rules for life other than what you have set for yourself."
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Leadership Journeys [219] - Anders Jones - " What got you here is not going to get you to the next level"
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Leadership Journeys [218] - Kjetil Kriken - " My strength is finding strengths in other people"
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Database Technology in the Age of AI with DuckDB Labs co-creator Hannes Mühleisen
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30:52In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, host Benjamin and co-host Eldad sit with CEO DuckDB Labs and co-creator DuckDB, Hannes Mühleisen. Together, they: Talk about the journey of DuckDB, an open-source analytical database system designed as a universal wrangling tool. Explain how DuckDB differs from SQLite, highlighting the analytical and tr…
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Leadership Journeys [217] - James O Sullivan - " I pride myself on communication"
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