
Andy Youniss President and CEO of Rocket Software discusses Covid
06/17/20 • 45 min
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Abstract
Hosted by Al Martin, VP, Data and AI Expert Services and Learning at IBM, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.
This week on Making Data Simple, we have Andy Youniss President and CEO of Rocket Software, co-founded in 1990 with products across the Ladder to AI, Hybrid Cloud and businesses in Technology partnerships. This week we discuss Covid and its personal and professional affects on business.
Show Notes
3:00 - Rockets core values
7:17 – Life and times
10:25 – Portfolio
11:26 - Vision
15:07 - Legacy tagline
20:26 - Rockets responds to Covid
27:17 – Secure file transfer business
28:53 – Where did the name Rocket come from?
30:05 – What does leadership mean to you?
IBM Assistance - https://www.ibm.com/watson/covid-response
Rocket Software - https://www.rocketsoftware.com/
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocket-software
Twitter - https://twitter.com/rocket
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RocketSoftwareInc
Brene Brown - https://brenebrown.com/
Arvind Krishna - https://www.linkedin.com/in/arvindkrishna/
Spillover – https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pandemic/dp/0393066800#reader_0393066800
Bruce Springsteen - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29072594-born-to-run
Connect with the Team
Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn.
Producer Meighann Helene - LinkedIn.
Producer Michael Sestak - LinkedIn.
Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn.
Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.
Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.
Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [[email protected]] and tell us why you should be next.
Abstract
Hosted by Al Martin, VP, Data and AI Expert Services and Learning at IBM, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.
This week on Making Data Simple, we have Andy Youniss President and CEO of Rocket Software, co-founded in 1990 with products across the Ladder to AI, Hybrid Cloud and businesses in Technology partnerships. This week we discuss Covid and its personal and professional affects on business.
Show Notes
3:00 - Rockets core values
7:17 – Life and times
10:25 – Portfolio
11:26 - Vision
15:07 - Legacy tagline
20:26 - Rockets responds to Covid
27:17 – Secure file transfer business
28:53 – Where did the name Rocket come from?
30:05 – What does leadership mean to you?
IBM Assistance - https://www.ibm.com/watson/covid-response
Rocket Software - https://www.rocketsoftware.com/
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocket-software
Twitter - https://twitter.com/rocket
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RocketSoftwareInc
Brene Brown - https://brenebrown.com/
Arvind Krishna - https://www.linkedin.com/in/arvindkrishna/
Spillover – https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pandemic/dp/0393066800#reader_0393066800
Bruce Springsteen - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29072594-born-to-run
Connect with the Team
Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn.
Producer Meighann Helene - LinkedIn.
Producer Michael Sestak - LinkedIn.
Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn.
Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.
Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.
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Abstract
Hosted by Al Martin, VP, Data and AI Expert Services and Learning at IBM, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.
This week on Making Data Simple, we have Rishal Hurbans author of Grokking AI Algorithms, Solution Architect at Intellect, and founder at Prolific Idea in 2015. Al and Rishal talk about Rishal’s book Grokking AI Algorithms and its effect on ants and understanding algorithms.
Show Notes
4:04 – Bio Rhythmic Using Ants
8:04 – Knapsack Problem vs Algorithms
9:02 – Mother and Father DNA
10:29 – Silver Bullet
12:42 – Real World Examples Algorithms
17:20 – Genetic Algorithms
28:30 – Rishal’s Best Podcasts
· Ted Radio Hour - https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/
· Hidden Brian - https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain
· Masters of Scale - https://mastersofscale.com/
· Tim Irvine Blog Wait But Why - https://waitbutwhy.com/
Connect with Rishal Hurbans
Rishal Hurbans - https://rhurbans.com/
Grokking AI Algorithms - https://www.manning.com/
Connect with the Team
Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn.
Producer Meighann Helene - LinkedIn.
Producer Michael Sestak - LinkedIn.
Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn.
Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.
Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.
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Abstract
Hosted by Al Martin, VP, Data and AI Expert Services and Learning at IBM, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.
This week on Making Data Simple, we have Peter Wang Co Founder and CEO of Anaconda and Shadi Copty VP of Offering Manager. Al, Peter, and Shadi discuss Data Science and IBMs partnership with Anaconda.
Show Notes
6:11 - Corporate Mission
8:00 - Use Case
9:20 - IBM and Anaconda partnership
14:04 - Cloud Pak for Data what is it?
15:43 – Python vs R
17:15 – Anaconda’s Future
23:25 – Shadi takes over from Al
25:05 – Data Science Community
33:40 – Centre of Humane Technology
Anaconda - https://www.linkedin.com/company/anacondainc/
Connect with the Team
Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn.
Producer Meighann Helene - LinkedIn.
Producer Michael Sestak - LinkedIn.
Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn.
Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.
Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.
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