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Zak Brown

Conversations w/ the gurus of RVA's tech scene, including start-up founders, corporate execs, and world-class engineers. Hosted by deep learning diver + armchair movie critic - Zak Brown.

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Brett Truelove + Collin McCarter
Apr 25 2023
Brett Truelove + Collin McCarter
Join Zak this week as he talks with Brett and Collin about differentiating data-centric roles in organizations at various stages of data maturity!Guests:Collin McCarter, Data Scientist and Brett Truelove, Analytic Engineer from Northwestern Mutual
Brett Truelove + Collin McCarter
Apr 25 2023
Brett Truelove + Collin McCarter
Join Zak this week as he talks with Brett and Collin about differentiating data-centric roles in organizations at various stages of data maturity!Guests:Collin McCarter, Data Scientist and Brett Truelove, Analytic Engineer from Northwestern Mutual
Jules Damji, Lead Developer Advocate on the Ray team at Anyscale
Apr 5 2023
Jules Damji, Lead Developer Advocate on the Ray team at Anyscale
In this weeks episode, I’ll be talking with Jules Damji, Lead Developer Advocate on the Ray team at Anyscale, about the ever evolving landscape of enterprise grade distributed computing. From Hadoop to Spark and now to Ray, we talk all things compute, and where the landscape may be headed in the future!
Alex Miller - Founder and Organizer of The Strange Loop Conference
Mar 15 2023
Alex Miller - Founder and Organizer of The Strange Loop Conference
Your new rvatech/Talks host Zak Brown kicks off season 3 by talking with Alex Miller, founder and organizer of the Strange Loop conference. Join us as we discuss what it takes to build out a truly "Strange"  tech community that can withstand the test of time.
On the Stage at ProductFest RVA
Aug 2 2022
On the Stage at ProductFest RVA
ICYMI - ProductFest RVA sold out for the first year, so catch the lunchtime roundtable episode hosted LIVE on the stage with Richmond's Product Gurus: Devin Smith - Experience Principal at Active Digital, Isaiah Harvin - Senior Product Manager at Disney Streaming, and Amy O'Callaghan - Head of Product at Vangst
Subhash Jaini - Managing Director - Innovative Data Solutions at Keiter CPAs
Jul 27 2022
Subhash Jaini - Managing Director - Innovative Data Solutions at Keiter CPAs
Subash is an energetic and inspiring individual who can make anybody a believer in how valuable their data is. They see value in data when others just see it as a thing to retain and archive. When Subash hears of a company using an application to run their business and doesn't use any of it, they get pumped because that indicates there is a ton of valuable data.Misspellings (for search purposes): Subash, Sabash, habash, habas, datagoodness, r-coder, python, senior analyst, seeking data science roles, data scientist contractor, data science work, analytical contractors, data strategist, statistical programmer, data dealer)
Eddy Simmons - Director, Application Systems at CarMax
Jul 13 2022
Eddy Simmons - Director, Application Systems at CarMax
Episode description not available.
Dr. Scott Penberthy - Director, Applied AI, Office of the CTO at Google
Jun 22 2022
Dr. Scott Penberthy - Director, Applied AI, Office of the CTO at Google
Episode description not available.
Travis Bjorklund, Co-Chair of ProductFestRVA
Jun 1 2022
Travis Bjorklund, Co-Chair of ProductFestRVA
Episode description not available.
April Palmer - Sales Professional at the Duckbill Group
May 11 2022
April Palmer - Sales Professional at the Duckbill Group
Episode description not available.
2022 Data Summit Live - Panel Discussion on Data Privacy & Governance
May 4 2022
2022 Data Summit Live - Panel Discussion on Data Privacy & Governance
Panelists Include: Ford Prior, Principal Cloud Engineer – CarMax (Moderator & Podcast Host)Marcus Thornton, Deputy Chief Data Officer – Virginia Office of Data Governance and AnalyticsSouj Narasimhacharya, Senior Vice President of Engineering – Koalafi
Michael Ghaffari - Assistant Director, Software Engineering at UNOS
Apr 20 2022
Michael Ghaffari - Assistant Director, Software Engineering at UNOS
Episode description not available.
Jenne Griffin - CIO at Harris Williams
Apr 6 2022
Jenne Griffin - CIO at Harris Williams
Episode description not available.
Casey Quinlan - Mighty Mouth & Comedy Health Analyst
Mar 16 2022
Casey Quinlan - Mighty Mouth & Comedy Health Analyst
Episode description not available.
Roundtable Talk On All Things Data
Mar 9 2022
Roundtable Talk On All Things Data
Panelists include: Host Ford Prior at CarMax Subhash Jaini at KeiterJerome Dixon at CANA Advisors Sam Portillo at Ippon
Colleen Tartow - Director of Engineering at Starburst Data
Feb 9 2022
Colleen Tartow - Director of Engineering at Starburst Data
Episode description not available.
Rouz Hashemi - Senior Security Manager, Cyber Resilience and Data Integrity at Accenture
Feb 2 2022
Rouz Hashemi - Senior Security Manager, Cyber Resilience and Data Integrity at Accenture
Episode description not available.
Todd Florence - Chief Information Officer of Estes Express Lines
Jan 26 2022
Todd Florence - Chief Information Officer of Estes Express Lines
Todd is the Chief Information Officer at Estes Express Lines, which is North America’s largest, privately owned freight carrier. He’s responsible for directing and developing Estes’ IT management functions to not only deliver outstanding results for the company’s business, but also to drive its culture — and the vision for Estes’ IT road map. Before joining Estes in 2020, Todd was Vice President at Celerity, responsible for leading their Enterprise Agility Service offerings and driving transformation at some of Celerity’s largest clients.
Sam Portillo - Data Engineer at Ippon Technologies
Jan 21 2022
Sam Portillo - Data Engineer at Ippon Technologies
Episode description not available.
Roundtable Talk on Product Management
Jan 12 2022
Roundtable Talk on Product Management
With hosts Ford Prior & Julia Barnhart at CarMax and Guests Susan Stavitski & Amy O'Callaghan at CarMax, Travis Bjorklund at Capital One, and Jennifer Atkins at Cix Health
David Der - Head of Engineering at Spring Oaks Capital
Jan 5 2022
David Der - Head of Engineering at Spring Oaks Capital
Episode description not available.