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Welcome to the Women in Data Podcast, where every other week your host, Karen Jean-Francois interviews some of the most inspiring women working in data. Through each episode, they share their invaluable experience and knowledge. Leaving no stone unturned, the WiD Podcast series will provide you with information on the use of data in various industries, plus helpful tips for career development. More importantly, it will enable you to become the data professional you want to be.
Episodes
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
We are closing the anniversary of the podcast with Bianca Partington, Head of Customer, Decisioning & Digital Analytics at NatWest. 3 years ago, with no prior experience in data, Bianca took on managing a team of over 70 data professionals. In this episode, she shares her approach to managing data teams and provides tips for managers coming from a technical background and for those who like her, didn’t initially set up for a career in data. Whether you are an experienced manager or aspiring to be, this conversation will provide you with precious insights.
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Connect with Karen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-jean-francois/
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
This Week, Karen is joined by Wies Bratby, founder of Women in Negotiation and TEDx speaker. Over the years, Wies has helped more than a thousand of women get a job they love along with an average salary increase of 49%. In this episode she talks about the importance of negotiating your worth, and what are the steps to start doing so.
As we are still celebrating the anniversary of the podcast, at the end of the episode, you will hear Elisabeth Harris and Cecilia Olivera talk about what a fulfilling career means for them.
Enjoy!
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Wies’ TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2WBeZH-HeY
Wies’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/womeninnegotiation/
Women in negotiation: https://womeninnegotiation.org/
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
This week, Karen is joined by Kavya Gupta, Head of Product Analytics at Paymentsense. In this episode, you will hear about product analytics – what it is, why it’s important and how a typical team is structured. Kavya also talks about the skills that are important in a product analytics team and, having come to data from software engineering, she shares how she over comes the challenges she faces heading a team that is more technical than she is.
At the end of the episode, you will hear from two former guests of the podcast talking about career fulfillment.
Enjoy!
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
For the second week of the anniversary of the podcast, Karen is joined by Ekaterina Atanasyan, General Manager at Business Intelligence Group. Ekaterina is joining from Russia and shares what having a fulfilling career means to her. Get ready to feel uplifted by her positive attitude!
At the end of the episode, you will hear other women working in data talk about their views on career fulfilment.
Enjoy!
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
This week marks the beginning of the celebrations of the first anniversary of the podcast, and in April, we will release one episode every week. In this episode, I am joined by Sonal Goyal, Founder at Aficx and Cristina González, aspiring data professional. You will hear all about data mastering and driving value from data. As Aficx focuses on supporting companies with having clean, consistent and trusted data, Sonal shares how this is done through graphs and data science. She also highlights the importance of knowing from the start what data you should hold and why.
Enjoy!
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
This week, Karen is joined by Sathya Bala, Head of Global Data Governance at CHANEL. They talk about what data governance is and how it varies from one industry to another. Sathya then shares her views on the perceptions people have of data professionals, encouraging you to create your own story and your own success.
Enjoy!
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Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
This week, Karen is joined by Macarena Estévez, Partner for Analytics & Cognitive at Deloitte Spain and recognised by LinkedIn as Top Voice for Data and Analytics in Spain. In this episode, they talk about what “Choose to challenge” means for Maca. They also discuss leaving a well-paid and secured job to start a business focusing on data and mathematics, along with some applications of mathematics in business. Maca’s philosophy of life is inspiring and I hope you will as you will be glued to her words as I was.
Enjoy!
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Where to find Maca
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On her website: https://macarenaestevez.com/
On her blog: https://inteligencia-analitica.com/
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/MacarenaEstevez/
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
This week, Karen is joined by Elisabeth Yaneske, Principal Lecturer in Computer Science at Teesside University. In this episode, they talk about Elisabeth’s research that aims at curing diseases using data science. You will hear about genes expression, the advantages of using data science to model human cells rather than animal testing and touch on what working in academia means.
Enjoy!
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Elisabeth’s website: https://www.sniffyfacesart.com/
Read on
Computational biology: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2002050
The poly-omics of ageing: https://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12859-018-2383-z
Protein folding: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alphafold-a-solution-to-a-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
This week, Karen is joined by Natasha Joslin, co- founder of We Are Mojo, a data agency that helps businesses use their data to accelerate growth. They discuss the growing importance of data literacy within businesses, along with the best approach to using data analytics to answer business questions.
Enjoy!
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Find Tash on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-joslin-9b72296/
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
This week, Karen is joined by Lizzie Harris, Senior Customer Analytics Manager at Sainsbury’s. They talk about how Sainsbury’s utilises data and reflect on career resilience. With the global pandemic and various lockdowns across the world, career resilience is likely to be helpful in 2021. In this episode, you will hear Lizzie and Karen’s experience with career resilience, ranging from accepting feedback, being at peace with one’s job title, but also falling victim of the cancel culture.
Enjoy!