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Categories: Interviews

• Interview Michael Zeller,CEO Zementis on PMML

  Here is a topic specific interview with Micheal Zeller of Zementis on PMML, the de facto standard for data mining. Ajay- What is PMML? Mike- The Predictive Model Markup Language (PMML) is the leading standard for statistical and data mining models and supported by all leading analytics vendors and organizations. With PMML, it is straightforward [...]

• Interview Ken O Connor Business Intelligence Consultant

  Here is an interview with an industry veteran of Business Intelligence, Ken O Connor. Ajay- Describe your career journey across the full development cycle of Business Intelligence. Ken- I started my career in the early 80’s in the airline industry, where I worked as an application programmer and later as a systems programmer. I took [...]

• Interview Shawn Kung Sr Director Aster Data

  Here is an interview with Shawn Kung, Senior Director of Product Management at Aster Data. Shawn explains the difference between the various database technologies, Aster’s rising appeal to its unique technological approach and touches upon topics of various other interests as well to people in the BI and technology space. Ajay -Describe your career journey [...]

• Interview Thomas C. Redman Author Data Driven

  Here is an interview with Tom Redman, author of Data Driven. Among the first to recognize the need for high-quality data in the information age, Dr. Redman established the AT&T Bell Laboratories Data Quality Lab in 1987 and led it until 1995. He is the author of four books, two patents and leads his own [...]

• Interview Augusto Albeghi (Straycat) —Founder Straysoft

  An interview with Augusto (StrayCat), a Startup Entrepreneur with an interesting technology StraySoft. Ajay- Describe your career as a BI consultant. Straycat- I’m an aerospace engineer who had to turn to IT right after graduation because of the Italian aerospace industry crisis in the first half of the 90’s . My first job was by [...]

• Interview Evan Levy Baseline Consulting

  Here is an interview with Evan Levy, founder of one of the best and most practical business consultancy Baseline Consulting. The lower the bull-shit the better the consultant ( forgive my ….) Read here why Baseline’s frank and fast technology acumen have made it a rising star in the this fast growing field. Businesses realize [...]

• Interview James Taylor Decision Management Expert (Updated)

  Quick update James is hosting a webinar series on decision manaement, predictive analytics and business rules this fall. You can check out the webinars and register for some or all at https://decisionmanagement.omnovia.com/registration Here is an interview with James Taylor, a leading consultant and evangelist in the emerging field of converging decision management. Ajay- Describe your [...]

• Interview Timo Elliott SAP

  Here is an interview with Timo Elliott, Senior Product Director SAP Business Objects. Ajay- Describe your career in science from school to Senior Director in SAP to blogger/speaker. How do you think we can convince students of the benefits of learning science and maths. Timo- I studied economics with statistics in the UK, but I [...]

• Interview Stephen Baker Author The Numerati

  Here is an interview with Stephen Baker, the author of the famous and remarkable book The Numerati. Stephen is the senior editor at Businessweek and his remarkable book made the world sit up and pay attention because for the first time, anyone wrote of the increasingly quant driven lives we lead thanks to the internet [...]

• Interview Jeff Bass, Bass Institute (Part 2)

  During the 1980’s and early 1990’s, the Bass Institute managed to attract a loyal following with it’s SAS language compiler, ultimately bowing to the financial pressures and technological pressures of the move to the Desktop. In the year 2009, as SAS language gains a new compiler in terms of the WPS, AND computing paradigms begin [...]

• Interview Neil Raden Founder of Hired Brains Inc

  Here is an interview with one terrific person who has always inspired my writing ( or atleast my attempts to write) on data and systems. Neil Raden is a giant in the publishing and consulting space for business intelligence ,analytics, and decision management. In a nice interview Neil talks of his passion for his work, [...]

• Interview Dylan Jones DataQualityPro.com

  Here is an interview with Dylan Jones the founder/editor of Dataqualitypro.com , the site to go to for anything related to Data Quality discussions. Dylan is a great charming person and in this interview talks candidly on his views. Ajay: Describe your career in science and in business intelligence. How would you convince young students [...]

• Best of Decision Stats- Modeling and Text Mining Part3

  Here are some of the top articles by way of views, in an  area I love- of modeling and text mining. 1) Karl Rexer – Rexer Analytics http://www.decisionstats.com/2009/06/09/interview-karl-rexer-rexer-analytics/ Karl produces one of the most respected surveys that captures emerging trends in data mining and technology. Karl was also one of the most enthusiastic people I [...]

• The Top Decisionstats Articles -Part 2 Business Intelligence and Data Quality

  I am self convinced novice at business intelligence. I understand the broad concepts, understand reporting tools, and definitely forecasting tools. But the whole systems view baffles me enough. Fortunately I have been learning from some of the best writers in this field. Here in order of circulation are the top Business Intelligence articles. Business Intelligence [...]

• The Top DecisionStats Articles -Part 1 Analytics

  I was just looking at my web analytics numbers and we seem to have crossed some milestones. The site has now gotten more than 50,000 views since being launched in Dec 2007. Thank you everyone for your help in this. More importantly the quality of comments has been fabulous. Since I am out of ideas for [...]