The Soda Podcast

Dec 13 2023 50 ep. 27 mins 26
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The Soda Podcast brings forward different voices and perspectives to help find a common ground to solve the problems that many are facing when it comes to good data. Explore our two series - 'In Conversation With' and 'Data Dream Team' - to listen to an outstanding collection of discussions, insights, and good chat focused on data, and the tools, technologies, methodologies, and people.

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S2 E01 In Conversation with FirstParty at Club Soda New York

Dec 13 2023 54 mins  
This episode of Club Soda features the data team of FirstParty, recorded live at a speakeasy in downtown New York, where data teams and practitioners gathered. The topic is data products and the conversation centers on FirstParty's mission to provide businesses with the capabilities to maximise the value of their data assets. Your host Maarten Masschelein is joined by Jolie McDonne

S1 Ep 08 In Conversation With Ramón Medrano: From Site Reliability Engineering to Data Reliability Engineering

Oct 26 2022 69 mins  
Maarten is in conversation with Ramón Medrano, Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer at Google. In this conversation Maarten and Ramón discuss how the principles and practices of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) can be applied to the practices of Data Reliability Engineering and data quality management. They deep-dive into four topics - SLOs, lineage, debuggability, and how t

S1 Ep 07 In Conversation With Ramón Medrano: The Meet and Greet

Oct 21 2022 6 mins  
Meet Ramón Medrano, Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer at Google. Inspired by the book, Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems, our host Maarten will explore and discuss how the practice of using software to automate IT infrastructure tasks such as system management and application monitoring - can be adopted and applied to the practice of data manage

S2 Ep 020 Data Dream Team: Enabling The People, Enabling The Data with Kulani Likotsi

Oct 14 2022 41 mins  
Kulani Likotsi is Head of Data Management and Data Governance at one of the big four African banks, headquartered in South Africa. Kulani is curious and practical. As an individual she seizes every opportunity to learn, adapt, and grow. As a leader she is focused on people and enabling every one as an individual, to be their best. In this episode Kulani shares her passion for peopl

S2 Ep 019 Data Dream Team: Meet Kulani Likotsi, Head of Data Management and Data Governance

Oct 11 2022 5 mins  
Meet Kulani Likotsi, Head of Data Management and Data Governance at one of the big four African banks, headquartered in South Africa. Kulani’s career spans from being a developer and analyst in the technical team, and growing into the head of a team in the business. Get to know Kulani ahead of her conversation with Jesse, which will delve into her passion for data governance, dat

S2 Ep 018 Data Dream Team: See, Build, Test, Experiment: Using Data Science to Change the World with Erick Webbe, Head of Data Science at bol.com

Sep 01 2022 60 mins  
Erick Webbe is Head of Data Science at bol.com. Erick is building a data science team of bright minds to push the boundary of science, explore new methodologies, and experiment with new technologies. As a practical and thoughtful leader, his focus is on giving each individual the freedom to explore, the freedom to experiment, and figure out what will work and what will make bol.com

S2 Ep 017 Data Dream Team: Meet Erick Webbe, Head of Data Science at bol.com

Aug 30 2022 6 mins  
Erick Webbe, Head of Data Science at bol.com, is a physicist with a passion for experimentation, exploration, and big data. He is responsible for implementing and scaling data science-powered solutions that will ensure bol.com retains its position as a leading European online retailer. Hear Jesse get to know Erick as they get the conversation started. More about our host, Jesse An

S1 Ep 06 In Conversation with Arif and Max: Data Engineers, Data Mesh Practitioners, and Good Friends in Data

Aug 18 2022 66 mins  
Maarten is in conversation with Arif Wider, Professor of Software Engineering at HTW Berlin, and Max Schultze, Data Engineering Manager at Zalando. Arif and Max are friends in data who share a passion and interest in data mesh. “Data Mesh in Practice: How to Set Up a Data-Driven Organization”, is the book co-authored by Arif and Max and it’s where this conversation starts. Th

S1 Ep 05 In Conversation With Arif Wider and Max Schultze: The Meet and Greet

Aug 16 2022 6 mins  
Meet Arif Wider, Professor of Software Engineering at HTW Berlin & Fellow Consultant with Thoughtworks, and Max Schultze, Data Engineering Manager at Zalando. Arif and Max have a shared passion and interest in the topic of good data practices and got to write a book about their experience bringing data mesh to Zalando. To get the conversation started, our host Maarten meets Arif an

S2 Ep 016 Data Dream Team: The Art and Science of Data Storytelling with Brent Dykes

Aug 02 2022 51 mins  
Brent Dykes sits down with host Jesse to discuss and explore the skill of data storytelling. Brent is the author of ‘Effective Data Storytelling - How to Drive Change with Data, Visual, and Visuals’. He believes - and has witnessed - that being able to effectively communicate with data is a necessity in organizations of all types and sizes. Brent helps data teams around the wor