All Episodes

Episode 07

April 28, 2023

with Pete Soderling

 – Founder, Data Council

This week on The Data Stack Show, we have a special edition as we recorded a series of bonus episodes live at Data Council in Austin, Texas. On this episode, Brooks and Kostas chat with Pete Soderling, the Founder of Data Council. During this conversation, Pete talks about the origins of Data Council, the focus of AI at this year’s conference, how the data community has grown to support the event, future expansion, and more.

Episode 06

April 27, 2023

with Gunnar Morling

 – Senior Staff Software Engineer, Decodable

This week on The Data Stack Show, we have a special edition as we recorded a series of bonus episodes live at Data Council in Austin, Texas. In this episode, Brooks and Kostas chat with Gunnar Morling, Senior Staff Software Engineer at Decodable. During the episode, Gunnar talks about his time at Red Hat, including spearheading the Debezium project, a platform for change data capture (CDC). Topics in this conversation include the processes of Debezium, how to build a diverse system while incorporating common interfaces, open-sourced CDC projects, and more.

Episode 05

April 26, 2023

with Michael Del Balso

 – Co-Founder and CEO, Tecton

This week on The Data Stack Show, we have a special edition as we recorded a series of bonus episodes live at Data Council in Austin, Texas. In this episode, Brooks and Kostas chat with Michael Del Balso, Co-Founder and CEO of Tecton. During the episode, Michael talks about the company’s desire to provide customers the best feature engineering experience in the world. Topics in the conversation include MLops and data platforms, machine learning vs. data pipelines, the most difficult part in the life cycle of prediction, and more.

Episode 04

April 26, 2023

with Will Thompson

 – Director of Engineering, Privacy Dynamics

This week on The Data Stack Show, we have a special edition as we recorded a series of bonus episodes live at Data Council in Austin, Texas. In this episode, Brooks and Kostas chat with Will Thompson, the Director of Engineering at Privacy Dynamics. During the episode, Will talks about all things data anonymization and privacy. The conversation includes the challenges of data privacy and other complexities in data, the journey of being an engineer in a startup, how Privacy Dynamics is solving problems in the space, and more.

Episode 03

April 25, 2023

with Chase Roberts

 – Principal, Vertex Ventures

This week on The Data Stack Show, we have a special edition as we recorded a series of bonus episodes live at Data Council in Austin, Texas. In this episode, Brooks and Kostas chat with Chase Roberts, Principal VC investor at Vertex Ventures. During the conversation, Chase talks about go-to-market strategies for founders. Topics include taking the idea to market, the hardest part of the pitch, answering the what and how of the problem you are solving, how to price your product, and more.

Episode 02

April 24, 2023

with Simba Khadder, Mikiko Bazeley, & Shabnam Mokhtarani

 – CEO, MLOps, & COO

This week on The Data Stack Show, we have a special edition as we recorded a series of bonus episodes live at Data Council in Austin, Texas. In this episode, Brooks and Kostas chat with Simba Khadder, Mikiko Bazeley, & Shabnam Mokhtarani, three members of the leadership team at Featureform. During the episode, the group discusses the differences in MLops and data ops, what makes Featureform different from other feature stores, learnings from leading the work versus being in the work, and more.