Interview Episodes

Episode 132

March 29, 2023

with Chad Sanderson

 – Head of Data, Data Contracts Advocate, Data Quality Camp

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Chad Sanderson, Head of Data and Data Contracts Advocate. During the episode, Chad talks about all things data contracts. The conversation includes topics such as the value of data contracts, dealing with the semantic and logical layers of data, implicit contracts at companies, how contracts fit into data infrastructure, and more.

Episode 131

March 22, 2023

with Jason Davis

 – Co-Founder & CEO, Simon Data

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Jason Davis, Co-Founder & CEO of Simon Data. During the episode, the group discusses all things CDPs including the importance of the customer journey in marketing and how data teams can support marketing teams in achieving their goals. The conversation also includes mapping back to data terms that data teams can understand, the next frontier of innovation in data infrastructure for marketers, and more.

Episode 129

March 8, 2023

with David Kohn

 – Senior Product Manager - Toolkit, Timescale

This week on the Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with David Kohn, Senior Product Manager – Toolkit at Timescale. During the episode, the group discusses time series data and databases, innovations using PostgreSQL, why Timescale builds their databases differently, and more.

Episode 128

March 1, 2023

with Alex Watson

 – Co-Founder and CPO, Gretel.ai

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Alex Watson, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Gretel.ai. During the episode, Alex shares his journey in data and how working with the NSA impacted his career in space. The conversation also includes synthetic data, the evolution of machine learning models, boundaries between synthetic and prediction models, and more.

Episode 127

February 22, 2023

with Alex Merced

 – Developer Advocate, Dremio

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Alex Merced, Developer Advocate at Dremio. During the episode, Alex talks about his experience opening and managing comic book shops has impacted his journey with data. The conversation also includes all things data lake houses, how Dremio is solving painpoints for users, what it means to be a developer advocate, and more. 

Episode 126

February 15, 2023

with Spenser Skates

 – Co-Founder and CEO, Amplitude Analytics

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Spenser Skates, Co-Founder and CEO at Amplitude Analytics. During the episode, Spenser shares the journey of Amplitude to IPO. The conversation also covers data infrastructure, product analytics, how cloud data warehousing has impacted the space, and more.