The Data Wranglers Trifacta

In the season finale, Data Wranglers Joe Hellerstein and Jeffrey Heer tell all about what it takes to wrangle a venture into success. Trifacta CEO Adam Wilson talks with them about how they did it, how to turn a vision into reality and how to win data by design. For more data insights, listen to #TheDataWranglers.

What keeps an Apple developer up at night? Meet Carlos Guestrin -- decorated professor of Computer Science at Stanford and former Senior Director of AI and Machine Learning at Apple. Carlos talks with Data Wranglers Joe Hellerstein and Jeffrey Heer about the birth of the AI-driven Face ID and other machine-learning features he and his team created at Apple. He also talks about distribution shifts and what kept him up at night: the “unknown unknowns” about data, privacy and user experiences. #TheDataWranglers

What are the fastest-growing cloud databases, and why? Sailesh Krishnamurthy talks with Data Wranglers Joe Hellerstein and Jeffrey Heer about the massive cloud databases he has managed, including his extensive work at Google where he engineers three huge relational cloud databases that support Google’s services such as YouTube, photos, transactions and ads. And, hear insights from his career at Amazon Web Services, IBM, Truviso (which he co-founded), and Cisco. Plus, Sailesh probes Big Data and why SQL databases are back — and are here to stay. #TheDataWranglers

Would you save $50 billion -- if you had it? Data can help to reduce marketing waste. Zack Pike, founder of Magnetic Data Science, and veteran of the marketing analytics industry, talks to Data Wranglers Joe Hellerstein and Jeffrey Heer about using data science to help marketers reduce waste and uncertainty in their campaigns. #TheDataWranglers

How does data relate to pirates? Sarah Catanzaro, a partner at Amplify Partners, talks to Data Wranglers Joe Hellerstein and Jeffrey Heer about what’s new and exciting in the modern data stack, machine learning and observable data. Her work has focused on startups that bring technological advances in machine intelligence and enterprise infrastructure to solve real-world problems. Having previously worked with the U.S. Secret Service, the Center for Advanced Defense Studies, and Palantir, Sarah learned how data can be used to understand and disrupt Somali pirate networks and other insurgent groups: like startups. As data practitioner-turned-venture capitalist, Sarah also offers insights about her career as a woman investor. #TheDataWranglers

How do you unleash the power of data to benefit all Americans? DJ Patil became the first U.S. Chief Data Scientist under President Obama, and discusses with The Data Wranglers Joe Hellerstein and Jeffrey Heer how he helped to define what data science means and does for government, public policy and all Americans. Perhaps one of the most influential data scientists in the world, DJ discusses how data scientists played an integral role in the startup of LinkedIn and in the early discovery of the Covid pandemic. DJ also discusses the role of data science in public health and the criminal justice systems. Trifacta CEO Adam Wilson drops in to chat with DJ and announce an industry-changing acquisition by Alteryx. #TheDataWranglers