The Soda Podcast

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. This is a collection of conversations focused on data, and the tools, technologies, methodologies, and people that use it every day.

The series now available is ‘The Data Dream Team’. Hear guests in conversation on the new approach needed to align how an organization and its people should be structured and organized around data. Visit dreamteam.soda.io for complementary content and resources.

S2 Ep 014 Data Dream Team: Provoking Consumer-First Analytical Thinking with Drew Smith, Vice President of Global Data and Analytics - Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. and Ilitch Companies

Jun 30, 2022

Drew Smith is Vice President of Global Data & Analytics for Little Caesar Enterprises and Ilitch Companies. Working for the the third largest pizza company in the world, that also owns a major league baseball team and a national hockey team, and having spent seventeen years at IKEA, Drew has deep experience in applying...

S2 Ep 013 Data Dream Team: Meet Drew Smith, Vice President of Global Data & Analytics for Little Caesar Enterprises and Ilitch Companies

Jun 27, 2022

Meet Drew Smith, Vice President of Global Data and Analytics at Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. and Ilitch Companies. Drew has spent his career entrenched in analytics, predominantly working in retail, fast moving consumer goods, and leisure and entertainment industries. Drew and Jesse are going to delve into the...

S2 Ep 012 Data Dream Team: Analytics Teams for the Win, with John Thompson, Global Head of Artificial Intelligence & Rapid Data Lab at CSL Behring

Jun 15, 2022

In today’s episode, we go deep into the career of veteran industry innovator and leader John Thompson, Global Head of Artificial Intelligence & Rapid Data Lab at global biotechnology leader CSL Behring. John and Jesse discuss the art of the analytics team, how a leader can sell their data-vision to their C-Suite, and...

S2 Ep 011 Data Dream Team: Meet John Thompson, Global Head of AI & Rapid Data Lab at CSL Behring

Jun 13, 2022

Meet John Thompson, Global Head of Artificial Intelligence & Rapid Data Lab at global biotechnology leader CSL Behring. John is a veteran industry leader, with nearly four decades of experience in data and analytics, building data warehouses, business intelligence, and technology. With career involvement in 20 different...

S1 Ep 02: In Conversation With: Meet Maarten Masschelein, The Host

Jun 8, 2022

Welcome to the first full-length episode of In Conversation With.

In this episode Natasha introduces host Maarten Masschelein, CEO and co-founder of Soda Data, and we discover why he is the perfect host for the series, In Conversation With. We get a glimpse into what makes Maarten’s world go around, his passion for...