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.

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

Oct 26, 2022

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...

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

Aug 2, 2022

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...

S2 Ep 015 Data Dream Team: Meet Brent Dykes, Chief Data Storyteller at AnalyticsHero, LLC

Jul 27, 2022

Meet Brent Dykes, Chief Data Storyteller at AnalyticsHero, LLC. Brent has spent more than 15 years consulting in the analytics industry. As a former analyst, manager, and technology evangelist at companies such as Omniture, Adobe, and Domo, Brent has witnessed first-hand the challenges of communicating data effectively....

S1 Ep 04 In Conversation With Mauricio and Tiago, Data Practitioners at Americanas

Jul 9, 2022

The first guests in conversation with host Maarten Masschelein are Mauricio Rodrigues and Tiago Andrade from americanas s.a.

With more than 51 million e-commerce customers and 3,500 physical stores, americanas s.a. is Brazil’s leading retail innovation platform with a reputation for exceptional customer service and...

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...