E45 Bill Schmarzo, Chief Innovation Officer at Hitachi Vantara

Today's guest is Bill Schmarzo, Chief Innovation Officer at
Hitachi Vantara. Bill Schmarzo is regarded as one of the top
Digital Transformation influencers on Big Data and Data Science.
His career spans over 30 years in data warehousing, BI and
advanced analytics. Currently, “The Dean of Big Data” guides
Hitachi Vantara's technology strategy and drives “co-creation”
efforts with select customers to leverage IoT and analytics to
power digital transformation.


Bill formerly served as CTO of Big Data at Dell EMC and as the VP
of Analytics at Yahoo! Bill is passionate about teaching his
students and followers how to Think Like a Data Scientist, an
approach advocating the capacity to learn concepts and
methodologies, enabling transferable skills in a world driven by
the rapid introduction and adoption of new tools and open source
frameworks.


In the episode, Bill will tell you about:


How he got interested in Data Analytics,


What he learned during his time with Yahoo and Dell EMC,


Balancing his day-to-day work along with writing books,


Building his team at Hitachi Vantara,


What you’ll learn from ‘The Art of Thinking like a Data
Scientist,’


What he loves about his job,


and Advice on how to make the most out of your career