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