We're kicking off season 2 of the podcast with a bang! In this episode, I’m joined by Akia Obas, Senior Director of Data, Insights, and GTM Business Systems at Netlify. We dive into her career journey—from econometrics to data leadership—and discuss how company size and reporting structure can influence your path. Akia shares her insights on how joining a startup allowed her to “own the whole cake” (from data pipelines and infrastructure to insights and influencing the business) and how sel...
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We're kicking off season 2 of the podcast with a bang! In this episode, I’m joined by Akia Obas, Senior Director of Data, Insights, and GTM Business Systems at Netlify. We dive into her career journey—from econometrics to data leadership—and discuss how company size and reporting structure can influence your path. Akia shares her insights on how joining a startup allowed her to “own the whole cake” (from data pipelines and infrastructure to insights and influencing the business) and how sel...
Discovering your Next Chapter with Sol Rashidi of AWS
Women Lead Data
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1 year ago
Discovering your Next Chapter with Sol Rashidi of AWS
In this episode, I’m joined by Sol Rashidi to learn more about her leadership journey in the data industry. Sol has been in the space for over 25 years and is currently the ‘Head of Technology, North America’ for Amazon’s Startup Division. Before that, Sol held several former C-suite data roles for giants like Estee Lauder, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Sony Music, and Royal Caribbean. She also helped launch IBM Watson back in 2011–the world’s 1st commercial and enterprise-grade AI application. We t...
Women Lead Data
We're kicking off season 2 of the podcast with a bang! In this episode, I’m joined by Akia Obas, Senior Director of Data, Insights, and GTM Business Systems at Netlify. We dive into her career journey—from econometrics to data leadership—and discuss how company size and reporting structure can influence your path. Akia shares her insights on how joining a startup allowed her to “own the whole cake” (from data pipelines and infrastructure to insights and influencing the business) and how sel...
