Ken's Nearest Neighbors
The Ken's Nearest Neighbors Podcast is about telling the unique stories of the people in the data and AI space. In highly technical fields, we often lose sight of the individuals who are making the positive change. The podcast focuses on who these people are and how they have approached the big decisions in their life that shaped their world view and career. While the podcast is centered on a technical domain, the conversations often touch on personal philosophy, the pursuit of meaning, and how we define success in our career and lives.
Episodes
197 episodes
How Can Data Teams Get Out of Their Own Way (Alex Gold) - KNN Ep. 196
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Alex Gold. Alex is the Director of Solutions Engineering + Support at posit and author of DevOps for Data Science. In this episode we talk about Alex's experience working in data for presidential campaig...
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Season 1
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Episode 196
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59:00
How She Went From Analytics Executive to Solopreneur (Serena Huang PhD) - KNN Ep. 195
Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Serena Huang. She is one of the leaders in the field of people analytics. In this episode, we dive deep into what people analytics are and how companies are evaluating their workforce with data. We ...
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Season 1
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Episode 195
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1:14:45
The Journey of a Non-Technical Founder in a Data Company (Jake Schuster) - KNN Ep. 194
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Jake Schuster. Jake is the CEO of Gemini Sports Analytics, a company that is making it easier for college and professional sports teams to leverage data into insight. Jake came from a sports science back...
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Season 1
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Episode 194
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52:21
Inside New York's Most Exclusive Data Community (Derek Larson) - KNN Ep. 193
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Derek Larson. Derek runs New York AI, an exclusive community for data people in New York. Derek also started Kin, a company that designs useful tools for local communities. In this episode we learn how i...
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Season 1
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Episode 193
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50:54
4X Kaggle GM Shares His Surprising Secret to Success in Competitions (Chris Deotte) - KNN Ep. 192
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Deotte. He is a member of NVIDIA's KGMON Team (Kaggle Grandmasters of NVIDIA), and one of the greatest kaggle grandmasters of all time. He has been previously ranked first in Discussions, Notebooks...
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Season 1
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Episode 192
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49:50
The Crappiest Data Company I've Ever Heard Of (Scott Hickle) - KNN Ep. 191
Today I had the pleasure of Interviewing Scott Hickle. Scott is the co-founder of Throne Science, an innovate company that is looking to measure and evaluate our waste. In the episode we learn about the comical origins of the idea behind Throne...
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Season 1
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Episode 191
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55:41
Caribbean Data Scientist Explains How to Go Out and Get Your Career (Mark Moyou) - KNN Ep. 190
Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mark Moyou. Mark is a Senior Data Scientist and the host of the AI portfolio podcast and the Caribbean Tech Pioneers podcast. He grew up in Trinidad and Tobago, and his work is deeply inspired by ...
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Lessons from Teaching in North Korea for 4 Years (Andrew Kemp) - KNN Ep. 189
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Andrew Kemp. Andrew is the head of product marketing for data science and AI at Z by HP. Andrew recruited me into the Z by HP global ambassador program and is responsible for its creation. In this episod...
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Season 1
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Episode 189
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34:54
The Youngest Ever 3x Kaggle GM Explains Why She Switched to Product (Ruchi Bhatia) - KNN Ep. 188
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Ruchi Bhatia. Ruchi is the youngest ever 3x Kaggle Grandmaster. She recently started work as a product marketing manager at HP after being a Z by HP global data science ambassador. In this episode we tal...
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Season 1
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Episode 188
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32:42
How Fast is AI Innovation Really Happening? (Tina Huang) - KNN Ep. 187
Today I brought back my good friend Tina Huang on the podcast! We talked about her continuing venture into content and entrepreneurship as well as our experience and learnings from NVIDIA's GTC conference. Podcast Sponsors, Affilia...
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Season 1
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Episode 187
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42:33
How AI Changes the Interview Process (Nick Singh) - KNN Ep. 186
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Nick Singh. He is the author of Ace the Data Science Interview and the Head Lemur at datalemur, a website helping you prepare for interviews. In this episode we learn what Nick has been doing since the p...
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Season 1
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Episode 186
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50:09
The Problem With Developer Advocacy (Daliana Liu) - KNN Ep. 185
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Daliana Liu. Daliana is the host of the Data Scientist Show. She also has experience in developer advocacy and working as a data scientist in large tech companies and startups. Today we talk about why sh...
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Season 1
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Episode 185
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1:05:27
Speaking with the Creator of Pandas on the Future of Open Source (Wes McKinney) - KNN Ep. 184
Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Wes McKinney. Wes is well known in the open source community for his work building the pandas library. He also has a fascinating background leading the production of other data tooling with a focu...
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Season 1
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Episode 184
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58:21
The Story Behind the Analyst Builder (Alex Freberg) - KNN Ep. 183
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing @AlexTheAnalyst yet again on the podcast. So much has changed for him in a short period of time with his analyst builder p...
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Season 1
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Episode 183
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41:18
Should Kids Still Learn to Code? (Hunter Kempf) - KNN Ep. 182
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Hunter Kempf for a second time on the KNN podcast. Hunter is a fellow Z by HP global ambassador who works as a Data Scientist at Cloudflare. He is at the intersection of Data and Cyber security. In this ...
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From Auditor to Data Driven Decision Maker (Monica Kay Royal) - KNN Ep. 181
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Monica Kay Royal. She is the host of Data podcast for nerds which can be found here @nerdnourishment ! She went from workin...
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50:53
How Fatherhood Changes Career Goals (Antonio Ivanovski) - KNN Ep. 180
Antonio Ivanovski (A.I.) is husband and father of two amazing kids who works as a senior data analyst at Google working on protecting Google's ad ecosystem from invalid traffic. Antonio has experience working at Verizon as an A.I. Product Manag...
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Why He Left His PhD to Pursue His AI Podcast (Louis-Francois Bouchard) - KNN Ep. 179
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Louis-Francois Bouchard! Louis is the host of the @WhatsAI and he just recently left his PhD to pursue the channel and podc...
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Season 1
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Episode 179
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59:03
From Divinity Student to Data Scientist (Immanuel Tacky) - KNN Ep. 178
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Immanuel Tacky. Immanuel is currently a data scientist at Canadian tire company. In this episode, we talk about why Immanuel decided to pursue a masters degree to break into the data science field. We al...
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Season 1
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Episode 178
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41:54
How AI Reshaped This Data Analyst's Job (Luke Barousse) - KNN Ep. 177
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing my good friend @LukeBarousse ! We dive into how Luke is now using AI for all of his data work, the incredible opportunity ...
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Season 1
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Episode 177
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59:16
The Past and Future of Healthcare and AI? (Eric Doherty) - KNN Ep. 176
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Eric Doherty. Eric is a global executive leader in the healthcare space. He has held senior executive roles in 5 different companies focused in the pharmaceutical and medical device spaces. In this...
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Season 1
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Episode 176
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47:24
Why His Data Tik-Tok is so Addicting (Elijah Butler) - KNN Ep. 175
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Elijah Butler. Elijah is a Data Analyst at Humana who has developed an impressive following on tik tok for his short form, informative, data related content. Elijah had a great conversation about how he ...
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Season 1
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Episode 175
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1:09:32
Why Your Company May Need a Part Time Chief Data Officer (Eric Gonzalez) - KNN Ep. 174
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Eric Gonzalez. Eric is the VP of Business Intelligence Architecture at Eastern Bank. He also works as a for hire fractional data leader. Before data leadership, Eric cut his teeth in consulting. In this ...
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Season 1
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Episode 174
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1:08:33
Life / Podcast Update! - KNN Ep. 173
It's been a while since I've done an update! Have some life changes coming up. Wanted to share and talk about how these may impact the podcast (Hopefully positively)Podcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:- Pathrise - http://path...
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Season 1
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Episode 173
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20:51
Confronting the Biggest Problem with the Data Science Interview (Jack Blandin) - KNN Ep. 172
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Jack Blandin. Jack is a brilliant data scientist and manager that I had the pleasure of working with at Gohealth. Jack moved from software engineering to data science at Trunk Club and never looked back....
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Season 1
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Episode 172
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1:47:00