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Making Data Simple dives into the exciting world of synthetic data with Adam Kamor, Co-Founder & Head of Engineering at Tonic.ai — a company building a synthetic data platform to power AI and software development. Adam unpacks how synthetic data is revolutionizing the way we build smarter, safer AI systems.
01:31 Meet Adam Kamor
08:43 The Road to Software Engineering
11:10 Defining Synthetic Data
13:46 The Need for Synthetic Data
15:17 Synthetic Data with AI
17:59 Tonic.ai
18:57 Pros & Cons of Synthetic Data
25:40 Tonic.ai's Differentiation
27:58 The Tech
30:16 Biggest Competitor
32:34 The Use Case
33:37 Where Synthetic Data Fails
37:59 For Fun
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamkamor Website: https://www.tonic.ai/
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Making Data Simple dives into the world of data security with Josh Scott, CISO and VP of Security at Hydrolix — a real-time data platform built for massive scale. Josh unpacks critical challenges like AI adoption, cybersecurity priorities, and how organizations can harness data to stay ahead, all while keeping performance high and costs down.
01:02 Investing 
04:25 Meet Josh Scott 
10:54 Adopting AI Safely 
14:42 What IS a CISO? 
17:14 What Keeps a CISO Up at Night? 
19:11 Using AI for Security 
20:47 Two Phones? 
21:36 Password Sharing 
23:03 CISO Prioritization 
27:39 Signal From Noise 
29:29 Leadership Style 
32:27 The Crystal Ball
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuascott/ 
Website: https://www.hydrolix.io/
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Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Tom Griffiths, Henry R. Luce Professor at Princeton University, joins the show to explore the surprising science behind how we actually think. His new book, The Laws of Thought, bridges computational cognitive science and AI—challenging assumptions about decision-making, neural networks, and the path to artificial general intelligence.

Show Notes

Timestamps
 01:21 – Meet Tom Griffiths
 05:27 – Tom's Book
 06:58 – A Neural Network
 09:55 – AGI?
 19:10 – Writing the Book
 20:45 – The Laws of Thought
 27:24 – The Neural Network Surprise
 31:33 – Learning from Experts
 35:19 – Decision Making vs. Probability
 42:36 – Government AI Considerations
Links
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tom-griffiths-7b31a0364
Book: The Laws of Thought – Macmillan

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Welcome back to Making Data Simple, where we explore how data-driven strategies ignite innovation and transform businesses. In this exciting episode, we sit down with Marco Rota, VP of Strategic Technology Alliances at Lumen Technologies, whose incredible journey spans from the glitz of Hollywood to leading-edge telecommunications. Tune in as Marco reveals how embracing a vibrant culture, drawing on lessons from the entertainment industry, and championing new technologies can propel teams and organizations to new heights of success. Get ready for an inspiring, behind-the-scenes look at how “culture eats strategy for breakfast”—and why that’s a game-changer for your organization, too!
01:47 – Meet Marco Rota
Marco shares his background and how his career path took him from the dynamic world of Hollywood to a leadership role at Lumen Technologies. He underscores his passion for storytelling, collaboration, and innovation—elements that continue to shape his work in tech.
03:35 – Learnings from Hollywood
Drawing on Hollywood’s fast-paced environment, Marco highlights the importance of creative thinking and adaptability. He explains how these traits help push organizations to stay ahead of disruption and continually evolve, just like the film industry does to meet audience demands.
10:56 – Transitioning to Lumen Technologies
Marco describes his shift from entertainment into the telecommunications and technology space. He emphasizes the parallels between Hollywood and tech—both thrive on communication, audience engagement, and cutting-edge production processes.
15:55 – What IS Lumen Technologies
Marco explains Lumen’s core mission: powering next-generation connectivity, cloud, edge computing, and security solutions. By marrying technology services with an innovative culture, Lumen seeks to help organizations accelerate data-driven transformation.
18:29 – Culture versus Technology
An organization’s culture can be its greatest asset—or its biggest hurdle. Culture “eats strategy for breakfast” because fostering collaboration, trust, and continuous learning is what truly drives successful technology initiatives forward.
24:20 – The Management System
Marco talks about the framework for leadership and team alignment at Lumen, which integrates vision, purpose, and measurable goals. This system ensures that cultural values and strategic objectives reinforce each other—resulting in cohesive, energized teams ready to tackle the biggest challenges in tech.
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/marcorotapix
Website: https://www.lumen.com/en-us/home.html
Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple?  Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next.  The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 

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Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

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Tackling the messy reality of data fueling artificial intelligence, Andrea Muttoni—President & CPO at Story—joins the show to unpack how Story is building an AI-native infrastructure for intellectual property and training data. We dig into making the $80T IP asset class programmable, traceable, and monetizable, and how Story aims to turn “mysterious training data blobs” into transparent rights and payments for creators and enterprises.
01:10 Meet Andrea Muttoni
 06:49 Story's Core Mission
 13:41 IP Monetization
 21:08 Biggest Competitor
 22:49 Compute, Models, & Data
 27:46 What to IP, Where Not
 31:16 Blockchain
 34:54 Protecting Your IP
 41:36 Reaching Story
Andrea explains how Story is building a blockchain-based IP and data layer so AI systems can train on licensed content while proving usage, enforcing licenses, and automating payments to rights holders. We talk about the practical challenges of cleaning and labeling real-world data, what “IP-safe” datasets look like in practice, and how developers and companies can plug into Story’s infrastructure. Andrea also shares where blockchain actually adds value (and where it doesn’t), why he thinks “AI can’t scale on legal ambiguity,” and concrete steps creators and founders can take today to protect and monetize their IP in the AI era.
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/muttoni
Website: https://www.story.foundation/

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Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.