• Ep. #12, Building Relationships in Data with Emilie Schario of Amplify Partners
    Jul 6 2022

    In episode 12 of The Right Track, Stefania Olafsdottir speaks with Emilie Schario of Amplify Partners. Together they discuss impact-driven development, actionable tactics for prioritizing relationships within data teams, the quandary of data job titles, and insights on improving data trust.

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Ep. #11, Defining North Star Metrics with Che Sharma of Eppo
    May 31 2022

    In episode 11 of The Right Track, Stef Olafsdottir speaks with Che Sharma, CEO and Founder of Eppo. This conversation includes many unique insights from Che’s experience scaling Airbnb’s early data culture, as well as lessons on leading data teams, defining a good North Star metric, and leveraging experimentation tools.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Ep. #10, Getting to Know Your Users with Boris Jabes of Census
    Mar 23 2022

    In episode 10 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Boris Jabes, CEO and Co-Founder of Census. They discuss the impact of SaaS on product releases, the challenges of stale data, insights on data ownership and how product management has evolved.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Ep. #9, The Argument for Less Specialization with Erik Bernhardsson of Modal Labs
    Feb 24 2022

    In episode 9 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Erik Bernhardsson, founder of Modal Labs and an early engineer at Spotify. This conversation covers cohort analysis, data team recruiting, and Erik's experiences building and refining data cultures.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Ep. #8, Defining the Data Scientist with Josh Wills of WeaveGrid
    Oct 20 2021

    In episode 8 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Josh Wills of WeaveGrid. They address common misconceptions about data and product analytics, tips for hiring data product managers, and many invaluable lessons Josh has learned from his time at companies like Slack, Google, and Cloudera.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Ep. #7, Data Translators with Benn Stancil of Mode
    Aug 18 2021

    In episode 7 of The Right Track, Stef speaks with Benn Stancil of Mode. They discuss the value of analytics for the end user, the emerging role of analytics engineer, building and maintaining data trust, and tactics for optimizing data teams.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Ep. #6, Domain Expertise with Laurie Voss of Netlify
    Aug 4 2021

    In episode 6 of The Right Track, Stef Olafsdottir speaks with Laurie Voss of Netlify. They discuss the roles in modern data teams, how Netlify uses data, insights on early data hires, and whether or not self-serve analytics will ever work.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Ep. #5, Intangible Metrics with Elena Dyachkova of Peloton
    Jul 21 2021

    In episode 5 of The Right Track, Stef is joined by Elena Dyachkova of Peloton. They discuss the intersection of fitness and data, as well as the tools Peloton uses for data management, governance, and analytics.

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    1 hr and 6 mins