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018 – Change Agents – Dr. Arvind Sathi – Director and Architect, Global Intelligence Automation at KPMG

October 13, 2019 od2019 Artificial Inteligence, Big Data, Business, Education Comments Off on 018 – Change Agents – Dr. Arvind Sathi – Director and Architect, Global Intelligence Automation at KPMG
Interview aired on 08/28/2018

Dr. Arvind Sathi is the Director and Architect in KPMG’s Global Intelligent Automation and a faculty member with University of California where he teaches courses on Analytics. Dr. Sathi received his Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from Carnegie Mellon University and worked under Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Herbert A. Simon. Dr. Sathi is a seasoned professional with leadership in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science solution development and delivery. He works with IBM clients worldwide to envision and build AI and Data Science solutions. Dr. Sathi was a pioneer in developing AI solutions at Carnegie Group (a Carnegie Mellon startup), leading to its successful public offering as a profitable AI company. At KPMG / Bearingpoint, he led the practices for Intelligent Process Automation, Enterprise Integration, & Analytics. At IBM, Dr. Sathi has led several AI and Data Science programs involving a number of IBM products from IBM Watson, and Hybrid Cloud business units, and has provided technical oversight to IBM’s strategic accounts. He has also delivered a number of workshops and presentations at industry conferences on technical subjects, and holds two patents in data masking. He has published four books on analytics – Cognitive (Internet of) Things, Engaging Customers Using Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Customer Experience Analytics. He has also been a contributing author in a number of Data Governance books written by Sunil Soares, and has published a article series on Advanced Analytics for IBM Developer Works. 

017 – Change Agents – Dr. Doron Zinger, Director, CalTeach Science and Math Program

October 13, 2019 od2019 Education, Non Profit Organizations Comments Off on 017 – Change Agents – Dr. Doron Zinger, Director, CalTeach Science and Math Program
Interview aired on 08/21/2019

Dr. Zinger began his career in education as a high school science teacher in Santa Ana, California, where he had a direct impact on students opportunities to engage in meaningful science learning. It was during these years that he learned that every student can learn, given the right opportunities. As a teacher, Dr. Zinger helped develop a summer program to engage students in deeper learning and established the school’s science fair. He eventually transitioned to school administration and oversaw two schools with 60 teachers and staff, serving more than 600 students.

In his current role as director of the CalTeach program, Dr. Zinger focuses on recruiting and preparing diverse science and math teacher candidates and preparing them to teach in schools serving large proportions of historically underserved students. Through this 4-year program, pre-service teachers can earn a Bachelor of Science in either science or math as well as their teaching credential. 

Oswaldo Diaz, MBA

October 13, 2019 od2019 Oswaldo Diaz Comments Off on Oswaldo Diaz, MBA

I am a highly seasoned Business Executive with a proven record of success and organizational turnaround. During my 20+ years of management experience, I have led diverse multidisciplinary teams and my expertise includes various roles in Senior Leadership, Finance, Operational Accounting, Financial Analysis, Financial Reporting, and Treasury. As part of my professional experience, I have been involved in the review and implementation of internal controls, budget management, administrative policy implementation, business administration management, capital plans, cash flow management, risk management, bond compliance, and system migrations.

016 – Change Agents – Ty Tran, Managing Partner at Applied Data Systems

August 21, 2019 od2019 Big Data, Business, Health Care, Leadership Comments Off on 016 – Change Agents – Ty Tran, Managing Partner at Applied Data Systems

Interview aired on 08/14/2019

Ty Tran talk about Applied Data Systems, Inc. and how the company is helping customers integrate computing, interconnect, storage, parallel files ystem and middleware.

015 – Change Agents – Minnie Minyoung Shin and Zubair Nawaz, SeedOC

August 12, 2019 od2019 Environment, Non Profit Organizations Comments Off on 015 – Change Agents – Minnie Minyoung Shin and Zubair Nawaz, SeedOC
Interview aired on August 7, 2019

Minnie Minyoung and Zubair Nawaz from Seed Consulting Group talk about the partnerships that they are developing with various non-profit organizations and prior sustainability projects.

014 – Change Agents – Yousuf Siddiqui, Senior Director Talent Management at Experian

August 1, 2019 od2019 Business, Human Resources, Leadership Comments Off on 014 – Change Agents – Yousuf Siddiqui, Senior Director Talent Management at Experian
Interview aired on July 31, 2019

012 – Change Agents – Mario Cuevas Zamora, Mexican Consul for Orange County

August 1, 2019 od2019 Government, Society Comments Off on 012 – Change Agents – Mario Cuevas Zamora, Mexican Consul for Orange County
Interview aired on July 24, 2019

For the past 35 years, Consul Cuevas has held numerous positions in the Public Sector of Mexico, including the International Affairs sections of the Ministries of Labor, Planning and Budget, Communications and Transportation, and Foreign Affairs.

As a 25 year member of Mexico’s Foreign Service, he has held posts at the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland; was Deputy Commissioner of Mexico for the 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver and Director of the Mexican Pavilion. In Montreal, Canada, he served as Mexico´s Deputy Permanent Representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and at the Mexican Consulate; also served as Head of Consular Protection at the Consulates of Mexico in San Diego, CA, and New York, NY; and has represented Mexico as a delegate in various bilateral and multilateral conferences. He took office as Consul of Mexico in Santa Ana on June 12, 2015.

011 – Change Agents – Don Natensted, Retired Regional Managing Partner at RSM US

July 31, 2019 od2019 Business, Leadership Comments Off on 011 – Change Agents – Don Natensted, Retired Regional Managing Partner at RSM US
Interview aired on July 17, 2019

Don Natensted is a retired Managing Partner Executive with a strategic focus in leading professional service firms through transformational change. Mr Natensted has a proven expertise directing large scale regional operations, building and leading effective teams and developing people for consistent long term growth.

Mr. Natensted talk about his leadership journey at RSM and the challenges and opportunities that he faced building high performance teams.


010 – Change Agents – Jon Kaplan, Assistant Dean MBA and Specialty Masters Programs at the UCI Paul Merage School of Business

July 31, 2019 od2019 Education, Leadership Comments Off on 010 – Change Agents – Jon Kaplan, Assistant Dean MBA and Specialty Masters Programs at the UCI Paul Merage School of Business
Interview aired on July 10, 2019

Jon Kaplan oversees the MBA Programs (Full-Time, Fully Employed and Executive) and Specialty Masters Programs (Master of Public Accountancy (MPAc), Master of Finance (MFin) and Master of Science of Business Analytics (MSBA)). In addition, Mr. Kaplan works in partnership with UCI schools to manage: MD/MBA, JD/MBA, Masters of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) and Masters of Science in BioTech Management (MSBTM) Programs. 

Mr Kaplan speaks about his leadership journey and the UCI MBA programs.

009 – Change Agents – Amy Roblyer, Senior Management Analyst at the City of Irvine

July 31, 2019 od2019 Government, Leadership Comments Off on 009 – Change Agents – Amy Roblyer, Senior Management Analyst at the City of Irvine
Interview aired on July 3, 2019

Amy Rublyer speaks about her professional journey and her work at the City of Irvine. During the interview, Amy talks about her work in the community development department and finance department as well as special projects that included the Great Park and other various Irvine City projects.