Speaking

CLE AI & DATA | January 2026

Designing AI Around Outcomes: A Product Approach to Adoption, Risk, and Real Problems

ODSC East | May 2025

A Value Playbook for Sustainable Data Science Adoption

Agile to Agility | May 2025 (Recording)

AI Risk Management (as a Product)

Data Science Salon Austin | Feb 2025 (Recording)

(Panel) Generative AI: Seizing Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges in the Enterprise

Data Science Salon Miami | Sept 2024 (Recording)

A Value Playbook for Solo & Siloed Data Practitioners

Ai4 Conference | August 2024 (Recording)

(Panel) Tools, Platforms & Strategies For Successful ML Outcomes

DataConnect Conference | July 2024 (Recording)

AI at the Crossroads: Balancing Innovation & Risk with Strategic AI Design (Co-presentation with Kristy Hollingshead)

DataConnect Conference | July 2024 (Recording)

Fireside Chat: The Role of Cybersecurity in AI Adoption (with Micki Boland)

DataUniverse | April 2024 (Session Details)

How to Succeed as a Solo Data Scientist

DataConnect Conference | June 2023 (Session Details)

Fireside Chat: Data Science as a Product (with Heather Harris, Alteryx Field Chief Data and Analytics Officer)

Disruption Now Summit | 2020

(Panel) The Human Connection of Technology

DataConnect Conference | 2024 (Recording) (Listen Here!)

How a Community Information Exchange Aligns Data to Enable Action, featuring Diane Dagefoerde, an Executive Advisor at Smart Columbus.

DataConnect Conference | 2023 (Listen Here!)

Building and Growing a Personal Brand in Data, featuring Kate Strachnyi, Founder of DATAcated and author of ColorWise.

Data Umbrella | Webinar (Recording)

(Talk) Building a Personal Website with Jekyll & GitHub Pages

Ohio High School Mathematics Pathways Symposium (Details)

Data Science Foundations Course | Workgroup presentation on the pilot of the Data Science Foundations, a course that can be considered Algebra 2 equivalent.

UC San Diego Rady School of Management (Details)

(Panelist) Personal Branding in Analytics

Bytes & Insights | Webinar (Details)

(Webinar) More to Tech Than Coding: Engaging Young Learners on the Data Side

Partner event panel with AWS, Slalom, Women in Big Data, and WIA.

(Panelist) Elevate Your Data Exploration

PAST Foundation | Girls Who Lead Summit

An interactive talk surrounding statistics, probability, and data visualization.

ODSC Minisode (Listen Here)

Cal Al-Dhubaib & Lauren Burke-McCarthy (Further) — Balancing AI Value and Risk

Data Science Salon (Listen Here)

Solo Success: Mastering Value Creation as a Standalone Data Practitioner

Women in Product Podcast (Listen Here)

Episode 66: Working with Data Scientists

How to Get An Analytics Job Podcast (Listen Here)

Data Science Q&A

DMRadio Podcast (Listen Here)

Down to a Science? How to Train AI Models