Dave Mathias | SpeakerHub

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Dave combines his passions around data, experience, and community to make impact. He co-founded Beyond the Data where they help clients change and sustain data culture and enhance data literacy backed by behavioral science, organizational development, and experience design. Dave regularly speaks and conducts workshops around his passions and is the co-host of the Data Able podcast.

As a passionate member of his community Dave is engaged in organizations like MinneAnalytics, TC Data Viz Group, Minnesota PDMA, Twin Cities ProductCamp, Community Involvement Partners, and JDRF.

Dave is always a student and considers himself a recovering organic chemist and attorney turned product person and entrepreneur. He holds a bachelors degree in chemistry from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, a masters in Information Assurance from Iowa State University, and a juris doctor from Drake University. He is also proudly a PhD and MBA dropout.

Current position (2)

Change Agent & Coach

Beyond the Data

Experience Designer

NorthRupt Labs

Degrees (3)

Chemistry

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

1995 to 1999

Information Assurance

Iowa State University

2001 to 2004

Law

Drake University

2001 to 2004

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Presentations (3)

Moving the Data Culture Elephant

Organizations are going through a culture change with data and now decisions at every level need to be made by harnessing data and analytics. This session goes through how to change data culture and sustains it so that your organization starts really mining data gold.

Organizations are like elephants in they are slow to change and quick to defend themselves. In this session we will discuss how culture can change around data by harnessing data literacy backed by the power of behavioral science, experience design, and organizational development.

The Human Side of Data

We leverage data (“data science”, “AI”,…) to make decisions, enhance our products, and influence others yet data is imperfect just like humans. Stop! Don't throw the data out with the bath water. But, also don't blindly go with instinct. In this session we will discuss how we can: 1) understand human perception differences and how to leverage these; 2) deal with biases and uncertainty and make decisions in spite of these; and 3) use data to influence others and at same time balancing instinct and discerning thought.

The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Data Viz

Together let's explore the different ways we employ data visualization in our lives, our products, and our stories and find out where and why we succeed and fall short. After hitting on data viz tips and tricks, this session will go through a number of examples that show the good, bad, and ugly of data visualization.

Past talks (10)

The Human Side of Data in Product

Twin Cities Product Conf 2019

Minneapolis, Minnesota

April 29, 2019

Better Products with Data Viz

MinneBar

Richfield, Minnesota

April 27, 2019

Time to put the BS in product - behavioral science, that is

Chicago ProductCamp

Chicago, Illinois

March 30, 2019

The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Data Visualization

Cape Town Data Viz Group

Cape Town, South Africa

January 17, 2019

The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Data Visualization

Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) Seminar

Lisboa, Portugal

March 14, 2019

Data Vis Critiques: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Lisboa Data Visualization Group

Lisboa, Portugal

March 7, 2019

Data Visualization Full-Day Conference Workshop

AIRUM Annual Conference

Bloomington, Minnesota

October 31, 2018

Using Data Visualization

ProductSchool

Webinar

February 21, 2019

Leveraging Data Viz to Tell a More Effective Product Story

ProductCamp Twin Cities

Bloomington, Minnesota

November 3, 2018

Customer First Data Science Through Analytics, Product Management, and Customer Experience

FARCON

Minneapolis, Minnesota

August 24, 2017

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Customer Focus North

The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Data Viz

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Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union enhances service through data analysis

Books & Articles (4)

5 Things Executives Must Do to Support a Data Culture

We Deserve a Better Paradigm for Professional Education

The Key Roles for a Data Informed Organization

The (Un)Ethics of Using Data in Your Organization

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Testimonials (1)

I recently saw Dave speak at Product Camp in Chicago and thought he gave an excellent presentation on behavioral science in product. He was engaging and informative, effortlessly inciting audience participation and discussion. I definitely recommend Dave as a speaker.
Michelle
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