February 1, 2022

Buffalo State Data Talk

Episode 15: Data Cleaning and Classification an interview with Susan Walsh Founder and Managing Director of The Classification Guru

In this episode Susan Walsh, the Managing Director of The Classification Guru, talks about how her company specializes in cleaning and classifying data for their clients. Susan shares how she works to make data fun and relatable through her company and her LinkedIn presence.

0:00 Intro

0:36 What Susan’s company does

2:50 A week in the life of Susan Walsh

4:11 The data and what needs to be cleaned

8:16 Susan’s book Between the Spreadsheets

10:01 Benefits from cleaning your data

10:49 Susan’s favorite part of her job

11:34 Growing her business on LinkedIn

15:55 Susan’s advice for new data scientists

17:57 Does your data have a COAT?

18:52 Outro

Resources

• Follow Susan on LinkedIn
• Buy Susan's Book Between the Spreadsheets

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