Data Leaders 2023 - Masterlist ;)

To all who are aspiring to become data scientists, data analysts, data engineers, data professionals, data workers, and data strategists:

Here's the list of the top 10 Data Thought Leaders to follow on LinkedIn in 2023.

LinkedIn Data Experts: LinkedIn Learning Instructors

1. Megan Lieu

• First Data Scientist - Insights Narrator, Inc.
• Instructor at Linkedin Learning
• Famous course: Choose the right tool for your data: Python, R or SQL
• If you want to enhance your knowledge in data management and data visualization tools like Tableau and Power BI, she is the right person to follow.

1. Helen Wall

• Data Science Consultant and a highly visual professional.
• LinkedIn Instructor since 2018; she can let your DATASET change your MINDSET.
• If you wanna learn how to build business intelligence dashboards and visualizations using Tableau and Power BI and gain in-depth knowledge of Excel, she is the most powerful person.
• Her top courses are:??
• Advanced Microsoft Power BI
• Machine Learning with Data Reduction in Excel, R & Power BI

1. Kate Strachnyi

• Founder of DATAcated academy and a podcast host.
• LinkedIn Top Voice in Data Science & Analytics
• A data storytelling expert; provides ???????????????? ?????????????? ???????????????? ?????????????????? for companies focused on innovating in the data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence space.
• LinkedIn Instructor and famous course: Develop Your Personal Brand in Tech

Best Data & Analytics Women Leaders on Youtube

1. Aishwarya Srinivasan →?

• Works as a Data Scientist in the Google Cloud AI Services team?
• has been spotlighted as a LinkedIn Top Voice 2020 for Data Science and AI.
• awarded Trailblazer of the Year by Women in AI in 2022.?
• She shares thoughts and ideas in the space of AI and its applications in real-world use-cases, and if you are looking to crack data science interviews, check out her youtube channel: Illuminate AI .

1. ?Cassie Kozyrkov →

• Chief Decision Scientist at Google, LinkedIn top Voice 2x
• The one who simplifies tech jargon with analogies which are quick, clear and easy to understand
• If you are looking for a complete guide to starting AI, checkout the guide in her featured section.
• If you want to kickstart your journey in Machine Learning, she has the best Youtube channel.

Data and AI Experts with the best LinkedIn Newsletters and Data Ebooks

1. Steve Nouri ?

• the founder of AI4Diversity
• Thought Leader at Forbes Technology Council; Top Voice DS & AI
• loves to talk about machine learning, data analytics, deep learning algorithms in his Data Analytics to Deep Learning Algorithms
• his career roadmaps and ML cheatsheets are super awesome for quickly going through tough concepts.

1. Andrew Ng

• Founder of Landing AI, co-founder at Coursera, and CEO of deeplearning.ai
• He shares his knowledge on how to build a career in AI in his recent ebook
• His courses at deep learning are a great fit to kickstart your journey in Machine Learning and NLP

1. Allie K. Miller

• AI Entrepreneur, Advisor, and Investor, LinkedIn Top Voice 3x
• the youngest-ever woman to build an artificial intelligence product at IBM
• If you’re someone who is crazy for quick tech updates on AI/ML, Human-Computer Interaction, and cognitive science she is the best fit.
• Honored to be interviewed as one of five big generative AI investors by Tanya Dua .

LinkedIn News Tech Stack

1. Bernard Marr

• LinkedIn has ranked Bernard as one of the world’s top 5 business influencers
• He is the author of 15 books and hundreds of articles, including the international best-sellers ‘Data Strategy’, ‘Big Data in Practice’, 'Big Data', 'Key Business Analytics', and ‘Key Performance Indicators’.
• If you are a tech nerd who loves reading quick insights on data, here’s his Future Tech Trends Newsletter .

1. Vin Vashishta

• Founder of V Squared; been named a 2X LinkedIn Top Voice
• help professionals advance their careers through my courses, workshops, and seminars focused on: Data & AI Strategy, Data Product Management, Data Organizational Development, Strategic Leadership, Data & Model Literacy
• His latest article: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/what-enterprise-technology-software-companies-can-do-sales-vashishta

1. Andriy Burkov

• Director of Data Science — Machine Learning Team Leader at Gartner
• If you’re an aspiring ML enthusiast, then his two best books must-read are:
• The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book: https://themlbook.com
• Machine Learning Engineering: https://mlebook.com
• His weekly newsletter for ML & AI enthusiasts: Artificial Intelligence newsletter:?

Top Data Science Video Creators & Podcast Hosts

1. Alex Wang ?

• Member of Global Committee at AI4Diversity
• Her list of Top Data Science & AI Learning channels on YT
• She frequently creates videos on typical concepts related to AI, ML and Business Algorithms.
• If you are a beginner and still wanna learn about roles in data science, then this article is for you

1. Gina Acosta Gutiérrez

• been recognized as IBM Champion 2022 and Women Techmakers Ambassador
• Works as a data analyst at Factored (backed by Andrew Ng's AI Fund and deeplearning.ai)
• From Python to Power BI to SQL to AI/ML, she covers each and every topic on LI, shares actionable resources, career roadmaps, cheatsheets which are handy and quick to understand.
• Her Featured section is a must-go if you are looking for resources to build projects.
• 5 Data Engineering Projects to build your Portfolio
• Data Engineer Roadmap
• Data Analysis Roadmap with Free Resources

1. George Firican

• Award Winning Data Governance Leader
• Founder of Lights on Data: Free Courses on Data Storytelling, Data Governance and Data Quality
• Host of Lights on Data Show - a podcast and LinkedIn Newsletter: LightsonData

show that provides insights into the data world and showcases people that help to shape it

• Creator of online courses that are engaging, new, and thorough.

Courses: Building an Award-Winning Business Glossary, Data Governance Maturity Models, Data Governance Fundamentals, etc. - check them out here: https://www.lightsondata.com/courses/

1. Andreas Kertz

• Founder of Learn Data Engineering ; 2x LinkedIn Top Voice DS & Analytics
• LinkedIn Instructor and his course: Create a Data Project with Neo4j
• Follow him for a daily dose of data engineering concepts to crack interviews
• Checkout his featured section, his guides are super amazing.

1. Daliana Liu

• Senior Data Scientist at Predibase
• Join her weekly newsletter for all things related to data!
• Podcast: TheDataScientistShow help data scientists to be successful in their careers

Data Experts who share Actionable Resources

• Deepanshu Kalra → SQL, Data Engineering, Apache Spark, Extract, Transform, Load (ETL), Pipelining, Python, NoSQL; to crack SQL interviews: https://nerdsfornerds.in/
• Deeksha Anand → Founder @ OneStopData, 130K+ on Instagram, Data analytics and PowerBI educator, talks about career roadmaps, her resources, carousels are extremely useful for beginners.
• Andrew Jones → He is a data science course curator DATA SCIENCE INFINITY?
• DATA SCIENCE INFINITY: https://bit.ly/data-science-infinity
• FREE 75-minute Data Science Career Training Session: https://bit.ly/dsi-webinar
• 2-hour Python, Data Science & ML Intro Course >> https://youtu.be/OSbUA5Q9Cec