--- title: "Data Sips: Episode 6" description: Join Dr. Mark Cooper on Data Sips as he discusses data products, challenges in data management, and insights from his extensive experience in data and analytics. image: https://info.ippon.tech/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-01-22%20at%2010.35.29%20AM.png --- [Skip to main content](https://info.ippon.tech/the-data-pour-data-sips-ep-6#main) [![IpponLogoKleinBlue](https://info.ippon.tech/hs-fs/hubfs/IpponLogoKleinBlue.png?width=219&height=64&name=IpponLogoKleinBlue.png) ![IpponLogoKleinBlue](https://info.ippon.tech/hs-fs/hubfs/IpponLogoKleinBlue.png?width=219&height=64&name=IpponLogoKleinBlue.png) ![IpponLogoKleinBlue](https://info.ippon.tech/hs-fs/hubfs/IpponLogoKleinBlue.png?width=168&height=49&name=IpponLogoKleinBlue.png) ![IpponLogoKleinBlue](https://info.ippon.tech/hs-fs/hubfs/IpponLogoKleinBlue.png?width=168&height=49&name=IpponLogoKleinBlue.png)](https://ipponusa.com/) - [Home](https://ipponusa.com) - [Show submenu for About About](https://ipponusa.com/about-us) - [Who We Are](https://ipponusa.com/who-we-are) - [Careers](https://ipponusa.com/careers) - [Show submenu for Our Partners Our Partners](https://ipponusa.com/our-partners/) - [AWS](https://ipponusa.com/our-partners/aws/) - [Snowflake](https://ipponusa.com/our-partners/snowflake/) - [Databricks](https://ipponusa.com/our-partners/databricks/) - [Microsoft](https://ipponusa.com/our-partners/microsoft/) - [Show submenu for Services Services](https://ipponusa.com/services) - [Snowflake](https://ipponusa.com/service/snowflake-concierge/) - [Artificial Intelligence](https://ipponusa.com/service/artificial-intelligence/) - [Data & Analytics](https://ipponusa.com/service/data-analytics/) - [Cloud Strategy](https://ipponusa.com/service/cloud-strategy/) - [Platform Modernization](https://ipponusa.com/service/platform-moderization/) - [Product Innovation](https://ipponusa.com/service/product-innovation/) - [Operating Model](https://ipponusa.com/service/operating-model/) - [Blogs](https://blog.ippon.tech/) - [Success Stories](https://ipponusa.com/success-stories/) - [Show submenu for Resources Resources](https://ipponusa.com/resources/) - [eBooks](https://ipponusa.com/ebooks/) - [The Data Pour](https://info.ippon.tech/the-data-pour) - [Videos & Webinars](https://info.ippon.tech/videos-and-webinars) - [Media Center](https://ipponusa.com/media-center/) Search Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](https://ipponusa.com) - Show submenu for About About - About - [About](https://ipponusa.com/about-us) - [Who We Are](https://ipponusa.com/who-we-are) - [Careers](https://ipponusa.com/careers) - Show submenu for Our Partners Our Partners - Our Partners - [Our Partners](https://ipponusa.com/our-partners/) - [AWS](https://ipponusa.com/our-partners/aws/) - [Snowflake](https://ipponusa.com/our-partners/snowflake/) - [Databricks](https://ipponusa.com/our-partners/databricks/) - [Microsoft](https://ipponusa.com/our-partners/microsoft/) - Show submenu for Services Services - Services - [Services](https://ipponusa.com/services) - [Snowflake](https://ipponusa.com/service/snowflake-concierge/) - [Artificial Intelligence](https://ipponusa.com/service/artificial-intelligence/) - [Data & Analytics](https://ipponusa.com/service/data-analytics/) - [Cloud Strategy](https://ipponusa.com/service/cloud-strategy/) - [Platform Modernization](https://ipponusa.com/service/platform-moderization/) - [Product Innovation](https://ipponusa.com/service/product-innovation/) - [Operating Model](https://ipponusa.com/service/operating-model/) - [Blogs](https://blog.ippon.tech/) - [Success Stories](https://ipponusa.com/success-stories/) - Show submenu for Resources Resources - Resources - [Resources](https://ipponusa.com/resources/) - [eBooks](https://ipponusa.com/ebooks/) - [The Data Pour](https://info.ippon.tech/the-data-pour) - [Videos & Webinars](https://info.ippon.tech/videos-and-webinars) - [Media Center](https://ipponusa.com/media-center/) - Search - [Contact Us](https://ipponusa.com/contact/) [Contact Us](https://ipponusa.com/contact/)     ### THE DATA POUR ### Data Sips: Featuring Mark Cooper On episode 6 of Data Sips, a special miniseries of The Data Pour, Steve was joined by Dr. Mark Cooper (founder of The Data Brains) to discuss data products and the problems data products are solving in data management, The Rock Bottom Data Feed Podcast, and the DGIQ + AIGOV Conference. Join us as they explore these topics and much more! [Subscribe](https://share.hsforms.com/1KLHX8LaCQz2PX7tc37QYBgq0drg?__hstc=223023812.4c67a601b26fc63bcb98b3746d30fb1b.1706217659324.1707940906479.1707943738508.43&__hssc=223023812.18.1707943738508&__hsfp=1138755980) Getting to know Mark Cooper: Dr. Mark Cooper has more than thirty years of experience in data and analytics and is the author of the recently published book 6 Secrets for Delivering Impossible Projects. He served as Enterprise Architect and later Technical Director responsible for Enterprise Data Architecture and Analytics at FedEx. He then founded The Data Brains. The present challenges in the data and analytics field are primarily cultural, not technological, with data discipline emerging as a competitive differentiator. 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