PAW 2019 Conference Series - Matt Cowell - QuantHub

Welcome to the 2019 Predictive Analytics World (PAW) Conference Series. Recorded live in Las Vegas, this series is bringing interviews straight to you from exhibitors and speakers at this year’s event. In this interview, host Jamin Brazil interviews Matt Cowell, CEO of QuantHub. Find Matt Online: Email: [email protected] LinkedIn QuantHub [00:02] Hi, I’m Jamin.  You’re listening to the Happy Market Research Podcast.  My guest today is Matt Cowell, CEO of QuantHub. Matt, I’m really excited about this conversation we’re going to have. [00:13]   Yeah, yeah.  Thanks for having me on.  I appreciate it. [00:14]   So, you guys have a super interesting product concept or business that I am thrilled to dive into.  It looks like (now, keep in mind I haven’t spoken to anybody but just kind of walking to the booth and looking at your video) it looks like you are a... almost fit inside of the HR layer for data scientists.  Is that kind of...?  [00:42]   Yeah, that’s correct.  Really data scientists, data engineers, data analysts, all advanced analytics professionals.  [00:48]   Got it, got it.  Well, I should be quiet.  Why don’t you tell us a little bit about your business. [00:52] We actually help companies that are hiring in that area, whether it’s data science or data engineering.  These roles are really popular right now; they’re really hot. Everyone wants to be in this field. And so, what’s happening in the industry is when people post a position, they’re getting a ton of candidates.  And so, we found that people are spending just an inordinate amount of time doing the technical screening for those candidates. So they’re taking their most valuable resources and they’re having them do interviews all day long.   [01:18] Which is insane. [01:19]    Yeah, which is crazy, right?  So, there’s a shortage of these people.  And the ones that they do have are actually spending all day interviewing.  And so, we have this problem ourselves. We’re actually a spin-out of a data science consulting company.  And so we built a platform to do...   [01:32] I don’t know what’s happening behind you but...  It’s like Lord of the Rings [01:36]   It’s like I’m dropping the mic right now.  I’ve got sound effects on the podcast. It’s incredible.  And so...   [01:44] Wait, wait for it, wait for it.  My God, what is happening in there? [01:50]  Incredible timing, incredible timing.   [01:52] Literally, the whole time this has never happened. [01:54] This is amazing. [01:55]     OK. [01:56] OK.  And so, we actually built a skill testing and data challenge platform for these roles.  In the interview process,