SPaMCAST 634 - Organizing For Analytics In The Real World, An Interview with Rick Hall

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this edition of the Software Process and Measurement Cast, I talk with Rick Hall, CEO of Aginity. Rick and I talked about analytics, which has been Rick’s lifelong passion. Rick provides insights on how analytics fits in a modern organization and how to staff that group.  We also discussed serial entrepreneurship. His advice is, if you don’t have passion for the idea, don’t try it. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rick Hall is a software entrepreneur focused on the analytics market.  He has led the development of over a dozen software products and taken several companies from the early stage to an eventual sale.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rick led a group in the purchase of Aginity in March of 2020, and has taken over the CEO role as a result.  Aginity was an early innovator in Analytics Management and launched Aginity Pro early last year.  The product is off to a fast start attracting 13,000 subscribers in the first nine months and is set to grow by more than 250% through 2021.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Reach out to Rick </span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-hall-6685513/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-hall-6685513/</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/company/aginity-inc/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.linkedin.com/company/aginity-inc/</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.aginity.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.aginity.com/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the DevOps Online Summit. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Not to put too fine a point on it, one of the best ways to get your message heard is to speak.  The crew at the DevOps Online Summit provides a phenomenal platform to network with fellow practitioners from all over the world. Start the journey to speaking at th