Don't Be Afraid to Break the Code: Revolutionizing IT Audit with Databricks | David Lee

<p>Learn all about how an internal auditor uses data to solve the world&#39;s problems, one brick at a time.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of the Data Podcast for Nerds, we talk with David Lee, Director of IT Audit &amp; Data Analytics, to discuss how he transitioned from hardware in the Air Force to revolutionizing the world of internal audit. </p><p><br></p><p>From his &quot;Aha!&quot; moment with Jupyter Notebooks to his current obsession with Databricks, David explains why the secret to mastering AI isn&#39;t just about technical skill, it’s about the willingness to fail and build it back better.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Highlights 🔦</p><p>- Creating a Safe Space to Learn by using the Databricks Free Edition for your &quot;wacky&quot; experiments. It’s a low-stakes environment where you can practice building data pipelines without the fear of your IT administrator seeing your noob mistake.</p><p>- Automating the &quot;Messy&quot; Stuff: like automatically pulling critical data from unstructured PDFs and cleaning messy vendor columns in seconds.</p><p>- Discovering how Databricks AI Genie allows auditors to build applications and analyze data simply by typing prompts, effectively changing the role of a &quot;coder&quot; into a &quot;code reviewer&quot;.</p><p><br></p><p>Where to find David: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-lee-cpa-cisa-crisc-pmp-9a108a97/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">LinkedIn</a></p>