Jordan Morrow, Senior Vice President of Data and AI Transformation, AgileOne
What challenges do you see for data in the year ahead that will have an impact on you and on the industry as a whole? I think one challenge is for organizations to slow down and really work to figure out how to get value and success out of data, analytics, and AI. A challenge […]
Alan Grogan, Global Lead For Intelligent Data Platforms, Avanade
What challenges do you see for data in the year ahead that will have an impact on your clients and on the industry as a whole? Our research shows nearly all (94%) organisations are increasing digital investments due to generative artificial intelligence (AI), but inconsistencies emerge when it comes to how those digital investments […]
J Cromack, Chief Growth Officer, The Salocin Group
What challenges do you see for data in the year ahead that will have an impact on your clients and on the industry as a whole? The meaning of artificial intelligence (AI); it is such an overused acronym and the one thing it is not is artificial! But AI helps you grow, so it […]
Lauren Walker, Chief Client Solutions Officer, Annalect
What challenges do you see for data in the year ahead that will have an impact on your clients and on the industry as a whole? One of the biggest challenges this year will be tempering the excitement and potential of generative AI (genAI). Unfortunately, by February 2024, we had seen many unintended or […]
Martin Houghton, Chief Data Officer, JLR
What stage has your organisation reached on its data maturity journey? We are leading the pack when it comes to data maturity. There is still lots to do but we’re investing in people and skills, that is the heart of becoming a data-driven business. Tell us about the data and analytics resources you are […]
Simon Walker, Managing Partner, Kubrick Group
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? Every decision we make, from what new practices we develop and which new industry sector we should focus on to where in the US should we launch our office, is decided through analysing the data. We are very […]
Gillian Docherty, Chief Executive Officer, The Data Lab
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? The Data Lab is Scotland’s innovation centre for data science and artificial intelligence. Our mission is to help Scotland maximise the value of data and lead the world to a data-powered future. So our main role is to help […]
James Alty, Managing Director, Apteco
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? Apteco develops the technology for brands and service providers to use to gain deep insights into their customer base and marketplace. We aim to reach from the most skilled analyst to the newest data user and provide appropriate mechanisms […]
Jeni Tennison, Vice President and Chief Strategy Adviser, The Open Data Institute
How is your organisation using data and analytics to support the corporate vision and purpose? The Open Data Institute (ODI) mostly focuses on helping other organisations to embed better data practices and to take a wider view of its potential. So while we help organisations to use data in business planning, policy-making and to […]
Caroline Worboys, Chief Operating Officer, Outra
Path to power I have over 30 years’ experience as an executive in early stage start-ups, large corporates, a global agency and a not-for-profit, during which time I have been fortunate enough to have worked with all types of data, different technologies and a great deal of analytics. My roles have always involved strategy, […]
Rob Shaw, Chief Executive, Jaywing
Path to power I started out as a software developer 30 years ago and have worked in technical disciplines ever since. I became IT director at Ventura, where my career really took off; I was on the board aged 30. During that time, Ventura grew internationally, and I managed services for the likes of Tesco, […]
Steve Mattey, Planning and Analysis Director, Blueberry Wave
Path to power I have spent my entire working life in data – 30-plus years and counting – and I still love it. Lucky me. Starting out with HSBC in direct marketing, I then became the “data bloke” for some big agency groups working across the globe, before starting my own thing. I founded […]
Richard Lees, EVP Solutions EMEA, Merkle
Path to power My career started at Siemens in 1986, developing pattern recognition and image processing applications. I then went on to lead the introduction and expansion of the Unix capability, moving into GIS software development and implementation. All this experience provided excellent technical grounding. Following Siemens, my next move was into retail banking, […]
Lindsay McEwan, Vice President and Managing Director EMEA, Tealium
Path to power I’ve been deeply embedded in the marketing technology world for several decades. Finding my niche within an industry I’m passionate about has really enabled my personal and professional growth. It’s a cliché, but if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. My career path to […]
Florian Douetteau, Chief Executive, Dataiku
Path to power My studies were driving me to research in formal logics and type systems, when I fell into start-up world in 2000. I was 20 back then, and I started working at a search engine company, where I was managing engineering. Neuro-linguistic programming was for me a great way to learn about data […]
James Eiloart, Senior Vice President EMEA, Tableau
Path to power Disruptive companies that are leading the way in their domain have always appealed to me. My career path of nearly 20 years in data technology is certainly testament to that and I’ve been privileged to witness some of the most fundamental, exciting shifts in technology during my career. When I joined […]
Neil Currie, Head of Data Management, Crowe
Path to power As a career data professional, I have been fortunate to see years of change in the adoption, collection and use of data. Every day brings a new use case and I love being in the middle of those conversations and the mental stimulation of being able to participate in these conversations. […]
Nick Halstead, Founder and Chief Executive, InfoSum
Path to power I’ve been an entrepreneur within digital industries for many years, with 12 years in the gaming industry under my belt before moving into data and analytics. During my time as CEO of DataSift, we were the first to realise the value of social media data for understanding personal preferences, which we […]
Rob Davis, Vice-President of Product Management EMEA, MicroStrategy
Path to power My first appreciation of the power of data came in the form of trying to find an almost imperceptible needle in a multiple terabyte haystack. As a physics graduate student at the OPAL experiment at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, I was charged with the search for the Higgs Boson using Artificial Neural […]
Chris Clark, Chief Executive, GBG
Path to power I started work in 1991 when I joined BT Group on a general management graduate programme. I was excited to begin a career in telecoms and technology, because it appeared to be an industry about to go through a huge amount of change. I wasn’t wrong. During my 20 years at […]