Vicky Brock, Chief Executive, Vistalworks
Path to power I am a serial entrepreneur and CEO, and recently co-founded my fifth data technology start-up, Vistalworks, which develops software tools and analytics to detect illicit trade and protect consumers from fake, banned and dangerous goods online. I also founded Clear Returns, which produced analytics software to understand and reduce the return […]
Mike Bugembe, Founder, Lens.ai
Path to power I grew up in an academic family, and I was interested in technology from the age of nine, when I coded my first game. Doing a degree in electrical engineering quenched my thirst for maths, signal processing and programming. This was the start of my interest in data. After I graduated from […]
Caroline Carruthers, Chief Executive, Carruthers and Jackson
Path to power An eclectic mix of things that looked interesting at the time kick started my path to being data cheerleader. I started off as a graduate for TSB, a long time ago, working in the IT department and discovered early on that what I really enjoyed doing was solving problems, so I basically […]
Chris Combemale, Chief Executive, Data & Marketing Association
Path to power Prior to leading an industry trade association, my career spanned agency, brand and technology companies starting with Young & Rubicam in New York in 1982. My 12 years at Y&R included five years in Asia from 1989, initially as regional account director for DY&R and then as general of Wunderman Hong Kong, […]
Professor Maggie Boden, Research Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Sussex
Path to power I was one of the first people in the UK to discover the benefits of artificial intelligence, having been the founding Dean of the University of Sussex’s School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences in 1987, where I helped to develop the world’s first academic programme in this field. My work has […]