DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – Digital and data champion: Kinnari Ladha, global head of analytics and business intelligence, TUI
With a first-class honours degree in Mathematics and Computing, Kinnari began her career as a SAS and SQL programmer, specialising in predictive modelling and customer segmentation. From there, she progressed into the realm of business intelligence where her ability to bring data to life through data visualisation and story telling has resonated strongly. This has […]
DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – Best data and analytics team (Data Titan): Channel 4 data science team
Team working and effectiveness are essential and based around three core values: continuous improvement, “doing what you say you’re going to do”, and supporting each other. Lean techniques have been adopted, such as routine post-event wash-ups to understand and learn from anything that went wrong. Changes are adopted via this mechanism, rather than just through […]
DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – Grand Prix: Anita Fernqvist, chief data officer, Zurich Insurance UK
With her leadership, this situation has completely turned around, creating a passion for data from the top down and a motivated team delivering transformative outputs. Anita has acted as a change agent through careful listening at grassroots-level, translating needs into the language of the business with a focus on positive impacts. A data strategy, roadmap […]
DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – Best data and analytics team (Data Enabler): Merkle Aquila – Stop the Traffik team
Stop the Traffik (STT), a global charity pioneering the cause of intelligence-led prevention of human trafficking, was identified as the right partner for this pro-bono initiative. Despite the time pressure of working around existing client obligations and dispersed locations, a strong team ethos and careful communication ensured this challenge was met and overcome. A key […]
DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – Most innovative use of AI: Channel 4 contextual moments
To create the solution, human tagging was applied to a large labelled data set representing every item within a cross-section of Channel 4’s content. A score between 1 and 5 was applied for prominence and positivity on-screen. This labelled set of what valuable contextual moments look like in the broadcast stream was then used to […]
DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – Best data ethics and privacy programme: The Co-op data team
To embed ethics within an organisation, policies, standards and processes need to be understandable and approachable, especially in fast-moving environments. To ensure this, practical help and support around data ethics is being delivered alongside training and awareness. The Data Ethics Canvas tool, designed by the Open Data Institute, was trialled and then implemented among multi-disciplinary […]
DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – New Talent: Caterina Constantinescu, data scientist, The Data Lab
Through her efforts, even while completing her studies, she has had a significant impact on The Data Lab’s three strategic pillars across industry, public sector and third sector projects. These include visitor forecasting for Historic Environment Scotland, verifying the impact of Circle, a charity helping disadvantaged families, and optimising transport usage patterns for local authorities […]
DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – Best development programme: Royal Mail Group Technology
An example of the pioneering approach being used was the 2018 hackathon run with charity partner, Missing People. By involving candidates in a technical data challenge around alive problem, the GBI team was able to see how they worked with the team – eight new analysts were recruited as a consequence. A data science foundations […]
DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – The Professor Derek Holder Lifetime Achievement Award: Keith Dugmore, founder, DUG
Creating the Demographics User Group (DUG) in 1998, Keith has been at the heart of representing large commercial users of public data sets. The impact of DUG has been significant. As Martin Squires, former director of data, insight and analytics at Homeserve, says: “Open data is a wonderful thing. In whatever sector you work in […]
DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – Best place to work in data (Data Titan): Aviva customer science team
The 30-person team is part of the 700-strong global data science practice, Aviva Quantum, and has created its own brand and approach through a concerted effort and focus on customer and business impact. Based in Aviva’s Digital Garage in London’s Hoxton Square, it reflects the style of a digital start-up, rather than a conventional corporate […]
DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – Transformation with data: JCURV and Sainsbury’s
JCURV has an approach it calls Datagility. It focuses on the building blocks of effective analytics – behaviour, culture and people, combined with methodologies and data capabilities – rather than the data itself. The new CDO brought the consultancy onboard in April 2018 to support a transformation and to tackle the root causes of the […]
DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – Best place to work in data (Data Enabler): Business Data Partners
Recruiting and retaining good staff in the data and analytics sector is a constant challenge, yet is essential for a fast-growing business. While competitive salaries are part of this, it is the culture, reputation and benefits which have ensured BDP has attracted and kept skilled consultants. As part of this, a rolling four-year reward programme […]
DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – Best use of data in a marketing programme: DAX and eBay
A Million Ads provides a platform for dynamic audio targeting using contextually-relevant moments in the broadcast stream, such as weather, day, time and location. Using a base ad, iterations of every variable were created for each day, day part, location and product line covered in the campaign. To the listener, the ad played seamlessly as […]
DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – Breakthrough with data: EDF Energy, smart metering supply and demand optimisation
At the heart of the success of the roll-out is the need to balance the demand for appointments with the supply of installation resources, represented by 1,000 skilled engineers nationwide. Starting in January 2018, the analytics team in the supply and demand function focused on two objectives: optimising field resourcing across three workforces nationwide (“right […]
DataIQ Awards 2019 winner – Customer/CRM success: Pets at Home
With a total of 24.2 million members, communications across all channels are now relevant and personalised, leading to 158 million possible permutations of the direct mail pack alone. Few other loyalty schemes are operating at this level of mass personalisation. On joining, members can pick their Pet Perks – personalised offers and preferences which are […]
DataIQ Awards 2018 winner – Best GDPR programme (vendor): GDPR toolkit, DQM GRC
GDPR toolkit, DQM GRC What is it? DQM GRC is the market leader for protecting and improving valuable data assets across all industry sectors including media, finance, retail, publishing, not-for-profit, marketing and advertising services. The introduction of GDPR drove demand from customers who needed help to meet the demands of the new regulation. Shortly after […]
DataIQ Awards 2018 winner – Most innovative analytics solution: Supertanker prediction, the Gregario analytics team
Supertanker prediction, the Gregario analytics team Who are they? The Gregario analytics team is part of DataTalk, a provider of business information analytics to develop and improve communications with customers, prospects and employees. It brings statistical techniques to bear on data to identify key features and actionable insights. What did they do? The largest private […]
DataIQ Awards 2018 winner – Most innovative data management solution: TEPUK and Merkle Aquila
TEPUK and Merkle Aquila Who are they? Total E&P UK is the leading producer of oil and gas in the UK. Its activities include exploration, development and production of hydrocarbons across the United Kingdom Continental Shelf. Merkle Aquila is an analytics consultancy based in London and Edinburgh. What did they do? Total E&P UK decided […]
DataIQ Awards 2018 winner – New talent (client): Charmaine Whittingham, data apprentice, Barclaycard
Charmaine Whittingham, data apprentice, Barclaycard Who is she? Charmaine joined Barclaycard data and strategic analytics (DASA) as its first-ever data apprentice in 2017. A former nursery nurse with no data experience, she has worked closely with stakeholders, built her technical skills, presented to the Barclaycard marketing leadership and seen the media channel reporting and analytics […]
DataIQ Awards 2018 winner – New talent (vendor): Adam Hornsby, senior data scientist, dunnhumby
Adam Hornsby, senior data scientist, dunnhumby Who is he? Adam is a psychology graduate from University College London who in his spare time is completing a PhD into consumer preference formation and decision-making. He is responsible for developing advanced machine learning techniques that deliver benefits for clients and has also delivered dunnhumby’s applied machine […]