DataIQ Awards 2017 winner – Best GDPR Programme (Data Controller): Comic Relief
Who are they? Comic Relief is a UK-based charity founded in 1985 with a vision of a just world, free from poverty. Every two years it runs Red Nose Day to raise money for people facing difficulties in the UK and Africa. The 2017 event raised over £73 million. Bi-annual fundraiser Sport Relief raised nearly […]
DataIQ Awards 2017 winner – Best Place to Work in Data: Aquila Insight
Who are they? Analytics consultancy Aquila Insight was founded in Edinburgh in 2012. It has expanded rapidly, more than doubling its turnover between 2014 and 2016, while opening offices in London and Derby. Last year, it reported hiring analysts at a rate of 12 every quarter. Recognising that its most important asset is its people, […]
DataIQ Awards 2017 winner – Breakthrough with Data: Football Whispers
Who are they? Football Whispers is a predictor of football transfers and news which is claimed to be the world’s first. It has been developed by football fans working with The University of Sheffield’s Organisations, Information and Knowledge Group out of a love of football, technology and a desire to harness the power of predictive […]
DataIQ Awards 2017 winner – Customer/CRM Champion: Data and analytics, RBS
Who are they? RBS has set itself the goal of becoming rated number one for customer service, trust and advocacy by the year 2020. To ensure it continues to improve the customer eperience, it needs to understand what all of its customers think about the bank’s brands, what they feel about their experiences and where […]
DataIQ Awards 2017 winner – Data Innovator of the Year: DAX sales team, Global Media
DAX sales team, Global, the Media & Entertainment Group Who are they? The digital audio exchange (DAX) team works to provide advertisers with audience insights on digital listeners. To do this, it combines information generated from tags served through its data management platform (DMP) with streaming information and other innovative techniques, then applies analytics to […]
DataIQ Awards 2017 winner – Data Professional of the Year (Client): Les Donnelly, Royal Mail
Les Donnelly, sales lead manager, Royal Mail Who is he? Les began his career at the Post Office 27 years ago as a counter clerk, moving up the ranks to become an in-store media manager and then marketing manager. Within RMG, the life-long Liverpool FC supporter has also served as data integrity/extracts manager. What does […]
DataIQ Awards 2017 winner – Data Professional of the Year (Supplier): Andrea Sternfeld, Royal Mail MarketReach
Andrea Sternfeld, data manager, Royal Mail MarketReach Who is she? Andrea’s career has covered data management for a data owner and data operations management for agencies, before joining her current organisation in 2014. She has transformed the way the data planning team works with client data and responds to client briefs by driving efficiency, best […]
DataIQ Awards 2017 winner – Data Science/Big Data Leader: Ian Smith, RAPP
Ian Smith, principal analyst, RAPP Who is he? Ian is a senior member of the insight team at RAPP where he supports the development of analytics for clients, as well as building the statistical and technical capabilities of the team. He has been the lead analyst for clients including Christie’s, Citroën, Guide Dogs for the […]
DataIQ Awards 2017 winner – Data-Driven Brand Marketer: Sky Vegas, Sky Betting and Gaming
Sky Vegas, Sky Betting and Gaming What do they do? Sky Vegas online casino has built a bespoke promotional platform that decisions, credits and communicates with players within two seconds of a game result. To increase customer retention, a Hadoop cluster and CRM marketing tools are used to identify customers eligible for retention marketing (excluding […]