{"id":31862,"date":"2025-02-26T18:52:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T18:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dataiq.global\/?post_type=100-alumni&p=31862"},"modified":"2025-03-17T15:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:05:29","slug":"9-gavin-goodland-chief-data-officer-national-grid","status":"publish","type":"100-alumni","link":"https:\/\/www.dataiq.global\/devstage\/dataiq100\/9-gavin-goodland-chief-data-officer-national-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Goodland, Chief Data Officer, National Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"

My<\/span> career has, for one reason or another, usually been about traversing an interface or boundary<\/span>;<\/span> whether between business<\/span> and IT<\/span> or not limited to a specific domain or geography<\/span>. <\/span>To me, <\/span>I <\/span>purposely work in the grey areas <\/span>are<\/span> where <\/span>I believe <\/span>the interesting and most valuable opportunities<\/span> reside<\/span>. In the data and <\/span>A<\/span>I<\/span> world you cannot work long without people talking about silos, so <\/span>it seems there<\/span> are plenty of opportunities to continue this trend.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My career has been to become a digital technology leader with a global track record of driving transformational change in energy, government, and service sectors. I am skilled in designing technology strategies, leading digital product development, and managing real-time and safety-critical data. Over the course of two decades, I have developed a strong track record of leading large-scale programmes, improving performance, and establishing governance models. I have made a name for myself for strategic innovation and delivering business value through data and technology.<\/p>\n

I am also known in the industry for my for authentic leadership and for managing diverse teams to achieve performance goals. My expertise includes data engineering, analytics, governance, enterprise architecture, and business model innovation, and my international experience spans the US, Russia, Venezuela, the UK, and Europe, with a strong focus on commercial innovation and sustainable results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My career has, for one reason or another, usually been about traversing an interface or boundary; whether between business and IT or not limited to a specific domain or geography. To me, I purposely work in the grey areas are where I believe the interesting and most valuable opportunities reside. In the data and AI […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":277,"featured_media":31430,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"100-designation":[1320],"100-search-term":[1288],"class_list":["post-31862","100-alumni","type-100-alumni","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","100-designation-no-9-100-brands-2025-europe","100-search-term-2025-europe-brands"],"acf":{"sort":"","rank":9,"forename":"Gavin ","surname":"Goodland","fullname":"Gavin Goodland","jobtitle":"Chief Data Officer","organisation":"National Grid","introduction":"","content_2":"","content_3":"","content_4":"","100_thumbnail_image":31430,"affinoid":""},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-20 21:27:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"100-designation","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dataiq.global\/devstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/100-alumni\/31862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dataiq.global\/devstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/100-alumni"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dataiq.global\/devstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/100-alumni"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dataiq.global\/devstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/277"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dataiq.global\/devstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31862"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dataiq.global\/devstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/100-alumni\/31862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33252,"href":"https:\/\/www.dataiq.global\/devstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/100-alumni\/31862\/revisions\/33252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dataiq.global\/devstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dataiq.global\/devstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"100-designation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dataiq.global\/devstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/100-designation?post=31862"},{"taxonomy":"100-search-term","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dataiq.global\/devstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/100-search-term?post=31862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}